Indiana flood alert eased as rain and ice threaten again
Widespread rainfall and ice jams raise flood danger in Indiana with Ohio easing after upper Wabash floods near Delphi. West Terre Haute braces with a temporary Sugar Creek dike as 150 homes evacuate and towns declare emergencies while Peru and other areas see declines in rising waters.
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Quartet Admits Theft At Riceville
Four burglars aged 17 to 33 confessed to the Riceville service station break in and two similar raids in Crawford and Mercer counties. William Davis 24 Shenango led to the pleas after a driving with suspended license arrest. Gibbs 33 A D 1 Greenville Davis 18 Shenango and Jones 17 Youngstown Ohio pled guilty before Vernon Township Justice. Corry State Police say the Castile and Parks thefts are tied to the Riceville case.
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Crawford
Mercer
William Davis
Shenango
Butler County
Meadville
Butler
Clayton Gibbs
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Greenville
Donald Davis
Stewart Jones
Youngstown
Ohio
Vernon Township
Bleurge Davis
Jones
Crawford County
Gibbs
Mercer County
Corry State
Castile
State Road Hill
Park
Gulf Station
Linesville
Parks
Possible Area Flood Control Plan for Meadville
Two Congressional leaders, Rep Ben Jensen and Rep Carroll Kearns, examined Shenango River flood damage in Meadville and discussed a flood control project. They expect swift authorization with local funding, proposing dams on Cussewago Creek north of Meadville and on French Creek at Union City, with Army engineers to complete a survey next fall.
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Meadville
Ben F. Jensen
House Appropriations Committee
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R-Pa
Sharon Area
Jensen
Congress
Cussewago Creek
French Creek
Union City
Kearns
Col. W. W. Smith Jr
Pittsburgh
Smith
Miners killed and injured as mine cable snaps
Four men were working in a lead mine when a 4-inch cable splice failed and dropped a heavy hoist bucket 100 feet into the shaft. Junior Gillam and Don Hall died on impact. Loy Bennett and Lloyd Francis survived with grave injuries. All four men aged 30 to 35 and married. Officials reported the bucket fell after a splice separated from the hoist cable.
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Ari
Junior Gillam
Poles
Don Hall
Fredericktown
Gillam
Hall
Loy Bennett
Lloyd Francis
Dillard
Bennett
St. Joseph
Cyprus Chief Visits London
Cyprus Governor Sir Hugh Foot arrived in London to push the Zurich peace plan for Cyprus. The British cabinet began detailed talks on the Turkish Greek premiers Zurich accord, which envisages a Cyprus republic with British sovereignty only over military bases. Archibishop Makarios, exiled leader, and Turkish Cypriot chiefs are en route for a Greek Turkish British foreign ministers conference to formalize approval, potentially starting Monday or Tuesday.
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Foot
Makarios
Republic
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Raoul Denktash
Ankara
County Plans Food Handlers Classes Here
The Erie County Health Department sponsors food handlers classes to stress safe sanitary methods for restaurant operators and employees. Corry district has 85 registered restaurants and about 600 workers, with roughly 16,000 meals served daily. The program, run by Public Health Education with Sanitation, holds February sessions in Corry. Certificates of attendance will be given to registrants.
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Blame Beam For PRR Train Crash
Investigators traced the wreck of the New York Sound Potomac near Middle River to a steel slab falling from a freight car. The eight by 15 inch piece ruptured the train near the Baltimore station, injuring 32 passengers with two suffering heart attacks amid the wreckage and collapse of rails and luggage. Officials halted estimates of overall damage as investigators proceed.
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Clyde Clawed by Lion in Beatty Shrine Circus
Clyde Beatty was clawed by a lion during a Shrine Circus act last night. He completed his performance before being taken to a hospital for treatment. Six stitches were required for his right arm with several scratches on the left arm.
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Draft Germany Reunification Formula Soon
Western leaders aim to draft a new formula for German reunification with the Soviet Union. They hope the plan may promote meaningful negotiations, outlining steps toward closer ties between East and West Germany while paving the path to eventual nationwide elections over the next two years.
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Oil City Couple Killed in Two Car Crash
A two car collision on Route 6 near Oil City killed Herbert O Neill and his wife Guldie O Neill. Lloyd Perry of Reno was injured with rib and facial injuries after crossing the center line and colliding head on with the O Neill vehicle. A third car fled the scene after the crash.
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Venango County
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O'Neil
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Old City
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Woman Beaten Found In East Liberty Lot
Rita Baker was found in a vacant East Liberty lot in critical condition with a torn upper garment, severe head cut, and broken leg. A patrolman, assigned after meter thefts, located her and she is hospitalized at Shadyside Hospital unable to be questioned.
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Breaks Into Jail and Is Sentenced in New Term
Josef Dralota, 21, recently released, was found inside the jail walls yesterday squirming in pain after climbing the 20 foot wall to deliver cigarettes to friends. He broke bones in both feet and is serving a brief new term for breaking into the jail.
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Dulles Under Knife Operation Successful Reported
WASHINGTON AP says Secretary Herta Beale Tob Buster Dalton underwent an operation at One Army's Walter Reed Medical Center. Doctors removed tissue and fluid during the procedure described as successful. Announcement came 29 hours after the surgery with hospital commandant Ma Gee Leonwed Heaton White stating the result to newsmen.
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Heaton White
Hewitt
Newsomen
Lnte
Beaverdam and Elein Discuss New Fire Truck
Beaverdam and Elgin Beaverdam Fire Department met to decide on purchasing a new fire truck. A special meeting was scheduled for next Thursday after an almost even split vote at the prior session. A plan includes forming a committee of four to contact two truck makers for bids and possible trade-in options. Prices in the several reports run around 14 000 dollars with trade-in offers of an old water wagon and a 1953 chassis. Rural departments seek water for their pumper. a public subscription may be explored with donations from volunteers coordinated by Duane Troyer, president of the five-firm group.
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Lynn Sill Farm
W Wuek
Wattsburg
Ahso
Meet
Imay
Duane Troyer
Beting
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Flood subsidence probe ordered for Wyoming Valley mine
Harrisburg AP report says Lawrence ordered a full scale survey to gauge subsidence risk from the flooded mine near Port Griffith. Some 3000 homes sit atop the area flooded by the Susquehanna River breach. Twelve miners are presumed dead. a field study will follow consultations with agencies and universities. Western PA damage from floods estimated at 13 million dollars in Meadville Sharon Kittanning and Freeport.
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Wiv
Lawrence
Wyoming Valley
Richart Gerstell
Suhuehanna
Port Gyif- Uth
Piltston
Meadville
Sharon
Kit~tanning
Freeport
Capitol Correspondents
WTPA
Syrians Alleged Fire At Israeli Shepherds Incident
A Syrian position allegedly opened machinegun fire on Israeli shepherds north of Kiryat Svold inside Israel. The firing lasted 60 minutes and there were no casualties, according to a spokesman.
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Betancourt Inauguration Amid Guarded Caracas
In Caracas troops and police guard the inauguration of Romuln Betancourt the first freely elected Venezuelan president in a decade. Supporters of ousted Marcos Pere Jimenez push for street action while rival groups plan demonstrations around the Capitol as intelligence warns of planned disturbances.
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Allied Crisis Deepens as Japan Sets 600000 for North Korea
Japan agrees to move up to 600000 Koreans toward repatriation under pressure from North Korea and allies. Washington and Seoul fear this stance will trigger clashes, threaten economic ties, and deepen the rift between long allied nations.
County Taxes Overdue Hit 3112 Here
Delinquent county and personal property taxes totaling 3112.47 to 10,245.20 across all four wards were overdue. Notices mailed to 200 taxpayers. payments due at the courthouse with extra charges if unpaid. Largest delinquency in Second Ward. Third Ward shows substantial balance. Fourth Ward taxes also behind.
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le Fearnneen
Smith
Indiana Declared Disaster Region by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower declared a major disaster area in northeastern Indiana including the Wabash River region. Federal relief funds were not immediate pending a survey by the Office of Civilian and Defense Mobilization. Last week Indiana received 250000 dollars for prior flood relief at the governor's request.
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Eisenhower
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Office of Civilian and Defense Mobilization
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Pan American workers walkout ends after six hour protest
Pan American World Airways porters, mechanics, and flight attendants halted work for six hours in Miami yesterday. A conference with their Pennsport Workers Union and the airline’s bargaining agent led to an agreement not to replace workers. The union had claimed some work had been subcontracted, prompting the dispute, tied to a broader Pan Am TWU clash. A nationwide strike authorization was set to end by March 1.
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Rioting in Iraq Leaves Dozens Dead Across Cities
Reports from Damascus say fresh clashes between Arab nationalist and Communist factions in Mosul Basra and Karbala killed 12 people and left hundreds injured as Maj Gen Abdul Kuri Kassem’s government faces renewed unrest in Baghdad.
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Karbala
Boy Admits Slaying Aged Grandmother In Philadelphia
Aamin Meyenwold, a boy, confessed to fatally injuring his grandmother Mary Swainson with a sharp object and stealing $3 from her purse after an argument at her apartment. Police linked the admission to an earlier runaway incident. Mrs Swainson died after heart condition treatment. pathologists ruled murder. The teenager is held on a serious case charge.
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Aamin Meyenwold
Tulet
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Tuake
Jay
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Fish
Mary Swainson
Sind Bdward Swainson
Whedon
Plane Crash Injures Jefferson County Pilot
In InuungsbbE Pennsylvania a four passenger Cesuna crash left contractor W. Pershing Stahlman of Coren in critical condition. He suffered fractures to an arm and right leg chest injuries and lacerations. The crash occurred Thursday about five miles southwest of Brookville on the William Olson farm en route to Pittsburgh from a private air strip near Clarion to pick up three recording artists for an appearance in Corsten.
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Jefferson County
Brookville Hospital
W. Pershing Stahlman
Cor~en
William Olson
Brookville
Stahlman
Pittsburgh
Clarion
Corsten
RR Chairman Hicks Dies After Brief Illness
Hicks, 65, chairman of the Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co, died yesterday after a brief illness. He began his career as a road car inspector in his home town of Jackson, Tennessee, and rose to lead the railroad.
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Ala
Hicks
Gulf, Mobile and Ohi Railroad Co
Jackson
Tenn
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