Fire arson fears in Baxt area linked to three 1957 fires
Police expand probe as three fires shake the Baxt area in the first months of the year. Hotels in Wollin flues include Hotel Cross Route 5 Murray Hill Westfield and Bud and Pee’s Ripley. A woman died in the Cross fire trapped by flames. Real estate transfers show Kundracik to Lane in Corry. Meade’s Talon The total income for 1957 rose to 94,990,000 with earnings per share up from 83 cents to 1.53. Calvin Marsh faces sentencing for burglary tied to Pine Woods Tavern. Roadside incidents include nose injury from a driver and car collisions in Warren area. hospital rates rise at Oil City Hospital. Weather, amateur radio classes, and general city notices round out the day’s local items.
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Talon
Meadville
Clark Opposes Federal Tax Cuts to Fight Unemployment
Sen. Clark of Pennsylvania opposed federal tax reductions as a tool to boost the economy. He urged expanding a federal public works program, arguing tax money is needed. He criticized President Eisenhower’s rosy economic forecast and spoke at a regional Erie meeting on Pennsylvania unemployment.
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Sum Vuceph Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Eisenhower
Erie
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania
Governors Propose Six Point Plan to Check Low Mood
Eleven Democratic governors urge President Eisenhower to back a six point plan including rapid federal projects, expanded health education and welfare, realistic unemployment standards, easier credit, farm support, and targeted tax relief. Governors Muskie of Maine and peers from Colorado Iowa Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Jersey New York Oregon Rhode Island Washington pledge full cooperation and invite others to Washington for talks.
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Sac
Eisenhower
Washington
Bieger
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
McNichols
Colorado
Loveless
Iowa
Furcolo
Massachusetts
Willams
Michigan
Freeman
Minnesota
Meyner
New Jersey
Harriman
New York
Holmes
Oregon
Roberts
Rhode Island
Rosellini
Arson Suspect Returned To Jail In Cambria County
Conkling Conkling 20 of Staten Island New York a senior economics student at St Francis College was returned to Cambria County Jail after hospital treatment in Spangler where he had been taken following a hanging incident in his cell He is charged with setting Giles Hall fire at Loretto on May 19 last year and is under detention pending further proceedings.
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Eee
Conkling
Staten Island
N. Y
St. Francis College
Cambria County
Miners Hospital
Spangler
St. Francis
Giles Hall
Loretto
Couldn't Afford Ambulance Dies in Police Car
Morris Adams, 56, a reclusive junk dealer, died yesterday while en route to a hospital in a police car after calling for an ambulance he could not afford. He owned about $300,000 in real estate, but police found only $500 in cash and $100 in checks at his cluttered home. Adams suffered a heart condition and left behind substantial property holdings.
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SLAON
Morris Adams
Adams
Lee County Treasurer's Office
Dog Endures Porcupine Quill Ordeal Near Cadillac
A Flushing, Michigan, hunting dog suffered quill injuries after an encounter with a porcupine near Cadillac. A Mercy Hospital visit followed. no veterinarian was on hand. Anesthetic was used and quills removed from the dog’s mouth and jaws.
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Cadillac
Mich
Flushing
Michigan
Mercy Hospital
Leader's Plane In Near Crash At Port Erie
A state Beech craft carrying Gov George M Leader and cabinet aides nearly crashed at Port Erie Airport. The plane struck a snow drift during taxiing on Runway 10, miraculously escaping damage. Pilot John Mac Farland and the officials remained on board as ground crews cleared snow before the craft resumed at 6 45 p m.
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CAA
Actor Sued For Back Alimony
Newly remarried actor Allan Jones was sued for back alimony by actress Irene Hervey. She claims $1,350 in arrears on $3,000 due since the financial settlement signed December 26. It provided $1,500 a month for life unless she remarried. The actress divorced Jones December 27, the same day he married shoe heiress Mary Florsheim Packing.
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Allan Jones
Irene Hervey
Iife
Jones
Mary Florsheim
Shoe Fortune
Official comment on raid as reprisal not reply
A statement said the raid by 25 warplanes was a reprisal, not a reply to an attack. Gaillard, as constitutional chief of the army, did not know of the raid. Pineau testified measures were taken to prevent such incidents from recurring.
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Gaillard
Sakiet Sidi Youssef
Pineau
Thomas Motors of Corry announces 24 hour wrecker service
A Corry based business promotes its 24 hour wrecker service with contact numbers 2-0125 and 2-9605 for after hours assistance. The message emphasizes reliability and warns against recklessness while inviting calls.
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Thomas Motors of Corry, Inc
Tidioute Home Leveled By Fire
A George Nelson residence on Kinnear street in Tidioute was leveled by a blaze around 1 p m yesterday, sparked by an explosion while thawing frozen water pipes. Firefighters faced ice and frigid conditions as they fought the flames. Nearby homes, including the George Tipton and Tom Wilson houses, were saved by quick response from area volunteer departments. An earlier 1 30 a m alarm at United Refinery for a vapor leak caused a flash fire extinguished by an employee. No injuries reported.
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Tidioute
George Nelson
Kinnear Street
Youngsville
Pleasant Township
Storbrick
George Tipton
Tom Wilson
Warren County
Warren Fire Department
United
Boxer's Death Attributable To Severed Artery
A Golden Gloves bout left 17 year old Melvin Young of Chicago dead from a severed artery at the back of the head after a first round knockout to Joe Becerra of Granite City. Autopsy linked the artery rupture to impact with the ring rope. An inquest is set for Monday. James Smith, Jr. Chamber of Commerce boxing official, said all fighters had physicals.
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Ringfield
Melvin Young
Chicago
Necro
Joe Becerra
Granite City
Young
St. John's Hospital
Richard Graham
Beardstown
James Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Alleged Slayer Pleads Innocent in Womans Death
Wilbur W Sailer aged 98 pled innocent after arraignment before Magistrate Samuel King on a homicide charge in the death of his wife Thelma 43. Mrs Sailers body was found Wednesday in a bed at her mothers home.
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Oil City
Wilbur W. Sailer
Samuel King
Thelma
Governor Leader Seeks Jobs as State Unemployment Falls
Governor Leader outlines a 200 million dollar crash program to speed up construction and public works across Pennsylvania. He urges local and federal help, cuts red tape, and cites 495000 unemployed as a rising problem. Conference attendees from several counties discuss procurement and jobs.
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Erie
Pennsylvania
Leader
Erle
Warren
McKean
Crawford
Venango
Porest
Clarion
Potter Counties
Joseph Clark
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Paul Kins Drach
Corry
Ellsworth
Holt
Gerald D Lane
Erie County
Calvin Marsh
Titusville
Alexander G. Flick Jr
Pine Woods
Oil City Hospital
Ol City Hospital
Ned J. Zaffino
Alexander C. Flick Jr
Glen B. Pangborn
Russell
Zaftino
Pangborn
Perole McCray
West Pleasant Street
McCray
Conrad Parkhurst
East Smith Street
Clarence Kirch
Wayne Street
National Bank
North Center Street
Corry Area High School
Presquebhle Park
Cathedral Prep
Francis A. Pitkin
Wic Bureau of Communnity Development
Mayville
Richard C. Gustafson
Jamestown
Francis
Hartfield
Gustafson
Conrad Colxon
Celoron
Lindy
Greenhurst
Pennzoil
West Smith Street
Neilly’s
U. Ss
Armour’s
Swift
Shenghitra Ba
Port Erie
Tunisia
Sen
Dpa
Boxer
F.C. Chapin & Son
Pen
Hestite
Willy Fis
Ratons
Sergifon
Gary
Welunk Dodd
Walthin Armitage
Philip Zulzneck
Warl Harmond
Stewart Long
Charles (Ents
Jared Kintey
Clay Capwell
Otyfelt
LM Douwlis
Albert Sandburg
Connersicut
Barford
Leo UI Company
South Center St.il
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