Back to God campaign drives Legion event and prayer
The American Legion's Back to God drive is highlighted as a major spiritual effort, aiming to restore regular church attendance, family prayer, and religious instruction for children in 4,000,000 homes. President Eisenhower praised blessings from the Almighty, and diverse clergy led the event in a ceremony emphasizing religious rights as central to democracy.
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American Legion
Bleenhower
Legion
Senate of Pennsylvania
Traffic safety record shows bright spots amid high fatalities
A historical account notes the alarming level of traffic accident deaths in 1052 while highlighting some positive safety improvements. It points out that fatalities exceeded one and a half times the total of prior years, yet emphasizes the strides that indicate safety progress is possible even in a dangerous period.
Twenty Years Ago Highlights From Journal Files
Twenty years ago on February 18 1983 the Dalrymene League price cut lowered mille to eight cents a quart effective tomorrow. William Houghton of the A and P faced a car accident near Erie but escaped with a chin cut. The Woman’s Benefit Association planned a 40th anniversary dinner on February 22. Mrs Mary Nollinger at Fifth Street marked a 96th birthday quietly at home. Corry Hospital secured municipal backing as Rotary and Kiwanis supported its funding drive. American dead in Korea reached 63 cities with populations over 10 000 reporting no traffic deaths that year and a broader plea for road safety.
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William Houghton
1 A and P
North Center Street
Erie
Woman's Benefit Association
Reading Quiz From Classified Page Answers
The passage asks ten questions for a memory test and score tips. It inquires who was first called the Veep, the largest trader of costs in a South American country, the three bachelor nominees for president, Tolstoi nationality, the so called That Man in the White House, whether Auguste is the capital of Georgia, three of the first six U.S. presidents, which state has the smallest population, the first U.S. president to play golf, and James Oglethorpe's founder colony.
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Wes
Leon Tolstoi
White House
Auguste
Georgia
United States
James BE. Oglethorpe
American Colonies
Lead On Abandoned Baby Probe Expands
Police pursue parents of an abandoned baby boy found wrapped in a North East purchased blanket on February 1 at North East Township farm. The infant, in Hamot Hospital care, matches a description of a ~5 ft 3 in, 115 lb woman with a purple birthmark. Authorities in Chautauqua County and Jamestown assist.
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North East
Jaboul
Hamot Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Chautauqua County
N.Y
Lawrence Park
Jury Rejects $10,000 Negligence Suit at Rendezvous
MAYVILLE Supreme Court jurors dismissed a $10,000 negligence action against Rendezvous proprietors John Reed Richard E. Anderson Jr and Tyan A Albers after a Monday trial before Judge Lee Ottaway. Plaintiff James Reed claimed injuries from an altercation at the Jamestown restaurant bar. The case questioned whether adequate protection was provided to patrons. The verdict ends the civil suit without damages.
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Mayville
Supreme Court
Rendezvous
Jamestown
John Reed
Lee L. Ottaway
Richard E. Anderson, Jr
Tyan A. Albers
Turnpike speed reduction urged by eastern Pennsylvanians
A group led by Thomas N. Bote, former state trooper and now accident prevention chief for the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies, will ask Governor John S. Fine to cut the Pennsylvania Turnpike speed limit from 70 to 60 mph. They call the highway a "highway of deadly horror" and urge a protective barrier between east and westbound lanes. Their study cites 408 deaths in about 11 years of operation, blaming speed, carelessness, and ignorance. Bloomsburg nears title as Millersville looms in key conference basketball duel.
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Philadelphia
Bloomsburg
Johnstown
Millersville
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Mary Nollinger
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Foster E. Davis & Son
N. Center St
Dial
National Accident & Health Insurance CO
J. Fred Kinley
Cone Ee
Sats Corry
Ney
Pushtulton
Meerdink
General! Electric
North America
Americi
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Shoop’s Restaurant
T. H. Treat Broker
H. G. Bulard
TraVal
Kant
Sare
RB ' Ana
Center ST
Harry Hall
YES
Ted
Luynt
Martin Motor Sales
Studebaker
FORD
West South St
FON
Corry Savings and Loan
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Center Sirere
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