Waterford Family Faces Homelessness After Farm Fire
A Waterford family lost their farm home near Waterford three miles west of town on Ruxdale road as a blaze engulfed the wood frame house. Preliminary damage put the building at £2,500 and contents at $1,500. Neighbors and Red Cross offered aid. the family sheltered with a neighbor while officials investigated the cause.
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Waterford
William Hunt
Ruxdale Road
Ret Scott
Stancluts Hose Co
Sturrock
Waterford Red Cross
Joseph Halm
Winter Storm Grips Western Pennsylvania With Deep Sno w
Fresh snow and gale winds cripple roads across Erie and Somerset counties as one to three inches fall citywide and counties report impassable secondary roads. State Police say hundreds of vehicles stranded while schools close for the third day and massive snowdrifts, some feet deep, block routes and hinder heating supply as rivers freeze and flood risk looms.
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Somerset
Camp Lirl
Erie
Erie County
Monongahela
Ohio
Allewheny
Witzbush
Vernon Houghton
Erster
Allegheny
Mononwahela
Walter W. ‘Trent
State Highways Department
Somerset County
Churchman Succumbs in Indianapolis
Dr. Gyrus M Yccum, 1, former chairman of the Poragi Missions Division of the Christian Church, died Monday in Indianapolis. He also served as assistant to the president of the College of the Bible in Lexington, Kentucky at one time.
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Indianapolis
Gyrus Myccum
Poragi Missions Division
The
Christian Church
College of the Bible
Leexington, Ky
Wreckless- Hal IF you aren't, call is Thomas Motors
Corry, inc offers Y-tlour wrecker service. Call 20125 for urgent aid. If no answer, try 2-9605 for assistance. The ad emphasizes swift towing and roadside support with multiple contact numbers.
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Thomas Motors of Corry, Inc
Storm Briefs Highlight Corry Area Disruptions
Storm impacts in the Corry region slowed mail and highway service with the Buffalo to Oll City route halted by a skid near the Y intersection. Civil Air Patrol offers to drop food and supplies while city snow trucks struggle with axle failures. Fire damages the Verona pattern storage shop at American Steel Foundries, estimated up to 30 thousand dollars.
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Buffalo
Oll City
Clymer
Civil Air Patrol
Pittsburgh
American Steel Foundries
Verona
France Ready To Give Up 5 Air Bases In Tunisia
France signals willingness to abandon five Tunisian air bases and convert the Bizerte naval base into a North Atlantic Pact installation to ease regional tensions. Bourguiba demands France withdraw all troops, while Paris proposes observers on the Algeria border and a five kilometer no man’s land along the frontier.
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France
Bizerte
Tunisia
UN Security Council
Franch
Habib Bourguiba
Premier Gaillard
Algeria
Benson Meets State Delegates On Food Problem
Secretary Benson to hear a plea from a Pennsylvania delegation for a 15 carload surplus food consignment on an emergency basis for Western Pennsylvania. Rep. Fulton notes the effort targets Allegheny County with some shipments to other hard hit Western points. Attendees include Sen. Martin, Sen. Clark, several representatives, and Allegheny County officials. labor leaders invited to join in distribution effort. Allocation disputes have shut off surplus food to the county.
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ainuLunim
Agriemare
Benson
Pennsylvania
Fulton
Allegheny County
Martin
Clark
Eberhurter
Holland
Corbett
Kearns
Morgan
Saylor
Gavin
John M. Walker
Howard B. Stewart
John Feigel
Pittsburgh Central Labor Union
William J. Hart
United Steelworkers
Tarentum
Pat. Fulton
Snowbound Streets Delay Corry Traffic On Wil lam Street
A view of William Street looking south toward Ward Church shows morning weather before snow plows cleared the way. Drifts of two to three feet covered most Corry roads, hindering travel and delaying movement.
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Willam Street
Corry
Snowbound State Deploys Fleet of Planes for Aid
Western Pennsylvania shovels out as planes run hours behind schedule and helicopters sweep to rescue stranded residents. Gov. leader urged to mobilize more crews while federal and state equipment move to clear secondary roads, with rescues near Scranton, Berks, and Lancaster counties.
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Wulthiltu
Page One
Blevens
Keystone State
Albert EB. Strausser
Columbus County
Scranton Radiotelevision
Alnce
Hill
Scranton
Nick Hudak
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
$2 Million Needed To Start Erie Sewer Work
Erie officials outlined a total $2,000,000 cost to install storm sewers in the southeast area. Streets Director Joseph Walczak said a $750,000 spring-summer bond issue will not solve the problem but will provide a start. Millcreek Township will handle a separate $400,000 sanitary sewer project, with the city share about $110,000, marking the first jointly financed bid by the township.
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Erie
Streets
Joseph Walczak
City Engineering Bureau
Gerald Weber
Walerake
Millcreek Township
Walezak
Quie Captures Minnesota House Seat In Tight Race
Albert Quie, a 34 year old dairy farmer, narrowly defeated Eugene Foley by 655 votes to win Minnesota's 1st Congressional District seat left vacant by August Andreson. Foley considers a recount as Quie edges past the 50 percent mark in a solid Republican district that Democrats call a moral rebuke to Benson policies.
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GOP
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Lat
Republcin Party
Albert Quie
August Andreson
Quie
Eugene Folay
Foley
Andresen
Benson
Wife's Claim Halts Sale of Furniture at Schwartz Home
A sheriff sale of Stanley Schwartz furniture at his home was postponed pending a hearing on a claim by his wife Betty that she owns some items. Sheriff John Coates paused the auction planned for 2:30 p.m. to allow her to prove ownership at Friday county court, tied to unpaid costs from a 1954 bribery case.
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Stanley Schwartz
Betty
John Coates
Schwartz
Jacob
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