County Seen as GOP Battle Site in Erie
Erie Feb 20 county politics center on the Republican primary after Hershey meeting where pro-Dull forces endorsed Judge John Fine for governor. Erie GOP chairman Samuel J. Roberts did not attend. State Treasurer Charles R. Barber appeared unofficially.
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Erie
Rhe County
Hershey
John 8. Fine
Samuel J. Roberts
Erie County
GOP
Charles R. Barber
Fine
Barber
James H. Duff
U. S. Senate
John
Kunkel
Harrisburg
Senate
Jay Coole
Philadelphia
Roberts
Grusly-Martin
Cooke
Auditor General Approves Pension Fund Distributions
Auditor General Weldon Heyburn today approved payments from a 1,326,306 surplus fund to municipalities with police pension funds. The disbursements come from the Casualty Insurance Act, using half of two percent tax on foreign casualty premiums written in Pennsylvania during 1948. Carry In will get 153. Edinboro receives 19, North East 67, Union City 57.
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Weldon Heyburn
Pennsylvania
Edinboro
North East
Union City
Pittsburgh Police Officer Under Arrest
A North Side policeman, John Meyer, 29, was arrested by Lt. Arthur Baker on a Mrs. Margaret Kinross complaint. He faced charges of assault and drunkenness and was suspended pending a police trial board hearing. Kinross received treatment for injuries at Allegheny General Hospital.
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Bey
Pittsburgh
Northside
Magisteale
John Fioruced
Dhurkee
John Meyer
Margret. Kinross
Kinross
Allegheny General Hospital
Meyer
Arthu Baker
Two Die In Navy Plane Crash Near Quakertown
A Navy SE2C bomber crash near Quakertown Pennsylvania killed two occupants including a pilot and a civilian worker. Officials at Philadelphia’s Maslin Field said the aircraft carried experimental gear and departed from Mustity Field about 30 miles away. Spokesmen could not identify the victims immediately. date given is February 20.
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Maslin Field
Philadelphia Naval Base
Mustity Field
Avold
Curtis Helldiver
Doctor's Trial Begins Today in NH Mercy Killing Case
In Manchester New Hampshire today Dr Hermann N Sander faces first degree murder charges over the death of his patient Mrs Abbie Borreto an incurable cancer patient at Hillsborough County General Hospital Court security barred most spectators as veniremen including five women joined 162 juror candidates The case has drawn national attention with reporters from major cities present and a 45 year old red brick courthouse in a New England industrial city the indicted physician was absent from a Sunday church service prior to the trial and prosecutors allege he injected air into the patients veins to cause death
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N. d
Hermann N. Sander
Dr. Sander
Pic
Carner Tident
Abbie Borrato
Lo Ute
Cuttin Asia—Mercy
Anele
Eliles
United States Fund England
New England
Candia
State of
New Hampshire
Berges
Sander
Borreto
Hillsborough County General Hospital
Motorman Ordered Into Court In Fatal Collision
A Long Island motorman, Jacob Kiefer, 35, was ordered into Nassau County court on a manslaughter charge after a wreck killing 29 and injuring 105. His condition delayed arraignment as doctors confirm he is unfit. The crash occurred on a temporary siding involving two electric commuter trains. Thirty-eight remain hospitalized, 17 critically. Kiefer’s son said his father is overwhelmed by grief and unable to think clearly.
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Rockville Centre
Jacob Kiefer
Mig
Ayak Kiefer
Nassau County
James Webner
Kuefer
Long Isand
Wassiu County
Frank A. Gulotin
Kiefer
Donald
Till
Meteor Fireball Sighted Across Several Towns Reported
Residents along rural roads and near Slum Grove and Bear Lake observed a bright fireball in the night sky with fragments falling up to eight miles from the explosion site. The American Meteor Society and National Geographic Society sources urge reporting of any metallic fragments and advise caution for ground impact areas near Waterloo and nearby towns.
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Sted Hearly
New Yorks
Wattsburg
Anne
North
Glymer
Gorey
Anic
Juliane
Hue
Dante
Cirove
Bear Lake
N. Smith
Rod
Waterloo
N.Y
AP veteran dies in Philadelphia after 54 years in reporting
Reitinger, a veteran of 54 years with the Associated Press and a pioneer in wire service reporting, died last night at age 78. He began with the AP in Philadelphia as a copy boy and rose through the ranks during a storied career with the news service.
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Reitinger
Associated Press
United States
BBE
Philadelphia
German Trucks Seized in Berlin Raids Reported
Feb 20 report states the Ruissling seized 20 German racks in the last 44 hours as raids on metal shipments to and from western Berlin intensified. Western Allied officials noted a fifth protest in a month and said the U.S. sector police reported the development.
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Berlin
Ruissling
U.S
Pole
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