Corry area notes hospital, hires, and school tests
William Lombard of Warren a former editor and manager of The Journal remains in fair condition at Corry Memorial Hospital after admission on February 12. County commissioners approved hiring a 26 year old county woman as therapist at the Erie County Infirmary at $215 a month rising to $240 after a three month probation. Seventy one sophomore bookkeeping students at Corry Area High School took a shorthand aptitude test to decide if they should take the course next semester due to high dropouts. the course is demanding. Wallet theft reported on West Main Street with $151 in costs and IDs, plus a car ransack on North Center Street with items taken and a broken turn signal handle. A blue metal crank or trailer hitch found on Third Avenue was turned in by Paul Teeter. The Retail Merchants Association announced a Leap Year Sell-A-Brashion sale for Thursday through Saturday with participating merchants offering special prices. Corry street crews will plow Center, Washington, Main, and South streets tonight after 11 with no-park rules posted. G Albert Sweet died suddenly at Corry Memorial Hospital after admission yesterday. Bracken Funeral Home handling arrangements. The extended forecast calls for normal to below normal temperatures with frequent snow flurries in the north and precipitation across the region through Wednesday and Thursday.
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Erie County Infirmary
Carl Proctor
Louis Raymek
Bhirley Graham
Girard
Corry Area ‘High School
Roger Hoover
Hoover
Five Killed Nine Injured In Blaze In Harrisonburg
Five people died and nine were hospitalized after a predawn fire tore through a new brick apartment building in Harrisonburg Virginia. Two children aged 5 and 3 died along with three adults, Otis Rowan 67 Claude Bowman 70 and Clarence B Davis 87. Fire crews from five companies responded to the alarm with no immediate cause found.
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Mary Elizabeth Hoffman
Harry J. Hoffman
Otis Rowan
Claude Bowman
Clarence B. Davis
Pio
Shenaidoah Valley
Richmond
Sukarno Demands Asian African Representation at Paris Summit
President Sukarno stirred a 50,000 strong rally in West Java with a bold demand for Asian and African representation at the Paris peace talks in May. Khrushchev, seated behind, and Sukarno sparred over views on U S policy as Sukarno warned that without regional freedom there can be no world peace.
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Three St Pius players held in station burglary
POTTSTOWN Pa AP three members of St Pius High School basketball team were arrested Sunday night and charged with burglarizing a service station on Route 422 five miles east of here. One player was wounded by the station owner and two others were hospitalized with leg injuries. The third youth is in jail. The incident followed an eight dollar take from vending machines. Trojanowski and Koury are varsity players. Koury scored 16 and Trojanowski 12 in a Sunday game.
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Pottstown
Sawchuk
Chrisch
Trojanowski
Koury
St. Pius
Missing Couple Rescued After Mass Air Search
Arthur E. Copeland and his wife Helen, long sought in a major air search that involved nearly 30 Civil Air Patrol planes and the Navy, were found on Pope’s Island after their Comanche Piper aircraft encountered headwinds and ran low on fuel. They survived a night in a Coast Guard cabin before a Navy helicopter delivered fuel and rescued them.
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Death of Mountbatten Countess Halts British Joy
London AP reports the death of Countess Mountbatten, Prince Philip’s aunt and wife of Admiral Earl Mountbatten, during a tour in North Borneo. Queen Elizabeth ordered a week of mourning, canceling social engagements as the royal family grieves.
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Stackpole Talks Set Tomorrow
Federal mediator Arthur Wellman to meet separately with union and management as 2000 workers from five Stackpole Carbon Company plants continue a 22 day strike. The Loje 602, International Union of Blotricel Workers, began the walkout February 1 after contract expiration, affecting plants in Marys Kane and Johnsonburg.
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Congress weighs higher federal minimum wage in election year
Norman Walker reports Congress moves toward a new minimum wage boost up to or near 1.25 dollars an hour. The plan aims to lift about 14 million workers, with Kennedy supporting gradual increases and Mitchell signaling a modest rise is feasible without triggering inflation. The piece notes past raises and the law’s reach, along with the broader political dynamic between Democrats and Republicans amid labor issues. It also mentions John Carisi, aviation pioneer, dying at 75 in New York.
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Cuba Reports Second Air Raid Targets Castro Villa
MAVANA AP Fidel Castro says a twin engine World War II bomber attacked a Havana suburb where his villa is located and damaged an oil refinery. guards reportedly fired back. The plane allegedly came from the north and escaped. The incident follows a prior raid and a separate Florida origin attack on a sugar mill, prompting U.S. apologies and renewed Cuban demands to stop anti Castro raids.
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State Department
U. S
Vision Came True Anger? Bertha Crouthamel Dies in Church
Bertha Crouthamel told a Bible class of 55 women she looked forward to seeing angels then collapsed at the United Church of Christ in Pereas ie. Pa a doctor diagnosed a heart attack. The incident occurred during a Bible class session.
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Pereasie
Bertha Crouthamel
United Church of Christ
Mutual funds endure stock market tremors and lure
The January stock shakeout trimmed mutual fund assets but investors still bought more shares than in December while redemptions rose. Funds face competition from life insurance products like variable annuities and the NYSE Investment Plan as observers weigh the year ahead. Competition from other retirement vehicles and potential tax privileges for self employed push growth in this sector.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Jan funds pull ahead despite monthly net decrease
Year to year, December spending on consumer goods may obscure month to month trends. At end January the 155 mutual funds tracked held 15.1 billion in assets, up 1.4 billion from a year earlier but down 700 million in the month. Investors bought 18 million in January, 29 million more than December, while redemptions totaled 78.5 million, 22 million above December. Start of year accounts reached 1,276,077, signaling broad public interest though many hold multiple accounts.
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