Meadville and Vicinity News Highlights
Meadville notes state tax forms available at The Journal. James Burnison acquires the Dreadlem building to replace it with a two story shopping block housing his shoe store. Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary meets tonight. Ritz Restaurant offers Sunday dinners. Fredonia Assemblyman Manley reports heavy opposition to Rockefeller tax plan. Corry Ladies League moved meeting to March 6. Dunkirk reports cottage burglary. $100 reward posted. Meadville flood costs exceed 95,000 with 15,000 in claims. Fredonia bids for downtown parking project approved. Deer Head Inn closes until March 5. Millcreek building code discussion continues. Meadville rapid-fire items include school principal appointment, Junior Class play tickets, two fire truck bids, and Beisel retires as Meadville School Board secretary.
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Meadville
James Burnison
Fta
Burnison
Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary
Ritz
Fredonia
Chautauqua County
A. Bruce Manley
Nelson A Rockefellers
Manley
Corry Catrymen’s League
C. D. of A
Dunkirk
Louis MeIntire
Route 5
McIntire
John Dunham
Sheridan
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows Hall
Manty
Robert and Keystone
Otto Cupler Company
Titusville
French Creek
Dean H. Lightner Jr
Council
Fredomia
Rom the
Spencer Wrecking Co
Jamestown
Redonia
Deer Head Inn
Millcreek
Journal. of
Harry W. Ray
Reynolda-Winslow Joint
Reynoldsville
Jefferson County
Codranton
Ray
Clair L. Axtell
FH. L. Moore Company
Cochranton
Wan
Senior High
Paul V. Robert
W. J. Dunn Company
Robert
Dunn
Keystone Hose Company
Dick Hose Company
Chasets
Mom
Ginnie
Crews Clear Erie Freight Derailment After Wreckage Cleanup
Crews cleared both east and west Erie tracks after a freight derailment that involved 21 cars in Meadville and other locales. Round the clock work relieved by workers from Meadville Salamanca Hornell and Youngstown aimed to complete cleanup. Damages are expected to run into hundreds of thousands of dollars with totals to be released in days.
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Erie Railroad
Meadville
Salamanca
Hornell
Youngstown
Journal
Hospital Admission and Discharges List
The Corry Memorial Hospital reports admissions for Mrs Peter Stutuman RD 3 Mr Paul Weber 115 West Church Barbara 15 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Glenn Babcock 128 West Washington William Houghton 335 Mead Avenue W Marvin Bessey Clymer Mrs Carl Gincott Columbus Mrs Floyd Brown Union City Mrs H Bilton Reese Clymer Robert 3 year old son of Mr and Mrs Walter Cook Cincinnati Discharged Mrs Joe Garfield Clymer Mrs Richard Mould 583 West Church Street.
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Peter Stutuman
Paul Weber
West Church Street
Barbara
Glenn Babcock
West Washington Street
William Houghton
Mead Avenue
W. Marvin Bessey
Clymer
Carl Gincott
Columbus
Floyd Brown
Union City
H. Bilton Reese
Robert
Walter Cook
Cincinnati
Campy’s Boy Admits Theft In Drug Store
The 15 year old son of Roy Campanella has admitted breaking into a Queens drug store with a friend. David Campanella and George Delmos took cash, cigars, and cosmetics. about $500 allegedly stolen. He faces juvenile delinquency charges and awaits arraignment. Meantime Red Cross awards flood relief totals reach $73,924.35 to 512 claimants in Meadville area.
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New York
Roy Campanella
Queens
David Campanella
David
Ruthe Campanella
George Delmos
Campanella
Negra
Delmos
Daniel Statesman
Yous Campanella
Wilfred A. Waltemade
Waltemade
Meadville
Meadville-Western
Crawford County
American Red Cross
Robert Williams
ABC Disaster Relief
Hamlet on CBS TV: brisk 75 minute Old Vic adaptation
The Old Vic Company offered a 75 minute version of Hamlet on CBS in a fast paced 19th century court style. Ralph Nelson and Michael Benthall guided a TV production that sacrificed depth for intensity and drama, with John Neville as Hamlet praised by some viewers for TV over stage.
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New York
The
Old Vic Company
Cbs-Tv
Ralph Nelson
Michael Benthall
Old Vic
John Neville
Hamlet
Neville
Ham Iet
John Gielgud
National Grape Co operative reports 1958 sales and gains
Westfield directors and delegates praise results as owners of the world’s largest grape processing company. Douglas Moorhead of North East reelected president for a 10th term. Net sales for 1958 reach a record $40.5 million, up 10 percent from 1957, with $151.82 paid to Eastern Pool members and $122.17 to Western Pool members. Mortgage debt expected to be fully paid by 1960. Major plant upgrades include automatic pressing at Lawton Michigan and new dock facilities at North East.
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Westfield
National Grape Cooperative Association, Inc
Douglas M. Moorhead
North East
Associaion
National
Concord
Welch
Eastern Pool
Western Pool
Welch and
Lawton
Mich
Michigan
Broclon
N.Y
Meany Pledges Not To Retire In Washington Action
Washington action planned to spur job aid by Congress and the administration. Meany and AFL CIO leaders reportedly clash with Reuther and Carey over policy control. Demonstration aims to fill the capital’s armory with 3000 to 4000 idle workers and union officials with a possible parade down Pennsylvania Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columna Axong
Washington
Congress
Meany
Reuther
Carey
Afl-Cio
Pennsylvania Avenue
Batista Terrorism Fatal To Regime
The report recounts brutal killings in Holguin with 12 civilians found dead and Cowley shot in a hardware shop by rebels. Arrests followed and many detainees were rebanded. bodies of several tortured prisoners later found on a highway. Batista’s extradition bid is cited amid claims of brutality and assassination tied to his rule.
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Batista
Holguin
Cowley
Rafael Lavastida
Cowrey
Former Batista Officials Executed in War Crimes Roundup
A national police roundup claims to have executed over 300 former Batista regime officials and officers for major war crimes. Bohemia reports former Senator Pelayo Cuervyo Navarro, an opposition figure, had no connection to the assassination plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelayo Cuervyo Navarro
Bohemia
Batista
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Benjamin A. Beisel
Meadville Area
Beisel
CRYSTAL /COAL Co
Maple Ave
Corry, Pa
Corry Memorial Hospital
Joe Garfield
Richard Mould
Campy
Barbara Jefford
Ophelia
Oliver Neville
Claudius
Margaret Courtenay
Gertrude
John Humphry
Laertes
Joseph O'Conor
Polonius
Co-Operative
United States
Service and Health
Corty's, House of Fashion
Dominican Republic
Castro
Flye Rexall Drugs
Center St
Corry’s Finest
Chuck Roast Sale
Chuck Roast
Shank Beef
Shur
Sea Side
Heinz Catsup
BOC
Bordens
van Camps Tuna
Florida
Pascal Celery
Cello
Maine
N.E
Main Street
Kunde
Hysham
Ug Seith
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