Pike group eyes two routes for turnpike extensions
Senate Highways Committee will meet with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to discuss two proposed parallel routes across northern Pennsylvania and a central path. The Sharon to Stroudsburg option is viewed as more viable due to cost concerns over tunneling and northern routes. A widened Route 6 plan is also urged for inclusion in federal highway funding.
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Commission
Wade
Pennsylvania
Sharon
Stroudsburg
Arthur Blass
Erie
State Highways Department
Cleveland
New York
Sharon-Stroudsburg
Plymouth Meeting
Norristown
Scranton
Turnpike Commission
Delaware River
Susquehanna
Susquehanna River
Harrisburg
Northern Tier Counties
John 8. Fine
Last Rites Held for Mrs. Cora I. Miller
Last rites were held for Mrs. Cora I. Miller at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev. Howard Stull of First Methodist Church officiating. Burial followed in Pine Grove Cemetery. Attending from outside Corry were Pauline Nagle of Meadville Milton Wykoff Henry Fosburg and Lois Fosburg of Cambridge Springs plus Gerry friends.
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Etvicasus
Bracken
Howard Stull
First Methodist Church
Benrera
Henry Fosburg
Milton Wykoff
Francis Blair
Jack Freeman
C. Vernon Welch
Gary Dingfelder
Pine Grove Cemetery
Corry
Pauline Nagle
Meadville
North East
Henry F
Wounds Mother, Takes Own Life After Carjacking
Perth Amboy New Jersey 20 year old Army veteran Charles Johnson shot his mother then forced a married couple to drive him around for over five hours. He shot himself during police attempt to confirm his mother's condition. Johnson had argued with his widowed mother Ann Johnson 43 and faced possible jail or reenlistment after a stolen car conviction.
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Associated Press
Perth Amboy
N. J
Charles Johnson
Johnson
Ann Johnson
Staten Island
N. Y
New York
Charles
Warren Corry Jaycees Hold Meeting Here
A joint Warren and Corry Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting convened at the VFW club with 23 Warren members arriving by chartered bus. The Warren Jaycees won a bowling match 2473 to 2477, a buffet supper followed the Pass the Gavel program, and Frank Anthony accepted the gavel from K Karl Able.
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Corry
Warren
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Yester
Frank Anthony
K. Karl Able
Mr. Able
Leroy Schneck
Ed Ryberg
Allen Anderson
Anthony
North East Club
Raymond Brynt
Frank Messina
Donald Dickinson
Strike Looms Over Dunkirk Plant as Union Demands Rise
Dunkirk production workers of a major plant plan to strike at midnight if the company does not present revised terms. Local 2986 of the steel union rejects pension and insurance concessions and calls for substantial wage increases. Company officials and union leaders met Friday but made no progress, with no comment from the company.
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Pany
Sam
Dunkirk
Charles Shaw
Michael Lam
Gotisters
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
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Pike Group
Blass
Sharon - Stroudsburg
Harisburg
George M. Wade
Cumberland
Senate Highways Committee
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Cora I. Miller
Corry Jaycees
Evening Journal
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Carl Mauss
Wayne
Mrs. Eisenhower
York
Palmer
Loveland's Grocery
Columbus
Jamestown
Engle
Engle's
Engle Builders
R&h
R&h. Motor
R&m
Jordan's Used Cars
Shady Avenue
Route 6
Howard E. Jordan
Columbus Milling Co
Hotpoint
All-Way Electric CO
Orson
Veronica’s
Florida Oranges
Oge
Messinger
RED & White
R&i
DeSoto Firedome
Kaiser
Borstorff & Fitch
Thomas Motors of Corry, Inc
THER
Unem
Glendora Sauerkraut
Wrisley
S&h
Columbus Grocery
Blackstone
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