Local schools close after furnace repair and cleanup
Repairs were made to the school furnace after an incident yesterday night. Officials closed the school today to enable cleanup and ensure proper working condition. A janitor found a hammering device Wednesday indicating potential tampering. Charles Collier, a fire truck driver, is in serious condition at Corry Memorial Hospital after surgery. The Erie County Credit Union Employees tightens on six former workers with $2,000 in delinquent loans. The weather forecast calls for temperatures 5 to 7 degrees above normal, showers late Saturday and Sunday, then a warming trend early next week. Police report a stray boxer dog near Mrs. Mould's home and a lost red imitation leather billfold at Lindsey's residence. A hit-and-run damaged car was reported on East Washington Street near Park Street. Cochranton police investigate a strangulation attempt on a 20-year-old woman. Corry Area High School will send John Ortner to the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District Festival in Meadville, January 19, with chaperone H. Lynn Rice.
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Corry Area High School
Pennsylvania
Music Educators’ Association
Meadville
John Ortner
Ortner
H. Lynn Rice
Corry
Newspaper Circulation Rises 52 Percent in 25 Years
SEATTLE AP figures show U S daily newspaper circulation has grown 52 percent since 1936 while population rose 40 percent. Stanford Smith of the A N P B A notes total daily circulation at 45.68 million now, projected to 81 million in 25 years. In 1959 ad volume reached 3.54 billion, up 2.75 billion from 1936.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
T Brown
Stanford Smith
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Poday
Smith
Allied Daily Newspapers of
Washington
Divorcee And Mother Of 3 Slain In Brookline
Marilyn R. McManus a 35 year old Pittsburgh divorcee and mother of three boys was found murdered in her Brookline home. Istvan Tonscik a 39 year old Hungarian waiter was arrested after an intensive manhunt and confessed to the murder police said he strangled her when she tried to end their five month relationship.
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Pusopunun Vary
Pittsburgh
Marilyn R. McManus
Brookline
Istevan Tonscik
Tonscik
Firemen Hurt in Trafford Tin Shop Blaze
Four Pittsburgh area firefighters were injured yesterday at a Westinghouse Electric tin shop in Trafford during dismantling work. They received treatment at the plant emergency hospital. The blaze cause remains undetermined as investigations continue.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Trafford
Oil City Area Man Dies in Knl Car Crash
George Lloyd Sorenson, 43, of Seneca, died when his auto left the highway, climbed a snow bank, and struck a tree near Oil City. Coroner ruled accidental death from a broken neck. Sorenson, a Continental Can Co. pressman, was returning home to Oil City after visiting his son Jeffrey serving in the U.S. Navy. he leaves a wife, three sons and three daughters.
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Gil City
George Lloyd Sareysson
Seneca
Venango County
Mintice Dinberg
Sorenson
Anc Vitor
Mrs JFK Best Dresser Tops World Fashion List
New York AP report names Mrs John F Kennedy as the world’s best dressed among women in a list chosen by the New York Couture Group after consulting 2,500 experts. President-elect JFK is rated poorly for suit style, with criticism aimed at wide lapels and only two buttons. The 1960 list includes Jacqueline de Ribes, Mrs Norman Winston, Donna Marella Agnelli, and others across Paris, Turin, Lausanne, London, and Bangkok.
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New York
John. F. Kennedy
New York Couture Group, Inc
Couture
International Association of Clothing Designers
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Kennedy
Vicomtesse Jacqueline de Ribes
Paris
Norman K. Winston
Donna Marella Agnelli
Turin
Italy
Loel Guiness
Palm Beach
Patrick Guiness
Lausanne
Switzerland
Alexandra of Kent
Duchess of Kent
John Barry Ryan I
David Bruce
Washington
Stavros Niarchos
Sifikit
Thailand
Local Youth Charged With Assault On School Principal
LeRoy McKinley, 18, of Emien ton, faces charge of assault and battery and disturbing the peace after allegedly shoving and fighting with Emerson Best, Victory Joint School principal, on December 29. Bond set at $500. released after parents posted bond. McKinley, a former Victory student, followed Best through Emien ton and confronted him at a public phone booth before police detained him.
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Unt Peace
LeRoy McKinley
Emienton
Emerson
Best
Victory Joint School
Victory School
Justice of the Peace James
Wetzel
Emlenton
McKinley
Avpica
Not Builty
Vene Iago County
Dallas R. McKinley
Emlentom
W. L. Sweetapple
Ike Budget Forecast for 1962 Defenses and Surplus
President Eisenhower will send the 1962 budget to Congress on January 16. The plan, larger than this year, projects at least a 600 million dollar surplus for the next fiscal year, with most of the increase covering defense outlays. Kennedy takes office January 20 and will work with Congress to adjust the budget.
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NGLON
Eisenhower
Congress
John P. Kennedy
Israel army reports Arab infiltrator killed near Lebanon border
An Israeli patrol near the Lebanese border clashed with Arab infiltrators. The army said one infiltrator was killed, another wounded and captured, and a third escaped. Separately a Braille Bible project notes twenty volumes are needed to publish the entire Bible.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Two Diplomats Foretold a Path to Slavery Resolution
Bruce Catton recounts a 1861 Washington dinner talk between William H. Seward and John A. Campbell, who urged that the Union not be torn apart by slavery. They proposed gradual modification or abandonment, noting slavery’s rise mainly in the Deep South and urging public discussion and leadership to avert civil conflict.
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Bruce Catton
Associated Press
Lincoln
William H. Seward
New York
Washington
John A. Campbell
Supreme Court
Campbell
Seward
Congress
Upper South
Deep South
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Duane Lindsey
Mott Street
Lindsey
I. H. Crane
Liberty Street
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Cochranton
Charles W. Coyle
George Duke
Kinney
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Robert K. Knight
West Church St
Duffy Duplex
S. Center St
1St Ward
Ora Brown
North Center St
Joseph Amoroso
Oakley Ave
Oil City Area
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Hubby
Ike
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Justice Campbell
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Corry Area Ministerial Association
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