Area Man Dead in Mercer County Homicide Near Sandy Lake
Wallace Coulson a 69 year old farmer of R D 3 Sandy Lake was found shot to death along a rural road in Lake Township Mercer County after 8 pm Friday. Authorities ruled the death a homicide with autopsy confirming a gunshot wound to the head and no clear leads on a suspect or motive.
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Franklin
Sandy Lake
Wallace Coulson
Lake Township
Mercer County
Coulson
Clyde Dick
Fred Raiach
Grove Hospital
John Mohney
Sugar Grove Man Hurt In Car Crash On Route 69
Terrance Lee Rutsky 21 of Sugar Grove suffered a fractured skull, broken wrist and facial lacerations when his car struck a concrete bridge on Route 69 south of Sugar Grove. He was hospitalized and listed in satisfactory condition after drifting asleep while drinking about 3 a.m. Saturday. A second Warren County crash on Route 27 near Garland injured Robert C. Minor, 36, who received a lacerated finger when his car skidded, hitting a mailbox, fence and utility pole, causing about $1,000 damage. A separate Hong Kong poll reports 85 percent disapproval of concubinage among 134 men and 116 women, and universal objection to a woman having more than one husband.
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Warren
Warren County
Terrance Lee Rutsky
Sugar Grove
Route 69
Warren General Hospital
WCA Hospital
Jamestown
Gary L. Rain
Richard DeSimone
Rutsky
Robert C. Minor
Route 27
Garland
Daniel L. Portner
Information Center Planned in Erie County Project
The State Highways Department will launch 15 highway beautification projects totaling 958 599 in 15 counties as part of a 2.6 million program. Included is 617 900 to build two tourist information centers on I 90 in Erie County and I 80 in Monro County, with 14 centers planned at interstate entrances statewide. Initial work will proceed in Bucks Butler Cambria Columbia Dauphin Perry Fulton Bedford Indiana Lehigh Philadelphia Snyder Union Tioga and Westmoreland counties.
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State Highways Department
Interstate 90
Erie County
Monrow
Commonwealth
Bucks
Butler
Cambria
Columbia
Dauphin-Perry
Fulton
Bedford
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Lehigh
Philadelphia
Snyder Union
Tioga
Westmoreland
Hold Hearing In Motel Suit Against Bell Phone
Public Utilities Commission held a Friday hearing in Warren to hear testimony in a suit filed by Mr and Mrs Barney Roberts owners of the Youngsville Motel in Youngsville. They allege loss of business since their motel was omitted from the telephone book yellow pages. Bell Telephone Company Philadelphia department represented the utility while the Roberts lawyers attended with APAC examiner David Swanson. The two hour forty five minute session proceeded, and all testimony and briefs will be forwarded to the Public Utility Commission for study before a decision is issued.
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Roberts
David J .W. Swanson
APAC
Utility Commission
Display Art Of Three Chimps At Field Museum
The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago displays paintings by three chimpanzees Betsy Congo and Zippy. The orange toned works draw strong visitor comment as collectors praise the animals creative effort and remark on blurring lines between human and animal artistry. The canvases were a gift from the late Emily Crane Chadbourne of Chicago to illustrate ape behavior.
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Betsy
Congo
Zippy
Field Mo of Natural History
Emily Crane Chadbourne
Chicago
Fire Gut Armour Building: $100000 Erie Loss
An explosion of unknown origin near 6 p m triggered a three alarm blaze gutting the vacant Armour building in Erie and causing an estimated 100000 damage. Firefighters battled the two hour blaze in freezing temperatures, with 80 men using eight pumpers and three ladder trucks. The owner, Benjamin Kaufman, had recently acquired the warehouse, while County officials weighed final negotiations to acquire it.
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ERIE
Armour
George Hamburger
Brie“fire Department
John Karwoski
Astor Hotel
Karwoski
Erie County Commissioners
Benjamin Kaufman
Lake-To-Sea Bus Strike Settled in Williamsport
The week long strike against the Edwards Lake-to-Sea System bus line ends as 120 drivers and mechanics ratify a three year labor contract. Details were not disclosed. The walkout began December 31 after contract talks stalled. William H. Edwards, president.
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Williamsport
Amalgamated Transit Union
William H. Edwards
Presi
51st Annual Farm Show Opens Today
The 51st Pennsylvania Farm Show opened with hopes of record attendance, expecting over 700000 visitors during the five day run under the State Farm Show complex roof. Gov. Scranton and wife Mary, joined by Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Leland H. Bull, toured exhibits amid praise for Pennsylvania agriculture's wide diversity and production of many farm items for consumption.
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Harrisburg
Gav
Scranton
Mary
Secretary of Agriculture
Leland H. Bull
Pennsylvania
States
Washington
Kansas
Million-Dollar Fire Destroys Grant Store at Valley Forge
A fire at W. C. Grant store in the Valley Forge complex caused about one million dollars in damages. Hundreds evacuated from a nearby theater as firemen battled for over two hours. The blaze, visible for miles, left only parts of the Grant building standing, with surrounding shops suffering smoke and water damage. Authorities blamed a rear lower-level fire area near a gas-fired furnace and draperies. exact cause pending final determination.
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King OF Prussia
W. C. Grant
Valley Forge
Srant
Carl DeHaven
Upper Merion Township
Grant
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