Young Married Couple in Jail for Child Homicide
In New York, Guy Scielzo and his wife Mary, both 29, were jailed on homicide charges for the starvation deaths of their son and neglect of a daughter. The 14 pound boy died after years of abuse while a 5 year old girl survived, files say the couple admitted neglect. Authorities tied the case to long social-service investigations and hospital reports dating back to 1947.
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Associated Press
New York
Guy Scielzo
Mary
Guy
Vincenza
Scierza
Vincentza
Frank 5. Hogan
Pittsburgh Wins State Court Case
The Pennsylvania supreme court ruled Pittsburgh may condemn a blighted Golden Triangle area and turnover the land to an Insurance company for a 50 million redevelopment. The decision dismissed a suit by four business property owners contesting the project as unconstitutional since it favors commercial use over public housing.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
Urban Redevelopment Authority of
State of
Pennsylvania
Twenty Years Ago Sliced From Journal Files January 11 1930
Sleetstorm cripples New York state towns cutting lights and telegraph wires. Corty Country Club introduces January golf with Merle Drake Carl Gustafson E. E. Gilbertson and Leo Hoylen. Corry High edges Youngsville 14 13 after rough play and ragged shooting. Mrs Eliza Shaffer homebound with injuries from a yard fall. no bones broken.
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Ripley's
Corty ‘Country Club
Merle Drake
Carl Gustafson
E. E. Gilbertson
Leo Hoylen
Eliza Shaffer
West Pleasant Street
Quiz style memory test with mixed questions across topics
A reader prompts a 10 question trivia contest covering states, terms, rope materials, Arizona California river border, vice presidents, city water shortage, veterans group leadership, dog stud book orgs, opera composer, and TVA and MVA proposals. It hints at career answers on Classified Page and notes memory improvement.
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Jenner
Senate
Kismet
Arizona
California
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Harold Russell
Veterans’ Organization
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
MVA
Farm Bureau backs laws against monopoly in antitrust debate
The American Farm Bureau Federation issued a policy statement urging strict enforcement against monopolies and restrictive practices while supporting competitive, integrated systems. It argues size alone does not prove monopoly and warns against using regulations to stifle efficient competition. The piece links this stance to the government's antitrust case against a major chain store system and questions the view that lower prices are a crime.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Sige
Weetan
Masked Bandits Hold Up Hazelwood Tavern
Three masked bandits armed with a submachine gun robbed Roths tavern in Hazelwood, escaping with 19000 from two women, Mrs. Helen Zabik and her daughter Mrs. Helen Girhing, both Homestead residents. Police investigate links to payroll cashing by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers.
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Pittsburgh
Hazelwood
Helen Zabik
Helen Girhing
Homestead
Roth
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Local Drugstores Advertise In Corry Area
In Corry and surrounding towns William and Jean Lindsley drug stores promote their service at your home town druggist. The ad highlights convenient pharmaceutical supplies and neighborhood availability.
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Corry Oy Yew
William & Ean
Lindsley Drug Stores
Tragic brothers and sisters starve in Brooklyn home
A Bronx mother and three children faced severe neglect. Bernard Fagan of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children entered the apartment last November and found the siblings starving. The boy died from starvation after being rushed to the hospital. Vincenza recovered from 20 pounds. Nicoletta and Michael, initially healthy, were placed in another care home, but Michael died January 3 of acute appendicitis, authorities said not due to neglect.
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Hogan
Michael
Brooklyn
Ati
Home Looted of $700 in Washington PA Robbery
Masked armed bandits trussed up John Ronyak 72 and his son Paul 43 in their Washington Pennsylvania home. They looted $700 during the incident reported January 11.
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Washington, Pa
John Ronyak
Paul
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Comy
New York State
Corry High
Youngsville High
Orange and Black
Powell
North Center Street
FORD
Tess the
Bigelow
Thim An
Shoop’s
Lakeview
Oranges, California
Florida
Children’s Union
Helen Skoppe
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