Car collisions, injuries, and local notices in Warren and Corry
A Warren driver rear ended another vehicle at night on slick pavement. no arrests. In Corry, Gerald Crowell, 68, cut his left hand at home and Ida Eck, 49, fractured fingers from a wire line incident. Weather forecast calls for above normal temperatures and mixed precipitation. Community events cover hunting films, a Hare Creek Beagle Club meeting, and youth sports. A two car crash in Corry involved faulty brakes. Woodworth and Burkhart were involved with fault and penalties noted. Local police report illegal left turn charges and YMCA pool injury to a boy. Titusville police and Tri-City Lodge details, plus Butler Garment Co training for new workers.
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North Center
Smith Streets
Robert A. Woodworth
Snyder Circle
James Burkhart
East Washington Street
Burkhart
Woodworth
East Sihith
Britons Begin Move From Fahrenheit To Centigrade
London reports temperatures fall across Britain as officials start converting to the centigrade thermometer scale and decimal currency. The switch to metric measures unfolds gradually through broadcasts and press, with Fahrenheit retained in brackets for now. A government committee is tasked with advancing the currency and measurement reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Body of Daniel Glessner Recovered From Casselman River
In Meyersdale Somerset County fire crews recovered the body of Daniel Glessner from the Casselman River near Meyersdale. Police say he had been missing since January 7 and apparently fell into the river from a small railroad bridge or from the riverbank.
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Meyersdale
Daniel ©. Glessner
Casselman River
Somerset County
Glessner
Motorist Faces 4 Charges After Hospital Release
Frank R. Wright Sr. of Jamestown faces four charges after a collision near Lakewood. Deputies say he will be charged with reckless driving at the scene and three speeding counts for Falconer Poland and a Prewsbury zone. Officer James D. Girts of Lakewood suffered multiple injuries and is hospitalized in fair condition. Wright’s car, clocked at 75 mph, struck Girts and breached a police blockade on Route 60.
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Jaen
Lakewood
WCA
Mayville
Frank R. Wright Sr
Jamestown
Falconer
Poland
Prewsbury
Wright
James D. Girts
Council Deliberates Police Court Plan With Magistrate System
City council weighs replacing alderman hearings with a monthly magistrate chosen from among aldermen. Ray Weber, safety director, to accompany planners. Proposed police court would run five days a week 9 to 10 am with a $5 cost, city receives fines, magistrates paid $30 weekly, records kept by city, hearings moved to Municipal Building. Other items expected at tonight session.
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Umt
Corneil
Ray Weber
Zalzneck
M.B. Cobbett
Norbert Bachemer Porter Auer
George Gordon
Pease appeal sent to Harrisburg over Millcreek case
Former McDowell High School teacher George L. Pease has filed an appeal to Pennsylvania Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Charles Boehm in Harrisburg seeking reversal of the Millcreek Township School District board’s dismissal. The petition asks reinstatement with back pay and benefits after Pease refused to supervise a boys bowling club.
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George L. Pease
McDowell High School
Charles Boehm
Pennsylvania
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Harrisburg
Pease
Robert B. McCullough
Boehm
Mill~ Creek Township
Millcreek School Board
George Gott
William Conner
Frank Schrimper
William C. Morton
George Schau
Thomas M. Wells
Gordon Swenson
Millcreek Township
McCullough
Court of Common Press
Taxpayers
Samuel Y. Rossiter
Common Pleas Court
Mel Cullough
Hal Boyle's Americana reminiscences and oddities
New York based Hal Boyle muses on mail as a gateway to the world and ponders quirky facts from astronomy to food history. The column offers wry vignettes about stars ages, famous figures, and oddball notes on salt, spices, toasters, and animal biology.
Warren Man Killed in S Vietnam Motorcycle Crash
John Frederick Gleason, 21, of Warren, died in South Vietnam while serving with the Military Assistance Advisory Group. Notification to his mother Mrs. Gertrude Gleason says he was in a motorcycle accident last Thursday. He was an airman second class in the U.S. Air Force.
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Wannon
Warren
South Vietnam
John Frederick Gleason
Gertrude Gleason
Young Gleason
U. S
Sparta Cows Lead Monthly Test In Herd Milk Production
The report by the Sparta Cows Improvement Association shows 857 cows tested with 2 percent of herds topping the charts. Top producers include Diwigtt A. King of Spartanshiine at 1358 pounds milk and 553 fat, Milton Bloomfield and Son of Spartansburg at 1326 milk 635 fat, and Joe Wetmore of Corry at 1212 milk 431. Gerald Scouten of Centerville posted 1143 milk 429 fat, Carl Pullom of Corry at LOTL 40.1. The five high cows list Henry Jaquith of Spring Creek at 1919 milk 919 fat, Milton Bloomfield and Son at 2232 milk 915 fat, Henry Jaquith at 1040 902, Donald Triscott of Cor Ty at 2083 900, Dwight A. King of Spartansburg at 1913 823. Force, noted for his athletic and work ethic, was remembered for his activity in sports and part-time jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pymeimy
Jsewry Nerd Improvement, Association
Lawrence Swanson
Hie
Carl Pullom
Corry
Lotl
Henry Jaquith
Spring Creek
Milton Bloomfield and Son
Spartansburg
Henry Jacquith
Donald Triscott
Cor Ty
Dwight A. King
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Mixy P. Donaldson
5 Ty
Cook
Gerald Crowell
Corry Memorial Hospital
Ida Myrtle Eck
Sex Street
Cor
Corry Area High School
Simpson
Union City
Hare Creek Beagle Club
YMCA
Joe Slike
Sportsmen's Club
South Center Street
West Main Street
Larry W. Davis
East Main Street
South Center
West Main
M. S. Cobett
Terry Darnofall
Walter Darnofall
Titusville
Tri-City
Fraternal Order of Police
Eagles Club
Butler Garment Co
Bobbie Brooks
Butler, Jr
Lodie
Sally Sue
Gant Waa
New York
Miley Way
Bette Davis
Sid Caesar
John Barrymore
Walter Winchell
Hal Boyle
H. L. Mencken
Aroma
Kin Hubbard
Oscar Homolka
Zoo
Abral Lincoln
Warren Man
S. Vietnam
Sparta
Ania
Lanacane
Corry Savings & Loan Assn
Erie County
The
Association For Building and Equipment
Federal Home Loan Bank
Reserve Bank
United States
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Washington, D. C
Member
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Pennsylvania Savings and Loan League
U.S. Savings and Loan League
Homer G. Bulard
Savings and Loan Company
Loose Man
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