Weather and court notes from a wary week in 1949
The extended forecast for Be covers Wednesday to Sunday with temperature near normal, a warmer midweek, a colder Thursday, rain and possible snow by Friday, and total precipitation around half to three quarters of an inch. Jury selections for the February term of the Supreme Court include Clmyer residents Cornelius Becker and Albert Querreveld. State Police report coal pickets active near Ridgway weedville with about 300 striking miners at Lorain Knight strip. Pennsylvania liquor sales dropped over nine million dollars last year, totaling 180,216,531 before tax. 1948 sales were 189,264,075 with 1946 the alltime high at 234,900,832. Legion post bonus forms available. Zajac treated for hand laceration at Corry Hospital. Route 6 floods receded. heavy vehicles allowed through. Marriage licenses filed in Erie County. various real estate and license actions recorded. Housing starts set a 1949 record at 1,019,000 dwellings with 983,700 private. A large Boeing Stratocruiser flew over Erie. Mrs Shaver dies at home. obituary to follow.
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Pennsylvania
State Liquor Control Board
Kidnapper of Oil City Youths Held for Court
Frank Winchester, 20, is jailed in Erie awaiting grand jury action on charges of kidnapping three Oil City teens and illegal possession of a loaded automatic pistol. He was arrested in a Springville restaurant after reportedly threatening the youths with the weapon and forcing them toward New York City. The victims Richard Nuhfer and Patty Brockway described the sequence to a waitress who then alerted deputies.
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Buffalo
Frank Winchester
Pennsylvania
Erie County
Fred
Staly
Springville
Winchester
Richard D. Nuhfer
Venus
Patty Jane Brockway
Shirley Strickenburg
Oil City
New York City
Mae Wiley
Charles ¥. Becker
Becker
Nuhfer
Mrs Alfred Springling Dies at Dunkirk After Illness
Anarione M. Springling wife of Alfred Springling of Dunkirk New York died at her home Saturday evening after a long illness. Born in the city she is survived by her husband nine sisters including Mrs Ethel Hopson of Dunkirk and several nieces and nephews. Services set for Wednesday at 2 PM at Ehlers Funeral Home with Rev Arthur Crawford. interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Anarione M. Springing
Alfed Springling
Dunkirk
N. Y
Ethel Hopson
Ehlers
Arthur Crawford
Forest Gill
Battleship Missouri Runs Aground Near Thimble Shoal
Norfolk Va Jan 17 the battleship Missouri 45000 ton grounded in Chesapeake Bay 140 miles ENE of Old Point Comfort while outbound to Guantanamo Bay for routine operations. Naval spokesmen offered little explanation and said little chance of refloating before the next high tide. The ship recently left Norfolk Naval Shipyard after limited repairs and had the Japanese surrender on its deck.
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Norfolk
Missouri
Chesapeake Bay
Old Point Comfort
Thimble Shoal
Light
Guantanamo
Cuba
United States
Ugs
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth
Mrs Node Heltman Dead at Warren General Hospital
Mrs Node Heltman of R D 1 Pittsfield died Monday afternoon at Warren General Hospital after three weeks as a patient. Born November 5, 1890 in Fagundus Warren County, she was a former reporter for the Pittsburgh Press. Surviving sister Leona Hartington of Pittsfield. Service at St Francis Episcopal Church Youngsville at 11 15. Burial in Garland Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Node Heltman
R. D
Pittsfield
Warren General Hospital
Warren
Fagundus
Warren County
Jend
George Wood
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Press
Hellman
McCoy Nursing Home
St. Francis’ Episcopal Church
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Clymer
Supreme Court
Chautauqua County Golirt
Mayville
Cornelius Becker Hie
Albert Querreveld
Ridgway-Weedville
Lorain Knight Strip
South Kersey
Ridgway
The
Spartansburg American Legion
Stanley Zajac
Union City
Corry Hospital
Corry-Jamestown
Zajac
Route 6
Pollock's Bridge
Frank G. Whiteley Ux
Clare J. Capwell Ux
Third Ward
Erie County Court House
Bureau of Highway Safety
James L. King
Owen Taylor
Spring Street
Ward
Thomas O. Maloney
Molt. Street
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Charles Shaver
Eucliel Street
Ersonal Finance CO
N. Center
Corry
Harry Hell
YES
Alfred Springling
U.S
Drene
Tate la
REX Theatre
Inspector General
Danny Kaye
Walter Slezak
Barbara Bates
Guy Rogers
Robert Price
Wilbur Rickers
Johnson Bros
McCormick-Deering
International Harvester
Leslie Dedd
Albert Stoffan
W. W. Waterhouse
W. South St
America
Corry, Pa
Isiatt
W. A. Steen
Floyd Marsh
Wolverine
Spiesman's. Shoe Store
Harry Wilcox
Isabelle Graham
Patterson Photo Products
G. A. Magee
D. B. Taggart
de Soto
C.S. Wallace
Carl Moll Alton Dahistruna
Tion
Desoto
Plymouth
Borstorff & Fitch
First Avenue
Bob Owens, Jr
Roane Ae Eer Ponsecho Remr Vance
Ross
Rossbacher Insurance Service
First Avenue, Corry. Po
Rossbac
Claude A. Parker
Dan Lindberg
Ake
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