Local notes and state welfare concerns from Erie region
Erie area reports cover sexual offender care delays under 1951 law, a not receptive offender freed, vandal damage to a Warren home, and ongoing Erie third municipal golf course construction. Also updates on infirmary funding near Dunkirk, Amtrak service talks, a derailment near Driftwood, a stray bulldog pickup, traffic enforcement checks, a New Main Lunch disturbance, Captain James Miller joining Eastern Airlines, and Warren Crippled Children’s Committee 1961 Easter Seal drive with 12,587 spent in 1960 for 265 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert J. Johnson Jr
Erie County Bar Association
Warren State Hospital
Warren County Crippled Children's Committee
Pennsylvania and
National Societies For Crippled Children
Radio units aid traffic and investigations across Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State Police announced 22 battery operated two way radio units costing 378 dollars each will aid traffic work and criminal inquiries. Edwin A Johnson Sugarcreek Township police chief seeks Venango County sheriff nomination in May. Weather outlook calls for 12 to 15 degrees below normal with light snow flurries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peninsylvania State Police
Harrisburg
Edwin A. Johnson
Sugarcreek
Venango County
Johnson
Mrs W Jaggi Succumbs At 74 In Columbus
Mrs. W Jaggi age 74 died at her son Lionel Jaggi’s home in R D 1 Columbus after living in Corry. Born September 22 1886 in Columbus she lived there until 1955. Survived by two daughters four sons sister 43 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. Services at Christian and Missionary Alliance Church Monday at 2 pm with Rev Earl Docherty. burial West Lawn Cemetery Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Grace) Jaggi
West Pleasant Street
Lionel
R. D . Columbus
Columbus
Corry
Jaggs
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Carlton Teed
Bernice Hornell
Mansfield
Tex
R. D
Christ and Missionary Alliance
Earl Docherty
West Lawn Cemetery
Erie Killer Sentenced in Manslaughter Case
Jackson, 32, a farm worker who cannot read or write, was sentenced in Erie County court to four to 12 years for voluntary manslaughter in the 1960 drunken beating and strangling of Josephine Butler, also known as Josephine Tinker. He pleaded guilty after a conference between his counsel and the DA, with a judge noting a homicide autopsy attributing death to strangulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enus — Oy Vackson
Erie
Jackson
Josephine Butler
State Correctional Institution
Pittsburgh
Edward Petrillo Sr
Herbert J. Johnson Jr
Samuel V. Rossiter
Butler
Josephine Tinker
Johnson
The Spoken Word Is Like the Air The Printed Word Is Always There
A wry observation contrasts spoken language with printed text noting the permanence of newspapers. The line hints at literacy and media endurance in daily life.
More coming as Pennsylvanians pay $58 yearly for highways
AP reports U.S. Bureau of Public Roads shows Pennsylvania ranks low in highway taxes. 1959 state highway user revenue averaged $58 per vehicle, well below the national $71. Flat $10 registration fee and lack of personal vehicle property tax contribute to the gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
States
Puerto Rico
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Keystone
Missouri
Commonwealth
Hawaii
State budget plan promises faster interstate highway work
Gov vance budget aims to speed construction with federal aid and new radios for police. State purchases 22 battery powered units at 378 dollars each to equip hand carried radio systems for investigations at headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance
Harrisburg
Stite
We Ia
Jn Gruda
Forday It Hais
Buch
Also Mentioned on This Page
George M. ‘Keppler
Meadville
Keppler
Robert E. ‘Gamble
W. T. Kammerer
Erle
Kenneth Weigel
Municipal Golf Commission
Erie Parks
Bus Downing
Chautauqua County
Dunkirk
Robert H. Miller
D. L. Miller
Allegheny Airlines
Allegheny
Pale Yu Cay Pennnsylvania Railroad
Driftwood
Philipston
Renovo
Lemon Street
West Main
New Main
East Main Street
James Miller
Warren
Eastern Airlines
Harry R. Cowles
Capt. Miller
Idlewild
New York
Rockefeller Plaza
Oil City
Hawa
Penhaylvan
Al’s
Bp.m
Elvis Presley
Barbara Danysteve Forrest
Dolores
AIO
John Maine
CHG
Randolph Scott - Tin Rani
Mear
Ohio
Celtic Bulldogs
Meadvillia
Abou Kirce
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