City to Ban Parking on Certain Streets
City Council approves sweeping changes to parking and traffic and reduces the standard $1 fine to 50 cents if paid by 10 p.m. on the day of violation. New 24-hour bans apply on several streets, with four meters at the Corry Post Office and a 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. restriction. Violations carry escalating fines and potential arrest after delays.
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J. Fred Kinley
South Center Street
Pleasant
Grove Street
East Pleasant Street
Concord
East Street
Spring Street
West Church Street
Mill Street
Main
East South Street
Maple Avenue
Washington Street
East Park Place
East Smith
Wright
Wayne Street
North Second Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Corry Post Office
Federal Building
Ray Weber
Robert Grice
J R. Dearing
Guy Abbey
Quickie Change Made To Traffic Ordinance
City Council quickly amended a traffic ordinance after a one hour morning parking ban between 3 and 6 was found omitted. Solicitor Brown noted the missing page and council reconvened to finalize action at the next regular meeting on February 2.
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Guy Abbey
J. Fred Kinley
Roger Brown
Cowell
Shifting Trains Tie Up City Crossings
A Corry disruption caused 20 to 35 minute delays as Erie and Pennsylvania rail lines swapped trains due to flooding. An Erie train hit an open switch near the depot, derailing two cars and prompting Pennsy crew involvement. Crossings were frequently blocked while crews rerouted trains toward Erie and Youngstown via the NYC line, hindering fire department access.
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Scena
Corry
Erie
Pennsylvania
Pennsy
Youngstown
New York Central
Junner
Tony Frenchts
Jack Downey
City Council Seeks Readvertised Bid for Equipment
City Council returns bids and readvertises for a street department winter machine. Members debate cylinder type and cost, with Waterhouse urging a cheaper tractor solution and solicitor Brown asking bids remain unopened pending new specifications.
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City Council
Streets Department
Desaviny
W. W. Waterhouse
Waterhouse
Tie Bid
Ben
Roger Brown
Water House
Dearing
Vision pioneer Dr. Manuel Troncoso dies at Tolila birthplace
Dr. Manuel Troncoso, noted eye defects author and inventor of the genioscope, died Wednesday. Born in Tolila, Mexico, he contributed to ophthalmic examinations and specialty literature.
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New York
Manuel Troncoso
Troncosa
Tolila
Mexico
Woman Takes Infant Child From Home
A woman abducted a 2 day old infant from a West Side apartment in New York City. Police and PBS sought the suspect, described as Cuban with blonde streaks, wearing a dark hide coat. The missing baby, Joseph/Tavares, was last seen in a taxi. two other Tavares children were found safe with a neighbor.
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New York
West Side
PBS
Manhattan
Wis Joh
Metropolitan Hospital
Gladys Garcia
Tavanoy
Tavand
Gareia
Bronx
Tavares
Jordan Plane Crashes Killing Nine Near Amman
A Jordan airliner with 15 aboard crashed near Amman injuring six. Nine people died including Captain Charles Rushing, pilot, and Melvin Loptson, a Christian Missionary Alliance missionary in Lebanon. Parents listed as Mr and Mrs A M Loptson live in Stockton.
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Amman
Jordanary
Nlah
Visine
Charles Rushing
Melvin Loptsin
Christ In Missionary Alliance
Lebanon
A. M. Lopston
Stockton
Rushing
Twelve Miners Trapped By Raging Susquehanna River
Residents of Port Griffith and surrounding towns watched as the Susquehanna River breached the Knox Coal Co tunnel, trapping twelve miners while others escaped through air shafts and maze-like tunnels. Rescue teams battled freezing waters for hours, with diesel engines pushing coal cars into the whirlpool of ice. Relatives waited anxiously as crews worked to seal the breach and pull survivors to safety.
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Suston
Susquehanna
Knox Coal Co
Port Griffith
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Aliiefly
Lawrence Bids For Federal Aid To Fight Flood Menace In Pa
Gov Lawrence declared a Pennsylvania state of emergency for northwestern flood zones and asked President Eisenhower for federal disaster aid. He cited the Kinzua Dam proposal as a hoped-for mitigation and urged rapid action by local governments to fund emergency efforts with temporary workers and equipment rentals. Twelve miners remained missing and 38 were rescued after a collapse in Pittston as Mooding River floodwaters surged.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Lawrenc
Eisenhower
Lawrence
Kinzua
Jude the Department
U. S Corps of Army Engineers
Pittsburgh
Cold Wave Sparks Floods Across Western Pennsylvania
A major cold wave worsened floods as Oll Creek rose to records from Spartansburg to Ol City. Meadville reports slow rises in French Creek, while Titusville mitigates park danger and Drake Park’s museum remains intact. Allegheny River peaks and recedes as evacuations mount and steel mills shut down.
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Spartansburg
Ol City
Alegheny
Meadville
French Creek
Kayine
Oll Creek
Titusville
Pennsylvania Railrout
Drake Park
Allegheny
Warren
Living Costs Dip for First Time Since August
Washington January report shows consumer prices edging down by two tenths of one percent in December for the first decline since August. Food, autos, and clothing offsets rent rises and medical costs, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics noting the index at 123.7 percent of the 1947-49 average and 7 percent above December 1957. The December index matched September and June levels.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Four Call Girls Arrested In Vice Ring Raid
New York AP report says four women were arrested on charges linked to a Manhattan vice ring after a raid that also involved five businessmen who were not arrested. Police Commissioner Kennedy led the operation, sparked by a nationwide radio program on prostitution. The raid found an apartment home to a six month old operation charging 50 to 100 dollars per service. Details tie to CBS Edward Murrow program and coded conversations revealed by detectives.
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New York
Detcouven
Manhattan
Tlistant
Dep
James R. Kennedy
Monilaynett Kennedy
Sis
CBS
Edward R. Murrow
Murrow
Kennedy
Eye Operation Gives Boy Vision Hope in Natchez
Buddy Thornhill a seven year old from Natchez Mississippi after eleven eye operations by Dr William J Ferguson has begun to see colors and light his mother says he chases a balloon in their hotel room His real name is Hugh and his eye was removed in a prior operation Doctors expect no further surgery and say his ability to see may stabilize within two months Money for the trip was raised by Natchez residents and the Thornhills arrived January 15 to seek treatment for his glaucoma
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San Francisco
Buddy Thornhill
William J. Perguson
Louis A Thornhill
Buddy
Hugh
Ferguson
Natchez
Ex-Solon 81 8term Democrat Gordon dies after operation
Thomas Gordon, 65, longtime Democratic representative from Illinois Chicago 8th District, who served eight terms starting in 1943, died yesterday after a major operation. He did not run for a ninth term last fall.
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SOLON
Dormitory Fire Ravages Mississippi College Building
A major blaze at Mississippi State University leveled the main men’s dormitory in State College. About 1,000 residents were believed to have escaped as flames started around 2:45 a.m. Damage is estimated at three million dollars. a student suffered burns. Firefighters from Starkville, West Point, and Columbus aided the effort.
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State College
Miss
Mississippi State University
Malcolm Gray
Starkville
Point
Tumbus
Goyes
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