Weather drift and crimes tumble through Corry area
Intermittent drizzle measured at 0.85 of an inch in Corry with 54 F at 8 am, while Buffalo reports freezing temps. A Child Health Center session for northern city parents is set at the American Legion Home Thursday 9:30 to 11:00 am. Mike Dominick, 31, of Erie, faces burglary charges in a cafe vending machine case. Several local incidents include a possible $75 loss and a Warren man in critical condition after a car collision. Republican leaders from five NW PA counties plan a Franklin gathering to back Ray F. Smock for governor with Baker County support. Local merchants prep a Retail Merchants Bureau meeting at Hotel Corry. President Truman nominates PA postmasters Vern M. Coe and Henry A. Eisenman. Police report and unclaimed groceries, bicycle return, and a Dairymen's League window break-in check. Extended forecast calls for mixed showers through Sunday with fluctuating temperatures. Pennsylvania laying hens set a 1949 egg record at 3.12 billion. John D. Port, 22, admits Elk County lab entry. held in Bik county jail. A $16,000 fire destroys Haumunk Lumber Co box factory in Forksville, likely from a tractor short circuit.
Givens death sentence may face clemency hearing
Harrisburg reports the state pardons board will hear a bid on February 21 to commute the death sentence of John William Givens, the Beaver county hatchet slayer, to life imprisonment. He is slated for execution the week of February 27 for the July 1987 killings of Joseph Neugebauer and Matthew Magans at Mt Gallitain Academy near Baden.
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Harrisburg
State Pardons Board
John William Givens
Beaver County
Givens
Earl J. Schermerhorn
Ambridge
Frank A. Suffolette
Midland
Mt. Gallitain Academy
Baden
Joseph Neugebauer
Matthew Magans
Academy
Colorado, Springs
Robert B. McCreary
Morgan H. Sohn
State Supreme Court
Six Men Charged With Fourteen Safecrackings
Pittsburgh January crime roundup reports six men held on charges tied to fourteen safecrackings across Allegheny Beaver and Westmoreland counties. Accused include Andrew Kacynski, Harry Connelly, Joseph M Chess, Steve Hardin, Carl Guory and Fred Guory from McKees Rocks and nearby towns. The spree spanned two months with loot totaling about $10,000 and included garage burglaries in Ambridge Vandergrift and a Moose Club burglary in Eport. A safe moved to a vacant field in Havellwood yielded $600 and a torn sports jacket.
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Pittsburgh
Jan
Syecmen
Allegheny
Beaver
Westmoreland
Andrew Kacaynski
Harry Connelly
Joseph M. Chess
Steve Hardin
Carl Guory
Fred
McKees Rocks
Ambridge
Vandergrift
Moose Club
Eport
Havelwood
79-year-old caretaker dies in Meadville area fire
A 79-year-old caretaker died in a Geneva cottage blaze that destroyed a four room dwelling. His 88-year-old mistress escaped in a wheelchair and crawled to safety as the fire spread around the stove pipes. Coroner ruled the death accidental.
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Meadville
Geneva
Sevanaylon
Hannah Keen
Boyles
Dr. Luther King
Crawford County
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Harper
Fairhaven
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Erie
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Dominick
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Warren
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U. S. Senate
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Truman
Senate
Vern M. Coe
Pleasantville
Henry A. Eisenman
Venus
Donald Holcomb
Marion Street
Holcomb
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William Hazel
George Gordon
Walter Dundon
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Alfonso Jackson
Troy Gillette
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Dairymen's League
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R. P. Beckwith
N. Center St
Vriro- Nols
REX Theatre
William Powell
Mark Stevens
Betsy Drake
Guy Rogers
Frank Grice, Jr
Robert Desmond
H.W. Jewell
McDonald
Spiesman’s Shoe Store
A. B. Baccus
Borstorff & Fitch
DeSoto
Plymouth
First Avenue
Corry, Pa
Charles Munn Merle Blakley
Johnson Bros
McCormick-Deering
International Harvester
Goodyear
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Rossbacher Insurance Service
First Avenue, Corry
Raymond L. Bachemer
Arnold McCaslin
C. S. Wallace
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Frank Gentile
Harold Gale Mertan R, Fitch
Topp
Corry's Smart Women's Shop
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Thomas Motors of Corry, Inc
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