City and Vicinity News Roundup From Erie Area
New state sales tax forms are available at The Journal. In Struthers Wells, a $100 check helped kick off the March of Dimes canvass with total local responses reaching $1,931. Hyde town raised $101.51 and Spalding added $1,052, totaling $2,143.56 under chairwoman Mrs. Dale Leithead. Also noted: Weston’s Bake Shop closes February 2–14. Erie court fines included five youths pleading guilty to morals offenses, with costs and varying sentences for burglary and license suspensions. Other items cover Elks dinner reservations, Oldach’s parole terms after two lottery charges, hotel dining specials, a Millcreek girl burned from boiling water, and several probate and local notices. Erie's VFW hosts a card party, and Kane district Red Cross drive sets a $40,064 quota. Public notices include a Meadville flood aid distribution and a Harborcreek budget presentation. Corry-Meadville basketball set for tonight, while Jamestown police report traffic fatalities and injuries in 1958.
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The
Journal
Atfinsville
Struthers Wells Steelworkers Union
Titusville
Hydetown
Dale Leithead
Weston
Erie
Elmer L. Evans
Evans
Tom R. Oakes
Willy Bell
Elks
Raymond Oldach
Baume Wel Y. Rossiter
Oldach
Ritz
Millcreek
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Carol Ann Marince
al Marince
VFW
Registrar of Wills Office
Michael Gerbracht
Eric
Erle
John Tansey
Hamat
John
G. Tansey
Garden Room
Kane
Plains
Med Cross
Lloyd PB Thompson
Wit
National Red Cross
Hospital Report From Corry Memorial Hospital
Emergency room notes list admissions and discharges including Mrs Agnes Tageart Mrs Don Sincald and others. Pediatric entries mention a 3 month old son of Mr and Mrs William Chirburin and a 5 year old daughter Christine of Mrs Blanche Vantk. A new Brigham Hardware phone number and local notices include Grange meeting and a charity buffet at Hotel Corry. Public notices discuss port usage protest and a ban on baby fowl sales in Millcreek Township. Meadeville Red Cross estimates emergency aid spending and street resurfacing plans in Erie area.
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J. Karen Mallick
East Church
E. William
William Chirburin
Booth Center Street
Christine
Blanche Vantk
East Pleasant Street
Mane
Bart Bailey
Man 75 Shot at Race Track in Front of Fans
Security director Sh. yonn y Madala was critically wounded when Maxim Gray, 7%, a former FBI agent, fired four shots at him near the grandstand after being ousted from the track. The shooting occurred shortly before the first race as spectators watched. Madala was struck in the abdomen and hand.
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Munci
Yonny Madala
Hia
Leah Park
Maxim Gray
FBI
Madala
Joseph
Gay
Save Trapped Diver From Watery Grave
A veteran diver Frank Hefling aged 55 was trapped for over six hours in 124 foot deep shaft beneath a Chicago street. Torn diving suit filled with water, his life nearly ended as he battled in near freezing 7S feet of water. Two divers repeatedly descended into the murky shaft to free him, delivering him via steel bucket and hagline crane. He suffered minor injuries to his hand and leg and required rest.
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Cileens Inc
Chicago
Frank Hefling
Hefling
Bouncing Ball Thief's Downfall in MASS GARAGE
A bouncing tennis ball triggered a burglary case in Arlington Massachusetts. Police recovered $640 in a garage rafters where boys found the ball and envelope, leading to the arrest of 27 year old Donald McMath, a bakery driver, on charges of accessory to the robbery and receiving stolen money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roman Samen
Mass
Arlington
Donald MclMath
Happy Home Bakery
State Seeks Solution Two Pay Schools Face Closure
Harrisburg AP reports the State Industrial Board asks the Department of Public Instruction to fund or repair two Luzerne County Dupont schools facing closure for safety upgrades. District attorney Kasper cites $0 to fix aging buildings, noting 40 to 100 year old structures and jobless residents after a mine disaster. The board reviews appeals from 15 districts amid a statewide fire hazard crackdown.
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Harrisburg
State Industrial Board
Department of Public Instruction
Luzerne County
Dupont
Joseph V. Kasper
Kasper
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Port Griffith
Pulaski
Wilson
Public Instruction Department
Dupont Group
Labor and Industry Department
First traffic fatality of year in Clarion County
George Edder a 42 year old father of four from New Bethlehem was killed when his car left Route 66 near Clarion and plunged into Brush Run Creek.
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Clarion
Clarion County
George Edder
New Bethlehem
Brush Run Creek
Jury Indicts Area Mani In Blackmail Case
ERIE AP Harrison Rogers aged 44 former vice president of Rogers Brothers Co near Albion is indicted by an Erie County grand jury on blackmail charges alleging he extorted 100000 from his father Louis Rogers. District Attorney Herbert Johnson Jr says the son demanded the money to withhold information from the IRS the elder Rogers who was ill paid the money before his death September 6th. Rogers Brothers is a truck trailer maker based in the region.
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Erieap
Harrison Rogers
Rogers Brothers Co
Albion
Rogers
Erie
Pt. Lauderdale
Fla
Erie County
Herbert Johnson Jr
Louis
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Johnson
Young Rogers
Rogers Brothers
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Mabel
Meadville
M. Fay Goff
Corry
Harborcreek
Harry Ireland
F.L. Baressi
Jamestown
Edward ©. Eggleston
John Paladino
Corry Beverage Distributor
Corry Mermorial Hospital
Hurley Hall
Joe
Duane Wtreet
Whyne Stuffebeam
Agnes Tageart
Don Sincald
Westongress Street
James Powell
Spartansure
Brigham Hardware
Corry Grange
Grange
Ginnie
Great Lake
Ezra Benson
C. B. Dingler
Dingler
Erie Port Commission
Great Lakes Commission
Great Lakes Harbor Association
Wisconsin Division of Industrial Development
American Red Cross
Cherry Hardware
Hulon City
Union City
H. Martin
Bridge Street
Erle Streets
Joseph Walczak
Bimcet
Waterale
Katherine
Harold Yale
James City
Kane Pire Department
Katherine's
Mayville
Chautauqua County
Rockefeller
Als
Entertainment Directory
Citizens National
Citizens National Bank OF Corry Wimgte Fepetae
Ambulance Conroastion
Cecil B. DeMille
Jean LaFitte
New Orleans
Master i Motion Picture Maker
St. Columba
Johnstown
Cathedral
Altoona
St. Michael’s
Brownstown
Fredericksburg
Jonestown
Lebanon County
Bishop Street
Spring Street
Dale
Bellefonte
Newmanstown
Mack and Farr
Allentown
Acosta
Somerset County
Patriot Street
Union Street
South Side
Somerset
York
East Penn Union
Jefferson
Central
Emmaus
Berwick
Gilson’s
Columbus “Y
General Electric
Lucky Boy
Tonka
Connie's
OUR Bakery
Oscar Mayer
Keebler
Nabisco
Heberlein
Telus
Phillips 45
North Center Street
Okey Swanson
Leed
Corry's Shopping Spot
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