Weather and flood report and local notices from Meadville and Corry
Western Pennsylvania forecast shows near normal temperatures with a colder day tomorrow and a warmer Tuesday and Wednesday. Precipitation expected up to 1 inch mainly Sunday and Wednesday, with snow flurries in the north tomorrow and Monday. Real estate transfers recorded in Erie County court: J Hadyn Nobbs to Frank Darrow and Helen Morrell to Helen Morrell, both Corry. About $421,000 worth of merchandise burned at R W Spaulding Co wholesale warehouse in Meadville after flood damage. stock including cigarettes and candy destroyed. State police questioned Townville Consolidated School youths over a false bomb threat that sent 1,200 students home. an FBI agent has withdrawn. Eye Railroad's Meadville freight car repair shop operates three shifts to thaw flood-damaged cars, with about 400 cars in yards to be repaired. Police corralled a roaming pack of dogs in the city. The body of James P. Clark was moved to his Maple Avenue home for visitation and Rosary, with Requiem Mass at St Thomas Church. Gerald Morris, 13, sustained possible spinal injury skating at Mead Park. treated but not admitted. David Ehrhardt Jr., 13, injured at YMCA pool. treated and released. Seven-year-old James Ross treated for a facial laceration after sledding accident. Murnings Acense application filed by Richard A. Pute and Diane Thomas. French Creek near flood stage in Meadville as rainfall feed receded. creek within a few feet of flood stage by afternoon but dropping as temperatures fall.
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Walter Cuthbert
Pennsylvania
Townville Consolidated School
Cuthbert
FBI
Erie
Rope Shot Saves Pair Stranded Atop Chimney
Navy Boatswain's Mate M. J. Bideaux, 33, fired a lifeline to two men trapped atop a 19 foot chimney after their scaffold slipped. Jose Valencia of Douglas Arizona and George Hill of Atlasburg Pennsylvania were lowered to safety by crew members who used a bosun's chair line. Valencia, Hill, and teammates James O'Brien and Raymond Patterson remained on site after the rescue.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Navy Boatswain's
M. J. Bideaux
Bideaux
Jose Valencia
George FU
Valencia
Douglas
Ariz
Sid
Hill
Atlasburg
Ther
James O'Brien
Pittsburgh
Raymond Pattson
Elizabeth
Till
O'Brien
Patterson
Christensen Infant Dies
Funeral services for Kathleen Rae Christensen infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Christensen were held at Bracken Funeral Home at 1 pm Rev B A Ortner officiated interment will be at the family’s convenience She is survived by her parents one sister Duckle one brother Richard ar both at home maternal grandmother Mrs Elmer Warner Carry maternal grandfather Rea Exuleston Syracuse NY and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Andrew Christensen
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Kathleen Rae Christensen
Richard Christensen
West Frederickstreet
Corry Memorial Hospital
Bracken Funeral
B.A. Ortner
Duckle
Richard Ar
Elmer Warner
Carry
Rea Exules~ Ton
Syracuse
N.Y
Andrew Christensen
Train derailment near Salineville causes odor dispersal
Thirty five cars of a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train derailed east of Salineville while en route from Chicago to Conway. No injuries were reported though a tank car of petroleum sludge spilled and its odor forced four members of the Harry Bryson family to flee their home. State Highway Patrol officials said the incident caused the evacuation.
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Mast
Liverpool
Unio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Conway
Salineville
Harry Bryson
State Highway Patrol
Florida Disc Jockey Sets New Sleepless Record
SACKBONVILLE Fla A lied and drawn but stil lrailing macho his jockey went 1 bed last night after claimi ng the world record for slay ing giwake 225 hours Dave Hunter of W2ZRO at Jacksonville Beach turned off his emcord turntable at 09 ppm on the showroom of Jacksonville mutomobile deal er He had been there spin ning records nine days nine hours nine minutes and nine seconds When It Was Over two att Durance attendants put him of stretcher and drove him to home in Jacksonville Beach His wife Nancy had dinner waiting far in when he sent a bed Minter outlasted two other Wise Jockey Whe bean the ryaeriadtoy with tiny gneve eter Tripp of WMGM in New York Cry quil Wednesday night after rewveking his goal of 20 hours Red Ryans of WAL in Tallahassee wore out Wednesday after 190 hours.
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Sackbonville
Jacksonville Beach
Nancy
Bean
Tripp
WMGM
New York
Red Ryans
WAL
Tallahassee
January to February New York business outlook amid tax and rate shifts
The Business Mirror notes February may reveal how fast policy shifts and tax prospects affect finances. It cites stock market strength with cross currents, rising anxieties about labor costs and inflation, and expectations that Congress and state legislatures will push spending and tax changes. Analysts warn of cautious forecasts as money markets weigh higher interest rates and fiscal battles ahead.
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New York
Gallon
Bell
Congress
Dairymen to Build Bulk Milk Plant in Clymer Area
The Dairymen's League plans a new bulk milk plant at an 80 by 100 foot site in Clymer to process milk from Sherman and Clymer, with a daily capacity of three to four thousand cans. The plant will operate under Pittsburgh health inspection for bulk milk and Buffalo for canned milk, shifting milk flow away from direct farm to market.
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Mempers
Dairymen's League
Buffalo
Howard Hannah
League
Clymer
Sherman
Hannah
Union City
Pittsburgh Health Department
Woman on relief pays back seven thousand five hundred
Jamestown welfare officials report a $7,500 windfall from a woman formerly on relief who pledged to repay the welfare grant. Attorney William Wright told the Welfare Board the restitution came after a substantial bequest from a relative and the donor stayed true to her word. A later $100 was added to the conscience fund in the city’s largest anonymous back-payment return.
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Jamestown
William Wright
Thet Board of Welfare
Wright
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J. Hadyn Nobbs
Frank Darrow
Third Ward
Corry
Helen Morrell
Helen L. Morrel
Erie County
R. W. Spaulding ‘and Co
The
Eye Railroad
Meadville
Grove Street
James P. Clark
Maple Avenue
St. ‘Thomas* Church
Gerald Morris
Harry Morris
East Pleasant Street
Mead Park
YMCA
David Ehrhardt Jr
David Ehrhardt Sr
Wayne Street
James Ross
Ralph Ross
Thitne Street
Richard A. Pute
Diane
Thomas
van Wert
Ohio
French Creek
Christensen
TUFFY
Kendall
Washington Streets
Florida
Business Mirror
Sam Dawson
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Yugoslav Communist Party
Tito
Columbus
Roberts
Tod Housekeer
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