Police report from Western Pennsylvania and surrounding towns
Police received a call about a fatal Saturday crash in Western Pennsylvania involving Homer Loomis’s sons and a dog license check. The morning included a disturbance at Texas Lunch, a fall injuring Mrs. R. L. Bachofner, reports of a poker game, a snake sighting in Sandy Lake, and notes on a new brake from Meadville, plus graduation news and a Tioga relief plan expansion. Two drivers, Harold R Chase and Leonard J Stutzman, were involved in a Leg islative Road collision with $110 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Loomis Sons
Pennsylvania
Clymer
Vanila
Loomis
Texas
West Main Street
Harold Roger Chase
Leonard J. Stutzman
B.D
Corry
Chase
Stutzman
Final day for 1954 PA driving license and inspection
The deadline arrives for passenger vehicle inspection and 1955 operator permits. Motorists without the new sticker or permit face arrest. Clark Bachofner, 17, of 811 Concord Street, suffered a facial cut skating at Mead Park but was not seriously hurt and treated by a doctor.
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R. L. Bachofner
East South Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
Concord Street
Bachofner
Pennsylvania
Clark Bachofner
Robert H. Bachofner
Mead Park
Father of Corryite dies suddenly at Kane
Thomas A. Cannon 56 of Kane died at his home early yesterday. Born October 27, 1898, in Aiken Pennsylvania he moved to Kane 87 years ago after Bradford residence. He was lease foreman on Moser oil lease and crane operator for American Plate Glass Co. Survived by wife Cecelia two daughters Mrs. Rosario Caruso Kane and Mrs. Dominic Augemer Erie and son Thomas. Funeral services at Cummings Funeral Home Kane at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Neil Cook
Kane
Dominic Augemer
Erie
Mary Nelsono
Thomas Hazlett
Edwin Shotts
Galeton
Jack
Conenango
William
Toledo
Cummings
Weather outlook as subfreezing spell lingers in Pennsylvania
Sub freezing temperatures persist across Pennsylvania with highs near 35 in Philadelphia and a statewide forecast around 30. Brookville records the coldest point at 11 degrees below zero. A note mentions an Afghanistan malaria elimination milestone within two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Keystone State
Brookville
NEW HEALTH PROGRAM URGED BY PRESIDENT
The President urged Congress to launch a reinsurance service this year with a reasonable capital fund. The budget notes capitalization of 100 million dollars, with more details promised by Secretary Hobby. Congress previously shelved a similar plan proposing a 25 million underwriting fund. He also called for medical care for about five million Americans on federal state-aided public assistance programs, saying current care is inadequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Hobby
Eisenhower
States push for expanded public health funding and facilities
The document outlines calls for federal insurance of mortgage loans for health facility construction, expanded nursing care and public health traineeships across specialties, and general improvements to public health programs including services for mothers and crippled children. It also seeks greater support for mentally ill care and higher U S contributions to the World Health Organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Health ‘Organization
Erie Phantoms Plead Today in Connection to Burglaries
Two Erie men Stanley Szewczyk and Leonard Szewczyk will plead guilty this morning in a case tied to a string of burglaries. Branley Szewczyk awaits trial, denies involvement, and requests a lie detector test. Sentencing for the Szewczyks is deferred until after Szewczyk’s case. The guilty pleas enable their potential testimony against Branley Szocki.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Phantoms
Stanley Széwczyk
Leonard Szewczyk
Branley Szocki
Szewczyks
Szockd
Family of Six Escapes Fire Near Titusville
A family of six fled a burning home near Pleasantville on Nellstown road sheltering with a neighbor in freezing weather. Firefighters faced drifts and a mass of flames, saving little belongings from the home owned by Mrs Stella Rory. Mr Anthony, new to the area, wore only rubber footwear as flames consumed the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony
Stella Rory
Struthers Wells Corp
Titusville
Pleasantville
Nellstown Road
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Slive
Sandy Lake
Donald Owens
R. D. Sandy Lake
R. D. Walker
Spring Creek
West Spring Creek Town Hall
R. H. Green
Meadville Research Co
Meadville
Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Blakeslee
Goodyear Tire Co
Donald F. Ruffner
Cory
Pennsylvania State University
Milton §. Eisenhower
Ellen Blanchard
Columbus
Tioga
Snyder
Potter Counties
Tioga County
Weatherman
Renna
Afghanistan
Tuffy
Corner of
Center
Washington Sts
Lucille May
HOTEL
the National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Davison Funeral Home
East Main Street
W. F. Rickers
North Center Street
Meerdink
House of Furniture
Titu
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