Columbus Barn Fire Loss Hits $60,000
Firemen from four volunteer companies fought a late evening barn blaze in Columbus. The loss is estimated at $60,000 replacement value. The barn housed cattle moved to safety as the fire was reported near 9 p.m. by Mrs. Joseph Piccard. Firefighters remained on scene until after 11 p.m. with injuries not reported.
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Fie
Joseph Piccard
Ficcardi's
Main Street
Stockton
Corry
Merle Jackman
Willam Halfast
Jackman
Bert Stockton
LeRoy ‘Whitling
Retailers Hear Industry Loans Boost City Progress
Bundy, director of Industrial Development for Erie County, told Merchants Club that new money flowing into the community will spark commercial life through payroll gains. James Hammond was elected chairman for the year, with Art Shay as vice chair, B G Bennett secretary, and directors including Dave Evans, Robert Clark, Narey Yenchak, and Fred Scherer. Dollar Days sales planned for February 15 to 16 are the first major promotion this year.
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Bundy
Industrn Development
Erle Coun
Carry
James ‘Hammond
Yehg
Art Shay
B. G. Bennett
Dave Evans
Robert Clark
Narey Yenchak
Pred Scherzer
January cold grips Midwest and Chicago tops its record
Arctic air from the Rockies drives a brutal cold wave across the Midwest on the last day of January. Subzero readings sweep central and northern Plains into Indiana and western Ohio. Chicago records its coldest month with readings near minus five. Temperatures dip to minus eighteen in Michigan and minus sixteen in Moline as January cements its place as a historic cold month with fifteen days below zero.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Midwest
Plains
Indiana
Ohio
Mich
Moline
Chicago
Two Children Die in House Fire Near ELY
In ELY, Pennsylvania, two preschool children Kathryn Clawson age one and Jakene age two died of asphyxiation and burns after a fire started by cinders from a heating stove ignited a wooden floor and couch. Their father Walter was away, and mother was fetching two other sons. Neighbors recall the mother hurried home for supper as the fire broke out.
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Kathryn Clawson
Jakene
Wi Evans
Walter
Indictments in Calf Rustling and Pilfering
The February grand jury in Erle returned true bills charging two men with calf rustling and heifer killing, and three others with pilfering railroad freight cars. Elmer Ohl and James A Barnes were named in larceny counts for stealing a $200 heifer from Milton D. Allen. Francis Jackson, declared mentally unfit, was not charged, with actions pending. Also indicted were Jack A. Foster, Harry J. Bemis, and Richard T. Proper on burglary and related charges involving Pennsylvania Railroad freight cars and later property damage linked to Foster and Bemis, with about $400 in merchandise taken over a year.
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Erle
Elmer Ohl
R. Ds 2
Waterford
James A Barnes
Erie
Milton D. Allen
R. D
Mike Hawley
Union City
Francis Jackson
Justice of the Peace
Brand
Jackson
Jack A. Foster
West Main Street
Harry J. Bemis
Clymer
Richard T. Proper
North Center Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Bemia
Walter W. Fogler Jr
Worth Street
Pai
Yank Killed In Asia War
A U S Army captain was killed in a clash with Communist guerrillas in the coastal mountains about 60 miles north of Saigon. The officer, an adviser to a Vietnamese unit, was the only government casualty. The fighting involved about 200 government troops confronting a Viet Cong unit of similar strength in a remote area near Quang Ngai.
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Viet Nam
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Beaten Britain Seeks Return to World Trade Status
London AP report says Britain moves to rebuild its economy after Brussels talks failure. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan plans a meeting with Denmark’s Jens Otto Krag to discuss expanding EFTA ties and possible GATT tariff talks. Krag aims to hear Britain’s plans and the Danish role in joining the European Free Trade Association and possibly the Common Market.
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Jens Otto Krag
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European Free Trade Rest Clation
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EPTA
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Charles de Gaulle
Times of London
The
United
Tiny mail invites fall to the dead letter office
Local residents face postal rules banning envelopes under 3 by 4.5 inches for mail. Oddly small stork shower invitations are dying on shelves or at post offices. Senders with return addresses may have undersize mail reformed to sender.
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aGell
Postal Department
Kennedy Suggests Voluntary Farm Controls Shift
President Kennedy urged Congress to keep farm aid while shifting to voluntary production limits. He proposed programs to cut feed grains milk and cotton output with estimated annual federal savings of 400 to 500 million dollars, while keeping mandatory quotas for some crops untouched. The plan emphasizes pay to reduce production and avoids new penalties for overproducers.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Padded bras blamed for fires in three incidents
Chief Leo Fox reported three fires in the past week were caused by rubber padded brassieres retaining heat during drying. He cited spontaneous combustion as the likely mechanism as damp garments heated and spread fire to nearby items in laundry contexts.
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Kaunoun
Sary
Leo Fox
Fox
Corry Driver Sentenced for Drunken Driving
Corry Driver, 64, received one day to 23 months in jail with immediate probation and a $100 fine for driving under the influence. Frank J. Gravino, 64, of 304 West Church Street, was arrested November 6 on East Main Street by Officer Charles J. Sutton after blood tests. grand jury returned a true bill and Judge Elmer L. Hyans set sentence after Gravino pleaded guilty.
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Frank J. Gravino
Church Street
Main Street
Charles J. Sutton
Extend Deadline For Inspection For Drivers Licenses
Sylvania motorists now have until February 15 to obtain their drivers license and submit their vehicles to the semi annual safety inspections. The original midnight deadline was extended with Gov. Scranton's approval. State Revenue Secretary Theodore B. Smith Jr. cited the Philadelphia transit strike and severe weather as reasons for the delay.
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Sylvania
Scranton
State Revenue
Theodore B. Smith Jr
Philadelphia
Canada and U S Split Over Nuclear Defense Policy
Washington charged Ottawa with failing to present a practical plan for arming Canadian forces with nuclear weapons. The State Department stated the Soviet bomber threat will persist this decade and continental defense requires nuclear capable weapons within NORAD and NATO, amid ongoing Ottawa political debate.
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United States
John G. Diefenbaker
Canada
Soviet Union
State Department
Ottawa
U.S
NATO
NORAD
County Considers Printing Job and Journal Bid
County commissioners opened quotations Tuesday for supplying county record books with a bid from E W Curry Co of Pittsburgh at 3088.50. Ashby submitted the sole binding bid at 6177.50, and officials debated keeping the work with Ashby due to existing book supply. They planned to revisit the issue at tomorrow morning’s meeting.
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Pittsburgh
Ing Co
Brie
Corry
Ashby
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