Fireside News Snapshots From Erie Meadville Titusville
Erie outlines a full scale plant operation and 200 to 300 new hires at the Copes-Vulcan plant now Continental Foundry and Machine Corp. Meantime several arrests and injuries across Meadville Ashtabula and Titusville are reported including a bar shooting case a hotel-room intrusion and a polio policy pitch. Also notes on divorces hospital admissions and local business ads tied to the Meadvill and Ashtabula areas.
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Erie
Copes-Vulcan
Northern Equipment Co
Continental Foundry and Machine Corp
Talon
A. M. Litz
North Center Street
Eric
W. H. Ross
Hamot
Ross
the Journal
Meadville
Eugene Hicks
Hicks
Charles C. Naddeo
John ‘Oliver
Fuzios
Titusville
Rhee Signs Election Bill For Korea’s Presidency
President Syngman Rhee signed a bill calling for popular election of Korea’s president. The compromise measure, approved last week amid a presidential crackdown, sets up a two house legislature and a future election. Rhee indicated the election would come as soon as possible. He has said he did not wish to run but his reelection seems foregone. The president and new upper house members will be chosen in the new election. Regular Assembly members have about two years left in their terms. Previously the Assembly elected the president.
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Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
National Assembly
Rhea
Rhee
Assembly
Polish Falcons name new president in New Britain
Walter J. Laska of Pittsburgh was chosen as the new president of the Polish Falcons of America at the convention in New Britain. He succeeds Dr. T A Starawaki who died recently after serving forty years in the post.
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Western Auto Associate
Erie
Albion
County Cours
Leta J. Greenup
Polish Falcons
New Britain
Conn
The
Polish Falcons of America
Walter J. Laska
Pittsburgh
T A. Starawaki
Couple shot by Russian police near East Berlin border
A West Berlin couple canoeing on the Havel Lake crossed the Russian border zone and were fired upon by Eastern Communist police. The man was hit in the hip while maneuvering the canoe to safety in the West and was hospitalized. the woman was not hurt.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Havel Lake
Yes
Case Against Erie Officer Is Closed
Former Det. Sgt. Al bert Pede’s demotion and 18 day suspension appear to end the case. Mayor Thomas Finley returned the detective sergeant to full duties after a report of an incident at the Rand & Lunchroom. Carlo Poventi alias Carl Patsy, 83, faces aggravated assault and battery charges. bond set at $000 with a July 18 hearing pending. Patsy pleaded innocent at arraignment.
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Yeieemu Pumciuens
Albert Pede
Thomas Finley
Pede
Carlo Poventi
Carl Patsy
Accountant fatally injured in Eden road wreck
Public accountant Charles W. Miller of Prewsbure died after his automobile collided head on with a truck on Gownda road near Eden. He died shortly after admission to Our Lady of Victory Hospital in Buffalo from a severed artery and chest injuries. Gerald Egan of Buffalo, 26, reported traveling north when Miller’s car swerved left into his truck.
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Charles W. Miller
Prewsbure
Gowsnda Road
Eden
Miller
Our Lady of Victory Hospital
Buffalo
Armi Ision
Cleveland
Bien
Gerald Egan
Food Plant Fire Destroys Buffalo Frosted Foods Plant
Fredonia New York dispatch reports Buffalo Frosted Foods Co. plant destroyed by fire Saturday evening with losses estimated between 250000 and 500000. Over 300 firefighters from seven communities fought the blaze for hours. no one was at the plant. Insurance largely coverage cited by Touls Catwano secretary. Fire aimed to prevent spread to Red Wing canning plant. multiple nearby departments aided.
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Fredonia
Buffalo Frosted Foods Co
Touls Catwano
D.V. Hogan
Red Wing
East Dundink
Dunkirk
Cassadaga
Brocker
Sheridan
Silver Creel Fire
Eisenhower vows hard attack on Dem errors if nominated
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told Florida Republicans at the convention that he would strike hard at Democratic errors if nominated, but he would not scrape up just for the sake of it. He launched an all or nothing bid for the GOP ticket and hinted a strategy that night’s decision could shape whether he becomes the nominee or remains a retired general.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Florida
Heat wave grips Italy driving deaths and heat stroke surge
In Rome and Florence the heat wave peaked with temperatures above 100 F, reaching 103.9 F in Florence the highest since 1861. At least seven people died and hundreds suffered sunstroke as authorities warned residents of the scorching conditions.
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Rome
Tony
Florence
28th Holds Annual Memorial Services in Boalsburg
In Boalsburg Pennsylvania the 28th Division annual memorial services drew over five hundred veterans from World Wars I and II. General Lawrence Keiser commander of the Fifty Division expressed concern over many AWOL soldiers and blamed disciplinary lapses at home and in schools. He warned that a large portion of those drafted are not fit for service as Americans struggle to maintain a suitable fighting shape.
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Boalsburg
Dutienve
Lawrence Keiser
Tawe Gap
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Pew
Maxwell House Coffee
Heilman
Camay Soap
Birds Eye
Lipton's Soup
I$ Best
Wing - Willi Star Stores
the National Bank
Corry
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Powell
Marion Nagle
Alice Krieger
William J. McDonald
Krieger
Hse
Kendall Service
Ashtabua
Robert H. Klasen
Ashtabuls
Cold Springs
Ausenburg
O. Klasen
Grand Flyer
Hyde Park
Wisteria
Roberts Marbach
Ashtabula
Klasen
Enmond McKee
Uhey
Lyle Stoddard
Cambridge Springs
Gley Hospital
Dick Rossbacher
Mia
Clara Brown Haslam
Linesville
Worl War T
Miami
Fla
Corry Hospital
Philly McCray
East Congress Street
Mahlon Hubbard
James Burkhart
Wesk Irving Sires
Earl
Harry Reid
Clymer
Stanley Hajee
Alto White
Anne Ballew
Maxene Wright
Clymer. ‘Ws. Ella Morris, Spartansbure
Charles Jones
Trons
Theodore Vanderhoof
R.D
Ray Sperry
Snyder Circle
Gerald Edwards
Spartansbury
Richard Hill
John Kriganik
William Hemink
North Clymer
Josephine Luydess
West Smith Street
Anne Baltow
Beatrice Bailey
Parade Street
Union City
Earl Leid
Guy Sutton
Worth Street
Stanley Hajec
Associated Press
Langhurst & Stewart
Li East Main
Delas
Lundawe
W. F. Rickers
Allen St
Dial
Becine
Mee Chi Day
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