Lawrence Scores Victory Blocked Session On Graft Probe
Harrisburg July 15. Lawmakers and Democratic leaders postponed plans for an immediate special session to block the grand jury investigation of graft charges against the Earle administration. Gov Baile declined to comment as talks continued with no meetings until possibly Sunday. A new plan allegedly favored appointing Attorney General Bard to supersede Shelley in the grand jury probe, with disputes over official associations and alleged system of crime dating to 1935.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Earle
David J. Layvrense
George H. Baile
State Supreme Court
Berks County
Paul N. Schaeffer
Guy K. Bard
Carl B. Shelley
Supreme Court
Jude Schachter
Bard
PUC Hearings At Erie July 21 22
The Public Utility Commission schedules 14 hearings for July 18 week, with 16 at the courthouse. July 21 calendar includes Pennsylvania Department of Highways request to approve reconstruction of an overhead bridge on Route 94 over the Pennsylvania Railroad near Saegertown in Woodcock and Hayfield townships, and cost allocations. Also on docket is Marshall R. Merrick seeking authorization to operate motor vehicles as a common carrier for paper products and building materials between Bre city points within a 150 mile radius.
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Publis Wauty Commission Ins
Court House
Department, of Highways
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Wiie Baltrad Company
Saegertown
Woodcock
Hayfield
Stawherd
St Swithins Day Weather Forecast For Corry
Corry is told that on St Swithin’s Day the weather will set for the next forty days. The day begins with intermittent clearing and lighter winds as temperatures trend toward more comfortable levels, signaling continued unsettled skies with possible mix of sun and rain.
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Corry
Cyclone Hits New Jersey Wrecks Towns and Seafront
A cyclone moved through New Jersey on July 15 with near hurricane winds that unroofed buildings, toppled telephone lines, and swept seaside structures into the ocean. No injuries were reported, but Seabright area endured the worst damage with bathhouses and huts carried into the sea.
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New Jersey
United Press Sun Bright
N. J
Sins
Ghosnic
Jwles
Monmouth
Carly
Tre
Van
Hall
Seabright Fire Department
Ourgrounds
Farley Attacks McNutt Over 1932 Nomination
Washington July 13 A critical unfriendly analysis of Paul McNutt Indiana governor and 1940 Democratic hopeful appeared today in the first part of James A Farley's memoirs. Farley portrays McNutt's role at the 1932 Democratic convention and notes Garner Harrison and others as critics of the New Deal.
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United Press
Washington
Paul Y. McNut
Indiana
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Farley
McNutt
McNutt Row
Philippines
Roosevelt
Parley
Rosevelt
John N. Garner
Pat Harrison
Miss
Child Run Over By Car Improves In Hospital
Little Roberta Wynoff, two-and-a-half years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Milton Wynoff, residing west of the State Fish Hatchery, was injured when she ran into a car at her grand-parents home. One wheel passed over her, causing a crushed chest and a fractured clavicle. She was taken to Car ry hospital and her condition improved today with recovery expected.
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Carry Hospital
Litte
Roberta Wykoff
Milton Wynoff
Will Dingfelder
Texan Faces Serious Charges For Hold Up
An 82 year old Texan faced federal charges for attempting to rob the Liberty Bank at Butrico with dynamite and threatening to blow up the building after a teller handed him 10000 dollars. Indictment by a federal grand jury listed bank robbery as the alleged crime and he is expected to be arraigned in Buffalo.
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Yames
Jamestown
Echo Deilbe
Liberty Bank
Butrico
Axsawit
Mdera
Buffalo
FDR Urges World Disarmament Yet Warns Minds To Arm
President Roosevelt urged a world disarmament path while stressing strong U S defense. He noted America’s billion dollar naval building program and continued State Department cooperation, but expected no immediate effect on the arms race amid foreboding world tensions. Cordell Hull and Roosevelt pressed for orderly democratic processes despite current militarization.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Roosevelt
Hhe
United States
America
State Department
Qtill
Cru
Ude
Missing Weed Couple Searched In W Virginia Areas
MOUNDSVILLE W Va July 1 A missing Bradford Pa couple Mr and Mrs Alfred Weed have been sought in garages and buildings around Moundsville after a search of back country roads failed to locate them. Their son Harold Weed feared the couple may have taken their own lives following notes pleading for prayers.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Alfred Weed
Bradford
Moundaville
Harold Weed
Couple Reunite After Nine Years Divorce in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on July 15 Mr and Mrs Charles H Smilth renewed their marriage vows after a nine year separation by divorce. Both had remarried and later separated again before reconciling and staying united since.
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Nince
Pittsburgh
Charles H. Smilth
Sen
Tates
Beamish Opposed to Proposed Merger in PennsylvaniA
Pennsylvania Pupil City Commissioner Tchad Beamish said he opposed the proposed merger of Associated Gas and Electric for public service efficiency, warning it would raise unemployment. Initial hearings closed on petitions by Keystone Public Service, Oil City and Bradford Electric to sell properties to Pennsylvania Edison. Altoona utility would become sole operator in the state under a single management plan. Rate cases for Penn Electric, Northern Pennsylvania Power, Erie Lighting and others would be unaffected by the merger petitions.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Tchad J. Beamish
Associated Gas & Electric Utility
Pennsylvania
Altoona
A. G
Pennsylvania Electric
Northern Pennsylvania Power
Erie Lighting
Solar Electric
Clarion River Power, Water
Johnstown Puel and Supply
Reading
Coneh and Reading
Beamish
Erie County Girl Killed as Train Strikes Auto
Three sisters riding to Conneaut Swim meet were in a car struck by a train in Erie County. Bernice Brooks, 10, was killed instantly. Stella Brooks, 4, survived serious injuries and was hospitalized. Inez May Brooks, 25, driver, escaped as the vehicle stalled at the tracks. The crash occurred near Keppville as the Bessemer passenger train hit the car.
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Erie County
United Prose Srie
Conneaut Give
Giel
Bernice Brooks
Albion
R. D
Stella
Hamet Hospital
Inez May Brooks
Keppville
Ik Bessemer Am
Eradication Sweep to Find Barberry for Rust Control
Beginning July 18, U S Agriculture inspectors will survey Corry properties for common barberry to root out rust-susceptible varieties. Infested plants will be uprooted while Japanese barberry used in landscaping will be left untouched as part of county wide efforts to protect wheat and rye crops from black stem rust.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Corry
Erla
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Corry Boys Enter Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Meade
Corry boys at Fort Meade Maryland join the Citizens' Military Training Camp at Port George for a thirty day term. Kennelly Paulson reports the group is in good health and enjoying camp life. Pillows of updates show assignments to Company 1D and Company C for Patterson Paulson, Weber Strigler Morton, and Om rs at Fort Hoyle for artillery instruction.
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Citizens Military Training Camp
Maryland
Port George
Meade
Jealth
Ufe
Journal
Kennelly Paulson
Corry
Port Meade
Robert Patterson
Kenneth Paulson
Fort Meade
Walter Paulson
Paul Weber
John Strigler
Robert Morton
Richard
Fort Hoyle
Fort Meade S
Ciizens
George G. Meade
Hines and Runyan Lead Semi Final at PGA Meet
In Un tenneg SMAWNER-ONDELAWARE Pennsylvania July 18 Hines of New York and Paul Runyan of White Plains top the 21st National PGA tournament after the morning round of 36 hole semi finals One up on Sammy Snead and Runyan two up on Henry Picard. Benson and Haverstick join the Pittsburgh event headlines with local real estate and horse racing notes.
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Smawner-Ondelaware
Qimny Hines
New York
Paul Runyan
Sammy Snead
Runyan
Henry Picard
Pittsburgh
Jack Benson
Pittsburgh Real Estate Opera
Bradford Man Goes 70 Feet With No Face
Albert Trigger a 42 year old oil worker from Bradford died after a shotgun blast. Deputy Coroner George Lull said it appeared Trigger shot himself. A blood trail ran from the fence to a creek where his body lay. Trigger had been estranged from his wife Anna Brigger who lived in Ridgeway.
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Bradword
Albert Trigger
George Lull
Brigger
Anna Brigger
Ridgway
Hidgeway
Crack Shot Exhibition Delights Corry Fans
Winchester star Jim Levack wowed about a hundred spectators at the Corry Rod and Gun Club grounds with rifle, shotgun, and revolver feats. The famed marksman performed difficult shots with ease in a lively, entertaining program praised by club members and arranged by S. H. Miller of Field's News Agency, local Winchester distributor.
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Corry
Jim Levack
Winchester
Levack
Cli
S. H. Miller
Field
Lotal Winchester
Infant Johnson Dies at Sugar Grove After Brief Illness
James Leroy Johnson infant son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Johnson of Sugar Grove RFD 8 died at home after a brief illness at nine months and twenty four days. He leaves paternal grandparents Tra Johnson Sugar Grove and maternal grandparents Clayton Oviatt Spartansburg Pa and two great grandmothers Mrs Frank Johnson Sugar Grove and Mrs Nettle Darling Sugar Grove. Funeral service Sunday at 2 p m at Chandliers Valley United Brethren church after a 1:30 prayer at home.
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Sugar Ghovily
James Leroy Johnson
Lawrence Johnson
Sugar Grove
R. FD
Tra Johnson
Mra
Clayton Oviatt
Spartansburg
Frank Johnson
Nettle Darling
Chandiers Valley
Young Niobe Man Drowns After Wading Across Creek
Milton Sour, 28, of Niobe, drowned in Broken Straw Creek near Niobe while wading across a deep hole. He had been with Richard Cross. Cross, recently operated, could not reach him. Body found on Wednesday.
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Crampe
Milton Sour
Niobe
Brokenstraw Creek
Sour
Richard Cross
Crass
U B Camp Program Opens at Findley Lake
A large delegation from United Brethren in Christ prepares to attend the third annual camp at Findley Lake. The 1988 program runs through July 28 with events including a youth banquet, Young People's Convention, Bible Conference and Leadership Training School, and Daily Vacation Bible School. Communities and church members will participate in evening and Sunday services during the two week period.
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United Brethrew In Christ
Findley Lake
Rogram
Young People’s I
Young People's Convention
Bible Conference and
Yanty
Fychuteh
Jariod
Slayers May Be Taken to Free Erie Prison
Erie officials consider transferring condemned prisoners John G. Polena and Joe Senauskas from Warren County to Erie County Prison to cut costs. The men are slated for execution in the electric chair on September 26 for the Metro Seminole slaying. Warren County pays $15 daily for guards. Erie offers 75 cents per day per man plus $12 for special guards.
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Erie
Warren County
Erie County
John G. Polena
Joe Senauskas
Erié County
Warren
Hughes Reflects On World Flight Triumph In New York
Howard Hughes in New York says the Around the World flight is a tribute to American engineering. He praises designers and draftsmen while LaGuardia hails the achievement amid a 590000 crowd. Police kept order as Hughes rode through Lower Broadway and thanked the workers behind the project.
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United Press
New York
Lindbergh
Howard Hughes
Histar
Broadway
Hughes
Boas
Manhattan Island
Maus Wintey
Fiorello LaGuardia
Texas
Aviation
LaGuardia
Wether
Youth Murders His Sweetheart in Car Drive
Wilmerding youth Tony Varacelli, 25, confessed to stabbing Caroline Bacco, 21, of Wilmerding, to death with a hunting knife after driving her to a lover’s lane. He surrendered to Pittcairn police, saying he learned she was dating other men.
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Pittsburgh
Wilmerding
Tony Varacelli
Caroline Bacco
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