Tragic Crossing Fatality Kills Warren Sheriff’s Daughter
Cathleen Allen 14 died after being struck by a pickup while crossing Central Avenue near Pennsylvania Avenue in Warren. Driver Willard Webster said he didn’t see her as Roxanne and Cathy attempted to cross, sparking a 90 foot skid and a 54 foot post impact slide. Police, aided by Officer Willard Zerbe, investigate as ambulance delays complicate the scene. The year sees Warren Borough record a second fatal accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Allen
Pennsylvania Avenue
Central
Cathleen Allen
Warren General Hospital
Willard B. Webster
Cathy
Willard Zerbe
Dorothy van Pelt
R.D
Clarendon
van Pelt
Central Avenue
Webster
Roxanne
Zerbe
Keystone Nursing Home
Debbie Nodzak
Veteran Warren Doctor and Senator Dies at 86
Warren County mourns Dr Leroy Chapman 86 longtime physician and eight term state senator who chaired and sat on the Appropriations Committee He died at his home Sunday Survived by wife Lena son William of Pittsburgh and daughter Mrs John Urbaitus of Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Leroy Chapman
Warren County
State Senate
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Chapman
The
Medical Society of the
State of Pennsylvania
Lena
William
Pittsburgh
John Urbaitus
Sugar Grove Youth Critical After Tractor Accident
A 16-year-old Sugar Grove youth, Anthony Pratt Jr., is in critical condition at James Town General Hospital after being run over by a tractor on Leroy N. Stoddard farm in R. D. 3. The tractor, driven by 16-year-old Jim Stoddard, swerved causing Pratt to fall under the wheels with chest and skull injuries and possible internal trauma. State Police in Warren reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Grove
Jamestown General Hospital
Anthony Pratt Jr
Pratz
Leroy N. Stoddard Farm
R. D
Jim Stoddard
Warren
Spartettes picnic postponed due to showers at Berkey's Farm
The Spartettes moved their picnic to Sunday afternoon at Berkey's Nursery Farm after Saturday rain. 35 attended a wiener roast supper with swimming and visiting. Elwood VanTassel, a Sparta High alumnus stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga., headed overseas to Korea. He and his wife will remain in Georgia. Several local residents visited, including the Hunts of Spring Creek, Sherlocks of Grand Valley, and Kinneys of Center Valley. A cousin’s wedding in Clymer drew many relatives. The Friendly Neighbor Club plans a family picnic at Obert's Grove and a Youth For Christ paper drive runs through August 11. Sympathy extended to Mrs. Gerald Wetherbee’s family. John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist, died aged 40 in Huntington, N Y, from liver failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Merkle
Berkey
Ste. Elwood VanTassel
Fort Gordon
Korea
Elwood
Sparta High
Georgia
Lyle VanTastel
Edward Hunt
Spring Creek
Warren Brown
Isaac Sherlock
Lee Johnson
Grand Valley
Johnson
Ralph Bryan
Palmerton
D. W. Kinney
Guy M. Fish
Bernard Skiff
Chris
Dennis Coyle
Centerville
Jerry Senowitz
Highland
N.Y
Marcia Lynn Ruff
Clymer
Herman Brouwer
Netherlands
Clymer Methodist Church
Faith Wallace
Joy Wallace
Titusville
Dobbs Corners
Alance
Ronald Messinger
Friendly Neighbor Club
Obert's Grove
Youth For Christ Kids
Raymond Straite
Lynford Jackson
Gerald Wetherbee
Rail Strike Forces Greyhound to Use Trailways Depot
The Harrisburg railroad strike caused Greyhound to move operations out of Pennsylvania Railroad station and share space with Trailways Bus Co. Greyhound’s ticket offices and loading areas were in the railroad station until closure at strike start. Trailways terminal sits nearby. Greyhound began temporary service at the Trailways depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrisburg
Harrisburg
Greyhound
Pennsylvania Railroad
Trailways Bus Co
Pennsy
Trailways
Gunmen rob club owner of forty one thousand
In Pittsburgh two gunmen robbed night club operator Anthony J. Laguttuta, taking forty one thousand dollars from safety deposit boxes used for financing a Brentwood purchase. Laguttuta handed over the money and a lease, as one assailant fled while the other remained and warned him to stay put.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Anthony J. Laguttuta
Brentwood
Lagatuta
Lagattuta
Laguttuta
After Five Club
Playboy
Man 84 Dies While Fishing in Allegheny River
Edward Zoeller of Pittsburgh, 84, died after an apparent heart attack caused him to fall from his boat into the Allegheny River near Hargest Cottage resort. Bud McGraw of the Tidioute Volunteer Fire Department said he was found at 8:05 p.m. after the incident at 7:45 p.m., Zoeller owned a nearby cottage four miles south of Tidioute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Edward Zoeller
Pittsburgh
Warren General Hospital
Allegheny River
Bud McGraw
Tidioute
Mayor Lindsay eyes Queen Mary as New York high school
New York City plans to bid about 2 billion to buy the British ocean liner Queen Mary and convert it into a floating high school for 3,000 students at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. A committee of marine architects called the plan feasible and the bid would need city council and board of estimate approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Brooklyn Naval Yard
John V. Lindsay
Board of Education
Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd
Cunard
London
Basil Smallpiece
Williamsburg
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
Board of Estimate
Appeal Denial Of Permit For Elderly Housing
MEADVILLE Themesayile Housing Authority appeals a zoning denial for an eight story elderly housing project. The zoning officer said plans violate the ordinance by exceeding limits of 16 units per building, height, and lot area per family. The proposal would have 70 dwelling units across eight stories. Escap e captured: Cambria County Jail inmate Raymond Woolaston, 43, Portage, recaptured after brief escape from prison farm duties in Johnstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Ebensburg
Cambria County
Raymond €. Woolaston
Portage
Johnstown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Track
Sheriff
Crystal Coal CO
Maple Ave
Corry
Smooth Gunmen
Rob
Pa. Mfg
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
George B. Harris
Raldo Emerson Shipman
Sunbury
Pennsylvania Gear Co
Shipman
Harris
California
Sam Fisher
Marine
Marines
Martine
Marine Bank
Marine National Bank
Corry, PA
John V. Gleason Jr
Plainfield
Newark
Lindsay
Queen Mary” High School
BLATT
Corry Drive-In
Don Knotts
Abilene
Merts
Fitch Motors
Rambler Sales and Service Internatio
First Ave
Charles Sandburg
Clair Jaquith
Bob Garfield
North First Avenue
Amy ‘Thompson
Alfred Hanson
Dick Stroup
Sharp
Albert Coons
First Avenue
Kenneth Fay
Rossbacher Insurance Service
West South Street
Marilyn Knowlton
Arthur Marlowe
Chrysler
Plymouth Sales & Service
Scylinder
Chrysler-Plymouth
Ruth Rumbaugh
Philip Segal
Goodyear Tractor Tires
Ronald Gates
Johnson Bros
Babee Corry
Flist Avenue
Remington Mall
Howard L. Blakeslee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!