Kane Husband To Be Charged With Murder
A Kane man alleged to have shot his wife Thelma Davis Smiley in a car near Kane McKean County will face a murder charge when arraigned this week. State police detective Merle Dickinson said the charge will be based on evidence from the investigation and that details of arraignment timing and venue were not disclosed. Smiley was moved from Smethport jail to view his wife’s body at her parents’ home in Kane.
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Kane
Mc Wean
Alvin Smiley
Thelma Davis Smiley
McKean
Merle Dickinson
Smiley
Elmer Beatty
Dickinson
Smethport
John Davis
Death of the Heath Hen on Martha's Vineyard
The Heath Hen died on Martha's Vineyard after years of effort to save the species. It was the last survivor of a once widespread game bird whose range extended from New Hampshire to New Jersey and along the Chesapeake region.
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Martha's Vineyard
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Simpson suggests two House members to visit Stalin for talks
Rep. Sid Simpson of Illinois proposes two members of the House go to Russia for personal consultation with Premier Stalin to ease the Soviet blockade of Berlin. He wired House Speaker Martin with the idea, saying progress could be made through direct talks.
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Sid Simpson
T Nols
Berlin
House of Representatives
Russia
Stalin
Simpson
House
Martin
Pittsburgh Officer Kills Escaped Convict in Hill District
Pittsburgh July 19 patrolman Oliver Mason said he shot and killed Otha Lee Sanders, 32, an Alabama prison escapee who refused to surrender a revolver in a Hill District restaurant. Sanders escaped in 1945 after an eight to ten year sentence for assault with intent to commit murder. Mason also shot a 41 year old ex convict in 1946 after the man fist shot him. A youth escape attempt earlier left the boy recovering.
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Pittsburgh
Oliver Mason
Homicide Bureau
Otha Lee Sanders
Alabama
Mason
Sanders
Hill District
Homicide
Camp Tustloasa
Youth 17 Dies in Area Wreck Near Oil City
Jerry Devor Jak, 17, of Glenshaw, Allegheny County, died after his 1948 Buick collided with a steel wall on Route 8 overhead bridge over IP Rail Track north of Rouseville. Passenger Ray Watkins, 22, Union City, injured with a fractured shoulder blade. State Police suspect sleep fatigue caused loss of control at high speed.
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Oil City
Jerry Devor Jak
Glenshaw
Allegheny County
IP. R. R
Rouseville
Ray Watkins
Union City
Devorak
Triplet Sisters Stricken With Polio At Texas Center
In Edinburg Texas three 10 month old triplet sisters were admitted to a polio treatment center last week from Willacy County. Nurses marked them with adhesive tape to tell them apart. They are reportedly the first trio in the United States struck by polio at the same time. Names are being withheld by the clinic while their condition is not serious.
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Edinburg
Tex
T- 15
South Texas
Willacy County
William E. Rand
Arabs reject truce terms as war threats loom
Abdel Rahman Auzam Pasha told the UN that Arabs accept the cease-fire but demand three conditions: stop Jewish immigration, allow Palestinian refugees to return, and set a definite time limit. The Arab League warned sanctions await if Arab states refuse to stop fighting. Egypt,Trans-Jordan and Syria separately accepted the truce via cables to Bernadotte in Rhodes.
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Teague
Abdel Rahman Auzam Pasha
Seven-Nation League
Security Council
Azam Pasha
Tel Aviv
League
Egypt
Trans-Jordan
Syria
Folke Bernadotte
Rhodes
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Jargent Organisetione
Dial
Lindsley’s Pharmacy
Calif
Certo
Jack Frost Sugar
Saratoga
St. C. Sausage
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Svery
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Erie
Ariel Blox
Tore
Heiman’s Jewelers
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