Erie County records lowest state TB death rate in 1956
The 1956 annual report shows Erie County with nine TB deaths and a rate of 38 per 100 000, the lowest among Pennsylvania counties in the 100 000+ population class. Compared with others the county’s TB death rate fell 50 percent from 1955 and 83 percent in five years, while TB case counts declined only 1 percent.
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Aus
Erie Wouny
Pennsylvania
Division of Statistics and Records
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Erie County Health and Tuberculosis Association
Erie County
Dauphin
Lehigh
Montgomery
Westmoreland
Washington
York
Lancaster
Northampton
Cambria
Delaware
Allegheny
Lackawanna
Berks
Philadelphia
Luzerne
Schuylkill
TB Association
J. Kenneth Winter
Tuberculosis Association
Meadville Man Heads For Job In Middle East
Meadville resident F Rice Allegheny College auditor and assistant professor of economics, with his wife and two children, will depart New York Tuesday night for a 5000 mile journey to Beirut. He becomes assistant comptroller at American University of Beirut and will oversee internal training in accounting. They sail July 26 aboard the Exeter, visiting Spain, France and Italy en route, arriving Beirut about August 14.
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Meadville
F. Rice
Allegheny College
New York
Middle East
Rice
Allegheny
American University of Beirut
S. 3
Exeter
Beirut
Spain
France
Italy
Airport Tax Relief Sought for Jamestown Municipal Airport
Jamestown city officials asked the Town Board for property tax relief on airport land. Mayor Sanford, Corporation Counsel Isaacson, and Comptroller Swanson urged exemption from state and county taxes, noting a $15,000 airport deficit last year and a potential $4,200 annual city saving. No school tax exemption was proposed.
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Jamestown — Ellicott
Jamestown
Cur? F. Sanford
Daniel A. Isaacson
Donald Swanson
Youth Shoots Self In Foot Accidentally
Jamestown 16 year old Dayri Levine on a Stillwater Creek camping trip in Busti accidentally shot his right foot with a .22 short rifle. Police say the gun’s safety was on and released as he tripped while approaching the creek to shoot frogs. Levine was taken to Jamestown General Hospital by his father after friends alerted authorities. Six companions on the trip included Thomas Wescott of Lakewood and Delmar Robbins, Jack Yan, and Levin Brown of Busti. A separate item reports a truck killed five year old Mindy Tolliver on Verona Boulevard in Pittsburgh.
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Jamestown
Dayri Levine
Busti
Marquis C. Levine
R. D
Willis Mattoon
Bust
Levine
Jamestown General Hospital
Thomas Wescott
Lakewood
Thomas Swanson
Delmar Robbins
Pine Ridge Road
Jack Yan
John
Levin Brown
Maltoon
Egypt Holds 14 In Plot To Kill Nasser
UAR’s Middle East News Agency reports fourteen men, nine ex military officers and five civilians, are detained on charges of plotting to assassinate President Nasser and regime figures. Salah El Din named ring leader. April arrests awaiting trial in a military court. Reports claim plan to invade presidential offices during a Cabinet session and install a new government with Salah El Din as Premier and Abdel Fattah Hassan as interior minister. The plot reportedly involved a secret military organization led by Brig Gen Ahmed Atiff Nassar and included armed actions in uniform.
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UATRO
Egypt
Middle East
Nasser
Salah el Din
Farouk
Abdel Fattah Hassan
Ahmed Atiff Nassar
Erie Newsroom Padlocked Over Unpaid Federal Taxes
Internal Revenue agents padlocked the WSICOM operated by Joe Rotunda for unpaid federal taxes on gambling devices including pinball machines. Rotunda reportedly owed $1,400 for 1955 and 1956. An IRS spokesman warned similar closures for other news rooms failing to pay taxes. Dr. Samuel A. Wisonske, 88, Atlanta’s first recognized pediatrician, died yesterday.
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Wsicom
Joe Rotunda
Internal Revenue
Rotunda
Erie
Internal Revenue Service
Atlanta
Samuel A. Wisonske
Hal Boyle's Americana 4 inch Pavement Proverbs Trimmed
Hal Boyle offers a string of street wisdom and wry observations on thrift security gossip and ego in Americana proverbs. The column riffs on work life aging retirement and national habits with vivid quips and humor set against postwar American life.
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New York
School Board Seeks Hearing On Jointure Plans
The Crawford County School Board approved holding a hearing before the State Council of Education on Bloomfield Sparta Rome jointure plans. They noted not all sets were before the new council and ordered placement. The board also approved transport contracts for Harry Werling and Harry Hoyle to move students to centers for the handicapped. Plans for the annual directors convention were discussed and Stephen Holowach was named county board delegate to the Harrisburg state convention Oct 18-19.
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Meadville
Crawford County
State Council of Education
Bloomfield-Sparta
Rome
Harry Werling
Townville
Harry Hoyle
Connequtville
Stephen Holowach
Cambridge Springs
Harrisburg
Voice of the People expresses wage tax grievances in town
A reader labeled A Disgusted Taxpayer questions wage tax on out of town workers and urges local shops like Union City. She mentions 60 mile commutes, daily costs, older workers facing layoffs, and the need for pension and steady jobs for women over 35. The letter critiques out of town shopping and salary taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ince
Corry
Union City
Clinton Judge Denies Acquittal in Council Inquiry
A courtroom session reveals the Mississippi city council voting list with 495 names and addresses read by Mrs. Davis after McLeod questions council gender balance and the conduct of the inquiry. Witnesses discuss the makeup of the council, business backgrounds, and attitudes toward segregation.
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Clinton
Womcil
Mcteod
Jackson
Migs
Davis
Sai Mcleod
Eno
Counncil
Davis Igre
Shu
Jon
Desegregation Debate in Clinton County Council
Witnesses described Anderson County council as a broad cross section backing segregation and legal methods to preserve white schools. Jim Garrison read a petition with over 400 county residents dated August 12, 1956, signaling organized opposition before Clinton unrest.
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John Kasper
Anderson County
Clinton
Jim Garrison
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Pittsburgh
Mindy Tolliver
Verona Boulevard
Erie Newsroom
Hal Boyle
Sim
Sumina
Cient
National Bank of Corry
T-Con
the National Bank OF Corry
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Voice of the People
Hammond
Engle Street
Dial
Fogle Lumber Co
Franklin Bt. Corry, Fa
Rexall
Center St
IRA
Skyline Speedway
Sugar Grove
Crete
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Dodge Royal
Heberlein Motor Sales
Corry, PA
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