Koclanic Brothers of Johnsonburg Set to Display Lumber Skills
Famed lumbermen the Koclan ic brothers arrive in Corry for a Woodsmen Carnival display at Cherry Springs State Park. John won the leg-chopping event. Rudy and Ed watch as the trio join the Sunday festivities during the Northwestern Pennsylvania Firemen's Convention, August 1 to 3, with a 3 p.m. performance in City Park.
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Koclanci Brothers
Johnsonburg
Corry
John
Cherry Springs State Park
Potter County
Rudy
Pennsylvania
Koclancic Brothers
Pa Economy Shows Little Hope For Near Term Improvement
Penn State University analysts say the Pennsylvania economy is unlikely to show much overall improvement in the coming months. Employment falls across primary metals including steel, with May production the lowest in three years. They note better activity in automobile, appliance, and construction sectors and gains in trade and service while the average factory workweek remains depressed at 37.7 hours in May.
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State College, Pa
Pennsylvania
Stength
Penn State University
Pennsylvania Steel Mills
Penn State
May
Escapee Spruill Convicted In Second Pittsburgh Slaying
Pittsburgh AP Eugene Spruill, back in Graterford prison, was convicted by an Allegheny County jury of strangling Walter Turner, 22, while he was an escapee from Western Penitentiary. The verdict carries a life sentence. Spruill already has a life term for a previous knife slaying and faces four additional murder cases. He was recaptured in August 1973.
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Pittsburgh
Eugene Spruill
Graterford
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Walter Turner
Brushton
Spruill
Turner
John Beck
Natrona Heights
Western Penitentiary
Jailed Con Men Nabbed In Two WV Scalping Schemes
West Virginia law officers charged Byron Richardson of Baltimore with posing as country star Ray Price to swindle Elizabeth Whitacre out of 200 dollars. Howard Willford of Fayetteville, aided by 50 bank checks, roamed MD, PA, OH, VA and WV posing as a groom to cash checks totaling hundreds at Huntington Ohio Ironton and Hurricane WV banks. The two suspects were apprehended after interstate police alerts.
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West Virginia
Martinsburg
W.va
Byron Richardson
Baltimore
Ohio
Willford
Hagerstown
Richardson
Elizabeth Whitacre
Ray Price
Accoun Eternal
Nashville
Antietam Bank Co
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Twentieth Street Bank of
Huntington
Citizen's National Bank of
Ironton
Putnam County Bank of
Hurricane
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Vinge & Loan
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Pennsylvania Electric Company
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