Waterford driver cited for running light at Smith Center
Incal police cited Just a Paragraft Wayhe Fhik of Waterford for allegedly failing to stop at a traffic light at Smith and Center streets. A city report notes damages to a car owned by William Brooks, 350 dollars, after his vehicle was crowded off the road Friday at Mead Park, hitting a tree. The article also details a 3,218 attendance at Conneaut Lake Park picnic with riders from multiple cities, a railroad freight blaze on Center street, and various hospital cases and local events including a Rainbow Girls drill win and a weather forecast for late July.
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Smith and
Center Streets
William Brooks
Myende
Brooks
William Jr
Mead Park
Conneaut Lake Park
Corry
Williamsport
New Castle
Pittsburgh
Loudersport
Utica
Port Lauderdale
Lake Worth
Florida
Alliance
Ohio
Jamestown
Wellsburg
W. Va
North East Order of Rainbow Girls
Mother Held In Strap Slaying Of 3 Year Old Girl
Brooklyn police charged Iva Gaffney 34 mother of Patrolman James Gaffney with beating May Gaffney to death with a leather strap after the child misbehaved. The incident occurred in Williamsburg Brooklyn as the mother said the girl fell and injured her head trying to flee the whipping. May was found dead in her bed and an ambulance pronounced her dead at the apartment.
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Brooklyn
May Gaffney
Iva Gaffney
Gaffney
Anetstor
May
Williamsburg
Flying Tigers Chief Succumbs
News notes the death of Chennault, leader of the Flying Tigers, after a long wartime and postwar career. He commanded China air forces, rose to major general in 1943, helped found a private airline in Taiwan, and later faced lung cancer after a final U.S. visit in February.
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United States
Chennault
4Th Air Force
China
Air Transport
Taipei
Chemnault
Formosa
UAW Heads Hold Strategy Meet In Detroit
Top UAW officers met in Detroit for a strategy session with a strike deadline as a main topic. Bargaining with General Motors Ford and Chrysler is in recess until tomorrow. Big Three plants have operated without a contract since Memorial Day weekend and over 90 percent of union members have voted to strike if needed. Industry observers say 1959 model year timing strengthens bargaining position.
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UAW
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Ford
Chrrysler
Frigiday
Bieg
Reuben Randall Succumbs At 15
Reuben Randall dies after a brief illness at Corry Memorial Hospital on Saturday afternoon aged 15. He was born December 16, 1882 in Bagnumill Mich and was a Ferris Institute graduate. He retired from the local post office in 1950 after 39 years of service and was a member of Corry Lodge No. Bike and Moose. He is survived by his wife Agnes Ridowd, a son Wilhi m Corry, a sister Mrs Clea Myers Osborn Missouri, and a granddaughter. Services Tuesday at 2 with Rev. William Seitz at Bracken Funeral Home and interment Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Telier WM. Rsangum
Corry Memorial Hospital
Ben Mn Guident Sinen
Mr. Randall
Bagnill
Mich
Sherman, Mich
Ferris Institute of
Big Rapids
Corry
Bike and the Moose
Agnes Ridowd
Wil- Him
Clea Myers
Osborn
Missouri
Frrends
Bracken Finenal
Refuse New Trial For McSorley
McSorley former chairman of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission had a new trial denied today by Dauphin County Court. He was convicted of misconduct in office for hiring a driver for ex Chairman Thomas J. Evans after Evans left the commission. Judge Kreider ruled salary to the driver Dalto did not benefit the commission, and McSorley is set to be sentenced August 1.
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Evans
Homer L. Kreider
Dairo
McSorley
Ab Commission
Ex-Treasurer Held In Embezzlement Case
An Aliquippa man, John Konowal, 40, former treasurer of the credit union at Jones and Laughlin Steel’s Seamless Tube division, was charged by the FBI with embezzling 2424 dollars. He was arrested last night in Ambridge.
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Pittsburgh
Aliquippa
FBI
Federal
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
John Konowal
Ambridge
Leader urged to reveal wage or sales tax stance
Harrisburg report says House Speaker W Stuart Helm pressed the governor to declare his preferred tax plan. Helm, GOP official, cites Pittsburgh Mayor David Lawrence’s stance and accuses the governor of flip flopping on wage and sales taxes amid an election year.
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Harrisburg
Leider
House
W. Stuart Helm
Lawrence
GOP Pressure Over Sales Tax Law Hits Campaign Trail
Helm pressed Leader to reveal if he will reverse his stance on taxes as he campaigns with Lawrence for the U S Senate in November elections.
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GOP
Leader
Helm
Lawrence
U. S
Fire Guts Ridgway Building and Injures Four
A Ridgway two story brick building housing apartments and a plumbing shop was gutted by fire. Four people were overcome by smoke and treated at Elk County General Hospital, including Vernon Himes, 42, Eula Briggs, 40, Olga Halberg, 69, and Ernest Day, 27, a firefighter. Fire Chief Elwood Kreigle said the cause was undetermined and damage was about $60,000. In Evansville Indiana a thief stole an eight foot Christ portrait from Camp Reveal chapel, valued at $500 to $1,000, walking past a neon sign as he left.
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C. L. Parks
Elwood Kreigle
Elk County General Hospital
Vernon Himes
Eula Briggs
Olga Halberg
Ernest Day
Christ
Evansville
Ind
Camp
Stril First Tart Leads Wellsville Past Pear Vil Nin
A fragmented note reports Stril first tart guiding Wellsville to a 5 to 2 victory over Pear Vil Nin. The readable lines show a scoring sequence and the winning team.
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Wellsville
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