Settlement Reaches 56000 For Warren Hotel Fire Victims
Four Ohio men who died in the Carver House hotel fire at Warren on April 25 1956 will share a 56000 settlement. The heirs of two victims will each receive 20000 while other widows obtain 1500 and 3500 respectively. One remaining damage suit in Warren continues for survivor William Mitchell of Altoona.
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Ohio
Carver House
Warren
Herbert
Sorg
Pittsburgh
Herbert V. Dwight
Alton
Bernard J. Stotts
Dayton
Raymond Schmitz
Columbus
Mearl Pinney
Jefferson
Schmidt
Pinney
Milburn Anderson
John Gent
William Knox
Anderson
Thomas Doyle
William Mitchell
Altoona
Driver Escapes As Tank Explodes Near Uniontown
Uniontown PA state police credit alert truck driver Edwin Wolfe age 37 of Masonic town with averting tragedy after his load ed tank truck carrying 1000 gallons of gasoline and 85 gallons of oil caught fire and exploded on Route 40 five miles east of Uniontown. Wolfe leaped from the vehicle warning oncoming traffic as flames spread before the blast. Cause of the fire is undetermined.
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Uniontown
Route 40
Edwin Wolfe
Masontown
Evan Hunter Defines The Writer’s Godlike Craft At 31
New York novelist Evan Hunter, at 31, writes prodigiously across genres and aliases, totaling over three million words including 175 short stories and 30 novels. He credits discipline over inspiration, living in a four acre estate with his wife and three sons, turning out about 5,000 words daily and defending his problem novels like The Blackboard Jungle and Strangers When We Meet against suburban conformity.
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Hunter
Evan
Hollywood
Suburbia
Fin
Psuedo
Greenwich Village
Area Man Battles TV Antenna Regulation at Convention
Washington President George J. Barco of the National Community Television Association said there is no legal basis for Congress to regulate community TV antenna systems. He noted about 116 million viewers are reached, with Senate Commerce Committee and FCC reviewing potential regulation. The association previously won tax exemption from the eight percent federal excise tax and now fights local tax and regulation efforts in three Pennsylvania areas.
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George J. Barco
National Community Television Association
Congress
Barco
Meadville
Association
Senate Commerce Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Pennsylvania
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Kenneth
Nichols
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Ken” Nichols
Russ. Mallory
L. M. Wells Grocery
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Shur Fine
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