Penny Worker Crushed Dies On PRR Tracks
William Becker of 1926 Buffalo Road died at Hamot Hospital after a derailment cleanup on Pennsylvania Railroad tracks north of the Soldiers and Sailors Home. Crew foreman Joli Lang said a derailed car swung and squeezed Becker between two freight cars during efforts to return the car to its tracks.
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ERIE
Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
Soldiers and Sailors
William
Becker
Buffalo Road
Hamot
Joli Lang
Woman fights 340000 will of father over prejudice
Pittsburgh Mrs Margaret Gomberg of New York seeks to break a 340000 will in Allegheny County court alleging her father’s disinheritance stemmed from irrational prejudice against her Jewish husband Alfred F Britt 58 former executive of Rudd Manufacturing Co who died in 1951 leaving most of his estate to a son and another daughter About 93 percent of Sweden’s farm area is privately owned
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Pittsburgh
Margaret Gomberg
New York
Allegheny County Cork
Alfred F. Britt
Rudd Manufhoring Co
William A Northrop dies at Corry Memorial Hospital
William A Northrop aged 35 died this morning at Corry Memorial Hospital after being admitted yesterday He was born August 21 1977 in Townville Pa and lived most of his life in Cory working as a paperer painter He retired a year ago and is survived by nieces and nephews Funeral services set for 11 o'clock Saturday at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev H Ray Harris officiating and burial in East Branch Cemetery
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William A. Northrop
West Pleasant Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
Mr. Northrop
Townville
Cory
Florence Snapp
Corty
Philip Northrop
Spartansburg
John Logan
Spring Creek
Anson Logan
R. D
Corey
Bracken Funeral Home
H. Ray Harris
East Branch Cemetery
Covered bridges may vanish from Pennsylvania soon
Harrisburg. Covered bridges, long a hallmark of rural America, may disappear from the Pennsylvania scene within 10 years, says L A Porter, bridge engineer for the State Highways Department. He cites rotting timbers in joints and the rise of larger automobiles and trucks as the main factors behind the decline.
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Harrisburg
America
Pennsylvania
L. A. Porter
State Highways Department
Porter
Woman Fined for Reckless Driving in Clymer Case
Mrs Herman Swanson, 41, of R D 1 Clymer, pleaded guilty to reckless driving and received an 8 day jail term suspended and a $100 fine. Deputy Chester Burroughs made the arrest. Justice Legters of Clymer also suspended a $26 fine for Lester Ellinger, 7, who faced a disorderly person charge and must leave town by Friday.
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Clymer
Herman Swanson
Chester Burroughs
Swanson
Legters
Justice
WBEN TV Channel 4 Schedule Listings by Leonard Niederriter
Television guide for WBEN Channel 4 listing daily programs and time blocks. Features news, sports, cartoons, soap operas, dramas, variety shows, and late-night film slots. Includes names of programs like Dragnet Treasure Men Abbott and Costello Groucho Marx guiding titles and sport broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gany Moore
Filn
Betty Furness
Guiding Light
Sport Spotlight
Riley
Adolph
Menjou
German revolt leader executed as terror example
Reported continuation from page one details arrests of East Berlin residents and alleged Western provocateurs in the anti communist uprising. Unconfirmed death tolls range up to three dozen across several cities. Curfew imposed in Potsdam and Babelsberg as Soviet and police actions halt unrest. Western press calls for decisive action and free elections in a unified Germany as protests spread.
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East Berlin
Western Provocateurs
Martin Law
Potsdam
East Germany
Babelsberg
A. A. Gretchko
Germany
Russia
Frankfurt ‘Schau
Tli |Sans
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William Becker
Sweden
Polio Insurance
Farm Bureau Insurance
Guy W. Bennink
Center St
Corry, Pa
Wben TV
Leonard Niederriter
Singer
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Singer Sewing Center
W. Main Street
Corry
Berlin
West Germany
Magdeburg
Chemnitz
Dresden
Lespaix
Gera
Miederriter
Frregidaire
General Motors
Mederriter's
Tederriter Company
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