First Fireworks Incident Sparks City Police Report
A city police report describes a fireworks incident when youths in a car hurled a firecracker onto West Main near South Center during heavy traffic. Other notes include a double-parking citation on South Center, a Korean War victim’s committal service set for Cherry Grove Cemetery, Pvt. Robert K. Martin’s body arriving, and local civic notices.
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West Main
South Cente
Cherry Grove
Sugar Grove
Borly
Robert K. Martin
James L. and
Tsebelle McIntosh Martin
Niagara Falls
Pvt
Martin
Korea
Acheson gloomily warns on Iran oil dispute
Secretary of State Acheson told the House foreign affairs committee that Iran’s nationalization clash with Britain threatens vital oil supplies for non Soviet nations and warned the dispute could move rapidly toward disaster as the administration seeks an 8.5 billion dollar foreign aid program. He called the oil situation inescapable and bleak with no bright spots.
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Siven
Washington
Acheson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Iran
Britain
Free World
Taylor Craft plant picketing case stalls after court recess
ATARING RECESSED BEAVER Pa June 26. Taylor Craft Corporation and District 20 of the CTO United Steelworkers failed to reach agreement at another court hearing on the firm's petition for an order to stop the union from picketing its plant. Judges Robert E McCreary and Morgan E Sohn recessed the hearing yesterday until Saturday.
Stormy Senate inquiry ends debate on Truman vs MacArthur
The 42 day Senate hearings on General MacArthur wrap up with the panel delayed on concluding. Debate continues over whether Truman or MacArthur was correct as witnesses pondered potential written statements. The last witness Maj. Gen. Emmett O Donnell testified, swelling the record to about 2 045 000 words.
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Washington
Senate
Douglas Macarthur
Butt
Truman
MacArthur
McMahon
D-Conn
Tost
Brewster
Russell
D-Ga
Joint Committee
Investiga Wonv
Emmett
Rosie) O'Donnell
Albion Youth Killed In Korea
Albion reports the death of 23 year old Pfc. Donald Glenn Keith in action near Tonghwe North Korea on June 2. Keith, inducted November 1 1950, was attached to Company C of the List Infantry and was the son of Mr and Mrs Glenn A Keith of Albion. His parents received the information about his death in a company attack when he was hit by small arms fire.
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Albion
Korea
Tonghhwe
North Korea
Donald Glenn Keith
Glenn A. Keith
Keith
Co. C
List Infantry
Senate OKs northern extension of turnpike
The Senate approved a plan for a northern extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, sending the bill to a House committee after a 49 to 1 vote. Only Sen. James Berger dissented, citing local opposition, as the project would run from Erie to Scranton and connect with eastern links. The commission prioritizes linking King of Prussia to the New Jersey Turnpike, with surveys aiding Erie and Scranton segments.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
James 8. Berger
R-Potter
Erie
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission
King of Prussia
New Jersey Turnpike
$60,000 Damage Suit Is Started In Mayville
Two negligence suits seeking $60,000 damages were filed against Lakewood village and Milton Bergman of Ashville in supreme court. The suits arise from a February 10, 1948, accident on Route 172 near Merlin Avenue involving a Lakewood village truck driven by Bergman and passengers Fred Johnson and Zoette Lindberg, who were injured when the vehicle was struck from behind by Gordon Stone. Johnson died from his injuries. settlements have been reached with Stone. Jury selection delayed testimony mid afternoon.
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Mayville
Lakewood
Milton Bergman
Ashville
Supreme Court
Fred Johnson
RFD
Walter J. Johnson
Zoette J. Lindberg
Jamestown
Bergman
Johnson
Lindberg
Merlin Avenue
Gordon Stone
Stone
Soldiers donate $4,444 for Tokyo orphanage drive
American soldiers at the Tokyo Ordinance Depot raise 4444 dollars toward rebuilding an orphanage destroyed by World War II bombs. The drive seeks to gather 15000 dollars from enlisted men to support the project.
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Tokyo
Air War Briefing Amid New Frontline Moves
Sridgway reports improvements as UN forces press air and ground actions in Korea. B 29s face Red jets while 24 Sabre escorts repel 12 Red aircraft. Manchurian border threats, Wonsan bombardment, and tolling hills fighting persist. Washington wary of Malik cease fire ideas amid shifting front lines and renewed outpost clashes.
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Wonsan
Taje
Kumhwa
Peiping
Russia
Tokyo
Washington
Malik
Driver Jailed In Wreck With Corry Man's Car Erie
Donald Espy 17 of Erie is jailed in county prison on $200 bond awaiting hearing before Alderman Bowes at 2 30 p m Thursday on taking a car without consent. Espy was arrested after the car owned by Richard Bearce collided with Kenneth Winslow s machine in Carry causing about 900 in damage. He is also charged with driving without a license.
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Corry
Erie
Donald Espy
Edwin Bowes
Espy
Richard Bearce
Kenneth Winslow
Carry
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Anion City
South Center Street
Cameron Hoenes
Parke Street
Zoning Board of Appeals
Donald Nantes
Williams and
South Streets
Willams Street
Alex Ginsberg
Brokenstraw Valley
Lauisville
Aingering
Schoonover Funeral Home
Buffalo
Thane Spoon
Corry, RD. 4
Corry Memorial Hospital
Erie County Court House
William Trostle
Barbara Gates
George Wroblewski
Wattsburg
Joanne Gourtright
Union City
Kenneth Rose
Spartansburg
Betty VanTassel
Chamber of Commerce
John Foster
Walter Foster of
Cory ‘Memorial Hospital
Trate Bisiga
Titusville
Crawford County
Bingo Baels
Titsisville Council
Legisla
the National Bank of Corry
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oates
Conia
Dot
Associated Press
Denmark
Holland
Finland
Topp
North Center Street
Johnson Brothers
First Ave
Sridgway
REX Theatre
Tyrone Power
Susan Hayward
Johnson Bros
International Harvester
B. N. MacDonald
Blaine Kinney
Borstorff & Fitch
DeSoto
Plymouth
First Avenue
Corry, Pa
Leslie Dodd
Charles Savko
Clarence Wallace
Eugene Sharer
Merle McIntyre
Everett Phillips
Phil Zatzneck
Studebaker
R. G. Wiggers Motor Sales
Melle
Patterson
Rossbacher Insurance Service
Martin Smith
Paul Fenton
First Avenes
Sasi
Savas
Kossbacher
George Sou
Rede
al Jinx
Douncey
Randolph
Williams
Westlakes Burgh Pir
Bob Princ
Ness
Lou Ha
Sailoh
Erie Niagara
Oil City
Montreal
Rochester
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