Prowler, beer party, thefts noted in Corry area
Police logged a prowler attempt at a second avenue home at 11:15 pm yet found no trace. Three youths in a black Chevrolet were seen smashing beer bottles on Center Street near Congress, leaving before officers arrived. A car license is being checked for ownership. Weather hit 80 degrees with a 50 degree low. Asphalt production expanded at United Refining Co in Warren, with future roofing and building uses anticipated. Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce executives elected Raymond D. Sill as president. Building permits in May dipped vs April but rose vs last May. Florence Chadwick to marry F. Wallace Taber, both from San Diego. Hospital treated four accident victims, with several injuries including cuts and a fall. A ward hearing for Bruce Crossley postponed. Kane State Police seek a locker-room thief who stole over $100 from three golfers. Fourth of July flare sale projected heavy for Chautauqua Lake crowds.
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Second Avenue
City Police
Center Street
Congress Street
Five thousand coal miners go off payroll today
Five thousand Lehigh Navigation Coal Co workers in Panther Creek Valley left the payroll as the firm orders its anthracite operations closed. Miners in Tamaqua offered to work unpaid days to delay shutdown. Millard Dodson, president, said there was no change in plans to close the mines. Also, Louis J. Conley was fired as secretary of the Allegheny County Republican Executive Committee.
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Lansford
Lehigh Navigation Coal Co
Panther Creek Valley
Tamaqua
Millard Dodson
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co
Lehigh Navigaton Goal
Horst resigns as agriculture secretary to lead Pennsylvania GOP
Horst, a Lebanon County farmer, leaves the agriculture post after about 1% years to become Republican state chairman at midnight, succeeding Senator M. Harvey Taylor who held the job 12 years. Horst says the new role was pressed on him and he can serve the party. In Pittsburgh two people died after plunging from bridges, one near Beechview trolley bridge and the other from the Homestead High Level Bridge, unidentified.
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Harrisburg
Miles Horst
Lebanon County
M. Harvey Taylor
Taylor
Horst
Republican Party
Pittsburgh
Beechview
Mangahela
Homestead
Basic Producers Sign New Steel Pact and Debenture Plans
McDonald calls the contract historic and says US Steel costs around 42 cents an hour. Industry sources foresee possible price rises up to 450 dollars per ton, while automakers and appliance makers adopt a wait and see stance. US Steel plans 300 million dollars in serial debentures maturing in 1 to 10 years, 225 million public and 75 million to trustees for a pension fund.
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U. 8. Steel
U. 3. Steel
Major fund offering to restore corporate capital
The offering aims to replenish working capital spent in a large expansion program. The company has invested $2.2 billion in facility upgrades since 1954.
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United Refining Co
Warren
United Plant
Raymond D. Sill
Bradford
Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce
State College
Sill
Melvin A. Blair
Meadville
Erich H. Sander
Norristown
Stuart @. Neel
Uniontown
E. F. Bettes
Department of Labor and Industry
Pennsylvania
F. Wallace Taber
Africa
Florence Chadwick
Chadwick
Taber
San Diego
Calif
Corry Memorial Hospital
Austin Studd
Wright Street
Lynn Austin
West Smith Street
Betty Whaley
Spring Creek
Dale Johnson
Lyle Johnson
R. D
Garry Simmonsen
Liberty Street
Simmonsen
Bruce Crossley
Clarendon
Warren County
Russell Haight
M. A. Korn=reich
Kane
Kane Country Club
Chautauqua Lake
Chautauqua
Keystone
VanCise
Kate Greenaway
Morton‘s Infants and Children’s Wear
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Allegheny County Republican Executive Committee
Cee Nen Glass
Citizen National
Cates
John S. Fine
Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania
F. Mesmnet
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Thomas Motors OF Corry, Inc
Fogle Lumber CO
Franklin St
Corry, Ps
Bob Desmond
West Church St
E. V. McClintock
Center St
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E. E. Guignon
North Center St
Corry, Pa
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