Miner tragedy and town notices from Erie County
A collage of local items reports Kevin Reese swallowing medals after they vanished from his shirt, real estate transfers in Corry, a 15 day license suspension for George Burt, a Warren home fire causing $4000 damage, Jamestown building permits totaling $72 282 in February, the Zurn estate probate for two sons and nine daughters, FBI crime statistics for Erie in 1960, and state police inquiry into a Centerville wrecked auto.
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Kevin Reese
J. H. Reese
Meadville
Meadville City Hospital
Kevin
Orry
Centerville
Co. Warwin
William Reynolds
Titusville
Truman foe Henry W. Rummel dies in Missouri
Henry W. Rummel, 94, the only man to defeat former President Harry G. Truman for political office, died yesterday in Independence Missouri. A Republican, Rummel defeated Truman as judge of the Eastern District of Jackson County in 1934.
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Truman
Independence
Henry W. Rummel
Harry G. Truman
Rummel
Jackson County
Fine Instead Of Jury Action At Pittsburgh Club
Magistrate Frederick H. Bradley of McKeesport fined George Lentotis, 58, steward of the GAPA Club, $100 for violating a city ordinance after a police raid. Judges Lewis and Weiss ordered the case be sent to criminal court, noting the matter should not stay in magistrate court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piltsburgh
Frederick H. Bradley
McKeesport
Loran J. Lewis
Samuel A. Weiss
Allegheny County
George Lentotis
Gapa Club
Lentotis
Bradley
Weiss
Army To Advise Kinzua Owners Of Land Acquisition
Army engineers outline procedures for acquiring land for the Kinzua Dam project. They will present schedules for land needed in the reservoir area and note acquisitions planned for 1962 and 1963. Tasks include orderly vacation of premises and removal of improvements.
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Ruginett Corps
Porpuring
Butuan Damnares
Fur
Army Engineers
Mother Kills Tots At Grave Of Child
A distraught mother Eyra Lea Jackson 30 killed her two children Joseph Abenante Jr 10 months and Vicki Lynn 5 then herself at the grave of her daughter who died in a 1959 house fire State Police said she left three notes to explain the planned deaths mentioning peace and being together with the children.
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Alamogordo
N. M
Eyra Lea Jackson
Barbara
Joseph Abenante Jr
Vicki Lynn
Jn Imaid
Fire hits Leister Cabinet Works in Hanover
A pre dawn blaze swept through Leister Cabinet Works in Hanover causing damage estimated between 75 000 and 80 000 dollars. Kenneth Leister, co owner of the antique furniture reproductions firm, gave the estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Leister
Forny
Kenneth Leister
Airmen Recall Downed Plane Near Barents Sea
At Forbes Air Force Base near Topeka six airmen aboard an RB47 were shot down on July 10 by Soviet fighters over the Barents Sea. One body returned, two imprisoned seven months, three missing. Captains Olmstead and McKone to be questioned publicly for first time.
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Topeka
Kili
API
Barents Sea
America
Freeman B. Olmstead
John R. McKone
Air Force
R Cetuen
Hyo Caplons
Olmstead
McKone
Eugene 5. Pose
Visalia
Calif
Dean B. Phillips
Sacramento
Oscar L. Goforth
Sardis
Okla
William A. Palm
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Forbes Air Force Base
Farm Land Values Dip After Twenty Year Rise
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department says farm land values near the end of 1960 are flat versus July 1, 1960, after a long rise since 1941. The rise paused due to uncertainty over future federal farm programs and higher land interest rates.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U S and Britain seek new path to nuclear test ban treaty
Washington and London plan a renewed push for a treaty banning nuclear explosions with the Soviet Union. They aim to offer compromises on international inspection to satisfy Moscow while meeting British American policing requirements. Talks resume in Geneva March 21, with May visibility on Soviet interest and potential resumption of tests if negotiations fail.
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Washinglon
BmEunay
United States
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Britain
Snylet
Geneva
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Davis Ormsby-Gore
U.S
John J. McCloy
Housing costs ease as land prices rise in late 1960 report
The report notes milerate rises in land prices across 11 states in the second half of 1960 but offset by larger declines in the corn belt and other areas. Iowa shows a 5 percent drop, followed by Michigan and Ohio with about 4 percent declines.
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Iowa
Ohio
Wall Street wrestles with when the economy will turn up
Wall Street traders debate when the downturn ends and what government action will do. President Kennedy urges anti recession measures, while some see a self cure and others warn of inflation and higher taxes. Investors hedge by buying stocks as money value falls and profits shrink.
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New York
Capitol Hill
Wall Street
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Treasury
Fire Damages Rockefeller Mansion Tower. Governor Tours Debris
A blaze tore through the Rockefeller mansion in Pantin. cause undetermined and under control about an hour after discovery. Gov. examined upper floors with aides, lamenting the damage to the Harriman collection and noting extensive private art and modern works within the Rockefellers’ three story residence.
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Snuca
Vou
Hremen
Harriman
Gilbert Straut
Thomas Sully
Rockefellers
John D. Rockfeller Jie
Pablo Picasso
Vineet van Goel
Seek Revision Of Pa Constitution By Voters
Mrs Re and Kenneth Biddeboth of the Allentown County League of Women Voters say the convention method for constitutional revision would likely require voter ratification. Several objections were noted though some witnesses supported the change.
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Althowsh
Uke Witnoysen
Myre
Kenoth
Allentrony
County League of Women Voters
Also Mentioned on This Page
B. G. Bennett
Paul J. Taylor
Corry
Charles F.parkhurst
Robert F. Whitling
Second Ward
Bureau of Traffic Safety
George H. Burt
R. D
Burt
Warren
Charles Knapp
The
Glade
Knapp
Jamestown
James A. Hedberg
Clara A. Zurn
Erie
Erie Couty
Melvin A. Zurn
Everett F. Zurn
FBI
Erie County Board of Assistance
Walter Ross
J. Edna Day
Post Office Department
Ashville
William E. Rodemoyer
Terre Haute
Ind
Lynton Mose Fisher
Clinton
Fisher
Thursas
Hils
Indianapolis
Kinzua
BIG Spring Discount
R. L. Sperry
West Spring Creek Corry
Business Mirror
Rockefellers Flre
Valiants
Valiant
Clarence Wallace
First Avenue
SHORT
van Heusen
Al’s Clothes
Thomas
Coryiebianin
WWE
Haibos Everibiere
Tila
Roma
Ehanvin
Titusville Mallow
Owen
General Auto Repair
Frank’s Auto Service
Thomas Motor
Crystal Coal CO
Maple Age
TUFFY
Kendall
Fogle Lumber Co
Franklin St. Corry, Pa
Hammond
Eagle Street
Lumber
Wasi Ory
Cain
Ahccomry
Willi
Dover
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