Indict Four In Shooting Of Five Scions
Four Puerto Ricans face indictments on sesquewi-intent to kill and assault with a dangerous weapon after wounding five congressmen in the House chamber. Rep. Alvin M. Bentley remains seriously ill but improved slightly. The case followed grand jury proceedings with U S Attorney Leo Rover presenting evidence and Rep. Shafer identifying one assailant. Bail set at 100000 each.
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Associated Prom
Washington
Alvin M. Bentley
R-Mich
Joseph R. Young
Casualty Hospital
Bentley
Miccoughs
U. S
Leo A. Rover
Congress
Paul W. Shafer
Rmich
Lota Lebron
Irving Flores Rodriguez
Andres F. Cordero
Rafael C. Miranda
Rodriguez
Rodrigues
Capitol
Shafer
Havana
Chicago
Juan Juardes
Erie R R Crossing Watchman Retires After 25 Years
Joseph Barrone, a longtime Erie Railroad crossing guard in Corry, retires after eight years at Center Street and 25 years with the company. He started as a trackman for 17 years and moved to the tower after automatic gates were installed. The Barrones plan to move to St. Cloud Minnesota for retirement summers.
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Erie R. R
Joseph Barrone
Erie Railroad
Corry
Corryltes
Center Street
Ine
Erie
Barrone
St. Cloud
Fin
Poe
Berrohe
Moon 10.60 on Trial May 10 in Warren County murder case
Warren County will hear Norman W. Moon, a 26 year old Connellsville construction worker, on May 10 for murder in the January 13 killing of Allison D. Wade, Warren and Forest counties’ president judge. Moon was indicted by a Warren County grand jury after a brief session in which venue was not moved.
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Warren
Norman W. Moon
Connellsville
Allison D. Wade
Forest Counties
Moon
Warren County
Wade
Samuel Braemer
E. H. Beschlin
J. R. Sugarman
Bernice Leavy
Inte
Warren General Hospital
Gas Company Plans New 6 Inch Line From Phillipsville to North East
The Pennsylvania Gas Company applied to the Public Utility Commission for a new six inch high pressure gas transmission line from Phillipsville to North East to improve service and replace an eight inch line affected by Route 20 widening. Attorney W. Pitt Gifford defended the utility at Erlé County Courthouse hearing. Examiner Joseph H. Goldstein will file a report for a later PUC decision. The project will also serve Venango and Greenfield townships nearby.
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Pennsylvania Gas Company
Public Utility Commission
Erlé County
Phillipsville
North East
W. Pitt Gifford
Erie
Heat, and Light Co
Route 20
Joseph H. Goldstein
Warren
PUC
For & Tater
Gaaine
Venango
Greenfield
PGO
Gasoline Dealers Elect Officers at Deer Head Inn Meeting
Gasoline line retailers forming a local body elected officers at a Deer Head Inn meeting. Ollifard McClonkey was named president with Clarence Hult as vice president, Jack Armitage secretary, and James Lundy treasurer. Merle Van served as chair for the session. twenty-five members attended. Next meeting set for March 1.
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Gaso~line Retalers
Wee
Deer Head Inn
Ollifard ‘McClonkey
Clarence Hult
Jack Armitage
James Lundy
Merle ‘van, Alse
Blizzard Grips City in Severe Winter Storm
A ferocious blizzard swept the Curry district yesterday afternoon and last night with swirling snow and plummeting temperatures. Visibility dropped to a few feet in places as motorists halted and crawled in low gear through rural areas amid one of the winter’s worst storms.
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Curry
Schools Dismiss Early Amid Storm Across Erie Region
Supt Lawrence Douglas ordered 2:30 p.m. dismissal to finish rural bus routes before roads froze and drifted. Junior Class play kept as scheduled. evening show at 6. No accidents reported in the district. Snow reached inches with winds up to 60 mph. Buffalo and Niagara Falls hit hard. Erie Rail No. 2 ran 80 minutes late due to a frozen steam line near Meadville.
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Lawrence’ Douglas
Lnter
Pennsylvania
New York State
Buffalo
Niazaira Falls
Lake Erie
Niagara River
Pennsylvania Electric ‘Company
General ‘Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Wattsburg
Generator drum explosion at plant kills worker, injures many
At the General Bicetric plant a large rapidly spinning generator drum exploded, killing one man and injuring about 20 others. The blast sent debris through a turbine shop roof and into an injector bulking area. Engineer Charles B Kaufmann and another worker were treated for injuries. a company spokesman said around 20 more were treated at the plant.
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Schenectady
Wil
Charies B. Kaufmann
Ar Gineer
Wre
Apakemian
Pla
Date Set For Hearings On Pennsylvania Telephone Rate Hike
The Public Utility Commission schedules March 1 to 18 for hearings in Harrisburg on a 1.641 million annual rate increase proposed by General Telephone Company of Pennsylvania. Hearings will be at the Erie County Courthouse with protests from Bradford to Sayre. Residential rates may rise 80 cents to 1.26 monthly. business rates 7 cents to 2.50.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
Brie
Ita
General ‘Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Erie County
Fran Rie
Franklin
Tuuavil
Dulles Speaks At Parley On Latin American Aid
Dulles was expected to outline U S plans for new economic aid to Latin America at the Jean Conference in Caracas as ministers from Venezuela Cuba and Peru warned communism must be challenged. The United States planned a resolution to curb any government rising to power under Communist influence.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Dulles
United States
Rio Grande
Jean
Hnge
Surope
Asia
Latin America
Cuba
Peru
Aureliano Otmiex
Miguel Angel Campa
Ricardo Rivera Schreiger
Police charge burglary in Cambridge Springs case
Springs State Police filed a burglary charge against Darwin Philbrick 19 of Erie at Mill Creek Justice Harry Love's court after he pleaded guilty to breaking into the McMahon garage and gasoline station four miles north of Cambridge Springs two weeks earlier. Also named were Russell Bemis and a 18 year old Spring Creek youth. Bemis remains jailed in Chautauque County awaiting trial.
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Tam
Phitbrick
Priséay
Speedy House Passage Foreshadowed on Excise Tax Cuts
Washington reports swift House approval for a broad excise tax cut bill. The measure, backed by Rep. Daniel A. Reed, would cut 10 percent from all excise taxes above current levels and cancel about 1.1 billion in scheduled cuts. If enacted, prices on movies, telephones, transit, jewelry, cosmetics, and many consumer goods would likely fall, while the administration warns against widening deficits. The bill faces Senate opposition and possible amendments, including a proposal to raise individual income tax exemptions.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Wage and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
George
D-Ann
Daniel A. Reed
Ir-Ny
Myenhower
World Day of Prayer service bells signal call to prayer
The World Day of Prayer program will begin with church bells tolling at 2 pm tomorrow. Local Protestant services are not planned by the Corry Ministerial Association at St Paul’s Lutheran Church. Participants from multiple denominations join in a global service urging prayer for UN efforts, those facing tension, the homeless, and youth, with readings, music, and prayers led by local church members and directors.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Church Bella
Corry
Baptist, Christan Missionary and
Allance
Fpiscopal
United Brethren Churches
Harold Flowers
Elmer Ortner
Glenn Steadman
Elmer A. Ortner
Irvin Young
The
American Bible Society
Beatrice Bonsink
Annette Curtis
Page
Doris Christen
H. Lynn Rice
Ortner
Rey
Indictments in Pittsburgh Area Probe of 1962 Election
Federal grand jury handed up 28 indictments against 38 persons in Westmoreland, Fayette and Washington counties for alleged irregularities in the 1962 presidential election. The panel found widespread conspiracy to deprive legitimate voters of their franchise, naming figures including a former party chair from New Kensington.
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Pittsburgh
Westmore, Lam
Fayette
Washington
Westmoreland County
Aloo
John A
Chairlias
New Kensington
Senate Debates New Farm Program and Price Support
Washington The Eisenhower administration outlined a flexible price support plan to manage surpluses in cotton wheat and corn. Secretary True D Moree told a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing that frozen stocks would be counted in acreage allotments and quotas while some surplus would be excluded for price setting.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hisenhower
Congress
D. Moree
Senate Agricultural Committee
Eisenhower
Moree
Rover
Silent Army Witness Faces Public Hearing
Washington state hearing centers on Army doctor Belinsky who refused to answer if he opposed McCarthy’s charges. He asserted military jurisdiction over questions, while McCarthy counters that Eisenhower urged witnesses to testify without endangering themselves.
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Ey Perce
Washington
Ben. McCarthy
Wic
McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Belsky
United States
Belary
Eisenhower
Injured in Fall at SuStown Prodrive Facility
A 13 year old from SuStown Prodrive fell while attempting to escape paddling at a gymnasium based facility. He remained in critical condition today with a skull fracture.
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Sustown
FCC OKs Radio Station In City
The Federal Communications Commission granted a construction permit for a new radio station in Corry. Olivia T. Rennekamp of McKeen Rocks Pa received approval to operate at 600 watts on 1370 kilocycles daylight hours only. Venango Broadcasters Inc had previously sought Franklin on the same frequency but dropped its request.
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Regen Wean Commission
Corry
Olivia T. Rennekamp
McKeen Rocks
FCC
Venango Broadcasters, Inc
Permisson
Franklin
U S Vessel Volunteer State Held In Turkish Port
In Istanbul Turkish authorities detained the 7,210 ton American freighter Volunteer State amid a mystery sinking Monday of a Turkish coastal vessel. Four men were reportedly missing. The Volunteer State, operated by States Marine Corp of Delaware, had just unloaded American military aid in New York. An inspection of the bow will seek collision marks while divers search for clues. A survivor from the Yayla was recovered, unable to identify the vessel that struck it beyond noting it was a large ship.
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Bby
Istanbul
Turkey
Volunteer State
Ixtarbul
Cl Christ
Walker
Bea
Marmora
States Marine Corp
Delaware
Pols
New York
U. S
F.T. Derry
Gilchrist
Igenta
Hamdi Cakir
Col Inters
Yayla
Baby suffocated as Vandergrift lodge fire rages
In Vandergrift Pennsylvania a ten month old baby boy Robert Clyde Nelson suffocated when a fire swept the third floor of the Eagles Lodge. Firefighters and two brothers failed to reach the crib as smoke and flames forced them back. Parents Mr and Mrs Marion Nelson were away when the blaze started shortly after midnight. Police evacuated 26 sleeping families from the third floor while the club rooms on the first and second floors suffered heavy smoke and water damage. Fire Chief Burl Dunmire could not determine the fire origin and estimated damages over 1000000.
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Vandergrift
Eagles Lodge
Robert Clyde Nelson
Marry Nelson
Burl Dunmire
Eagles
Dunmire
33 Jews Arrested By Czech Regime
Free Europe said today 23 Jews have been arrested by Czech Communist authorities in Pilsen. The Jewish community fears a new anti Semitic drive. The two were seized in a factory for forbidden contact with Jews. Organizations broad, RFE said, most Jews in Czechoslovakia have relatives abroad and exchange gifts.
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Muntch
Germany
Radio” Free Europe
Pilsen
Rad
Wité Jewiah
RFE
Czechoslovakia
Republicans Spark Bipartisan Feud Over Communists
Washington reports Leonard Hall sought to bridge rift between Eisenhower and McCarthy as party debates ethics for hearings. McCarthy dismissed calls for unity, insisting he will pursue anti Communist methods. Secretary of Defense Wilson urged quick legal clarifications to purge Communists from government.
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Washington
Republican National
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
McCarthy
R-Wia
GOP
Hall
New York
National Republican Club
Ines
Eam
Einenhower
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Thos
Defense
Wilson
Saltonstall
Senate Armed Services
Gm Immediate
Peeming
Slippery Streets Trigger Auto Crash on West Main
Police say slick roads on West Main Street caused a crash involving Douglas Roselle and others. Roselle allegedly drove into the path of a machine after gravel and debris blocked part of the street. City officers assisted the drivers at the scene.
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Slippery Street
West Main Street
Douglas Roselle
East Main Street
Joterente
Roselle
Sume
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Warren County Grand Jury
Gasoune Dealers
Cambridge
Sumnetated
Sam
Red Probe
City
Aandated
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