Beautification drive sells dogwood trees in Corry
Mondville Civil Improvement Committee ships five hundred dogwood trees for sale to local residents at 25 dollars each as part of a city beautification effort. Additional notes mention marriage licenses, a warehouse fire aftermath, a school visit to Model Dairy plant, real estate transfer, and local weather.
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Mondville Civl Improvement Committee
Spuke Atay
Fom
Victor J. Wolelechowski
Eugene M. Westley
Corry
Bre County
Four Killed As Train Rams Car At Unguarded Crossing
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train struck a car carrying school children at an unguarded crossing in Carlyle. Three siblings Irene Berry Phyllis Berry Flora Kay Berry and 93 year old passenger died. Eugene Higgins died later in hospital. Lester Berry age 18 and his brother Allen Berry were seriously injured.
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Varlyle
Westbonna Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Francis Berry
Carlyle
Irene
Phylliy
Flora Kay
Berry
Eugene Higgins
Lester Berry
Allen
Higgins
Arsonist Patrick Russ Sentenced for Trestle Fire
Patrick Russ, 24, convicted of setting a coal trestle blaze causing $200,000 damage, was sentenced to 7 1/2 to 15 years in Attica State Prison after a six day trial during which he repudiated a confession claiming he sought psychiatric treatment.
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Rochester
Patrick Russ
Attica
Russ
Ice floe flood threat eases along Allegheny River
Weather Bureau officials say a five mile ice floe near Kittanning and Freeport has not formed a serious flood threat as last weekend. The backed up water is draining, reducing pressure on the gorge. Rain tomorrow could raise river levels behind the ice, but for now the ice is expected to stay put through Friday or the weekend.
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Allegheny River
Kittanning
Freeport
U 5
Weather Bureau
Jorge
Rimmerton
Massrove
Vernon Houghton
Pittsburgh
Houghton Waic
Houghton
Kittamiing
Hold Rites For Elizabeth Morris
The camera service for Elizabeth E Morris was held at 2 20 yesterday afternoon at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev George Myers officiating Temporary interment was made in Pine Grove mausoleum with burial to be made later in the family lot There were many mourners including Harold Morris Allegany N Y Robert Morris Bruce Moore and James O Brien grandsons served as pallbearers Also present were numerous Morris family members and friends from Union City Ithaca Fairview and North East plus other listed relatives Jordan to get aid Amman Jordan The United States will give Jordan 5 million in Point Four aid under an agreement signed here yesterday
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Elizabeth E. Morris
Bracken
George Myers
Pine Grove Mausoleum
Roland
Richard
Milton
Rexford Morris
Bruce Moore
James O'Brien
Harold Morris
Allegany
Robert Morris
Roberta Morris
Beverely Morris
Union City
Norman Fuller
Stanley Fuller
Florence Kennedy
Richard ‘Morris
Mary Jo Morris
Frank Shipe
Ithaca
N. Y
Gertrude Burton
Richard Burton
B.ford
Charles Bowen
Fairview
Denver Evans
Marion Olmstead
North East
Jordan
Amman
United States
Students Protest Havana Slayings
Students in Havana and Santiago staged a strike to protest the slayings of two 16-year-old seventh graders found on a highway outside Santo in the rebellious eastern province. Government foes suspect the youths were linked to the weekend police car bombing and to supporters of President Batista, though identities remain unknown.
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Santiago
Santao
Fulgencio | Batisti
Broader Powers Sought For Parley
Informal Soviet note urges widening foreign ministers talks to include German unity and the German peace treaty issue. U.S. officials want substantial discussion to reveal what a summit could achieve, with Dulles insisting on meaningful outcomes and not a mere spectacle. Soviets hint at holding the summit in Washington.
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Dulles
Washington
Senate Kohler probe resumes in Wisconsin strike case
The Berlin rackets committee heard witnesses describe bombings, shootings, and harassment by anonymous calls tied to the Kohler Co strike near Sheboygan. The dispute, part of a larger UAW marathon walkout, has dragged on into its 45th month with workers refusing to join the union.
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Syfeesenesen Avery Oes
Beritn
Wisconsin
Congress probe of FCC tightens over Mack resignation
James Marlow notes a House subcommittee pressed FCC chairman resignations amid fear of impeachable pressure on TV licenses. Witnesses lacked congressional status as senators were not summoned, sparking questions about thoroughness and calls for broader inquiry into lawmakers and regulatory decisions.
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Washington
Congress
Subcommittee
FCC
College Dean Succumbs Evanston Northwestern Institute
Dr. Ovid Washbach, 65, first dean of Northwestern University's Technological Institute, died yesterday of a heart attack. He led the institute from 1930 to 1953 and previously taught at Lehigh, MIT, and Brooklyn Polytechnic.
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Evanston
Ovid Washbach
Northwestern University
Edwin
Youl
Lehigh University
de Mussachusetts Institute of Technology
Brooklyn
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