Major Erie Fire Destroys Tavern Antique Shop And Abandoned Grocery
A $275000 blaze in Erie left 17 people homeless in a two story brick structure housing Dave's Cafe Bill's Curiosity Shop Holiday Meat Packing and an abandoned J and M Grocery Store. Fire Chief Peter Kuhn estimated damage between 260000 and 275000 with residents rescued unharmed. Firefighters and Red Cross workers controlled the inferno after several hours, sparing nearby buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BNR
Plinking & Serlaye
Grandéel Jawning
Peacil Susantras
Esse
David Vugeller
Erie
Peter Kuhn
Red Cross
William Stroud
Kenneth Waller
Leon Stufflebeam
Fred Busick
Roy Patterson
Tommy Caughlin
Louis ‘Tall
J and M
Yuvelier
Louis Hamman
Ex-Erie Man Held In Calif For Old Murder
A former Erie man, about 50, identified as Jimmy Hicks, was arrested in Boknersville California by FBI and local police for a 1945 murder in Fort Valley Georgia. He had lived in Erie eight years, until fingerprinting on a disorderly conduct charge led to his departure. An FBI agent said he caused trouble during his Erie stay, facing drunkenness and assault charges before the fingerprinting.
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Vuntill
Flueller
PHL
Erie
Outdoor Phones Robbed Pair Held in Mercer County
Three men suspected of burglarizing outdoor telephone booths across western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio were held in Mercer County. Jait Joseph Chatley, 26, of Sharpsville, Walter Blakeley, 42, of Warren, Ohio, were detained by Hickory Township police and state troopers after a booth alarm sounded. A nearby resident confronted them with a shotgun, but the suspects claimed they were making a routine call. Two were taken into custody the same day.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Mercer County
Jait
Joseph Chatley
Sharpsville
Walter Blakeley
Warren
Hickory Township
Mercer
Blakeley
Gilbert
Jaree
Hickory
Hickory Police
Mayville Tot Hurt In Unusual Accident
Mayville residents report a five year old girl injured at home when a playmate used a screwdriver to lift a latch while the girl tried to peek through a garage door hole. She sustained eye injuries treated by an eye surgeon in Jamestown with stitches. no permanent damage expected. An Irish trick story from New Haven notes detectives catching five youths defacing market walls with IRA initials on the eve of St Patrick’s Day.
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Mayville Little Mist
Marie Ressler
Daighter
Ib Dente
Ressler
Mayville
WEA Tlomiteal
Acel
Honthily
WEA Hospital
Jamestown
Mandy Mus Ressler
Tesports
New Haven
Conn
IRA
St. Patrick's Day
Reporter Joins Seawolf Search In Deep Submarine Hunt
A reporter aboard the submarine Seawolf details the intense undersea hunt for a possible contact. The crew, led by Omar Rihard B. Laning, operates high-tech gear and sonar in a tense silent depth chase as the hunt pauses on a fading signal.
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Seawolf
He Keard Forge
Omar Rihard B. Laning
Keipper
Hie
Police Action Expected In Animal Torture Case
Erie police are expected to arrest suspects within days in a case of animal torture last Saturday. Mary Feltenberger of the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society said authorities have several strong leads and the society is overwhelmed with calls urging swift action to prosecute the guilty. She noted the case is one of the most shocking to the society and that they are cooperating closely with police to find those responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Feltenberger
Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
Humane Society
Tril
Feltenberger
Erie Police
Overloaded Trailer Trucker Fined in Millcreek Township
Erie driver Floyd Christoph of Washington Pennsylvania was fined 1000 dollars for hauling an overloaded bulldozer on a trailer. The 10400 pound overload occurred while transporting the bulldozer from New Berry North Carolina to Cleveland. The truck owned by Quitis Keel Transportation Company remains at the Millcreek scale pending payment.
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Erie
Millcreek
Floyd Christoph
Washington
New Berry
N. C
Cleveland
Quitis Keel Transportation Co
John G. Gent
John Alfred Olds
J. Alfred Olds
Olds the Florist
Marian Elizabeth Olds
Marian D. Olds
Union City
Erie County
Pennsylvania
Wattsburg Road
East High Street
Citizens National ‘Bank of Corry
City of
Corry
North Center Street
WE. Phillips
Cony
Roger M. Brown
South Center Street
Cory
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Jesus Spake
Tonswe
Tessie
Wink Pvoyeiay
Weis
Westis
Uae
Aris
Cub
Phey
Ewe Iver
Feytian
Ds Tuthyul Wwe
Calif
Hammond
Eagle Street
Dial
UM Uta Leet
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Thomas Motors of Corry, Inc
South Center St
Kroemler Osrhann
Verry
Meerdinte
Aistl
Servins
Don Knapp
Thomas Motors
Guy M. Pish
Warner's Gulf Service
Johnnie's
West Main Street
Max Gregory
Gilson
General Electric
Ellen
Dora
Bae
Ieee Heating c. Pl
IN & Son
Brigham Hardware
A. Sorenson
Ridge Street
North
Worth Street
Ruffener
Lee Puller
Red Harned
Azar
Mather
L. W. Stranahan
Spartansburg
Phone Corry
Stockton Wholesale Meats
Columbus
Bert Stockton
Emory Coates
Derry
Leo al Co
Atl
RCA
Davis
Armstrong
Builders Supply
E. E. Guignon Hardware
Illinois
Dr- Legear
G-Alls-Chalmers
Howard VanTassel
R. D
Comy
N. W. Buick Jr
McCulloch Sales and Service
Fr.Sal
Allis
Chalmers
East South Street
Oliver
Western Auto Associate Store
Joe Cohen
Snyder Circle
City Park
John Rogers
Leonard Beckerink
Clymer
Clinton Smith
Eagle Builders Supply
Joe |Ohen
Jon Cohen
Tyott
Rasselas W. Brown
Homer G. Bulard
Watt Real Estate Agency
North East
James R. Leslie
Wattsburg
Journal
Livestock Commission
Reed
Sherman
New York
Ray Freeman
Ripley
Norvel Reed
Kent
Cuba
Ron Reed
Spartansburg Methodist Church
School of Music
Osiecki Bros
Otaii
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