Weather and local notices from Erie area dated reports
The forecast calls for below normal temperatures in Western Pennsylvania through Wednesday March 23 with a weekend cold spell and a rising trend afterwards. Erie County highway laborers get a 10 percent raise to 143 per hour. other hourly rates rise accordingly. A 1959 AAA report places battery and electrical failures as major causes of calls due to severe weather. A loan of 41700 from PIDA to Venango County for Pat N Wood near Oil City is tentatively approved to help rebuild after a fire. Investigations continue into a Meadville school bus collision with a fatality. Mohawk Airlines canceled Erie operations due to a stewardess walkout demanding raises and union-shop terms. Townville and Spartansburg schools closed yesterday due to heavy snow but reopened today. Surplus food will be distributed in Warren County Wednesday. A theft report from Sea’s Drugs notes missing lighters and ballpoint pens. A man found a green plastic key case with two keys and may claim it at the police station.
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Pennsylvania
Couple Found Dead in Pittsburgh Motel From CO Poisoning
State police report William G. Reed, 43, and Mildred Reed, 44, were found dead by carbon monoxide fumes at a motel about four miles west of Tripertal. A toxic dose of oil-based fumes was ruled the cause of death in the Pittsburgh area incident.
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Pittsburgh
Tripertal
William G. Reed
Mildred
Franklin Area Killer Enters Plea of Guilty
Jerald Riddle Jr. of Polk pled guilty to murder and waived a preliminary hearing at arraignment before Alderman E Bolmer. Riddle signed a written confession to fatally clubbing R Warren Mays in Rockland Township on July 23 199. He appeared without counsel, accompanied by Chief County Prosecutor Deputy Bi Thomas and State Trooper Kenneth B E McCoy, who aided in breaking the eight month old case.
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Franklin Area
Franklin — Jerald &. Riddle Jr
Polk
R. Warren Mays
E . Bolmer
Riddle
Mays
Viethm
Rockland Township
He O
Bi | Thomas
Kenneth BE. McCoy McCoy
Thomas
U S Aims to Lift Exports by Four Billion Dollars Annually
President Eisenhower proposed a government wide export promotion program to raise annual U S foreign sales by two to four billion dollars. Initial funding around five million dollars could rise to 10 12 million as momentum grows, boosting commerce and agricultural attachés. Current exports near 18 billion dollars yearly amid a trade deficit.
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Washington War
Eisenhower
Congress
Philip A Ray
Interagency Task Force
Commerce and Agriculture Departments
Ray
Sparta Affair To Kick Off Wildlife Week
About 150 people are expected to attend the third annual postservition banquet, the kickoff event for National Wildlife Week in Crawford County. Roland Putnam of Spartansburg is county chairman. Robert Purlaman, Sparta Merged Schools supervising principal, will be speaker. officials from the Pennsylvania Game Commission Northwest District will attend. delegates from county conservation clubs are invited. two clubs each have about 25 members.
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Praniaveoune
Conservatior
Sparta
Juniquind
Tomorray
Cymnus
Crawford County
Roland Putnam
Spartansburg
Robert Purlaman
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Franklin
Conservation
County Federation of Sportsman’s Clubs
Conservation Clibs
Great Discovery shown to full Wheelock church
A film titled The Great Discovery was shown Monday night to a full Wheelock church, with about 35 attendees from Cutting. A joint evening service of Cutting and Wheelock Union Sunday Schools is planned at Wheelock this Sunday at 8 p.m. Local social notes follow, listing residents visiting, hospital stays, and family events.
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Wheelock
Cutting
Buffalo
Marion Way
Everett Patchen
Lyle Bemis
Rabeye Loveland
Curry
Gerry Kargal
Jamestown
Clifford Aikens Jr
Clifford Aikens
Gerry
Carl A- Marsh
Faith
Gordon Shampoe
Jackie Stull
Buffalo General Hospital
Jack Stull
Audrey Rouse
Florence Purdy
Helen Rouse
Leonard Blaite
Audrey
Carl L. Marsh
Franklin
Miner Funeral Services Held for 18 in Coal Mine Fire
Logan West Virginia mourns as funeral services take place in small area churches for 18 men killed in a coal mine fire. Some services occurred today with others scheduled for tomorrow.
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Wold Miner's Services
Logan
W. Va
Cuban Military Envoy Resigns Attacking Castro
Lt Cmdr Miguel Pons, Cuban naval attaché, resigns after an emotional speech at an Inter-American Defense Board meeting accusing Fidel Castro of dictatorship and asserting International Communism behind Havana. He names Ernesto Guevara as the real power and calls Castros regime a mask. Finance Minister Rufo Lopez Fresquet also resigns citing health and policy differences.
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Wadhlngsud
Uae
Sop
Fidel Castro
Miguel Pons
Cudan
Inter-American Defense Board
Pons
Cuba
Havana
Ernesto Guevara
Rufo Lopez Frenquest
Castro
Lopez Fresquet
Guevara Polivies
Reopened Delayed St Petersburg Golf Tourney Opens
The 2 hole St Petersburg Golf Tournament in Florida resumed after rain postponed yesterday's first round. The $15,000 event runs through Monday with 150 players led by favorite Arnold Palmer and including nine of the 11 top money winners.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Arnold Palmer
Corry FHA Aides Help 200 Area Farmers Improve Business
About 200 farmers in Evie and Warren Counties met with Paul Orner and Vin E Reitz to review 1959 operations and plan 1960. FHA loans totaling 209860 funded equipment, livestock, seed, fertilizer, and improvements, boosting local trade and showing better practices like milk testing, breeding, fertilizer use, soil lime, drainage, and canning crops. In fiscal 1959 ten borrowers repaid loans and moved to local bank credit.
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Corry
Farmers Home Administration
Evie
Warren
Paul &, Orner
Vin E. Reitz
Orner
Plane blast kills 63 prompts FBI inquiry
Reported crash near Scotland Indiana at 4 20 pm Eastern Standard Time leaves 63 dead. Witnesses described explosions and a wing breaking through clouds as rescuers fight rugged terrain between Louisville and Evansville. Indiana State Police and FBI agents investigate while a prank call to Chicago police is ruled unfounded.
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FBI
Emmet Insurance Corp
University of Notre Dame
Joe L’brien
Indiana State Police
Scotland
Ind
Federal Aviation Agency
Louisville
Evansville
Chicago
Midway Airport
Land
State to launch major hospitalization study in Pa
Pennsylvania officials unveil a $300,000 study funded by the state and Blue Cross aimed at calculating hospital maintenance and operation costs. Francis R. Smith says a diverse commission will lead the two year project, spurred by Blue Cross rate hikes and reserve declines. A separate note cites cancer checkups as key defense against death from cancer.
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Narrisburg
Cusoylvania
du Seppe
Francis R. Smith
Blue Cross
Smith
Commission
American Cancer Society
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Paragraf
Blanche Bemis
Bear Lake
Corry Memorial Hospital
Erie County
Park H. Martin
American Automobile Association
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
Venango County Industrial Development Corp
Pat-N-Wood Co
Oil City
William R. Davilin
Pida Board
Meadville
Harry Hope
A. A. Grill
Daniel Maloney
Mohawk Airlines
Erie
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Michigan
Utica
N. C
Townville
Warren County
William L. Karns
Arnold Seastead
Sea's Drugs
Seastead
Utah Jackson
W. Columbus Avenue
Marion Street
Flye Rexall Drugs
Ait N. Center
U.S
Ronald Whitney
Findley Lake
Rex Layne
Kelly Whitney
Philip Gravink
Donald McAdoo
North East
Marion Nellis
Pay Redman
Fajth Marsh
Mel Agens
Sugar Grove
Clifford Atkens Sr
Gary Evans
Alfred University
Robert Sphori
Rodney Curtiss
Arthur ‘Fassett
Larry Sharpee
Marion Humphrey
Carl Marsh
William Nellis
Fredonia
Earle Wright
Helen Shinko
Max Bemis
Hatch Hollow
Richard Garfield
Alden
N. Y
Joseph Garfield
Albert
Bayle
Lafe Willey
Harborcreek
Donald Willey
TUFFY
Kendall
Washington Streets
Hallmark Cards
Hallmark
Washington, D. C
America
Washington
Arlington
Mt. Vernon
Alexandria
Wax Museum
Gettysburg
Warren Travel Service
Dick Crosby
North Clymer, N. Y. Phime
Panama
Loblaws
AGAR
Lady Astor
Eden Farm Cottage Cheese
Ae Pan
SPM
First Church of Christ
Scientist
E. Columbus Ave
Entertainment Directory
Pittsfield Inn
Ginnie
First Avenue
West Main Street
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