Rescue Crews Press Search For Miner Buried In Central Pa Mine
Rescue workers enter the third day of searching for coal miner Anthony Rompolski believed buried in a Merriam Mountain shaft in Shamokin Pennsylvania. The accident killed another miner, Michael Keninitz, as 75 rescuers labored in freezing conditions to uncover the mud filled shaft and determine the cause of the debris flow.
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Shamokin
Pennsylvania
Anthony Rompolski
Mount Carmel
Merriam Mountain
Rompolski
Michael Keninitz
Kulpmont
John Bugle
Clarence Kushner
Harrisburg
Blame Children In Laundry Fire
Titusville Fire Department responded to a laundry fire reported by Lois Anthony of Townville at about 3 10 p m. Smoke issued from restrooms at the south end of the building and fire crews found the blaze in a partition between the rest rooms and the office. Firefighters forced entry through a locked door and cut holes through the partition to reach the fire.
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Sttusviax
Ihe
Titusville
Birth Control Stand Rapped By Priest
The Rev Lionel Leane of Harefield near London criticizes the church position on birth control in The Tablet. He joins two other British priests in challenging church rules, arguing sex morality includes emotional mental and spiritual unions beyond procreation.
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Britain
Lionel Leane
Harefield
London
the Tablet
Leane
St. Thomas
Hold Rites For Dominick Pate
Requiem Mass for Dominick Pate was said at St Elizabeths Church with Rev Cyril J Kranz as celebrant. The service began with prayers at Bracken Funeral Home and burial followed in the church cemetery. Bearers included Albert DiSanti John DiSanti Joseph DiSanti Dominick DiSanti and John Nicolia. Attendees from away included Eugene Blynt Frank Pate Angeline DiSanti John Nicolia Dominick DiSanti John Mariella John Nicolia Joseph DiDionsio John DiSanti John Pate Dan Carneval Ida Lupo Daisy Stowe Tony Scerola and others from Erie Waterford Pittsburgh.
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Dominick Pate
St. Elizabeth's Church
Cyril J. Kranz
Bracken Funeral Home
Albert
John
Joseph
Dominick DiSanti
John Mariella
John Nicolia
Eugene Blynt
Frank Pate
Angeline DiSanti
Joseph DiDionsio
Joseph DiSanti
Albert DiSanti
John DiSanti
John Pate
Dan Carneval
Ida Lupo
Sam Vommaro
Erie
Daisy Stowe
Waterford
Tony Scerola
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia man crushed by refrigerator accident after stair fall
Jose Diaz, 30, died when a refrigerator the trio carried down stairs slid free and pinned him against a radiator. The blaze was blamed on vandals likely children who dropped a lighted paper into a partition hole. Firemen continue investigation.
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Philadelphia
Jose Diaz
Corry youth wins God and Country award at Columbus Church
Robert E. Moore center son of Andrew and Mrs. Moore of Corry R D 2 receives the God and Country honor for church and community service as a vital life saver for his infant niece Crystal Heverly. The May event included Rev Walter Thoms and Vincent Look of the Cornplanter Council in attendance.
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Robert E. Moore
Andrew Moore
R. D
Corry
Columbus Community Church
Robert
Crystal Heverly
Corry Memorial Hospital
Walter Thoms
Vincent Look
Warren
Cornplanter Council
Boy Scouts of America
Johnston
NY Man Arrested After Route 6 Rear-End Crash
John Pates 25 of Forestville New York was arrested by Trooper Joseph Robyak on charges of driving too fast for conditions after a rear-end collision on Route 6 west of Corry. The crash at about 7 30 p m involved Arthur Fitch 58 of 27 West Church Street causing 350 dollars in damage. Pates pled guilty before Justice Floyd Marsh and was fined 15 dollars plus costs.
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Corry
John Pates
Forestville
N. Y
Joseph Robyak
West Church Street
Marsh
Pates
Reapportion Plans Outlined At Erie Hearings
Five northwestern Pennsylvania counties spoke at a House Reapportionment Committee hearing in Erie. Nine witnesses from Warren Venango Crawford Forest and Erie counties urged changes including a call for a constitutional convention to alter districting by nonpopulation factors. County leaders faulted gerrymandered plans and urged preserving Venango and county mergers with Forest County.
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Pennsylvania
House
Warren
Venango
Crawford
Forest
Hollidayshuro
Alvin Kahle
R. Budd Dwyer
Congress
Charles C. Rodgers
Neil Coughlin
Erie County
Robert Horn
Thomas Donnell C. Warren
Richard Cable
Forest County
Kahle
Venanco
Democrats Praise Task Forces For New Legislative Push
Otis Morse lauds Scranton administration for crafting a coordinated plan as task forces form to study education economics health and welfare transportation recreation tourism and taxation with Republicans initially invited to join the effort.
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Eilberg
Hilberg
Bilberg
Lee
Otis Morse
Scranton
Plane skips Erie landing on cautious Mohawk flight
Mohawk Airlines flight feared landing gear trouble avoids Erie and flies to Buffalo where it lands safely. The captain radioed inability to get a green light at 9:05 p.m. and rerouted to Bur tan. Passenger later returned to Erie from Buffalo.
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Mohawk Airlines
Erie
Buffalo
Port Erie
Iplane
West Lake
Tier
Fligut Com
Detroit
Bultolo
Inventor Richard, 81, Dies. Patented Dialing Innovations
Morristown obituary notes Charles D. Richard a patent attorney who invented long distance dialing push button phones and dozens of other pad bets. He died Saturday at home.
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Morristown
Charles D. Richard
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