Victims and incidents dot Spartansburg area obituary and notices
74 year old Bs Whitling of Spain dies at home after long illness. Passages report construction permits rise in March with dollars and housing units. Several accidents occur from Spartansburg to Warren with injuries and a fatal tractor incident in Akeley, Pa. Real estate and marriage license actions recorded at Erie County courthouse. Communities respond with Jaycee drive yielding 20 tons of paper for defense programs.
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Zenia Whitling
Spain
Pennsylvania
Iansburg
Aldrich
Mits
Eunice Bixby Chase
Rome
Spartansburg
Bertha el
Ston
Torrey and Hays Funeral Home
Ntel Narmits
Birdena Parsons
Charles 5
Sutter Ux
Corry
Erie County
Henry Hill
Jeanene Brady
Jaycees
Charles Armstrong
Kenneth Burr
Jerome Davis
William Zatiropulos Jr
John Kennedy
Harriet Hotchkiss Treated After Elbow Injury
Harriet Hotchkiss six daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Hotchkiss of east Congress street was treated at the local hospital Saturday for a left elbow injury from a fall near her home. X rays showed no fracture and she was discharged.
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Harriet Hotchkiss
Harry Hotchkiss
Congress Street
Polio Case Load Doubles for First Four Months
The Pennsylvania Health Department reports polio cases for January through April 1954 nearly double the same period in 1953 with 31 cases versus 21. Dr. James D. Purvis says the statewide spread is thin and the rise does not signal an epidemic trend.
Alleged confession admitted in Marta Gibbons slaying trial
In Doylestown Pennsylvania the alleged confession of George Capps was admitted as evidence at the start of week two of his trial for the killing of 15 year old Marta Gibbons. State Police said Capps signed a five page Q and A statement on January 26 the day after his arrest.
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Youngsville
Warren General Hospital
James Bush
William Bush
Sugar Grove
Edward Larsen
R, D
Warren
Airport Inn
Larsen
Hug
Goucher
Oil City
Doylestown
George Capps
Marta Gibbons
Capps
Five Ministers Urge Cease Fire at Indochina Talks
Five South Asian prime ministers from India Pakistan Burma Indonesia and Ceylon returned home after a four day conference in Colom o Ceylon calling for a cease fire and direct negotiations. They urged the United States Russia Britain and Communist China to agree on steps to prevent a recurrence of Indochinese hostilities.
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Associated Press
Colomo
Ceylon
Indochina
India
Pakistan
Burma
Indonesia
United States
Russia
Britain
China
Postpone Hearing On Temporary Injunction in AFL Case
Dauphin County Court indefinitely delays hearing on a temporary injunction stopping the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review from hearing test case appeals on vacation pay and jobless benefits. Injunction secured last week by Sidney G Handler attorney for the AFL Ladies Garment Workers Union for eight women from Berks and Northampton counties.
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Eraser
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Sidney G. Handler
AFL International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Berks Jand
Northampton Counties
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Byron Davids
Grove Street
Ajax Iron ‘Works
Westfield
Veterans Hospital
Erle
Clifton Morris
Hare Creek
Cutting
Mabel Siggins
Siggins
David H. Siggins
Warren Street Railway
Sheffield
Warren-Jamestown
Ernest Emmons
Ludwig Construction
Raymond Mfg. Co
Corry Memorial Hospital
Emmons
Frewsburg
West End
Myrl McCoy
Akeley, Pa
E. Crosby Bush
Main St
Topp
PC Ee
Indianapolis
Daytona Beach
Chrysler
Clarence Wallace
First Ave
Condi
Space Maker
Meerdink
House OF Furniture
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