Allegheny seeks Erie Detroit Toronto air route approval
Allegheny Airlines asks the Civil Aeronautics Board for authority to fly an Erie Pennsylvania to Toronto route and a Detroit to Toronto route. The plan aims to link Erie as a gateway to Toronto and complete a Detroit Toronto ring to cut costs and boost single-carrier service to cities including Scranton Wilkes Barre and Philadelphia. Cornelius Ryan says passengers would save time and money.
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Washington
Allegheny
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Detroit
Cornelius S. Ryan Jr
Allegheny. Airlines
Toronto
Jamestown Bus Plan Funds Hit Snag With State Withdrawal
State office withdrew a request for 25000 dollars toward the Jamestown project delaying the plan. Albany said the funds request was canceled until policies are set to handle such requests. Federal tentative approval remains for over 132000 dollars, about two thirds of the 200000 cost. City would otherwise pay about 42000 dollars.
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Jamestown
State Office of Transportation
Albany
Blaze Ends With House Fire On Hill Road
Fire responders from Spring Creek rushed to Hill Road after initial calls from Spring Creek, then requested aid from Corry and Columbus as the blaze consumed the foreground half of the residence.
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Corry
Spring Creek
Columbus
Baker
Cold snap maims Erie County berry and fruit crops
Erie County reports wide frost damage to crops with sweet cherries near ruin and losses up to 400000 dollars in one grower’s estimate. Strawberries show about 15 to 20 percent damage while grapes and sour cherries face uncertain impact as temperatures plunge to 25 degrees. Names cited include Ken Youngs and A S Miles with holdings on E Main Road and Heidler Road.
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Erie County
Ken Youngs
E. Main
Nott Hast
Glue Sniffers Face Sentence Under City Ordinance
Salt Lake City voters approved an ordinance making glue sniffing or LSD use without authorization punishable by six months in jail and a 299 dollar fine. The measure was urged after authorities found more than 1,000 glue tubes in a location.
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Salt Lake City
Body Found in Burned Car Likely School Official
Police say a body found in a burned out car in Upper St Clair Township is probably Edmund V. Lisi 55, an administrative assistant in the Chartiers Valley Joint School District, who had been missing for two days. The car was found in a shack used as a teen hangout.
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Pittsburgh
Pouce
Edmund V. Lisi
Bridgeville
Chartiers Valley
John A. Klancher
Upper St. Clair
Hiking Imprisonment Terms Debate on Rape Legislation
The article covers amendments to a rape bill, defining prison terms including up to 20 years in non-violent cases and longer penalties for serious bodily injury. Philadelphia Democrats proposed changes, but a death penalty provision for severe rape was defeated 41 to 152, with Rep. Armstrong seeking to insert provisions.
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Philadelphia
Harry R. J. Comer
Joseph J. Armstrong
Forest Hopkins Family Portrait at Man of the Year Event
A March photograph shows Forest Forrie Hopkins and his family posed for a family portrait during the Man of the Year event for foreign wars. In the front row from left to right are Lymn and Peg.
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Forest “Forrie” Hopkins
His
Tesae Ee Oe
Lymn, Peg
Erie Woman Dead Hidden Cash Cache Found After Death
Erie police and a deputy coroner recovered a $55,000 cash cache from an old tin box and the purse of Anna Tirk, who lived on the third floor. Tirk, found dead May 3, allegedly of natural causes for over three weeks, had been a restaurant cook. The money, ranging from $10 to $1,000, was turned over to a bank and will be distributed to heirs after taxes.
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Erie
Leo P. Weir
Charles McCurdy
Anna Tirk
Tirk
Weir
McCurdy
Three-Truck Fatal Crash Investigated Near Erie
State Police probe a three truck crash on Interstate 90 near Erie killing Henry Schroen 41 of Portland New York and injuring Daniel Potterger 40 of Duncannon. Potterger vehicle hit a highway department truck trailing a paint crew. Potterger and Garris 24 of Franklin were treated for injuries.
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Iskie — Girard State Police
Henry Schroen
Portland
N. Y
Daniel Potterger
Duncannon
Potterger
State Highway Department
Caida
Gerald Garris
Franklin
St. Vincent’s Hospital
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Cory
Journal
Johnston
A. S. Miles
Heidler Rd
Fairview
Shack
C. J. Peterson & Son
First Avenue
House
Rep
Melone
Chrysler
Willow Run
Mich
Coats
Leed’s
Corry’s
Ariety
Murphy’s
BBC
Andy
Severac
GC. Murphy. CO
North Center Street
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