State Police change ranks to trooper first class on June
The Pennsylvania State Police will rename private and private first class ranks to trooper and trooper first class effective June 1, while salaries and duties stay the same. Regional news covers wage settlements easing Great Lakes shipping disruption, a stabbing case in Erie, Elks meetings, a large corpse search effort for John Beeyes, and local civic updates including census figures and a Knights Templar conclave in Pittsburgh.
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First Clas
Pennsylvania State Police
Epi E. J. Ténry
Steelworker on trial for murder in Greensburg
William Hay Gordon, a 37 year old steel worker, goes on trial in Greensburg charged with murder for the shotgun slaying of motorist George Weimer on a New Florence road. Prosecutors seek life imprisonment if convicted. no death penalty requested. Weimer, 23, state highways department laborer, was shot as his car moved at dawn on April 15.
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Greensburg
William Hay Gordon
Chargd
New Florence
Sats
Gordon
George Sh Weimer
State High ‘Ways Department
Gordor
Weimer
Hagerty Notes Ike Health Becomes Campaign Issue
A series of political notes shows Hagerty framing President Eisenhower's health as a campaign matter. Kefauver urged vigilance on military readiness and peace when discussing Soviet traits. In St Petersburg Florida Senator-son calls for broader social programs while Harriman enters hospital for minor surgery.
Hospital Tag Sale Nets $388 for Welfare Fund
The two day tag sale in the Auxiliary raised 388.77 after expenses for the hospital welfare fund. Dozens of schoolchildren helped, earning small prizes for top collectors. Leaders include Dianne Roskowsk i John Hought ling Linda Baseline Marilyn pamiets.
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Dianne ‘Roskowsk
John Houghtling
Linda Baseline
Marilyn
Pamiets
Resigns Post to Become Pastor in New Castle
Columbus UM O reports Gene Stone general secretary of the International Society of Christian Endeavor will resign at the end of May to accept a pastorate at First Presbyterian Church in New Castle Pennsylvania. He was appointed general secretary in 1940.
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Columbus, Umo “Tur
Gene Stone
International Society of Christian Endeavor
First Presbyterian Church
New Castle
Mollet Silent On Red Rebuffs After Moscow Talks
Paris reports Premier Guy Mollet returned from talks in Moscow with no public comment on Soviet rebuffs over Algeria. He planned a detailed report to President Coty and the Cabinet, saying such trips aid peace and reduce mistrust. In Algiers, officials said Arab nationalist raiders killed four men, six women and seven children, and 20 French soldiers were found dead after an ambush near the Palestro area.
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Paris
Moscow
Guy Mollet
Coty
Mollet
Algiers
Palestro
Gore to Speak at Dem Dinner in Tenyi at $100 Plate
Sen Gore will be principal speaker at a state Democratic fund raising dinner Wednesday at the Farm Show Building with tickets at $100. Sen Joseph M Barr, state chairman, announced the party’s reorganization meeting on the same day. Crawford Street Bridge in Providence is listed as the world’s widest at 1147 feet.
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cn. Gore j\D-Tenyi
Democratic Party
Seni
Joseph M. Barr
Democratic State Committee
Crawford St
Providence
Nine youths die in Pennsylvania auto crashes
A 1965 Pontiac driven by Gurnsey Gurnsey collided with a Nickel Plate line freight at East Springfield Depot Road crossing. Gurnsey and two others died instantly. a third victim died later. A fourth teen was critically injured in the Route 53 crash near Cresson, with investigators noting a likely head-on collision and a fatal wreck said to involve multiple teenagers.
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Wonuniles
Guey
Horace E. Rositer
Conneaut
Rositer
Cavazza
Gurnsey
Genevieve
T Homes
Mamie Phelps
Ohio
Lester Funeral Home
West Springfield
Cresson
Pennsylvania
Rushed report with damaged names from unclear crash scene
State Police described a vehicle collision involving several youths from Cresson near Sankerton and Starlayd. Officers said Ralph Muloney driven by Store ZIM ROD collided with another car, with injuries reported and names partially unreadable in the OCR.
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Melvin Gonsmnany
Tivar
Sankerton
Starlayd Skebedk Jr
Anethony Savcang
Cresson
Btate
Ralph Muloney
Muloney
Store Zim Rod
Partuke
Fragmentary OCR Note From City Archives
An unreadable OCR pass mentions several garbled names and a medical or passenger context. The fragment hints at a person named Maloney and a possibly hospital related term but the text is too corrupt to determine a clear event or outcome.
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Allegheny River
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Ray Blynt
Snyder Circle
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Lucian Lindholm
RD. 3
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Willis Harrison
Spartansburg
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Mott Street
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Warren
Leo Neckers
Chamber of Commerce
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Grange
Census Bureau
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Sunoco
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Pennsylvania Electric Company
America
Detroit Tigers
Dick Wakefield
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FE Campbell
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Free World
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Averell Harriman
New York
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Sen. Gore
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