Erie News Roundup and Local Events Highlights
Erie area notices include a drunk driving case using intoximeter evidence against Darwin Benton, who allegedly fatally struck Miss Kate Hirt last December. a Port Commission plan for a new armory in the quay area by 1960. Allegheny Airlines planning a Bradford reservations office. and various local notices of entertainment events, real estate, and minor incidents with names and places such as Erie, Bradford, Meadville, and Franklin.
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Erie
Herbert Johnson Jr
Darwin Benton
Benton
Kate Hirt
Erie Naval Reserve
Oan
Port Commission
Buch & Project
Fountainette
Elmer Hess
Erie Construction Council
America
Russia
St —Bradford
Allegheny Airlines
Emery Lobby
Bradford
David L. Miller
Bradford-Meteesa
Allegheny
Hospital notices and local incidents in Youngstown area
At the hospital in Corry a 2%-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Foster and a 4-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Merle Wassink were admitted. Discharges include Mrs Lester Lopus and Mrs Mildred Miles. An Erie man escaped serious injury in a cave-in while John Mariella was treated and released. A rummage sale runs Nov 3–8 at the former Firestone store. A 16-foot cruiser broke free from moorings at Water Works Park, Coast Guard seeking owner. A Democratic rally is planned at the K of C Hall with no admission fee.
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Karen
John Foster
Youngstown
Ohio
Sarah Croscuitt
East South Street
Glenn Brumagin
Clymer
Francis Briggs
Garland
Sun
Merle Wassink
Walter Cudny
North
East
Erie
John Mariella
St. Vincent's Hospital
Firestone
Water Works Park
Coast Guards
Ritz Bay
New Castle
Erie Maine Go
West Public Dock
Oast Guard
Coast Guard
K. of .C. Hall
Halloween Parade by Concord Students Unfolds Citywide
A six block parade through the First Ward featured Concord students. After the walk, parties were held in each home room. Similar Halloween activities occurred in other city schools.
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First Ward
Concord
Jobless Decline Aids GOP Cause
Smathers predicted a Democratic gain of at least 12 Senate seats as Nixon campaigned in Alaska and Billings. Nixon claimed wage earners are better off than in 20 years of the New Deal and promised a strong year ahead with a Republican Congress. Eisenhower branded critics gloomdogglers and denied premeditation of recession, while Humphrey retorted about alleged planned recession evidence.
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Smathers
Alaska
Nixon
Billings
Mont
Elvis Dating German Girl on Army Tour in Germany
Pvt Elvis Presley on duty overseas for a month reveals a German girlfriend in Frankfurt. He notes she uses a dictionary for English, describes her as 17, blonde with blue eyes, a typist he has seen several times. He also clarifies admiration for Brigitte Bardot and worries about fan support after the Army. Fans shouted for autographs outside the hotel as Presley commutes to base by taxi for jeep duty and receives 500 to 1000 letters daily.
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Elvis
Bad Nauheim
Germany
Elvis Presley
Pratkfurt
New York
Brigitte Bardot
Presley
Mrs Lopus 58 dies at Corry Memorial Hospital
Mrs Calla M Lopus, 58, of 138 East Frederick Street, died at Corry Memorial Hospital after several months illness. Born April 28, 1900, in Chake Mills New York, she trained as a nurse in Rochester. She married Lester Lopus in 1926 and lived in Erie, then Corry since 1987. Survivors include her husband, four daughters, one son, a brother and a sister, with 11 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements at Bracken Funeral Home with donations to the American Cancer Society.
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Lester-Lopus
Calla M.‘Lopus
East Frederick Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
Lopus
Chake Mills
N. Y
Norfolk
Rochester
Corry
Wilmer Lopus
Slippery Rock
Floyd Ballou
Capistrano Beach
Calif
Effie Crabbe
N.Y
Bracken Funeral Home
George Myers
Pine Grove
American Cancer Society
Philanthropist Dr Alfred Knight Dies at 82 in Phoenix
Alfred Knight a noted philanthropist and civic reader passed away Thursday night in Phoenix at age 82. He dedicated decades to community causes and literacy initiatives, leaving a lasting impact on local nonprofit work and education programs.
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Phoenix, Ari
Alfred
Knight
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Bucks Jr
Am Alley
Moose Club
del Sincheck
Erie Smersek
Peninsula Drive
Erie County
Hallmark Cards
Sea’s
Elizebeth Bossolt
Anna Brailsford
Bette Anderson, Lee
Bossolt
Western
Anto In
Franklin
Donald Benninger
Benninger
Herbert. Sorg
Dairy Queen
Meadville
Weldon Davis
Myma T. ‘Widmann
City Hospital
Ginnie's
Were
Enen
7 & Me
Ofa
Simmon
Corry Hospital
Lester Lopus
Mildred Miles
Washington Street
Robert Joy
White Street
Edward
Land
Manley Moore
R. D
James Catalfa
Jami Lynn
South Second Avenue
Robert Bell
Centerville
Arthur McCray
Elmer Stover
Sharon Lee
Oscar Fralick
William Watson
Spartansburg
Con Cord School
Wonunea Typhi
Hisenhower
Loblaws
Orchard Park
Star - Swift
Frigidaire
Roberts Furniture
Gat the HY
Columbus Phong
Epaul’s
John Wayne
Tae
Ision
Tou Breman
Washington Streets
Kor
Service and Health
Brilliant
Stanley
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