Five Injured In Train Derailment At Walnut Street Crossing
Five people were injured when three derailed cars of an eastbound Baltimore and Ohio freight train struck a crossing tower on Walnut Street in McKeesport Pa. The wounded include Mrs Violet Stranko 39 and Charles Clary 49 who were on duty in the tower and were hospitalized at McKeesport Hospital authorities said.
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Mckeesfort
Baltimore and Ohld Railroad
Walnut Street
Violet Stranko
Charles Clary
McKeesport, Hospital
Cory- Jamestown
Cory Memorial Hospital
John Middletoni
Corry
R. D
Reed
Feeman
Concord Street
Parishioners crowd jubilant as amendment lowers voting age
A clipped paragraph notes a mock election at Solenin High Mass with Rev. Bilzghéth officiating. Erie’s Reiser reports a city tally near equal, Republicans 255 to Democrats 120. The voting age amendment from 21 to 18 passes 319 to 35, with results awaiting official morning count.
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Corruther Sr
Vic
Solenin High Mass
Bilzghéth
Reiser
Erie
Truman offers plane to Ike in Korea trip invitation
President Truman invited Dwight D. Eisenhower to use the White House plane for a flight to Korea. The article notes campaign events, local incidents, and various civic updates including a traffic mirror theft, sidewalk work, real estate transfers, and a tree ordinance in Erie County.
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White House
Korea
Associated Press
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Independence
Bellefonte man dies suddenly at 县 Bellefonte PA
Earl F. Palmer of Bellefonte died suddenly yesterday afternoon. Born July 17 1900 in Potomac North, he lived in Syracuse and Erie before working at Hayes Manufacturing Co. Survivors include wife Pauline Dietsch Palmer of Erie, sister Mina Boyce Brasher New York, brothers Harry Palmer Syracuse Cleoad Palmer Washington and Henry Palmer Mesilla North Carolina, plus relatives. Body to be brought home tomorrow. Funeral Friday at 2:30 p.m. Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Earl F. Paumer
Bellefonte
Potadam
Syracuse
Erie
Hayes Mfg. Co
Pauline Dietsch Palmer
Mina Boyce
Brasher
Harry Palmer
Cleoad Palmer
Washington
D. C
Henry Palmer
Messina
N. C
Cony
Bracken-Kearny
Pine Grove Cemetery
Urge Audit Of Court Funds In Erie Grand Jury Report
Final Erie County grand jury report urges yearly audits of all courthouse offices handling public funds and calls for modernization of the county infirmary. It notes derailment near end of a 109 car train from Pittsburgh to Washington and questions bond for several trusted officials.
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Erie
Mata Tt
Pittsburgh
Washington
County jury backs new prison and facilities plan
A county jury approved recommendations for new buildings, modern cell blocks, and up-to-date equipment for the county jail. The report praised Sunnyside Home for Girls, Erie County Tuberculosis Hospital, Harborcreek Training School, and Gannondale, noting well-staffed and well-maintained institutions as evidence of order. Judge Elmer L. Evans presided.
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Sunnyside Home
Erie County
Thuberculosis Hospital
Harborcreek Training School
Gannondale
Elmer L. Evans
Judge praises jury system in remarks
In remarks, the judge said that in his years on the bench he has been so impressed with the jury system that he would never do away with it for anything in the world.
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Otto F. Messner
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