Local notices and updates from Erie area scene
Multiple items report injuries from a collision near Riceville and hospital transfers. Unemployment claims declined while continuing claims rose. A telephone cable cut caused widespread outages as a utility clash. Weather outlook predicts mild temperatures and a small rain chance. A missing Corry youth case remains open. Bids for Route 17 paving near Jamestown were opened with Fred Ewing Construction as low bidder. Jamestown receives state aid changes based on census counts.
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Jamestown
Albany
Fred Ewing Construction Co
Corry
Ewing
New York State Highway Department
Nine Year Old Debtor Freed From Hospital Bill Threats
Nine year old Edward Kelley is spared court action and summonses after authorities learn his age. Constable Harvey Robbins says no threats or salary attachment letters will be sent to the boy. Edward’s mother explains the family thought an insurance policy would cover a minor operation at Metropolitan Hospital. the bill is partially paid with ten dollars.
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Niladelphin
Edward Kelleher
Edward
Harvey Robin
Robin
Kellehers
Metropolitan Hospital
Fluoridation Down In November Election
New York AP reports fluoridated water proposals were rejected in 14 communities on November 8 with no towns voting yes. Cincinnati led defeats at 107,782 to 89,885 while Kenton County also rejected 17,890 to 10,21. By August nearly 44 million people drank fluoridated water in 3,835 communities, up from about 14 million in 100 communities a decade earlier. Fluoridation began or resumed in many areas under official directive rather than referendum.
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New York
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Kenton
This Fellow Not Sick He’s Sick in Hospital Tale
London report describes Maurice Hart, 25, whose Munchausen syndrome led him to bluff doctors and seek admission to hospitals. In ten years the court heard the mortuary keeper enabled entry to 500 hospitals. He was cut open by surgeons in a bizarre pattern of feigned illness and was ordered to stay in a hospital under the Mental Health Act.
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London
Maurice Hart
Aylesbury
Hatt
Personal Income Reaches Record in October
Government and construction pay rose while factory wages fell, keeping total personal income at a record annual rate of 409.6 billion. The October figure was 800 million higher than September and 25 billion above October last year, with farm income slipping slightly and proprietors and professionals edging up.
State Body Urged to Create Drug Law Enforcement Commission
A Pennsylvania board member urges forming a full time separate commission to enforce drug laws, criticizing current statutes as inadequate. Leaders including Maj Gen Biddle back study efforts by a governor appointed commission, aiming to simplify and strengthen regulation of the drug industry before the next General Assembly.
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Board of Pharmacs
Pennsylvana
Turnoff
Philadelphia
Folk
Trnott
Guv Lawrence
Pennsylvania
David Abrahamson
AJ. Drexel Biddle
Biddle
General Assembly
Board of Pharmacy
Department of Public Instruction
Sheep-Killing Bear Destroyed Near Clarion
Clarion Pa AP a sheep killer bear was shot to death Thursday night by a sheep farmer Mrs Waide Knhus spotted the bear walking across her yard toward its land carrying a sheep between its mouth and paws the bear apparently frightened and fled
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Clarion, Pa
Clarion
Waide Knhus
Voice Of The People on a Corry pool in Canonsburg Pa
A reader urges Corry to build a swimming pool like Canonsburg 1938, stating it would attract outsiders and keep residents from long trips. The piece extols swimming as a sport and argues a pool is a wise, taxpayer friendly investment amid other future plans.
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Corry
Canonsburg
Franklin Tries For Star Role In New Movie
Franklin, a small town under 10 000, entered contention for Urbass Productions film. The studio seeks an urban setting showing a cityscape with a piping clock tower, a wide street, and familiar neighborhoods as the backdrop for a mystery tale. Chamber of Commerce Secretary Ray Tuster noted Franklin joins Haistivel and Chiron among finalists bidding for the project.
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Franklin
LA Transit Strikers Face Court Action
Nine hundred MTA mechanics walked out just after midnight to defy a Superior Court order. The strike halted bus and streetcar service across Los Angeles and disrupted regional transit, as parking cluttered streets and riders sought alternatives. The Amalgamated Transit Union insisted the walkout would continue despite the judge's contempt warning, seeking a 65 cent hourly raise. the MTA offered 41 cents with other benefits, while current wages stood at 2.61 per hour.
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Los Angeles
Faical
Ji Mack
Suniay
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Ust
MTA
Laway
Tie Amalgamated Transportaton Union
Superior Court
Lloyd S. Nix
Str
Navy shifts missile plans after test failure
The Navy will focus on a longer range Polaris submarine missile after the final test rocket in the 1 300 mile series failed when the second stage cut off early, plunging into the Atlantic off Cape. Fifty two missiles were fired with seven seven successes ten partials and one failure reported. eight successful shots came from submarines George Washington and Patrick Henry while submerged. The Polaris program aims to go operational soon with George Washington at sea and Patrick Henry set to patrol next month.
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Lape Canavisual
Frs
Polaris
Atlantic
Cape
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Clark Gable myth and life explored in Meadeville piece
Hollywood Highlights previews a two part feature on Clark Gable. It notes the myth versus the man behind the legend, his birth record question in Meadville, his tragic elements and marriages, and his cautious public persona. The article hints at more on his relationships in Saturday’s follow up.
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Hollywood
Long
Clark Gable
Gable
Meadville
Chick Gable
Cadiz
Ohio
Crawford County
Clerk of Court
William
Addie Gable
Vernon Township
Soti
Clark
Cari
Pentagon Maintains Dependent Slash Won't Break Families
Washington AP reports Defense Secretary Gates says a presidential order to cut overseas military dependents by about 164000 will be phased in mainly by bringing families home at end of tours and by returning some servicemen with families before completing assignments. The reductions begin in January at a rate of at least 15,000 monthly.
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Pentagon
Washington
Secretary of Defense
Thomas S. Gates Jr
United States
Red China charges U. S. Cuba air patrol threat
Premier Chou En lai of Red China charged that U S air and naval patrols in the Caribbean were armed threats against Cuba He promised continued support for Cuba but did not specify the type of aid or actions planned The remarks reflect Cold War tensions and China's stance toward Havana amid regional pressure.
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RED China
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