Senate Rejects Move to Speed Welfare Payment Hike
In Harrisburg the Senate rejected a bid to force welfare payments to rise by December 1. Senator Freeman Hawkins backed the measure amid protests for a Christmas bonus, but opposition argued funds are unavailable. The proposal was sent to the Rules Committee as time ran short.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Shafer
Freeman Hawkins
Philadelphia
Thomas W. Georges Jr
Hawkins
George N. Wade
R-Cumberland
Stanley G. Stroup
R-Bedford
Two Erie Men Hurt In Union City Crash
An early morning accident two miles south of Union City injured Floyd F. Sittig and William Mackey. Sittig lost control, struck a wagon loader and a tree. both were treated at Union City Memorial Hospital. Damages totaled 385 dollars.
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Union City
Erie
Corry
Donald Raisley
Floyd F. Sittig
William Mackey
Sittig
James Downer
R. D
Mackey
Union City Memorial Hospital
Remodeling Progress at CMH Old Building 50 Percent
The Corry Memorial Hospital old building remodeling is about 50 percent complete while the new addition is 98 percent done. Norman Edinger says recent wage increases for all trades helped speed work as shortages relented and final touches begin.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Norman Edinger
Board of Trustees
Edinger
No Paper But Lots Of Bananas
Richmond AP report notes Liz Preston receives a letter from her husband Pat Wayne Preston in Vietnam written on banana leaves due to lack of paper. He explains combat zone supplies limited, but banana trees plentiful for stationery.
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Richmond, Va
Litda Preston
Vietnam
Linds
Pat
Wayne E. Preston
Preston
UC Man Guilty On Felony Count Victimless Burglary Case
Franklin Venango County jurors found Billy Walls of Union Guy guilty on receiving stolen goods after acquitting him on burglary and larceny charges in a July garage theft at Pleasantville. Tools valued at 2200 were seized. Walls testified he purchased them. Sentencing date not announced.
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Franklin
Billy Walls
A. D
Union + Guy
Walls
Venango County
Barney Hanlon
Pleasantville
Max Gabresky
William Thompson
William E. Breene
Food Store Group backs plan to allow beer sales in groceries
The Food and Beverage Marketing Research, Inc. an association of about 16 000 food stores in Pennsylvania said it will launch a drive to permit beer sales in grocery stores. The group notes 45 states already allow beer in groceries and Pennsylvania currently restricts beer to licensed distributors or saloons.
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nAmwul Sbumgary
Pennsylvania
Food and Beverage Marketing Research, Inc
Dental Surgeon Parking OKd By CMH Trustees
Corry Memorial Hospital board approved hospital privileges for Dr. Frank C. Pettinato and revised parking on the west side to avoid near misses. The Christmas party budget was raised to 450 with staff plus guests invited to the December 17 dinner at the Corry Country Club.
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Corry Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Frank C. Pettinato
Colegate University
Buffalo Dental College
Pettinato
John Mohr
Merle Amy
Samuel Antrim
E. E. Hawkins
Frank Frisina
West
Smith Street
Frisina
Hawkin
Corry Country Club
Antrim
No Hope For 78 Trapped Miners After Blast
MANNINGTON West Virginia AP fire in No 9 mine shafts worsened overnight as explosions spread flames. Consol Coal official said attempts to curb the fire failed with dense smoke and high carbon monoxide delaying rescues. 21 men reached surface or were pulled by crane buckets. 78 remained trapped with no contact.
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Mannington
W.va
William Poundston
Consolidation Coal Co
John Cocoran
Consolidation
W. A
Tony” Boyle
United Mine Workers
James Weatfield
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Mountaineer Coal Co
No. 9
Poundstone
Boyle
Union Hall
Fairmont General Hospital
Hopkins Bill Seeks Tax Break on Farm Crops Attached to Land
Rep Forest Hopkins of the 4th District filed a bill to ban taxes on fruits and vegetables attached to land. The measure would exclude edible farm products from real estate assessments, arguing farmers should not be taxed for crop value while industries escape tax on machinery. Hopkins notes current assessments ignore crop year and processing contracts, urging parity with businesses. Erie County farmers have voiced anger over the new land valuation system.
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Forest Hopkins
Hopkins
Erie County
Dawn Hall to Wed Negro Mechanic in Charleston Romance
Dawn Langley Hall, adopted daughter of Dame Margaret Rutherford, says her romance with John Paul Simmons began during sex change treatment in Baltimore. She recalls the first meeting in Charleston, the lover’s bold entrance, and doctors approving the relationship. They plan a England wedding early next year with Rutherford and Stringer Davis attending.
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New York
Dawn Langley Hall
Gordon Langley Hall
Margaret Rutherford
South Carolina
Charleston
John Paul Simmons
Dawn
Society Street
John Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Hopkins
Simmons
Miss Hall
England
Margaret
Stringer Davis
Astronaut Eisele to Receive Air Scout Award
Columbus Ohio AP The Air Scout honor once elusive to Donn F Eisele is to be awarded posthumously by the Central Ohio Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The council found an archival badge for him and will present it during his Columbus visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Donn F. Eisele
Air Force
Jisele
Central Ohio
Too Rich To Help Too Poor To Keep Wife Kills Herself
Floyd Slusher 74 ends his troubles by shooting wife Mary 81 then killing himself in Miami Florida after welfare limits and nursing home costs left him unable to provide care. Autopsy by Dr. Jack Mickley confirms murder suicide. Daughter Mary Lightner says the family faced loss of Blue Cross insurance payments cut off three months earlier. Continued on Page Six.
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Miami
Fla
Floyd Slusher
Slusher
Mary
Jack Mickley
Mickey
James Lightner
Blue Cross
Dale Nouse
Michigan Blue Cross
Bene
NYC Malls Farm Ranch Tax Exemptions debated today
The City Council Finance Committee weighs exempting cattle ranchers and truck farmers from state and city sales tax to align with state changes. The Economic Development Administration lists 115 farms across the Bronx Queens and Staten Island covering 425 acres.
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New York
City Council Finance Committee
Lindsay
Economic Development Administration
Bronx
Queens
Staten Island
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Columbus
Lottsville
Marvin Johnston
Marvin Johnson
Hamilton
William Y. Vanevery
Steamburg
N.Y
Hamilton Machine
E. Harold Taylor
Springboro
Mill Village
Taylor
Richard Deutsch
Kenneth R. Cone
East Main Street
Shady Avenue
Cone
West Pleasant-Northwest
Robert Marvin
Centerville
Northwest Street
Barbara A. Howell
Spartansburg
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Congress
Washington
Johnson
White House
Vinson
Lynda Robb
Food Store
CMH
Robert Chapman
California
James Peters
Warren
Florida
Chapman
Astronaut
Nyc
Lancaster
Earl Sweifart
Ephrata
Homer Reynolds
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