Burglary Nets $1,272 At Erie Store Loot Recovered
Erie police report a burglary at Wolff's department Store at 1224 Paradise leading to loot of about $1,272 mostly in cash, plus a 32 caliber revolver and holster. Entry gained via stairway and broken glass. Investigators noted two other nearby burglaries and damaged offices in the area.
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Erie
Futur Wolff
Phride
Termin Woltz
Balihday Wolff
Ehange
Cowan Brokerage Co
Pyramid Tidustiles
Christmas Tree Arrives In New York Center for the Holidays
The 64 foot spruce from New Hampshire arrives in New York for the cent ers ceremony. Governor Lane Dwinell will officiate on December 6. A white plastic star topped the tree and a crane raised it. A weeklong setup with a 20 man crew and 2200 firefly bulbs will illuminate the tree with 1200 globes.
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Serer Booksfeller
jOlleniey
Whitefield
Teées
Witalre
New York
New Hampshir
Lane Dwinell
Hxbury
Berimuda Relying Heavily on Imported Food
Ninety percent of Berimuda's food supply is imported. The British colony cultivates few crops locally, with most agricultural output dedicated to staple varieties and special seasonal uses, highlighting vulnerability to external trade disruptions.
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Berimuda
Twelve Refugees Meet Eisenhower at White House
Twelve Hungarian refugees, some under security wraps, met President Eisenhower in the White House rose garden after arriving at McGuire Air Force Base. Eva Kraus spoke for the group saying they are glad America supports them while Tibor Kopjus, a year and a half old, already uses a few English words and waved goodbye as the President smiled.
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Eisenhower
Hunba
White House
Eva Kraus
Hungary
America
McGuire
Air Force Base
New Jersey
Tibor Kopjus
Tibor
Tragedy after Rochester athlete's family car crash
A Rochester University football player John Wermecke 19 drove his family from Waynesburg to Pittsburgh airport for a flight home. The car skidded on an icy Parkway West and hit a utility pole. His father died at Sewickley Valley Hospital. mother and sister Mary Jane 17 were injured. The elder Wermecke was Waynesburg borough engineer for six years, formerly with the State Highways Department at Uniontown.
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Friipunne Wi
Rochester University
John Wermecke
Rochester
Waynesburg
Greater Pittsbiweh
K. de Nyssen Vermerke
Mary Jane
Parkway
Wermecke
Sewickley Valley Hospital
State Highways Department
Uniontown
Man Killed in Route 92 Crash Near New Alexandria
Frank Hoynwokie 37 of Bovard was killed early yesterday when struck by a vehicle on Route 92 near New Alexandria Greensburg PA police said.
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Greensburg
Frank Hoynwokie
Bovard
New Alexandria
Bombers Demonstrate U S Air Supremacy In Long No-Stop Flights
Baltimore air officials highlighted eight B52 jet bombers from Gistle California and Loring Maine. The aircraft conducted nonstop flights up to 17000 miles in 32 hours, flew at altitudes above 35000 feet, and simulated bomb drops along a polar route from Maine to Alaska. Commanders described the mission as very successful and designed to prove U S striking power.
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Baltimore
U. S
Air Force
Gistle
Calif
Loring
Maine
United States
North Pote
Thule
Greenland
Anchorage
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
San Francisco
Houston
Tex
Miami, Fin
Col. Howard &. Hullign
Lorin
Cisie Air Force Base
Tts
Sign Morris
San Angelo
Castle
Marcus J. Hill Jr
Clico, Tex
Friendship
Dentist Slays Wife And Son Then Tries Suicide
Dr. Jay Mervis, a dentist from Slainton, allegedly killed his wife Fannie and their 11 year old son Michael after an argument about moving to Pittsburgh. He reportedly slashed his wrists, was critically injured, and confessed in an oral statement to Detective Capt. George Thomas. The double murder and attempted suicide occurred last Saturday. Mervis is hospitalized at McKeesport Hospital.
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Slairton
Paplice
Jay
Mervis
George Thomas
Fannie
Michael
Pittsburgh
McKeesport
Policn
Glass Workers Get Wage Hike in Corning NY Area
A two year contract raises hourly wages by 10.2 cents for about 100 workers at plants in Corning and nearby areas including Horseheads and Wellsboro and in Pennsylvania. Previous wage levels were not disclosed.
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Uy the
Glije Works
Flint Mass
Horseheads
Wellsboro
Arsenic Poisoning Probe Targets Family Suspects
West Virginia State Police pursue multiple suspects in the arsenic deaths of William Kidwell and his two sons Thomas and Charles. The family’s seven other members are hospitalised in Hagerstown, Maryland, after poisoning traced to well water at their Kearneysville home. Police say a family associate pre-move may be involved, with the elder Kidwell dying on Thanksgiving Day and the two sons dying on November 15.
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Charles Lown
Wy. Yi
West Virginia
William Kidwell
Kidwell
Thomas
Charles
Charleston
Kearneysville
W. Va
Durst
Kidwells
Hagerstown
Potomac River
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Heberlen Motor, Sales
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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