Car Slams Train and Kills Boy Near Ridgway
A car carrying Cecilia Ann Rottstedt and her three sons collided with a locomotive at a railroad crossing in Horton Township Elk County. Eleven year old Mark Rorstedt died from head injuries while John fourteen and Charles twelve were listed in serious condition at Ridgway General Hospital. Ronald ten escaped injury. The engine was operated by Robert Weidert of Ridgway. The crash occurred about 6 15 p m. local troopers reported.
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Ridgway
Mark Rorstedt
Olean
Cecilia Ann Rottstedt
Ronald Rottstedt
Ridgway Barracks
Horton Township
Elk County
Robert Weidert
Secret snow seeding plan targets Lake Eries region
Washington reveals a federally funded weather modification test to reduce lake effect snow around Dunkirk New York. Involving ESSA Cornell Laboratory Buffalo Albany Pennsylvania State University the plan runs November 1 to December 15 using three airplanes to seed clouds with silver iodide and dry ice for half hour periods south of Dunkirk. The aim is to prevent ice crystal formation and spread snow inland, aided by radar facilities in Jamestown Dunkirk Fredonia and Springville as officials meet locals to secure cooperation.
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Washington
Lake Erie
Dunkirk
N.Y
Environmental Science Services Administration
ESSA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
Buffalo
State University At Albany
Pennsylvania State University
Spony Spring Agency
Jamestown
Fredonia
Springville
Corry High Introduces Electronics Course In Pilot Program
Corry Area High School launches a new electronics course guided by instructor Vincent Salsgiver with forty ninth grade students. The program combines lectures and labs using oscilloscopes and testers, including a dedicated analysis unit for hands on experiments and DC first semester plans. If successful, the course may expand to the tenth grade and become standard. Final rites for Adolph Hamm Jr. set for Sunday at Bracken Funeral Home with Bear Lake Cemetery burial. Friends may visit Friday evening and Saturday. The paper bills itself as the Shortest Distance between Customer and Store.
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Corry Area High School
Vincent Salsgiver
Salsgiver
E Salsgiver
Erie County Vocational Technical School
Corry High School
Plan Series Of Missionary Conferences In Four Churches
Four Christian and Missionary Alliance churches in Corry area plan a two week series of missionary conferences. Services run from tomorrow at Dobbs Corners Church, then Excelsior and Spartansburg Thursday through Sunday, and Corry October 13 to 16 with October 20 local observances. Speakers include Mrs. Theodore Ziemer with 35 years in Thailand and Rev. C. J. Kaetzl in Laos since 1957. Miss Carolyn Hill, a missionary nurse bound for Vietnam, will close Spartansburg and Corry services on October 20.
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Christian and Missionary “Alliance
Corry
Dobbs Corners
Excelsior
Spartansburg
Theodore Ziemer
Thailand
C. J. Kaetzel
Laos
Ies
Carolyn Hill
Cochranton
Vietnam
Hold Rites For Myrtie Akam
Mass for Myrtie Akam was held at Bracken Funeral Home at 2 p.m. with Rev. Cecil C. Akam officiating and burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. Bearers were Robert Burrows, Ray Burrows, Walter Burrows, Harold Akam, Ivan Smith and Howard Hammond. Relatives from away included Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Akam of DeWittville, Mr. and Mrs. George Akam of DeLand, Fla., Mrs. Lola Akam and Mrs. Edwin Wroblewski of Erie.
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Myrtie Akam
Bracken
Cecil C. Akam
Pine Grove Cemetery
Robert
Ray
Walter Burrows
Harold Akam
Ivan Smith
Howard Hammond
Cecil Akam
Dewwittville
George Akam
DeLand
Fla
Lola Akam
Edwin Wroblewski
Erie
Communication Breakdown Delays Heart Transplant
In Philadelphia a 42 year old carpenter Emilio Capobianco had a donor and pre op steps taken when hospital officials at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital canceled the heart transplant citing policy and readiness issues. Doctors blame a breakdown in communications while Capobianco says transplant was his only hope after nine heart attacks.
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Philadelphia
Carpenter
Emilio Capobianco
Hahnemann Medical College Hospital
Robert H. Holmes
Hahnemann
Holmes
Capobianco
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Meadville
State Health Department
FMB Corp
French Creek
Wayne C. Bellaman
State Sanitary Water Board
Harrisburg
Health Department
Luther L. Terry
U.S
University of Pennsylvania
Albert Einstein Medical Center
United States
Terry
U.S. Public Health Service
Congress
En Garde
Cornell
Jett Davis
Edward Thacker
Johnston
Area High School
Vincent
Ambassador Rebel
Fitch Motors
Flrst Avenue
Dodge
Monaco
DR. H. T
National Bank
Spedany
Bank
Dmaaber Feders Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cherry Valley Franks
Orchard Park
C Vangal
Orchard Park Butter
Vas
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