Erie County news items report tax rules and local incidents
Pennsylvania's three per cent sales tax applies to costumes and similar items. Three defendants, including Daniel M. Longstreth, were jailed for a day with probation. Erie joins eastern cities to oppose the Harris Ohara natural gas act. Franklin Area High plans adult education courses with fees. Local police cite two drivers for failing signals on North Center Street. Hospital notes report patient statuses. Weather outlook predicts cooler temperatures and possible rain. An Erie plane crash victim is identified as John T. Zysk. The Erie County Industrial Exposition opens with 70 exhibitors and door prizes. State Authority awarded contracts for a new storage warehouse. Local workers at Corry Instrument Company suffer hand injuries. a boy sustains a facial laceration at home.
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Erie
Washington
Congress
Harris Bil
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Clear Driver In 5 Deaths
A coroner jury in Pittsburgh cleared 91-year-old Thurman D. Korns of Stoystown of blame in a Turnpike crash near Unity, Pennsylvania, last September 20 that killed five people in one car. The car with three bald tires crossed the median and struck Korns’s truck head on, and jurors noted tire condition as a factor. Victims included John M. Kelly and his wife Hazel, their 11 month old daughter Susan, Kelly’s sister-in-law Mrs Donald M. Young, and her daughter Patty.
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Littsburgh
Somerset County
Unity
Korns
William D. McClelland
John M. Kelly
New York
Hazel
Susan
Kelly
Donald M. Young
Patty
Turfman Seeks Las Vegas Divorce
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, noted turf man and film producer, arrived in Las Vegas to pursue a divorce and declined to comment on plans to wed actress Mary Hosford, former Arizona beauty queen.
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Turfman
Las Vegas
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Mary Hosford
Arizona
Rain Eases Fire Threat in Northwest Pennsylvania
Rain eased fire danger in Warren and adjoining counties though two Forest County blazes in Little Hickory and Goon Creek areas remained active. Officials reported several ground fires in Erie Crawford and Venango counties with patrols kept to deter new ignitions.
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Warren
Charles S. Merroth
Pennsylvania
Meroth
Forest County
Little Hickory
Goon Creek
Little Coon Creek
Erie
Crawford
Venango
Merroth
UTW Choice: Switch Leaders, Get Ousted
The United Textile Workers Union with 40,000 members ousted secretary treasurer Lloyd Klewert and elected Vrancly K. Schaulpatl of Lawrence Massachusetts as secretary treasurer. UTW president Anthony Valente indicated changes aimed to avoid AFL-CIO ouster amid Senate Rackets Committee corruption charges.
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United Textile Workers Union
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Afl-Cio
Lloyd Klewert
UTW
Vrancly K. Schaulpatl
Lawrence, Mass
Siereed
Washington
Wve
Wfth
United Textile Workers
Aflcio
Anthony Valente
Valente
UTW Southern
Joe Jacobs
Senate
Klewert
Textile Workers For America
Jacobs
Teamsters
Bakery Workers
Atcio
Soviets Launch Satellite Shifts World Prestige Debate
Former Philadelphia mayor addressing a Democratic rally attacked Eisenhower’s defense pace, arguing it let the Soviet Union gain prestige after launching a satellite. He blamed Congress and the administration, urged lifting defense-spending ceilings, replacing Dulles, rethinking foreign policy, reorganizing defense, and tackling national education.
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Sen. Joseph
M Clark
D-Pa
Eisenhower
Russia
America
Philadelphia
Democratic Rally
Cumberland County
Soviet Union
Congress
Clark
State Dulles
Delay Firing Vanguard Missile Test Near Cape Canaveral
Missiles test at Cape Canaveral postponed delaying Vanguard stage engine burn. Preparations began before daylight as observers waited while crash boats patrolled a danger area and officials offered no definite new time for the 2,700 pound thrust first stage engine test.
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Flu Fight Class Cuts Attendance in Scarborough
In Scarborough England only four of twelve women attended a fight the flu with keeping fit class today while the other eight stayed away, the report notes low turnout as a health drive continues.
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Scarborough
England
State Gains 62 551 In Voting Totals
Voter totals from the May primary show Democrats leading Republicans statewide with 319 500 ballots tallied. Democratic margin grows in Philadelphia and Lackawanna County data suggest shifting favors as registration numbers near November totals.
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Lial
Philadephia
GOP
Philadelphia
Negro heir who inherited fortune dies in Miami home
A Miami man once living in poverty inherited 200000 in 1952 after a court found him the long lost son of real estate fortune heir Dana Albert Dorsey. He spent a life in a swank house under guardianship, after fleeing Palatka as a child and working as a migrant laborer.
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Dorsey
Palatka
Miami
Dana Albert Dorsey
Beke
World Traveler Lectures To School Directors
Dr Phillip Geary former World War II chaplain and lecturer addressed delegates at the State School Directors Association annual convention, saying aircraft production has built bridges across continents deserts and oceans as modern airliners span the world during the opening session of the two day event.
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Phillip Geary
Geary
Brando Honeymoon Burglaries Target Hollywood Home
Actor Marlon Brando and actress Anna Kashti were honeymooning when burglars broke into Brando's Hollywood Hills residence and stole items valued at 2000 dollars. Police reported the theft included two cameras a typewriter perfume jewelry and a filing cabinet with story material and letters. Brando offered a 1000 dollar reward for the cabinet and its contents.
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Marlon Brando
Anna Kashti
Hollywood Hills
Brando
County cash count climbs as 1957 returns build surplus
County Controller Rockwell Hurl announced September balances of 692000 in the Bertert fund 99000 in the tub ulosis hospital fund and 257000 in the Nguid fuels tax fund with current year tax collections reaching 404135 for general 196000 for the TB hospital and 251000 for personal property taxes. A tourist year note from London Prague Radio predicts 1958 visitor totals of about 50000 to Communist Czechoslovakia and 100000 Greek travelers exiting the Iron Curtain.
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Rockwell Hurl
Bertert
Nguid Fuels
London
Prague Radio
Liata
Czechoslovakia
Tron Curtain
Proad
Flu Epidemic Nears Peak In Local Schools
In Latins el yesterday, the number of students with illness jumped as the rapidly spreading influenza disrupted classes and forced changes at Leory High School and nearby facilities. Teachers reported many absences while health officials warned the outbreak could worsen before improving, highlighting the strain on area hospitals and clinics.
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Erenense Hunt
Henry Bench
Henry Vushny
Lacerville
Wyrimjee
Ly Tyler Monndial Hospital
Mushajima
Charis
Donis Ink
Leopold Morkunkt
Lus Penintlirst
Anid
Adhoane Tolleau
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Ohio
Columbus Avenue
Barbara Ann Malek
R. D
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North Center
Donald Kauer
Cony Ares High School
Cory Memorial Hospital
Harold Shannon
East Irving Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
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West Virginia
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Mifflinburg
Civ Aeronautics Administration
Enid
Newark
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Unese
Polk Suite School
Venonga Couty
General Construction
Lute Engineering Co
Bethlehem
Eating Commercial Construction Co
Phinbing—Erkert Plumbing Co
OH City
Aelecteio — Church and Murdock Electrical Service
Leonard Shimpoe
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Corry Instrument Company
Roger Burlingame
Henry Burlingame
Liberty Street
Corsy Memorial Hospital
Crystal Coal CO
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Iren Baby
J ‘Ai Niew Stahl Jewelers
Soviets
Margueritfe Mattis
Negro
Baumann Bros
Erle
Robert M
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Simone
F. C. Chapin & Son
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