Drive 90 Percent of City Campaign Goal Report
Officials announce the drive is 90 percent toward the city goal with final reports due midweek. Division heads in the Public Library basement will file through Tuesday evening as donations continue to push past the target of 64,270 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Thind Appeal
William Rodemeyer
Robert. Catlin
Charles Clark
George Orcutt
Butlers
Brresal
Olln Bracken
W. Rodemayer
M. VanCise
R. Gatlin
Fire causes $800 loss at East Main street home
Corry firefighters battled an early morning blaze at 735 East Main Street, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Barton. A defective furnace pipe started the fire burning through the first floor ceiling and threatening the second floor. Three hundred feet of hose and 16 men fought the flames, smoke filled the home, and a fan was used to clear the attic. Building loss estimated at 400 and contents 100 with no injuries.
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Fhimes
East Main Street
Corry
Jack Downey
Lee Barton
Downey
Jerome Davis
Eas
West South Street
Eisenhower hospital visit marks annual physical checkup
President Eisenhower enters Walter Reed Army Hospital for his regular annual physical. He plans to leave by weekend as a lingering cold and chronic bronchitis pose no cause for alarm, following recent trips to Palm Springs and Augusta seeking sun and relief from illness. The report notes his past heart attack, ileitis surgery, and a minor stroke, but emphasizes overall good health. Meanwhile in Pennsylvania, the small game season opens with forecasts of good hunt prospects for pheasants, wild turkeys, and ruffed grouse despite cloudy weather.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
Walter Reed
Hagerty
Palm Springs
Calif
Augusta
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Game Commission
Commonwealth
Game Commission
Bipartisan Effort Buoys Wards Group To Victory
A joint drive by Second Ward Republicans and Democrats led to a strong fundraising result for the 1958 United Fund. Mrs. Robert Catlin and Mrs. Helen Rhynard headed the campaign, showing cross party cooperation in reaching a high percentage of quota, though party lines may reassert on Tuesday.
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Actas
United Fund
Robert Catlin
Republican Party
Helen Rhynard
Second Ward
Catlin
Rhynard
Seven Children Die In Slum Fire In Ottumwa Iowa
In Ottumwa Iowa seven young children died when fire destroyed a two room slum dwelling. Baby sitter Sharon Ann Dooley 14 survived after a firefighter familiar with the house helped rescue others. The blaze blocked the door and investigators tentatively ruled out a furnace fire, noting a coal stove as heating. The victims include six Van Horne children and Carla Campbell daughter of Lorraine Campbell. Debris and casualty details point to suffocation while the home burned across the front. The mother Patricia Van Horne and others faced shock and questions as authorities pursued the cause.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Sharon Ann Dooley
Patricia van Horne
Lorraine Campbell
Carla
van Horne
Karen Rae
Sharon Kay
Patty Sue
LeRoy
Debra Ann
Cynthia
Dooley Wirt
Campbell
Carl
Tllinois
Herman
Tom Anderson
Anderson
Bob’ Knox
Laos King Sisavang Vong Dies at 74 in Luang Prabang
King Sisavang Vong of Laos, the world's senior monarch, died last night in Luang Prabang after five years of illness. Crown Prince Sayang Vathans becomes regent amid ongoing rebellion as Laos fights Communist rebels. The 74-year-old king had ruled from the Mekong palace, with the regent already directing efforts against the insurgents.
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Tulér
Railroads Move to End Featherbedding in Nationwide Battle
Chicago AP report outlines looming showdown between railroads and unions over work rules described as featherbedding. rail carriers seek to eliminate practices costing over 500 million annually while unions defend safety and efficiency claims. if no settlement, a nationwide strike could idle over 800,000 workers around next April 1, with wage talks already deadlocked and a pending three year rule moratorium.
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Chicago
Handley Wright
Association of American Railroads
Thousand feared dead in Colima hurricane floods
In Colima Colima state and surrounding areas a devastating hurricane and floods left about 1 000 feared dead. The disaster affected Manzanillo Tecuanman Cihuatlan Coahuayama and Mina titan with thousands displaced and communications cut. The toll includes possible American women aboard a freighter. Government figures from Colima state place Mina titan fatalities at about 1000.
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Colima
Mexico
Pacific Coast
New Jersey
Manzanillo
U.S
Colima State
Rodolfo Chavey Carrillo
Minatitan
Tecoman
Cihuatlan
VEW Seeks Missing Hospital Beds Crutches Pieces
VEW appeals to residents of the city and surrounding areas with hospital equipment on loan to notify Thom-45 Gragg, head of the committee handling the news. Past searches found beds, wheelchairs and crutches missing. current records aim to update post records.
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Thom- 45
Gragg
Itews
Cragg
Gorey Loan
South Center
Educator Dr Roland Hussey of LA Dies After Illness
Dr Roland Hussey, a history teacher at UOLA and former State Department advisor on Latin America, died Wednesday after a heart condition. Survivors include colleagues and family, with funeral arrangements pending.
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Los Angeles
Roland
Donna Hussey
UOLA
State Department
Latin “America
Steel union signs pact with Granite City firm
Negotiations continue as a third small company joins the nationwide steel strike peace efforts. Granite City Steel Co. and United Steelworkers reach a labor pact after Kiser Steel and Detroit Steel earlier signed agreements.
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Pltsburgh
United Steelworkers
Union
Granite City Steel Co
Kiser Steel Corp
Detroit Steel Corp
Granite City
John J Mead Sr Erie Newsman Dies At 63
Erie Pa AP John J Mead Jr co publisher of the Erie Times News and a news paperman for 40 years died last night at age 63 after a lone illness at St Vincent Hospital He served as co publisher of the Erie Daily Times and co publisher of the Erie Morning News and the Erie Sunday Times News for the Mead family since 1957 He attended Georgetown University in 1919 and Columbia journalism school and worked for the New York Times before returning to the Erie Times News He is survived by Grace Pinery Mead his widow four children and two brothers Geor and Frank J Mead The Mead family was active in American journalism organizations
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Erie, Pa
John J Meat Jr
Erie Times - News
Drath
Mead
St. Vincent Hospital
Gevize J
Erie Daily ‘Times
John J. Mead Sr
Apa
Mead Brothers
Erie Morning. News
Erie Sunday Times
Georgetown University
Navy
Bie. Times
Columbia University
New York Times
Ene Times
Edward M.mead
Erie
Miss Mary, Mead
Washington, D. C
Geor and
Frank J, Mead
Erie Grand Jury Indicts Corryites Union City Pair
Erie grand jury returned true bills in three cases charging two Corry men and two Union City residents. Dr F Dean Miller 57 West Smith Street faces trial for driving while under the influence after a September 1 incident at Van Cise Service Station East South Street. Miller pleaded not guilty. Russell Betts 21 of 144 West Main Street accused of fraudulent conversion and entered a plea of easy before Alderman Melvin Cobbet. Another bill was returned in a larceny case involving Ira Lard Ely South Street Urpy and David Peterson RD 4 Union City.
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Theering
Union City
F. Dean Miller
West Smith Street
van Cise
East South Street
Miller
Russell Bettis
West Main Street
Bemis
Melvin ‘S. Cobbett
Ira Lard
Ely South Street
Upry
David Peterson
District Attorney Probes Beverly Radland Flynn Tie
Los Angeles district attorney weighs how much Florence Aadland knew about her 17 year old daughter Beverly Radland s relationship with Errol Flynn. Beverly stunned officials by saying she was disappointed not to have a child by the actor.
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Los Angeles
Florence Aadland
Errol Flynn
Beverly Radland
Editorial link between Radland and delinquency claims
The Journal suggested Mrs. Florence Radland could face charges for contributing to the delinquency of a minor over her daughter Beverly, who was associated with Arrol Flynn. District Attorney William B. McKeson noted a parent may be liable when countering a minor’s intimacy with an adult. Beverly denied any intimate relationship with Flynn despite travels to Africa, France, Canada, and Cuba, and Flynn’s will largely left assets to Patrice Wymore with others including Beverly connected to Jamaica property.
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Journal
Florence Radland
Beverly
Arrol Flynn
William B. McKesson
Radland
Flynn
Africa
France
Canada
Cuba
California
Patrice Wymore
Miss Aadland
Hera
Jamaica
Mineral expert dies in Atlanta at 82
William B. Pitts, an 82 year old mineral collector and long time drug casesman, dies Wednesday in Atlanta. He served as honorary curator for unusual minerals at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
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Atlanta. Ga
William B. Pitts
Piltey
Yen Minerals
Palifornia Academy of Sciences
Sant Francsig¢o
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