Molwate Brothers Plant in Kane County to Close
The Molwate Brothers wood products plant near Kane has operated since 1980 and plans to auction the buildings and machinery in September after 7 years of uncertain prospects. About 800 workers have been laid off, with many long-tenured employees facing unemployment as local efforts to purchase the plant fail. If sold, the site could resume woodworking or be repurposed for other industries.
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Kane Fur
O James
Leslie
Aue
Pitytephia
Tocht
Denis
Te—Company
Lineman Burned When He Touches 2400-Volt Wire
Bradford hospital treated a Pennsylvania Electric Co lineman after he touched a 2400-volt line near Chauqtaviqua Place and Bushnell street. Robert G Hopkins suffered burns to the right shoulder and left knee as crews worked to increase the installation's circulatory capacity. He remained overnight for observation.
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Old Bradford
Robert G. Hopkins
Pennsylvania Electric Co
AL Bradford
Penvlee
TS. Hawley
Chautaviqua Place
Bushnell Street
Hawley
Girl Killed In Franklin Wreck
An auto crash on Route 8 near Barkeyville Franklin PA killed two passengers and injuring the driver. The dead include Miss Kathleen 8 of Jackson Center Mercer County. Miss Twils J Mc Quel 99 of Sandy Lake was admitted to Grove City hospital.
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Franklin
Barkeyville
Kathleen
Hernon
Jackson Center
Mercer County
Grove City
Twils J. McQuel
Sandy Lake
Girl Killed in Crash Greensburg Pa Sally Ann Dally Dies
Sally Ann Dally, 18, of Irwin, died at Westmoreland County Hospital from injuries after a two car crash at Buzzardtown last night. County officials had been renting a horse barn area to owners without stables. The report notes $20 000 for the building and animals.
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Greensburg
Sally Ann Dally
Trwin
Westmoreland County Hospital
Buzzardtown
Farmer killed by harrow as horses bolt near Meadville
MEADVILLE an over-year-old Meadville area farmer was killed Saturday after being dragged 450 feet under a spring tooth harrow by a team of horses. The victim Henry Ring RD 5 Meadville died of shock and loss of blood according to coroner Dr. Sherman Watson. Ring was fixed between the horses and harrow when they bolted, dragging him the distance before wife Sarah found him. Ring lived on his lifelong farm, born February 18 1877 on Union Hill farm in Union Township.
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Meadville
Henry Ring
RD. 5
Sherman Watson
Rung
Sarah
Ring
Union Hill
Union Township
Week End Fatal Crashes Leave State With 26 Dead
A sequence of weekend crashes across eastern and central Pennsylvania left 26 people dead. Victims include Joseph Henosky 19 of Twin Rocks Gary Kennedy 14 Edensburg Gilbert Baldwin 19 Belsano John Hartley 21 Gettysburg Raymond Weaver Jr 21 Gettysburg Elizabeth Ballard Hunt 43 Sunbury Donald Brandt 24 Shippensburg. The crashes occurred as drivers lost control on highways near Gettysburg Chambersburg and Sunbury. Weather featured rain and thunder in western counties adding to dangerous roads.
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Joseph A. Henosky
Gary Kennedy
Edensburg
Gilbert A. Baldwin
Belsano
Gettysburg
John H. Hart- Jey Ati Raymond Weaver Jr
Ghimbersburg
Traiter
Elizabeth Ballard Hunt
Sunbury
Donald H. Brandt
Shippensburg
Investigation continues into Crawford County fairground fire
Sheriff Cecil Johnson said the probe into the mysterious blaze that destroyed eight riding horses at Crawford County fairgrounds is ongoing. County Detective Walter Linn and State Police Fire Marshall Stanley Saymanowles plus West Mead VFD’s Gerald Yoest inspected the site. damage estimates run as high as.
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Meadville
Cecil Johnson
Crawford County Fairgrounds
Johnson
Walter Linn
Stanley Saymanowles
Erie
Gerald Yoest
West Mead
Route M4 Crash Near Canton Kills Youth, Injures Five
Partial blame falls on Ral in a late Monday crash on Route M4 near Canton Bradford County. Wilbur J Blevenson of Jersey Shore reports a deadly collision that killed 15 year old Richard Hughes, who was driving a Canton Township road tractor. Five others were seriously hurt as the vehicle plunged down a 15 foot embankment. No fatalities were reported on the Turnpike during the holiday period.
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Ral
Canton
Bradford County
Wilbure J. Blevenson
Jersey ‘Shore
sRichird “Hughes
Canton ‘Township
Tries
Washington
Delphia
Ani
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Lynn A. Bergman
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Corry
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Ithaca Journal
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Sharon
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