Black Pike route shelved in Pennsylvania turnpike plan
Harrisburg reports call the Erie Pittsburgh expressway project as shelved with speculation that shifting traffic to a Sharon Stroudsburg corridor was intended to boost state revenue. Officials note traffic counts fail to justify immediate toll-funded construction on the Erie Pittsburgh line.
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Harrisburg
Tuttle
Sharon Stroudsbury
State Highways Department
Turnpike Commission
W E Plant Strike Enters 31st Day At Westinghouse
The W E Plant strike at Westinghouse Electric enters its 31st day as 2,200 workers continue absence over a time study dispute. Local 801 CIO IUE says Fed eral Mediator urged arbitration but the company refused. Union spokesman notes management rights to run the plant, with 9,000 idle workers and a threat of wider CIO IUE walkouts if unresolved by next Sunday.
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U West
Inghouselectric Corp
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Doud
Sug Reston. & Company
L. B. McCulley
Westinghouse Chain
Sagebrush Trail And TV Schedule Highlights
Buffalo area listings show WBEN TV channel 4 tonight with Sagebrush Trail at 5 45 followed by Chuck Healy's Sports Clinic News and Weather at 6 20 Sports Spotlight at 6 45 Superman at 7 00 Julius LaRosa Show at 1 30 Frankie Laine Time at 4 00 The Millionaire and Sue Got a Secret at 6 00 Hour long Live Drama 10 00 Late News Weather Sports 11 30 Eleven Thirty Theatre Thursday includes Morning Show Garry Moore Arthur Godfrey You and Your Family Love of Life Search for Tomorrow Guiding Light Matinee Playhouse and more lineup offsets. W. W. WATERHOUSE Buick Pontiac Sales and Service.
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Wben-Tv
Buffalo
Sagebrush Trail
Chuck Healy
Julius LaRosa
Frankie Laine
Sue
Garry Moore
Arthur Godfrey
Robert Q. Lewis
Bob Crosby
Children’s Theatre
Ames Brothers
Sparta
Patti Page
Bob Cummings
W. W. Waterhouse
Buick
Pontiac Sales & Service
Pennsylvania Vendors Plan Two Cent Cigarette Increase
Harrisburg vendors anticipate a two cent per pack rise after October 1 as the 1956 legislature raised cigarette taxes to five cents a pack for flood relief funds. Sidney Coplitt of Automatic Merchandisers of Pennsylvania says standard packs may move to 27 cents in machines while refunds adjust to three cents for a 30 cent deposit. Filter cigarettes could drop to 27 cents, with most machines set for standard sizes.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Sidney Coplitt
Harrisbure
Automatic Merchandis Jers of
Cbplin
Cone Lim
State to collect one cent more per pack amid market charges
Ambiguous text notes a state tax hike of one cent per cigarette pack despite owner and seller charges. It also mentions Gov Leader estimating funds for Hood dam inflation and flood relief in Pennsylvania, with a figure of one million dollars. The passage mixes unclear terms and names, reflecting OCR gaps.
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Gov. Leader
Pennsylvania
Two Killed In Area Smashup Near Meadville
State Police report a two-vehicle crash at Routes 285 and 20003 yesterday afternoon killed J. R. Thomson 7 and his wife Eltenbeth 8 of Pittsburgh and injured Ray Richardson 25 of RD5 Meadville. Thomson died at Sperer Hospital after arriving with a fractured skull and multiple injuries. Mrs Thompson died at the scene. Richardson suffered head lacerations and possible fracture of the left foot, was pinned in the wreck, and hospitalized. Official says no blame assigned pending investigation. Thomson, a retired railroad patrolman, had worked at Corneaut Lake Park in summer.
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Meadville
Pittsburgh
J. R. Thomson
Elten
Beth
Ray
Richarrdson
Rd5
City Hospital
Gene Sebastan
Arthir Bernd
Ponce
Richardson
Loris
Thompson
Baltimore and Ohlo
Corneaut Lake Park
Storm Lashes Texas as Gladys Menace Fades
Coastal areas from Corpus Christi to Tampico face heavy flooding and high seas as storm Gladys weakens. Residents return after evacuation, while fishermen are rescued and port centers brace for further danger from a new low pressure trough across the Gulf.
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Browne
Gladys
Tesus
Mexico
Yuestat
Gulf
Florida
Gorfius Christi
Corpus
Christi Bay
Corpus Christi
Forth Beach
Corpuy Christi Bay
Coffin Now In Death Row Cell
Associated Press reports Wilbur Coffin aged 44 is awaiting execution in death row for the murder of Richard Ling on September in Hollidayabury Pennsylvania. The Hingime of Lindsey and Albert Clann, both 37, were involved in the Guspe Gish incident where they were taken to a high risk prison before sentencing. Details are incomplete in the dispatch with several names and places garbled.
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Coffin
Death Row
Associated Press
Montreal
Wilbur Coffin
Loeilonteter
Richard Ling
Hollidayabury
Lindsey
Albert Clann
Blood Discovery Boosts Paternity Test Accuracy
Associated Press reports in Lansing that new blood protein typing refines paternity tests by analyzing inherited protein types alongside standard ABO blood groups. The method can rule out a man as the father when incompatible blood protein patterns are found, though it cannot prove paternity if matching types exist.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Michi
Cana
Tie Kine Nf
Red Lund
Siddy Norma Fordwalker
Miver Smithiles
Toronto
Actor Sued For Separate Maintenance In California
Broderick Crawford's wife sued for separate maintenance accusing his conduct of harming their 15 year marriage. The 39 year old Oscar winner must respond September 16 to show cause why he should pay $2000 monthly. Mrs Crawford, a former New York stage singer, seeks to protect community assets and custody of Kim eight and Kelly four.
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Alor Broderick
Kim
Kelly
California
Crawford
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