US plans to cancel contracts for six thousand jet engines
Washington reports the Air Force will cancel contracts for up to 6,000 spare jet engines costing about half a billion dollars. Officials insist this will not affect production of any aircraft, noting engines are more durable than expected and cancellations align with budget policy without compromising national security.
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Associated Press
Washington
al Rst
Ifm
Kore
Tigtbott
Walbo
Talbott
Wilson
Congress
Sticking accelerator blamed for two car crash
A sticking accelerator was blamed as Donald Hiheman Jr of Clymer turned onto Center Street causing his car to veer and hit a curb then collide with Watson Howard of Sugar Grove at the North Center Street and Columbus Avenue intersection. Police cited $150 damage to the Eshelman vehicle and $75 to the Howard car. Howard reported a neck injury.
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North Center Street
Columbus Avenue
Donald Hiheman
Clymer
Center Street
Watson Howard
Sugar Grove
Eshelman
Howard
Smethport Banker Placed on Probation After Embezzlement
Frederick L. Settler, former Smethport National Bank bookkeeper, pleaded guilty to seven counts of embezzlement and false entry involving 96800 in bank funds. The money was repaid by the Settler family three days after discovery as the bank president testified as character witness at his three year probationary term hearing.
Rail Workers Could Gain Small Pay Increase
Washington reports potential pay raises for about 2.4 million public workers as government cost figures influence wage scales. Hull management and new representatives met to convert existing contracts to the cost of living indexed system under the new Sindstick framework.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hull Management
New Representaitives
State raises allocation for Corry Memorial Hospital
The Department of Welfare boosted the next biennial appropriation for Corry Memorial Hospital from 19600 to 18300, based on a maximum $7 daily reimbursement, with county funds adding 4000. August admissions reached 287 with 1278 patient days, and five deaths were recorded. Directors Pain Fuller Slattery Edison Mast Hillstrom Rainesale Young Gates Ott attended the meeting.
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Fie Corry Memorial Hospital
Neryibe
Hopital
M. M. Nast
Edgar Alexander
Avenue
Visite Rommittee
Mie Hospital
Pain
Fuller
Slattery
Eision
Mast
Hillstrom
Rainesale
Young
Gates
Ott
Britain Cuts Interest Rates Slashed by Half Point Today
Britain reduced the government bank rate from 4 to 3 percent signaling cheaper sterling and a steadier inflation outlook under Prime Minister Churchill’s regime. Exchequer Richard Butler announced the move after a series of prior reductions since 1951, aiming to boost borrowing and liquidity in the sterling bloc. Reds Fire Hornsby as Manager in Cincinnati.
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Britain
Associated Press
London
Richard A. Butler
Bank of England
Churchill
Crowds Attend Potato Festival Dinner at Erie Hotel
A large overflow crowd gathered for the Potato Festival banquet at Hotel Gorfy to launch the event. Speakers included Roland Benjamin urging fair prices for farmers, with Rev. Elmer OrtHer delivering the invocation and the Erie Danish Club octet performing. The gathering included regional officials, organizers, and local queens candidates as plans for the festival were praised and prizes awarded later in the evening.
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Gor Fy
Roland Benjamin
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Sogiulium
Elmer Ort
Erie
William Leaby
Plansine
W. W. Waterhouse
Stewart Lodg
Chamber of Commerce
E. F. Belles
Mir Teuby
Russell Ruble
Pennsylvania Potato Growers. Co-operative Association
Doni ‘Theiboldt
Co-Perative
Potter County
Frank Dodd
Evie County Growers Association
Naomi Rockafellow
Ann Lictus
Norma Campbell
Lois Buekkofer
Norma Putman
Erie-Warren County
Erie Stage
Fouts Ward
Joseph DeLellis
South Center Street
Eigene Davis
East Washington Street
Corry High Grid
U S Will Escape New Hurricane Bann
Miami report notes Hurricane Bann curving away from the U S mainland toward the northeast at about 18 to 22 mph. Center winds near 100 mph, radius of gales 200 miles east semicircle, 75 miles west. Forecasters warn ships to exercise caution as small craft warnings extend along the Florida West Coast and Keys with heavy rains across central peninsula.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Edna
Daytona Beach
Weather Bureau
Florida West
Cedarey
Florida Keys
Lake pollution tests spark debate in Findley Lake owners
Chaubauqua County public health engineer Roland M Austiny released new test results on Findley Lake showing coliform counts from 0 to 540 per milliliter at various points around the lake. He said some pollution is entering the lake but insisted the water is not uniformly unsafe for swimming and fishing while noting the health department target count is around 1 000.
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Roland M. Austiny
Austin
Northwest End
Smolk
Y Point
North End
Cole Brow
Shadyside
Rob Camp
Woodland Shore
Te Health Department
Rouyse
Inquest Sought Over Auto Death Near Herkimer
Herkimer county officers confer with district attorney M A Fornreich to decide if an inquest will be held into the death of Arthur Buell 74 of Herkimer after a July 17 auto crash at Bacchus Corners. Buell suffered injuries and later died. an autopsy reportedly showed a fractured skull as a contributing factor. Buell rode in a car driven by son in law Herman Wiser 50 of Johnson City NY. the other driver Challes Farnham 72 of Columbus escaped. Wiser and Farnham were uninjured but Farnham’s wife was hospitalized weeks later. Coast Guard refloated the steamer Maryland near Marquette Michigan.
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Herkimer
Warren County
M. A. Fornreich
Arthur Buell
Buell
Corry Memorial Hospital
Ornreich
Herman Wiser
Johnson City
Challes Fernhott
Columbus
Farnham
Wiser Tut
Gas Rate Hike Data Heard by Harrisburg Panel
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission heard from Pennsylvania Gas Company and Water Ten on justifications for proposed rate increases. Company says higher costs in gas supply and labor, with total claimed rises around 1.5 million dollars, may be passed to customers if approved by regulators.
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Reek Harrisburo
Piste Trity Commission
Pennsyania Gas Company
Wate Ten
SkiNy Tor
Siumual Yale
David Dunny
Yl Lorney
Fis Gas
HLM
W. Russi
Eineer
Horner
Dunlap Sali
Elmsen
Severn
Erie, Forest
Comain
Warren
United Natural Gas
New York State
Federal Power Commission
PUC
Feder Power Commission
Danian
Mierlake Iron Corp
Jefveron Cownly Cas Co
Drowned Children from New Castle Tragedy in Shenango Pool
Emily Ann Gunther four and her two year old brother Henry drowned yesterday in a neighbor’s pool in Shenango Township near New Castle. Coroner Charles B. Allen of Lawrence County opened an investigation after the children wandered from home and were found by their father several hours later.
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Emily Ann Gunther
Henry
Shenango Township
Charles B. Allen
Lawrence County
Henry Gunther
McCarthy to wed former aide Dean Kerr in September
Washington Senator Joseph B McCarthy and Miss Dean Kerr a former research assistant in his office will marry. Mrs William P Kerr mother of the bride announced the engagement and said the wedding will be September in St Matthews Roman Catholic Cathedral here.
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Sen. McCarthy
Washington
Joseph B. McCarthy
R-Wis
Dean Kerr
Iits Office
William P. Kerr
St. Matthews Roman Cathalic Cathedral
War Prisoners Promised Fair Share by Clark
A wartime report notes a promise by Clark to allocate fair shares to prisoners held by opposing forces. The article recalls a 20 Won Kovesdie press claim and references efforts to protect wheat fields and community safety, amid tensions over prisoner identities and potential reprisals.
Missing Mrs McLean Macbean Linked to Cold War Figures
LAUSANNE Switzerland Associated Press reports Mrs Melinda Macbean wife of British diplomat Donald Macbean disappeared last Friday from Geneva. Her husband and fellow Foreign Office worker Guy Burgess are suspected of leaving for the Soviet bloc in 1952. Mrs Macbean and her children Fergus Donald and Melinda Dunbar lived in Geneva with her mother. The police were alerted after she and the children failed to return from Montreux weekend plans. Churchill visits the French Riviera for a holiday at 78 feeling ill again.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Donald Macbean
Geney
Mierall
Ste
Melinds Macbean
British Foreign Office
Guy Burgess
Kneeland
France
Gemmus Nists
Dulles reveals terms to ease global tension
Amid shifting Cold War dynamics, Secretary of State Dulles outlines conditions and assurances aimed at reducing international friction. The remarks emphasize cautious diplomacy, allied support, and strategic concessions to prevent further confrontations.
Barkley Seeks Senate Run Amid Party Strife
Former Senator Barkley plans a bid for the U S Senate as party factions clash in Kentucky and national politics. The article notes Cooper holding the seat, GOP strategists eyeing a clash with Democratic opponent, and questions about who may succeed the late Chapman amid party realignments.
Surgeons Begin Operating On Siamese Twins In New Orleans
In a landmark procedure at New Orleans Foundation Hospital, surgeons started to separate eight week old Siamese twins Carolyn Anne and Catherine Ann Mouton, daughters of Mayor Ashton J. Mouton, aiming to set a new medical milestone if both survive. Doctors indicated both girls were joined near the base of the spine and described as bright and normal aside from this condition. The operation followed their July 22 birth at Lafayette Sanatorium.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
NEW Orleans Foundation Hospital
tWlis
Ashton J. Mouton Lof Tefayette
Spine Hospital
Carolyn Anne
Catherine Ann
Lafayette
United States Urges Russia to End Tensions at UN
Secretary of State Dulles said there can be no new world climate until Russia cooperates. He pressed for an equivalent Soviet response to end present tensions, accusing Soviet media of dilatory tactics. In a UN Assembly debate, he called for constructive dialogue and a measured approach to reduce hostilities between the United States and Soviet Union. Two other reports note a Newark fire killing two residents, Leparda Ramsa, 24, and Miss Faria, 60, in a crowded three story tenement.
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