Edinboro State Teachers enters its 100th year
Edinboro State Teachers College marks its centennial as enrollment reaches 875, including 301 freshmen, the largest class in history. Growth stems from acquiring seven nearby homes and adding seven new faculty. The article notes local incidents, including a Warren area railroad wreck recovery, a court arraignment for public disturbance, and police activity around licenses and local events.
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Edinboro ‘State Teachers College
Bdinboro
Ull
ESTC
Montreal Bank Robbery Nets Estimated 20,000
Three men robbed a Banque Canadienne Nationale branch in Montreal yesterday lifting about 20,000 from teller cages. Twelve customers and ten employees were herded to the rear as detectives, led by Detective Captain Joseph Bedard, investigated the raid.
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Montreal
Banque Canadienne Nationale
Joseph Bedard
Sailors Rescued After Storm Strikes Venture on Lake Erie
Two Erie men De John Pixton and Richard Hurxthall rode out a gale on an 18 foot sailboat Venture south of Long Point Ontario. Coast Guard saved them after the Opal II towed the vessel and transferred Engel earlier. Pixton, a history professor at Penn State Erie, and Hurxthall, co-owners, were returned to Erie.
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Erie
Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Long Point
John Pixton
Richard Hurxthall
Pixton
Pennsylvania State University
French Engel
Girl Killed in Crash on Route 19 Washington Pa
Carol June Hughes a 19 year old resident of Washington Pa died when her car struck four guard rails and overturned on Route 19 yesterday. Her father H Floyd Hughes sustained severe lacerations and shock in the crash.
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Washington, Pa
Carol June Hughes
H. Floyd Hughes
Silent Screen Star Fulea Mitchell Found Slain in Los Angeles
Silent screen star Fulea Mitchell 62 known for Westerns and a co star with William Hurt was found strangled in her Los Angeles apartment. Officers reported a blue silk robe tied around her throat with minor scratches and no sign of sexual assault. Detectives cited a locked apartment and a killer known to the victim, with the slaying likely occurring Saturday night in the southwest area.
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Los Angeles
Fortney
Fulea
Ginger) Mitchell
William S. Hurt
Tom Mis
Vici
Miss Mitchell
Thad Brown
Bristol woman who won $32,000 suffers critical hemorrhage
Mrs. Alice Bell Morgan, 19, of Bristol, winner on The $84,000 Question, was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage and placed in June Brown Hospital in critical condition. The Rev. Albert Hutchinson said she lectured in Providence yesterday morning and then felt dizzy.
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Vaticans
Alice Bell Morgan
Bristol
June Brown Hospital
Albert E. Hutchinson
First Congregational Church
Plan New Delay In Guard Enlistments
Deputy adjutant general Col Richard Snyder says Pennsylvania will not reopen National Guard enlistments until after year end, perhaps January 1. The curtailment in drills from 12 to 8 quarters may end October 1. The August 20 ban aligns with a national effort to cut membership by 400,000 by 1957 due to budget cuts. Pennsylvania’s enlistment quota is 46,520 and current membership remains above that level.
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Bamuobmi
Ul — Jennsyi- Vania
National Guard
Snyder
Pennsylvania
Guard
GE To Lay Off 1600 Workers In Louisville Plant
GE will cut about 1600 jobs this month at its Louisville Kentucky plant half in the Household Refrigerator Division which moved from Erie two years ago. Erie GE also plans layoffs of 175 in Direct Current Motor and Generator and 110 in Locomotive and Car Equipment. Appliance Park in Louisville will see about 10100 fewer employees after the layoffs. Company cites uneasiness in the economy without elaborating.
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Louisville, Ky
Erie
Louisville
Erie GE
Forty Four Firms Build Plants in Pennsylvania
State Commerce Department survey shows forty four firms decided to establish new plants in Pennsylvania during the last six months. Twenty manufacturers leased or purchased sites for construction during the period. Commerce Secretary William R Daylin predicted that plant location announcements will step up after summer and fall.
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Ramrusounu Wm
State Commerce Department
Pennsylvania
Twe
Commerce
William R. Daylin
Shortway Group Plans Groundbreaking Invite for Ike
Harrisburg WI The Key stone Shortway Association aims to hold a spring groundbreaking and will invite President Eisenhower to attend. Jon Corbett, chairman, says his appearance would keynote the federal highway project funded 90 percent by federal funds. Corbett met with State Commerce Secretary Within R. Davlin but could not name a date.
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Shortway Group
Ike
Harrisburg
Key
Stone Shortway Association
Eisenhoger
Jon Corbett
Sharon-Stroudsburg
Te Public Roads Burea
Tnelisten
Intestate
Syst Corbett
R. Davlin
Commerce Department
Davie
Chinese Painter Chi Pai-chin Dies in Priping
Chinese master Chi Pai-chin, age seven, identified by Red China radio as a leading painter, reportedly died yesterday in Priping. The report offers few verifiable details and could reflect transcription errors or propaganda claims.
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Bong Kong
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