Public Health polio cases rise while local notices issued
The Public Health Service reports 2678 polio cases last week, a yearly high, with 587 more than the prior week. Erie County court receives a marriage license application from Jerry Rote and Theresa Duszynicz. A Rex Theatre ward winner is Cecelia Wawrzyniak, with October 7th sum raised to 300 due to Gone With The Wind. An accidental carbon monoxide death is ruled in Roy Hutchinson’s case in Venango County. State Civil Service announces exams for health posts. Becht cites tests in multiple cities with salaries 3174 to 6352. Corry firms mark 37 years in business. various local crime and animal reports follow including stolen chickens and a stray dog found with licenses. County supervisors association holds quarterly meeting at Corry Grange Hall with officials speaking after dinner.
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Liberty Street
Rex Theatre
Man Confesses To A String Of Holdups In Pittsburgh
Louis Wright, 24, told police I dont want to see an innocent man go to jail while confessing to a string of hold ups. Clarence Miller faced trial for two robberies police say Wright confessed to. An employee of two loan companies identified Miller as the culprit. Miller had been jailed four months in default of bond. Wright, of Clairton, was arrested in Chicago and brought back for questioning by Allegheny County detectives led by Fred Mathias.
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Louis Wright
Clarence Miller
Wright
Miller
Clairton
Chicago
Fred Mathias
Allegheny County
Pope Pius XII Addresses 42 Nation Geophysicists
Pope Pius XII addressed a 16 minute audience to members of a world scientific congress, urging scientists to rise above technical concerns. It was his third audience in three days, with 18 minutes more of private discussions after the speech. Russian delegates to the genetics conference did not attend. In Pittsburgh, Bishop Jerome D. Hannan sang his first Solemn Pontifical Mass at St. Paul Cathedral with about 500 priests and religious in attendance.
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Pittsburgh
Jerome D. Hannan
Scranton
St. Paul’'s
Greensburg
Hannan
Editor on Stand in Lamb Trial Headlines
Washington testimony centers on publisher Edward Lamb and ties to Communist funds. Mark Warren, editor of the Cleveland Ten Daily Banner, testifies about meetings and alleged utterances. Lamb denies the accusations as commission probes accuracy and methods. The session also notes editor Lem Schwartz’s son Lem Schwartz, managing editor of Tarentum Valley Daily News, dies.
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Cleveland Ten
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Ohio
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Lamb
Russell
Morton Brown
Powell
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Brown
Fitzpatrick
Lowell Watson
Olathe, Kan
Sharfman
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Tarentum
Elizabeth
Clemens Schwartz
Illeas
Lem Schwartz
Tarentum Valley
Worker Killed In Fall At Area Dam
A U S Army Corps engineer, 45, McPhillips of Pittsburgh, died from a skull fracture and cerebral hemorrhage after falling from a catwalk at a flood control survey unit near Kane nine miles south of Kane along the West Branch of the Clarion River. Coroner Elmer Beatty ruled death accidental and ordered an inquest. Also at the scene, Thomas D. Greenwy, 68, from Pittsburgh, aided in winterizing work on the same unit amid severe wind and rain squalls near the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge in Wilcox. McPhillips died at the Kane Community Hospital after being transported there following the 9 p.m. accident.
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McPhillips
Bellevue
Pittsbangt
Thomas D. Greenwy
Pitts
U.S. Army Engineering, Corps
Pitsburgh
Wilcox
Fleming's Home Town Rallies Behind Korea Case Appeal
In Racine Wisconsin residents mobilize to back Lt Col Harry Fleming as he appeals his conviction of collaborating with Communist captors in Korea. Fleming, convicted Wednesday at Ft Sheridan, has been ordered discharged from the Army and must forfeit pay and allowances.
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Racine
Wis
Harry Fleming
Korea
Fleming
Ft. Sheridan, AL
Await Report On Boating Fatality In Erie County
Guard report on the boating fatality near Erie will be submitted to Warren W. Wood within a week. Lt. Commander J. Murray said report completion hinges on witnesses living in Pittsburgh. The Hout collision killed 56 year old Robert V. Stark of Verona Pennsylvania, after the J G twin struck his small outboard. Stark and his wife were knocked into the water, but bystanders helped her ashore.
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Erie County
Warren W. Wood
J. Murray
Buffalo
Coast Guard
Pittsburgh
Robert V. Stark
Verona
Stark
Erie Council Sets Sights on Firemen Pay Bid
Erie councilmen plan to reject a pay raise demand from firemen amid election-year tax concerns. Finance spokesmen say new revenue is needed for all wage hikes, while police and fire groups weigh fringe benefits and court-time compensation.
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Erie Council
Erie
Finance Department
Unclear Bid for Higher Wages Emphasized by Union Spokesman
A union spokesman stated a demand for a further pay hike to meet living costs. He said the appeals should not depend on whether an election is scheduled, stressing the need for timely wage relief.
CBS Executive Edward Kaluber Dies at 67
Edward Kaluber, 67, longtime CBS executive and former NY newspaper and advertising man, served as associate director of the U.S. Office of War Information 1943 45, and died yesterday in New York after a distinguished career in broadcasting and public service.
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New York
Edward Kaluber
Columbia Broadcasting System
U. S. Office of War Information
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