Corry News Briefs Include Open House and Local Incidents
The Corry area reports the Meadville Area Senior High School opened with a dedication ceremony led by Dr Ralph Swan attended by thousands. Gas drilling begins on Far ley Pieree property with 5000 acres lease in Springfield. Peggy Fox rode Little Tex to multiple wins at the Trail Riders Saddle Club event in Hydetown. Police tracked outages from curbside fireworks at Corry Country Club and investigated a deer collision on Route 277 near Townville.
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Meadville Area
Dedi- Sant Geremonies
Ralph C. Swan
Pubwes
Cne
Great Lakes Natural Gas Co
Peggy Fox
Little Tex
Trail Riders Saddle Club
Hydetown
Columbus
Frost, fires, and jail break anchor Crawford County news
Firefighters responded to false alarms on ILA Saturday night. Unlawful acts threaten repeat arson as weather turns frosty. Ninety eight oil and gas leases covering 10 098 acres were filed in Meadville for Sun Oil Co. rights across several townships. First fall killing frost hits Corry area with 32 degrees. Three men, Harold Barnes Leonard Baylard and Wilson Cassie, escaped Cambridge Springs jail by breaking a pad lock and were recaptured nearby. held on car theft and prison breach charges.
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Crawford County
Corry
Cambridge Springs
Harold Barnes
Wilson Cassie
Leonard Baylard
Buffalo
Albert Hudson
Meadville
Ronald Swartwood
Daniel O'Shurak
Cassie
Baylard
Barnes
Crash Kills One One Injured on Route 66 Westmoreland
A single car crash on Route 66 near Oklahoma in Westmoreland County killed Robert Kopnitksy age 27 of Trafford and injured Lawrence McCoy 26 of Trafford. State Police identified the victims and McCoy was taken to Citizens General Hospital in New Kensington for treatment.
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AwBing
Saaud
Westmoreland County
Route 66
Oklahoma
Robert Kopnitksy
Trafford
Lawrence McCoy
Citizens General Hospital
New Kensington
Guinea Votes No Confidence in New French Constitution
Guinea rejects the proposed constitution in a landslide with 973,470 against and 15,551 for the measure. Premier Sukou Toure leads opposition and signs a communique signaling a shift away from French governance and revised state responsibilities. French Guinea borders Liberia and the Ivory Coast. Population about 2.5 million with limited European presence.
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Yeatar
Africa
Guinea
Sukou Toure
Snukry
Jean Risterucel
de Gaulle
Tte
Schouw Toure
Dr Lawrence Schrock and wife found dead in Rockwood home
The Somerset County coroner ruled the deaths of Dr Lawrence Schrock and his wife Pearl as murder suicide by the dentist using a .22 rifle. Authorities found the couple in their locked Rockwood residence after Mrs Schrock, a nurse at Samerget State Hospital, failed to report to work for days. The coroner noted Schrock had been in poor health and working only part time.
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Commemons
Raney
Lawrence Schrock
Pearl
Robert Halverson
Somerset County
Haverson
Rockwood
Schrock
Move Toward Private Schools Continued from Page One
Raney head of the private school group cites an NAACP move. Two judges of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the NAACP petition led by Wiley Bran ton seeking to stop transfers of school property without court approval. A School Board source says the board may delay leasing facilities unless an order is issued, while noting readiness to comply with Saturday’s referendum favoring segregation.
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Raney
NAACP
Omaha
Circuit Court of Appeals
Wiley Bran
Ton
Pine Bluff
Arle
Recall drive targets four Little Rock school board members
Mrs. Margaret Jackson the Central High Mothers League president said she would file a recall petition today against four school board members while Dr. Dale Alford remains a noted segregationist. Television classes continue for about 3000 idled students after Faubus closed schools Sept 15. The Supreme Court plans a formal opinion on its Sept 12 desegregation order. A private school opening faces no opposition as Rev Wade Wright Ebert starts classes for 28 students at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.
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Margaret Jackson
Central High Mothers League
Dale Alford
Orval E. Faubus
Little Rock
Washington, D. C
U. S. Supreme Court
Wade Wright Eebert
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Obituary Notice for Neil J. Peck of Spartansburg
Neil J. Peck 51 of Rebyn Spartangabure died suddenly yesterday morning at the local moral Hospital where admitted Friday. Born August 15 1907 in Sparta Township he married Evelyn Bates July 30 1943 and survives with eight grandchildren three brothers and two sisters and several children and stepchildren. Funeral arrangements include 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 pm visits at Torrey and Hays Spartansboro with service at 2 pm Wednesday conducted by Rev. Alvin Rhodes interment East Branch Cemetery.
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Neil J. Peck
Rebyn
Spartagabure
Moral Hospital
Sparta Township
Joseph
Mae Day Peck
Edith Chippo
Long Beach
Cullf
Leon Peck
Polk
Barbara Jean
Paul Gregory
Kyle Eugene Aind
Richard Lee Peck
Clifford Hober
Adeline
Tex
Mia
Virginia Bunce
Clymer
Morgan Peck
Gibsonia
Harry
Lewis Peck
R. D
Spartansburg
Skeleton identified as 1938 Greene County man who died by self
A Uniontown report states the skeletal remains found along a rural road near Uniontown were identified as Dale Walsom of Dilliner Greene County. Police say the death appears self inflicted with a bullet wound and a revolver found nearby. Identification came from dental records.
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Uniontown
Greene County
Dale Walsom
Dilliner
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