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Allentown and Nearby Tragedies Highlight Odd Ball News
A Lehigh County jury awarded Charles Sevhrei 252.50 after he beat his brother John over a cider debt on a porch. In Shillington a comedian, 29, William F. Bittine, died on stage during a Keystone Fire Hall performance. In Red Lion, John T. Flinchbaugh, 45, survived self-inflicted wounds with a hat and knife amid nervous strain. A Maryland marriage case saw 15-year-old Mion W. Shockey wed 16-year-old Pauline M. Rook with parental consent. Downingtown saw a fatal Waco aircraft crash killing pilot Carman Van Teer, 27, and two passengers Norman Domnelly and Robert Sanford. Harrisburg notes Henry Snyder, York, pardoned after 22 years of life sentence for murder. Snyder has long claimed innocence.
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Allentown
Charles Sevhrei
John
Lehigh County
Downingtown
Waco
Lincoln Highway
Here
Carman van Teer
Glen Lorh
Chester County
Herbert Ford
Coatesville
Norman Domnelly
West Chester
Robert Sanford
Frazer
Harrisburg
Henry Snyder
York
State Pardon Board
Snyder
Mary