Legion Post Commander Shot Dead in Pennsylvania
James Volk, 69, of Gallitzin, Cambria County, was found shot to death Monday behind the bar at the American Legion Post where he served as commander and night watchman. Police reported two gunshot wounds, no sign of struggle, and money in the cash register. The county coroner ruled homicide and an autopsy was ordered.
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Gallitzin, Pa
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James Volk
Cambria County
American Legion
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
Man sues restaurant over caustic pudding injury
A Lancaster County man, Richard Bish of Columbia, sues Downingtown Inn in Chester County Court for more than 10,000 alleging contaminated rice pudding burned his lips mouth and digestive tract last October. He has spent 1,154 on medical treatment and suffers pain mental anguish and possible nerve damage. The suit names the restaurant and accuses it of serving caustic pudding.
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West Chester, Pa
UPI
Lancaster County
Chester County
Chester County Court
Richard Bish
Columbia
Downingtown Inn
Downingtown
Bish
Barry L. Weiser
Philadelphia
Man Dies in Mine Mishap at Helvatia Coal Co
David Rudolph 26 of Homer City died from a fractured skull after his head was caught between a shuttle mining car and the mine roof at Helvatia Coal Co No 9 Portal near Clarksburg Indiana County. He died on arrival at Indiana Hospital at 6 30 p.m. The accident is under investigation by company state and union officials.
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Clarksburg
UPI
David Rudolph
Homer City
Indiana County
Indiana Hospital
Rudolph
Helvatia Coal Co
Man to get new hearing in Philadelphia robbery case
Pennsylvania Superior Court orders a new hearing for Alfred Dill after he was not given a preliminary hearing on one of two robbery counts. Dill was convicted of a 1975 gunpoint robbery of a Tech Hi Fi store in Philadelphia. The decision, 2-1, caused dissent over court backlogs.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Pennsylvania Superior Court
Alfred Dill
Dill
Richard B. Wickersham
Wickersham
Ambulance and Truck Collide Near Boswell Pa Injures Man
A tractor-trailer carrying coal tar dye and iron dust collided with an ambulance at US Routes 219 and 30 near Boswell Somerset County. One person was injured, chemicals spilled into a stream feeding Quemahoning Dam. An ambulance crew member remained in fair condition at Somerset Community Hospital.
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Boswell
UPI
Somerset County
Quemahoning
William Snyder
Friedens
Somerset Community Hospital
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