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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1949
Page
8
Wormleysburg residents form a 17 member committee to oppose the proposed north bridge over the Susquehanna. They seek moving the western anchor away from the borough to avoid demolishing homes. Highspire residents likewise challenge the eastern anchor condemnation plans.
The annual garden days program at Pennsylvania State College opens with a three day extravaganza flower show running through Thursday afternoon. The event features demonstrations on flowering trees and shrub pruning and offers gardening tips and ideas for Christmas from college faculty and Pennsylvania gardeners.
An 11-year-old, among the nation’s youngest safe crackers, confessed daylight theft of $6350 from the George D. Bates grain elevator office in Simla on June 12. He aided by a 9-year-old and an 11-year-old girl. the girl acted as banker. The trio used a broken window entry and bought items with the loot except $14. The boy, son of an elevator employee, watched his father open the safe. The owner noted a weekend spree triggered suspicion. The two boys offered restitution via allowances and selling a horse.
Thomas B. Schronk Jr., 31, of Northeast Philadelphia, was critically injured when his car struck a wooden electric pole after losing control on a sharp S-curve. Police reported he was alone in the vehicle at the time of the crash.
Hollywood designer Ray Driscoll creates an ideal woman by combining ten pulchritudinous actresses into one figure. The result, dubbed the Driscol lovely, stirs interest with his best and worst dressed lists but proving elusive to find the single embodiment.
In Syracuse a truck without license plates was stopped. The driver, Mrs. Margaret Vickery, 20, of Edgar Nebraska, said she had driven the vehicle from California and possessed no operator's license.
Sen. Bridges accused Britain of a quasi military act aiding the Chinese Communists by participating in mine sweeping at the Yangtze mouth to reopen Shanghai shipping channels. He cited dispatches about a Royal Navy petty officer commanding a minesweeper loaned by the British consul general and a U S river pilot aiding the search.
Reports from Washington that Senator Robert F. Wagner may resign by early July drew a noncommittal reply from his son Robert F. Wagner Jr. He said an announcement would come in New York if the resignation occurs and noted his father has been ill and absent for about two weeks.
Arthur Alexander city recreation director told Chief Robert Alex ander that a young boy behaved unruly at a local playground. Parents were summoned to police headquarters and told they must control the boy or face punishment. Alexander said rough behavior will not be allowed at playgrounds.
Police said William Atkinson robbed Taxi Driver George Daraklis in North Philadelphia using a mock pistol and held him for two hours before taking the wheel and crashing the cab. Police arrested him after the crash. Tokyo’s Mt Fuji yama was a volcano until its last major eruption in 1707.
Leighton L. Davis of Harrisburg seeks 53368 in damages from Glenn Miller after a shotgun blast near Newburg Cumberland County left him blinded in one eye and later required removal of the other. He accuses Miller of recklessness and failing to use safety devices, citing personal injuries hospital costs and lost wages.
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