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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1948
Page
7
The four month total of highway deaths reaches 433 in 1948, down 32 from 1947 and 6.9 percent lower. Pedestrian deaths for January to April are 35 fewer than last year, a 14.4 percent drop. Madame Irene Beaujeu moved from Paris to London by air with household goods costing $860.
The article notes registration is light with about 10 percent of expected totals and only two and a half months remain before voter books close. It urges Americans to exercise their franchise despite the slow turnout.
A list of marriage applications and transfers in the New Castle and surrounding townships. Names include Alfred H Mellor and R D New Castle. Virginia L Opra at 1014 South Jefferson New Castle. Erwin L Campbell R D 2 Ellwood City. and others with addresses in Ellport New Castle and Union township. Several transfers show property relations with spouses and nominal sums.
Twenty people have died in the man made Pymatuming Lake, a large water body north of Lawrence county, with the latest victim William R. Kahl of Andover found after a two day search. The lake’s calm surface can turn choppy during storms, affecting fishermen and prompting delayed recoveries.
The navy recruiting station reports three area men have enlisted. Richard J. Murphy 317 Fairmont avenue Wesley JF Wheale 409 Electric street and Mont E Smith RD 3 Walmo. Smith selects driver in construction battalion Murphy drafts man in construction battalion. They report to Great Lakes Naval Training Center for recruit training.
Bernard Sanger of Edenburg has been ill and moved to the home of her daughter Mrs. Bessie Vesco in Ellwood City. Also noted are brief social items on Joseph Park Sr at a Cleveland ball game and others visiting relatives, plus a report on veterans payments in Harrisburg totaling $716,207 in 36,014 checks for the week ending June 11, 1948. Saccharin described as much sweeter than cane or beet sugar.
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