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2 pairs for $1.79 Values to $1.98 pr. 3 pain for 29c Department Store With Free Parking Assault Charge Dropped Local Patrolman Cleared in Case After Lengthy Hearing Is Held A three-hour-long preliminary hearing was held last night before Alderman WUllan Preston on an assault and battery charge filec against a Titusville police officer Following the lengthy which seemed, at times, more like a court trial than a charge against Patrolman George W. Kuhn Jr. was dropped. The charge had been filed by John Clifton Crawford, 22, of Town ville, RD 1.

following an altercation on Wednesday night, Jan. 21, in the Titusville Eagles Club. Meadville Atty. Stuart A. Cul bertsbn represented Mr.

Kuhn Counsel for Mr. Crawford was Atty Richard C. Thomas, also of Mead ville. At the close of the hearing, Al derman Preston indicated that the case would be bound over to the May term of Quarter Sessions Court. However, he agreed to re serve his decision for five days to allow Attorney Culbertson to pre sent a brief citing other cases to substantiate some of defense counsel's arguments.

Act on Counter-Charge At this time, Atty. Culbertson and Mr. Kuhn asked the alderman to draw up a counter-charge of assault and battery against Mr. 'rawford. After the hearing had ended, a relative of Mr.

Crawford's sug- jested the matter be settled that light. The lawyers and their clients conferred'. Fifteen minutes at 10:45 p.m.—it was agreed to drop the charge against the officer and his charge against Mr. Craw- iord was not drawn up. The argument resulting in the filing of the assault and battery charge occurred during a poker game in which Mr.

Kuhn was a jarticipant. The prosecution contended that Mr. Kuhn had struck Mr. Craword in the mouth with his fist while the latter was watching the card game. Say He Told on The defense's argument was that the Townville district man had provoked the off-duty police officer saying aloud several times ivhat cards Mr.

Kuhn had.in his hand. It further contended that Mr. Kuhn "pushed" Mr. Crawford but did not strike htm with his 1st. Mr.

Crawford allegedly suffered a small cut on his lip hi the fra- He could not say for certain Mr, Kuhn hit him with his fist, ut two witnesses for the prosecu- ion, his brother, George Crawford, nd Frank R. Armstrong, said they aw Mr. Kuhn grab John by the hirt with his left hand and hit him i the mouth with his right. The defense counsel pointed out, lowever, that Mr. Kuhn was left- handed.

Mr. Kuhn, Who himself took the witness stand, said that Crawford lunged at him, with his iead down, and that he raised him up with his hands. Three witnesses for the defense, all of whom were participants in he card game at the time, testi- ied that they did not see Mr. Kuhn trike Mr. Crawford but admitted hat he did push the young man between 10 and 20 feet.

Mr. Craword did not strike Mr. Kuhn either, the witnesses said. The witnesses to the fracas who for the defense were Max Steinberg and R. Ottaway, both Titusville, and Harold Hunting- on of Tidioute, RD 1.

John Crawford did not deny on the stand that he was calling out Continued on Page Seven Local Men Admit Five Holdups in California Area LO6 ANGELES (AP) Police report that two Titusville, men have admitted holding up five taxlcab drivers in southern California recently. Officers said both men gave statements Monday. They are Herbert W. Lewis, 21, and Jon J. Mullane, 36, being held on suspicion of robbery.

Mullane Is known in Titusville under- his alias of Lareau. Officers said both men gave statements acknowledging the in Los Angeles, one in suburban Inglewood and the fifth at Bakersfield, Calif. WomanFound Dead in Her Erie Home Mrs. Fern O. Shurwin, 45, of 3715 Tuttle Erie, was found dead in her home Monday afternoon from a gunshot wound.

She had been despondent and in ill health for quite a long time. The wife of Oscar L. Shurwin, she had made- her home in Erie for the past 21 years. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

C. V. Pierce of Sanford, she was a former member of the Sanford Evangelical United Brethren Church. Her parents, who had been in Florida, flew home yesterday. Besides her husband and parents, Mrs.

Shurwin leaves a daughter, Mrs. Edward Wisniewski of Baltimore, a son, Donald L. Shurwin of Erie, and five grandchildren. Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Lois Moravek of Corry, Mrs.

Betty Danielson and Miss Leila Pierce of Sanford, and two brothers, Norman B. Pierce of Warren and William Pierce of State College. Friends may call at the Russell Schmidt Funeral Home hi Erie from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p. m. today and attend the funeral service at 2 p.

m. Thursday in the Sanford EUB Church. Rev. Rexford Me- een, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in the Sanford Ceme- Driver's Foot Slips and Car Slams Into Tree A car slammed into a tree in a 'reak accident near the corner of West Spruce and North First streets shortly after 8 a.

m. yes- A 1958 Chevrolet sedan, owned and operated by Mrs. Edith Atwater of 418 N. Martin was proceeding west on Spruce Street vtien the driver stopped her car to he street. The Titusville woman, who es third grade at the Hydetown Elementary School, reportedly aent over to pick up some crayons that had slipped off the front seat when her foot apparently stepped down on the accelerator.

The car traveled forward, went up over the curb in front of 506 W. Spruce St. and struck a large tree between the sidewalk and the curb. The right front end of Mrs. Atwater's Chevrolet was extensively damaged.

The auto was towed to Lee Coates Son garage. The driver was on her way to when the accident occurred. She escaped injury in the crash. Man Loses $10 Bill It cost C. L.

Ghering of 410 W. Walnut St. a total of $10.10 to park lis car on North Franklin Street yesterday. Mr. Ghering said he apparently lost a $10 bill from his watch pocket in front of the Quali- Band Shell Sought for Centennial To Ask Gty, County To Build Permanent Unit With Dressing And Rest Rooms The city of Titusville and Crawford County will be asked to build a permanent band shell in Titusville as their contribution to the Oil Centennial.

Directors of the celebration made this announcement following a meeting Monday. Many musical events are scheduled during oil's 100th anniversary celebration and an adequate outdoor setting is needed for their presentation, a spokesman said. Rather than erect a temporary structure, Centennial officials would prefer one that would serve the city after 1959 has passed into The shell should consist of a stage with an acoustical back ground, with dressing room and toilet facilities underneath. When not ia use, the rest room, of the shell could serve the public Such facilities are always neces sary when crowds congregate They were provided during the 75tl anniversary in a Titusville note which has since been torn down. The location of a band shell ha.

not been determined, although the west end of Scheide Park is the preferred site. Engineers who spe cialize hi sound would be called in to make a site study if the Centen nial gets the go-ahead from citj and county. Any location whicl permits sound to echo back from nearby buildings would not be ac ceptable. A meeting between the Citj Council and the commissioners is expected soon. Local Woman Threatens City Workers If the stream clearance present being done in Oil Creek is to continue, it looks as though the Dulldozer operators may have to start carrying for protection One woman who owns property on the north side of the creek ihreatened Monday to shoot any bulldozer operator that dared to move some of the gravel from her property on the north side to the south side of Oil Creek.

The woman was seen standing along the bank, gun in.hand. She reportedly threatened to shoot two jolice officers who were sent to he scene and some neighbors i tried to interfere. High water Monday night caused he men to pull out the three pieces of equipment working in the creek None of them were worked yesterday. A surely of the peace charge may be brought against the woman. Missing Boy Found Roger Staub, six-year-old son of Mr.

and Mrs. Homer Staub of the Trout Run Road (Titusville, RD 3) was the object of a brief search ate yesterday afternoon when he failed to return home from school The youngster, a first grader at the South Side School, got home about 5 p. 20 minutes after his parents called in city police to assist in looking for the boy. Roger said he decided to go with some other boys to the downtown district after school instead of rid- uig home on the school bus. Banks, Postoffice Open on Feb.

12 Officers of Second National Bank, the Titusville Trust Company and the Citizens Bank of Pleasantville said yesterday the banks will be open on Thursday, Lincoln's birthday. The Titusville postoffice will also be open at Its usual hours that day. ty Master Market at 101 N. Frankin St. while pulling out some change for the parking meter.

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m. showed the water had dropped to 5.5 feet and it was down to 5.2 at 1 a. m. Flood stage is 7 feet. The mercury tumbled from a record high of 58 degrees yesterday to 29 at 12:40 a.

m. today. Snow covered the ground shortly after midnight as winter sent its usual calling card. The cold weather put a halt to further flooding after Oil Creek had gone over its banks at several places. The forecast today is for cloudy, windy and cold with snow flurries and heavy snow squalls in the north portion.

The high will be 22-30. Thursday is scheduled to be sunny and warmer, with high of 2635. 1.85 Inches of Bain Falls A steady downpour which totaled 1.85 inches, or nearly two inches, from Monday night to about noon yesterday accounted for the sudden rise of vicinity creeks. Low-lying sections of Oil Creek valley were flooded even though the flood stage was not reached in Titusodlle. Several roads had water over them, including the Kerr Hill Mill road connecting Routes 27 and 8 and the Mystic Park road.

Heavy ice floes floating downstream caused the water to back up several times in the Mystic Park area When temporary jams occurred. Because that road and several others had some water on them, students from the Tryonville vicinity were dismissed from school at Townville about 1 p. m. so the buses could haul them to their homes before more flooding occurred. The.

Drake Well Memorial Park was without water again yesterday. A temporary water line laid to the park by the city water department following- the flood three weeks ago was washed out again when Oil Creek rose. Homes Are Surrounded Several homes in the west end of town, hi the Garden Street vicinity, had water around them when a sluice under the railroad tracks failed to carry the flow from a stream fast enough. Water was reported in numerous cellars in Titusville during the heavy downpour. Old ice was mostly washed away from district roads, but the road from.the Fisher Young sawmill to the Henderson school was impassable because of the ice.

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