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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1958
Page
2
A dense OCR round up of local items lists names citizens and officials, court appearances and bail figures, business ads and upcoming events from Corry Franklin Erie Meadville and Oil City including new fire chief Fred Button election results James Carlson and Robert Golinitz, legal hearings for Robert Williams and Theodore Livermore, and various restaurant, theater and service notices with dates and local organizations.
A string of brief notices reports on a Christmas season appeal raising 13 600 dollars chaired by Joseph M Cleary. Morton’s Children’s Shop advertises boys sport suits jackets and slacks. Jamestown records February traffic accidents 17 injuries 21 people hurt and 85 property damage cases. Drapery prints offered from 49 cents a yard at McIntyre’s. Elevert schoolboys in Liberty Plaza theft case placed with parents awaiting juvenile court action. one boy 14 led the theft and sold items from 10 others valued at about 200 dollars. F L Baressi advertises beer and sodas with free delivery. Waterford Fort LeBoeuf High School paper The Bisonalities won third in a Pittsburgh meeting among state papers. Easter corsage specials from Mowrey’s Greenhouses. Crawford County Society to provide 20 camperships to Camp Lend-a-Hand near Conneaut Lake. Connie’s Bakery advertises 8-inch Easter bakes at 99 cents.
Waterford native Paul W Donnel was named editor manager of the Waterford Leads er this week. He will oversee news advertising and circulation. Other notes include Jack Miller's Barber Shop at 38 West Main Street staying open regular hours under Wallace Sickler. Easter plants offered by Mowrey's Greenhouses.
New York composer Cole Porter 64, in excellent condition at Harkness Pavilion Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center after yesterday’s leg amputation for chronic osteomyelitis. Porter had suffered bone disease since a 1987 horse fall.
Herbert P. Stellwagen, executive VP of the Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America, said Pennsylvania auto casualty insurance rates may rise by June. It would be the second increase in recent months as rates spread eastward from the Pacific Coast. Higher claim costs and damages awards are driving the hikes.
Miles Pleasant LaCaze 33 and Elsie Dombrowski 27 surrendered to Joplin police and agreed to return to Cleveland after being sought in the murder of elderly landlady Mrs Jolan Nagy. They denied knowledge of the crime and faced first degree murder warrants in Cleveland. Nagy’s body was found in a basement. both suspects had been tenants of the victim.
Robert L. Kees age 29 of Minersville Pa was sentenced to one to two years in prison for taking part in a Concord home invasion in which he and two other escapees forced their way inside and held a couple hostage for three hours.
Harrisburg attorneys for two men convicted of conspiring to cheat the Highways Department of $20,000 in Lancaster County cinder sales indicated today they would appeal the verdicts. Victor Prep, Frackville contractor, and Philip J. Price, Columbia, former highways superintendent in Lancaster County, were convicted of conspiracy yesterday by an eight woman, four man Dauphin County jury. Prep was convicted of 14 counts of false pretenses but Price was acquitted of the same counts. Trial judge Homer L. Kreider gave defense until Monday to file motions for a new trial. Both indicated they would appeal within the set time. The Commonwealth accused the men of using faked weight slips to bill the department for $10,000 worth of cinders never delivered. Both maintained innocence as the trial began last week. The jury deliberated over four hours before the verdicts. Conviction of conspiracy carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a $500 fine, or both. False pretense convictions carry a maximum of five years.
State Police release shows March auto incidents totaled 16 with 88 dollars in other items recovered. No fatal accidents this year but two deaths recorded in November. Corry bureau troopers logged 14,170 miles over 13 patrols, 11 criminal investigations with 8 arrests, 56 general calls, and no vehicles reported stolen. One man received a one to two year sentence for conspiracy with an appeal filed to the State Superior Court.
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