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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1955
Page
6
With woodlands extremely dry forest fire wardens urge visitors to be cautious. Fire reports came from Warren Crawford county district yesterday amid minimal rainfall since the March blizzard. A Coy inspector noted only .005 inches of rain.
Violent anti strike actions hit three states as Southern Bell exchanges were battered and closed. A mob damaged a door in Clinton Tennessee, 300 people faced arrests in Birmingham Alabama, and acid blinded a police officer in E. Elam. Twenty two strikers were dismissed and several exchanges were forced to shut down amid ongoing CIO Communications Workers strike.
Easter services draw large crowds across Corry with sunrise and morning worships packed. Motorists flood the highways as statewide travel rises. five traffic deaths reported. In New York, the NYC Central Railroad posts a net income of 13.67 million for the year ending December, with 212 cents per share, amid a revenue drop to 785.15 million.
A Cornwall woman Miss Anna Christick, 40, was killed when her car struck a tree and plunged over an embankment east of Colebrook in Lebanon County. Passenger Henry Spancake, 28, was seriously injured. State Policeman Paul F. Miller identified the deceased and injured.
A 46 year old housewife, Myrtle Louise Kinta of Shaler Township, shot herself and her 10 year old son Robert on Easter morning. She died at St. Francis General Hospital about 12 hours later. Robert was listed in critical condition. Husband Robert, 50, said he heard two gunshots in the basement garage as he worked. Mrs Kinta had been under medical care for a nervous disorder and recently had been a patient at Suburban General Hospital Bellevue.
President Eisenhower leaves by plane tomorrow for a work vacation in Augusta Georgia with a stop in Charleston South Carolina. He will be met at Charleston by General Mark W. Clark head of The Citadel Military School and South Carolina officials.
Gov. George M. Leader outlines creation of a state Planning Board with broad powers to monitor economic trends and plan for the future. The board will be separated from the Commerce Department under a new law signed Saturday, with a $35,700,000 employment program and a 20.1 million dollar revolving fund to attract industry to distressed areas. The plan, submitted as Bill No. 1 by Rep. Albert S. Readinger, can take effect in 30 days unless blocked by both houses, and faces court interpretation of several provisions.
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