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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1956
Page
4
The piece discusses Punch editor Malcolm Muggeridge opposing Prime Minister Eden's invitation to Soviet leaders. It also notes the 1960 Easter Parade telecast facing a blackout due to commercialization, with networks opting to cover church services instead.
Erie attorney Conrad A. Pearson, an early leader of the 1952 Eisenhower support effort, seeks a delegate seat to the Republican National Convention. Pearson, Harvard Law 1943, Marine Corps major, cites broad support for Eisenhower policies and notes the 1958 victory context amid ongoing safety concerns from fatal auto accidents where violations were common.
Tornadic winds struck along the southeast Florida coast injuring several people in Dania and West Hollywood. Moderate to heavy rain drenched Florida Georgia and South Carolina with Miami logging near three inches in 44 hours.
A witness describes a hour long holdup at a barn where gunmen forced spectators to march past bedsheets and dump cash from sheets and a secret wallet. The group was ordered to lie on the barn floor as robbers confiscated wallets rings and about 90000 dollars before blocking the only road out.
Merchants in Corry report Easter sales near peak levels with many forecasting figures matching the 1929 high. About 150 children joined an Easter Egg hunt in City Park, prizes awarded to Merle Ottaway and Shirley Dickenson. Corry Red Cross thanks residents of Corry, Columbus, Elgin and nearby areas for clothing and money donations to flood victims.
The City Commission passed an ordinance for paving West Main Street. G T Kincaid was re elected city solicitor for two years. Mayor and commissioners and city clerks agreed to donate this month’s salaries to the City Band to aid park cov er t costs. Officer William Rust injured in a straw wagon accident. Police report details of a holdup and a barn raid with robberies and cordon around the build ing.
An autopsy attributed the four year old Erie boy Patrick John Hogan's death Monday to an infection. The coroner's office said he was overcome by illness related to his infected condition and a modified quarantine will be observed at the funeral home with no body viewing for children. He is survived by Ralph and Helen Hogan, a brother Walter Vern, and grandparents Josephine Hogan and John Skopow.
Seven people die in two Alaska crashes on a rugged central highlands route. A Cordova Airlines plane splintered 76 miles southwest of Anchorage on a 100 mile Anchorage to Seward flight with six aboard. The other Grumman amphibian wreck near Cordova killed pilot Haakon Christensen and injured others. Authorities said no survivors.
An Allegheny Airlines jet landed safely at Erie Airport after a gear failure prevented retraction after takeoff from Newark en route to Cleveland. The crew circled 34 minutes with fire and rescue crews on standby before a safe landing. Capt Norman Rintoul led the flight with 17 passengers aboard.
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