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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1958
Page
6
Six defendants appeared before Judges Filmer Evans Samuel Roniler and Curd Kennedy. One man, Arthur T. McConigie, faced sentencing after pleading, while others pled guilty to offenses. The report also notes public indecency charges and local political activity by McConigie ahead of the GOP governor race.
Seoul Korea Captain Marvin E Kemp of Kilmore? Miss was convicted today of assaulting a 14 year old Korean boy. He pleaded guilty to assault and confinement and was fined 200 dollars a month for six months and reprimanded. The sentence will be reviewed automatically.
Arthur J. McGonigle, Republican gubernatorial candidate, condemned Gov. Leader’s 200 million dollar 46 week unemployment program. He urged long range economic planning and industrial recruitment in Pennsylvania, praising Westmoreland County for local efforts while stressing state responsibility. About 95 Republican leaders attended the breakfast and planned tours through Westmoreland, Greene, and Fayette counties.
Police blotter reports three teenagers attempted a grocery store robbery. A gunman named Richard Smith, 16, was wounded in the legs, and James Smith, 16, was shot in the right shoulder. a juvenile suspect listed as 1B is also noted. Grocer John Dennis fired his own pistol, wounding two of the robbers. bullets bounced off his shots during the incident.
Western State Penitentiary inmates resume road sign production starting July 1 after a decade, selling municipal street signs. John Smith, superintendent of production, cites a new five year license tag system for vehicles as enabling the shift, boosting work for inmates and reactivating former state sign work.
Samuel C. Alessi of Jamestown was named a trustee of Jamestown Community College, succeeding Howard A. Johnston. Alessi will serve until April 27, 1967.
Thomas C. Buchanan, 62, a former member of federal and state regulatory agencies, died of a heart ailment at his home in Beaver, Pennsylvania, last night.
Tennessee Congressman Pat Sutton testified in U S District Court that he believed Edward O Lamb formerly of Erie Pennsylvania to be a Communist during the libel suits filed by Lamb against Sutton and two Nashville television officials.
DR Gascoyne of the U S Bureau of Sport Fish and Wildlife outlined the Sugar Lake division of the Erie National Wildlife Refuge to include 6161 acres in Crawford County within Randolph and Wayne townships. The project, costing about 500000, is not imminent for land acquisition this summer and will include wetlands and four major dams. The Sugar Lake division is one of three planned areas. more surveys are ongoing in neighboring counties.
Dr Glyde W Meadows of Chambersburg will keynote the Erie Conference Sunday School Convention at Eisenhower High School Akeley Pa from 10 am to 6 pm Tomorrow over 450 guests expected Morning and afternoon sessions will feature speakers or a forum led by Dr Meadows with nine workshops on Sunday School work The public evening meeting starts at 7 pm Approximately 10 Corry Evangelical United Brethren Church members will attend Sessions Rev Ray Harris reports refuge access for public hunting of migratory waterfowl and area hunting of upland game deer and fishing Rivers funds from federal duck hunting stamps will finance acquisition of land noted as part of the program.
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