Fragmented Local Notice Points To Public Sale
A damaged newspaper notice provides partial readable details about a local sale action. It mentions a public sale and local officials but lacks complete names, dates, or places to confirm specifics.
16 Apr 1959
Page 1
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1959
Page
1
A damaged newspaper notice provides partial readable details about a local sale action. It mentions a public sale and local officials but lacks complete names, dates, or places to confirm specifics.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a discussion involving Dulles and a numeric reference 2481. Mentions of eras and decisions suggest a local town matter or conference. No clear events, dates, or named organizations emerge from the readable fragments.
3 3 John Freno and Marlow Johnson serve as club co presidents and chorus director respectively. The Home Economics department furnishes refreshments for out of town guests on arrival and the cafeteria will be open Saturday afternoon.
Defense personnel will take part in tomorrow morning's pre attack phase of spring CD exercises. Local residents are asked to take cover at the short siren. CD personnel will man the siren and spotters will monitor if citizens take cover. Traffic will not be stopped except near the center of town where shelter is needed. Shelter may be any store or business building. No CD action tomorrow, but a full spring exercise will mobilize local personnel and equipment. Schools are expected to participate and take cover when the short last sound ends. All TV and radio stations will go off air at 11:30 for 30 minutes, signaling the alert. About 1,200 stations will resume on Civil Defense frequencies 640 and 1240. The exercise begins with three long blasts for radio instructions, a short blast signals to listen for cover, and a long blast ends the alert with instructions. (Continued on Page Eight)
Washington dispatch notes John Foster Dulles drew praise and sharp critique during six years as secretary of state. The piece details his vast workload, 46 foreign visits, and impact on free world policy amid his battle with cancer as his successor faces a tough transition.
Bert Thompson, 84, of Commerce Oklahoma, was seriously injured when he lost control of his motor scooter and overturned in Miami Oklahoma.
A mixed chorus from 47 northwestern Pennsylvania schools joins forces for two concerts in Corry under the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Twenty-nine Corry Area High School musicians perform pieces from religious to spiritual works and Rodgers Oklahoma. Thomas Mowrey will accompany the chorus as hosts greet attendees Friday and Saturday evenings.
City firemen fought three blazes within hours, including trash fires at 294 Mound Street and Random Road near the Country Club. Two workers sustained minor injuries while extinguishing flames as Chief Downey urged caution in burning paper and leaves amid dry conditions. Spies sentenced in Moscow report closes the section.
Fidel Castro lands in Washington for a two week tour aimed at promoting Cuba among Americans and Canadians. He receives a noisy reception, hugs supporters at the Cuban Embassy, and signals the economy will be a priority on the trip with top economic figures accompanying him.
Sprenz Awaiting Hearing In Texas Jail. Text describes a messy, partially garbled AP summary with names like Herter Sprenz Wrank Vo HUT and events involving a bank robbery, a jailbreak, and a plane crash linked to a man named Spreng.
Connie Nicholas, 45, was convicted in Indianapolis of voluntary manslaughter in the slaying of her married lover. The verdict carries a mandatory two to two and a half year prison term. she will be sentenced later, eligible for parole in 21 months. The jury foreman noted initial indecisiveness with more than 10 ballots before reaching a verdict.
President Eisenhower may delay naming a new secretary of state as he weighs options beyond Christian Herter. Dulles’s resignation for cancer opens a cabinet vacancy, with Herter seen as a leading candidate though the president cautioned he has not endorsed any individual. Decisions could wait until the president studies all possibilities.
Corty and Loramoun school boards approved a summer recreation plan running June 16 to August 15. Supervisors will oversee five playgrounds Fairview Harding Wright Washington Mead Park with hours 9 30 11 30 am and 2 4 pm, except mornings closed first two weeks and July 4 shutdown. Supervisors named include Roberta McElroy Janet Orcutt Judy Meerdink Kathleen Gaye Patty Graham Janet Stroup Toon Kauer Evelene Hassett at $1.50 hourly totaling 1710. Additional activities include youth baseball and softball across multiple fields with various supervisors and costs.
AKRON reports the United Rubber Workers strike two more major firms BF Goodrich and Firestone Tire and Rubber Co after negotiation deadlock on a new contract. More than 150,000 workers affected as talks in Cleveland and Canton fail to resolve pensions health benefits and other non wage issues while Goodyear and US Rubber face ongoing action.
A large donation of baked potatoes from Gallant Brothers Edin hora growers is stored in the Salvation Army basement on West Washington Street. The pile measures 10 feet by 4 feet, ready for distribution starting tomorrow morning at 8, with 20 pounds allocated per family on public assistance. recipients should bring their own containers. Lt. Richard Dean noted the drive will serve 00 families.
The iron lung from Erie was stored there for years and has been returned to Corry Memorial Hospital. At last night’s board meeting, directors discussed other matters including heating system delays due to a valve plant strike. Administrator Edgar Alexander plans to attend a Mid Atlantic Assembly meeting in Atlantic City in May. Directors approved a junior bed and 12 bedside stools. March patient activity totaled 305 admissions for 1,588 days. there were 5 births, 11 deaths, 43 major and 72 minor operations. Directors present were Dinger Histon Fuller Pain Sample Sill Skattery Spitzer and Young.
Four dynamite sticks found in an overnight bag at the downtown Queen's Hotel in Montreal. About two hours later a blast destroyed a building, killing a man identified as Guy Charbonneau of St Lin, Quebec, and injuring two others. Detectives classify the death as self-inflicted.
Four hijackers forced a Cuban airliner to divert to Miami after boarding in Havana. All passengers remained unharmed. Hijackers, three brothers, claimed Batista secret police ties and demanded the pilot fly to Miami under gunpoint. Cuban pilot and crew remained under guard during the 225 mile hop.
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