New York Teen Drivers Face New Auto Insurance Rules
Corry Evening Journal reports on New York state moving to require liability insurance for most teen drivers after July 1. The law targets hot rodding youth, cites rising accidents, and contrasts with Massachusetts mandates. It notes exemptions for under 21 drivers using non owned cars, a driving course requirement for 17 year olds, and bans on TV receivers in vehicles on state highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAV
New York State
New York
Massachusetts
Twenty Years Ago In Corry Journal Clippings
Excerpts from Journal files dated April 21 1931 report Willard and Ernest Brockmann setting out on a novel boat trip toward the Gulf of Mexico from East Main Street. A skeleton found two feet under a mound in the Squire gravel pit stirs burial ground speculation. A major fire gutted a ten story block housing Corry Auto Supply with losses estimated at fifteen thousand dollars. Ted Luter of Youngstown plans to return to Northwestern Pennsylvania as a golf pro. Robert Long to open a meal market in the former Bracken brothers building on First Avenue amid remodeling activity.
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Willard
Ernest Brockmann
H. A. Brockmann
East Main Street
Gulf of Mexico
Brokenstraw
Elderkin Farm
Ust
Squire Gravel Pit
Third Ward
Robert Long
Bracken Broth
First Avenue
Citizen Voices School Choice Debate Sparks City Hearing
A reader letter voices concern over district control of school choice, urging local boards to let residents vote on the authority to select schools. The writer questions potential outcomes and cites fear of upheaval if combined with compulsory attendance and district splits.
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Vorry
Dustrick
Boars
Riths
Aujerin- Uniden
Wll “Ruin” Shivir
Rafuen
Ilette
Abe Tartiml
Thie
Faite
Babson Sees Permanent Prosperity Through Armament Plan
Babson argues a permanent wartime armament program could stabilize business, employment, and investments. It would train personnel for war industries, provide steady jobs, and keep money flowing to retailers, with rails and manufacturing tied to constant cycles of production and scrap. He cites Detroit to Pittsburgh rail traffic as a model and warns labor unions fear future downturns. the plan risks socialism if profits are not controlled.
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Detroit
Pittsburgh
Anvestors
Sch
Toelso
Tsao Newton
Carters Ln
Services Friday for C. W. Doolittle
Funeral service for C W Doolittle was held at Davison Funeral Home with Rev Paul F Bauer officiating. Bearers included Fred Barton Laverne Bowles Ralph Vanderhof and others. Interment in Pine Grove Cemetery. Attendees ranged from local relatives to distant friends and neighbors. Mohammed died and was buried at Medina.
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Wi. W. Doolittle
Davison Funeral Home
Paul F. Bauer
Fred Barton
Laverne Bowles
Ralph Vanderhof
Richard’ Fox
Robert Fleming
Bruce Tisworth
Pine Grove Cemetery
Merrill W. Doolittle
Thibodaux
David Roberts
David
Ann
Mars
B. Anderson
Mennville
Arthur Harwood
D. B. Chaffee
Wattsburg
L. B. Prather
Etta Chaffee
North East
N. L. Field
Harborcreek
Pauline Alegler
Eric
Time for Tapioca a Novel in Java Adventure
A brief review of Time for Tapioca by Chitolle Stryker praises its lighthearted tale of a Pennsylvania family’s expedition to Java to harvest tapioca for glue. The humorous misadventures unfold when Dad Stryker leads the trip, with the family’s venture shaping a witty, growing series of events.
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Jerry Public Library
Chitolle Stryker
Java
Dad Stryker
Pennsylvania
Stryker
Pennies for fuses blamed for blaze
Erie fire at 440 East 13th street driven by pennies used to replace burned out fuses. Loss estimated at 700 dollars. Mrs Jesse Richmond, 22, discovered smoke and woke Bernice Phillips and her two children, guiding them to safety. Address mix up briefly delayed fire trucks. overheated wires sparked flames. Property owner Georgia Richmond away at a beauty parlor. ten boarders in the building.
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Erie
East 13Th Street
Shorty
Mrrs
Jesse Richmond
Richmond San
Bernice Phillips
Barbara
Ronald
East 11Th Street
Toxas
Georgia Richmond
Richmond
Ichmond
Roaming News Amid School News and Local Notes
A scatter of local items covers a wrecked Goldsmobile near City Hospital with 61 miles shown, Norwestern Pennsylvanian teachers join the 1951-52 Northwestern College Social Studies executive board, a Meyer Memorial nursing student makes the Buffalo dean’s list, and concerns over fraternal clubs and gambling follow Erie county trends. Other notes include G.C. Murphy’s accident-free record, GIs at Indiantown Gap basic training, Pennsylvania investors payments, Rotary minstrel profits, FBI agent Willard Brockmann, a Korean War update on Cpl. Jack Armitage, a deer head mount by Charles Costello, adoption news, Capt. Warren Miller’s West Berlin impressions, a portable blood processing machine demo for Red Cross, and trips and concerts from Corry students and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotry Hospital
Ann Baresi
Concord School
Northwestern Pennsylvania
Northwestern Golinell
Groun
Edinboro State Teachers College
Mary Low Hammond
Corry
R. D
Meyer Memorial Hospital
University of Buffalo School of Nursing
Grfe County
Cuny
Nyer
Crawford County
Venango County
Erie County
G. C. Murphy Co
Department of Labor and Industry
Henry M. Pondel
Columbus
Herbert Gustafson
Pittsfield
Indiantown Gap Milijisty
Pennsylvania
Investors Syndicates
Commonwealth
Japan
Tokyo Army Base
Point Deer
Bill Shamburg
Charles Costello
Gon~ Jeoth Street
Tryin Downs
Shane
Merle Way Gise
James Lloyd
Warren Miller
Army Medical Corps
Marburg
Germany
Iron Curtain
West Berlin
Frederick Miller
Concord Street
Red Cross Blood Bank
Bracken to retire as Oil City office manager at Bache and Go
Bracken, a long serving Oil City office manager for Bache and Go, will retire after decades of service dating to 1928 following his father's death. Local veterans are reminded of imminent GI insurance policy deadlines under Truman’s plan, while a new long distance signal toll is used northwestern Pennsylvania to alert subscribers. Rumors of three local business changes surface on North Center street as two may fold or relocate. A maple tree grows from debris clogging a homeowner’s eaves troughs, and Corry firemen explain an early morning alarm was blunted by a northeast wind making the siren sound hard to hear.
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Corry
Carner
Syb
Delmar Chase
Chase
John Amacher
Mation Street
London
Set
Cony
Philadelphia
Miss Johnston
Miss Bennetts
Western Union Telegraph
Western, Union Services, Inc
Lloyd
Bracken
Oil City
Truman
Pennsylvania
Albion
Lem
North Center Street
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Corry Auto Supply Company
Peetet
Ted Luter
Youngstown
Northwestern
Pennsylvani
Corry Country Clu
Voice of
The
People
Babson
Korea
Dagens Nyheter
John Maynard Keynes
California
Grand Coulee Dam
George Washington
C. W. Doolittle
Mohammed
Medina
Blaze
CS Rie
Cee Electric CO
Carro G
Kinley Insurance Agency
Cne
Rotary Club
Willard Brockmann
Corry High School
Journal Employe
West Coast
FBI
Henry Brockmann
Defense Department
Fogle Lumber CO
Franklin St
Corry, Pa
South Center Street
Depatts
Tederal Home Loan Bank
Chevrolet
Thomas Motors
Rickeype Parking Land
Super Cruiser
Auilein
Porweril
Barney’s Firestone
Lai
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