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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1954
Page
4
The week’s featured purchase is leg of lamb with prices down as much as 10 cents a pound from last weekend. Veal remains a value with shoulder cuts and cutlets discounted from January levels, while beef and pork mostly hold or rise slightly. Coffee prices climb with several chains adding four cents per pound.
Pat Howard Krause told State Police he started the fire at his new home after his wife refused to move in. Krause pleaded guilty to arson with damage estimated at $4,000.
Erie officials warned pinball machine owners and operators who have not paid the $200 city operator license fee face $500 fines or 60 days in jail. The deadline, extended unofficially to May 1, risks confiscation of machines and police action for nonpayment. The dispute centers on who is responsible for the levy—the owner or the operator.
Major coal operators and the United Mine Workers agreed on a 1954 vacation period from June 28 to July 6 with a $100 vacation payment per miner. Miners will start vacations June 26 and return July 6, with no immediate need for new wage talks until after July.
The Sparta Community Fair appoints Kosmar the Cuban wire artist as the free act for the September 9 11 event. He and alias Don Antonio perform in two acts daily including an aerial cloud swing without loops. Committee lists track homemaking, baking, canning, sewing, livestock, parade and publicity roles with local volunteers. The note adds a stray line about a basking shark not a man eater.
In Common Pleas Court at Erie two fatal accident settlements were approved. Mrs Marion Testi of Erie won 12150 for a October 1952 highway crash that killed her husband Raymond. Bert Martin of Fredonia was named as the driver in the second crash where Arlene Brown of Fairview received 1500 for a October 1952 train collision at a Girard grade crossing. Both cases involved young children.
Two Anchor Concrete Co workers were seriously burned when a power shovel touched an overhead line at Johnson City waterworks. Button of Panama suffered severe burns to both feet and left hand. Robert Stalker of Binghamton had injuries of undetermined severity. Both were in fair condition at Wilson Memorial Hospital.
Three contractors filed separate Common Pleas suits seeking payment for work done. Albert L. Trott of Erie sues Albert Verne Carlo A. Mangaracina and Stanley Swiencki for 1195. Joseph Felege seeks 5913 from Fred J. and Jane A. Ten Buckle for a house project halted midway. John A. Taylor sues Andrew C. and Rose M. Babjak for 1350 on an unfinished plumbing contract.
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