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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1955
Page
4
Corry Evening Journal summarizes the 1955 Ready Reserve proposal. It notes Congress rejected mandatory active duty beyond current obligations while offering a mix of reserve and training options for youths 17 to 28, including 48 hours of drill and up to 17 days of field training annually.
The article recounts how flashbulbs transformed outdoor shooting by replacing smoky powder methods. It discusses light balance in bright sun, shadows, and techniques to manage daylight while keeping flash light central. Tips include exposing for highlights, using reflectors, and placing flash bulbs for even fill.
A fragmented quiz page asks about world groups population comparisons, smoking habits, movie color years, state reach, stock issues, Israel elections, and ambassadors. It mentions figures such as Walter Gifford, Joseph Als, James Conant, Winthrop Aldrich, and William Howard Taft.
A New Castle mother sues physician Dr Hollingsworth and the Detroit firm Divers Co for more than $2,500 over her 11 year old daughter's death from neoplastic anemia in 1954 after treatment and a drug prescribed earlier. The suit alleges negligence and warns of dangerous propensities of the drug chiro mycetin. Attorney Burney Bernard represents the plaintiff.
Yesterday's Memories notes Corry's girl drill team and Lt. W. Thompson Post 264 junior bugle and drum corps earning national fame this week with photos on the Foreign Service page. Italian-American Club Ladies Auxiliary elects Tony Jackson president. Mary Perry and Elizabeth Jackson named officers. Nazarene worship shifts to Grand Theatre building on North Center Street for temporary use while a new site is planned.
Clarence A. Trisket of Main Street suffered a severe accident at Howard Tannery yesterday when caught in a revolving band, rendered limp and unconscious. This morning a dent was reported, signaling a 14 acre amusement park project near the Matteson farm and shale bank, site of the former Lilok yard. Directors of the Cony Fair and Driving Park Association met last evening and unanimously urged the fair be carried out as just.
Dunkirk Municipal Power Company pressed meter readers and other workers into service Monday night to repair downed lines after a severe electrical storm hit at about 5 p.m. Eight workers tackled 35 power-failure calls as four linemen were suspended and the fifth balked at returning. One section stayed off for three hours and another from Willow Wood to Vian Buren remained dark for five hours.
Associated Press report from San Antonio details a 68-prisoner riot at Bexar County Jail last night. Ten officers fired, killing Rudolf Escobedo, 27, and wounding four others including Guivian Beltran, 18, and Rodolfo Reyes, 33. Sheriff Kulday claimed self defense as Escobedo brandished a large tray and refused to drop it.
Jailer Bob Beckman said the riot began after prisoners protested disciplinary action against Johnny Crawford 22 described as a leader in last week's riot Escalado serving a 90 day term for theft died in hospital about 30 minutes after the riot ended none in serious condition.
Two southwestern Pennsylvania children died in separate crashes last night. Ten year old Jona Lee Marche was struck while crossing a road near his home in Monongahela as he returned from a swimming party with his family. The driver, Frank Yanpek of Clairton, is held on bond pending investigation. A second fatality involved six year old Philip Baker Jr. who died after being struck by a neighbor’s car near Tutrdbe as he darted into the road.
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