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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1956
Page
2
Local notices advertise wedding invitations from Corry Journal Printing, charity events, and a weekly fish fry at Blue Bonnet Hotel. Police reports recount car crash injuries, thefts, and a safe burglary at Dr. Hannum’s office, with community activities at Mead Park and various clubs in Corry and Oil City.
WBEN TV Buffalo offers a full day of programming with cartoons, Westerns, dramas, and comedy. Highlights include The Gene Autry Show, Range Rider, My Friend Flicka, and Our Miss Brooks plus late news, weather, and special film features.
A damaged OCR fragment notes a car incident involving a boy named Lee Cooley and a bruising event near a street junction. It also mentions medical or emergency care references, a request to visit Hicks Beauty Shop for hair services, and various local business lines and Red Cross notices. The text is garbled, containing street references, phone numbers, and stray names such as Bert Pheles and Cathy Abapital, with scattered hints of a barber shop, branch activities, and a street address.
Brendan Behan, famed Irish writer and former IRA member, vows sobriety after a televised interview in London where he appeared drunk. The 88 year old, weighing 255 pounds, admits heavy drinking for a decade and seeks a hospital cure to end his hangover. He recalls his past prison time and says doctors urge serious cutback though he hopes to attend a performance of The Quare Fellow sober.
Charles Has eit, 47, a farmer near here, died at Westfield Memorial Hospital at 6 45 today from injuries suffered in a farm tractor crash late yesterday. His two children, who rode with him, escaped serious injury when the tractor was hit in the rear by a semi truck.
Gov Averell Harriman denounces Adlai Stevenson's moderation as a defeatist approach and assails Eisenhower for breaking 1952 promises. Stassen vows to press GOP for Gay nomination, Herter insists he may not yield his name, while Harriman cites moderation as a failed path in the 1956 campaign.
Stevenson accuses Harriman of implying he should be the logical heir to Roosevelt and Truman policies. Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt, a Stevenson backer, told the New York Times that Stevenson supports the basic principles of the Democratic party. She noted Mrs Roosevelt was a dinner guest at Hyde Park, N.Y.
APOLLO Pan- 53 year old man accused of abducting a year old girl subdued by police after slashing an officer in the finger. Officers cornered John Hilty at his Sugar Hollow home and he rushed out with a penknife, injuring Patrolman Gust Zanos who helped subdue him. The missing girl was found nearby in an abandoned car crying under a man's jacket. A 38 caliber revolver and a black jack were recovered in Hilty's cabin. Police traced the girl to a carnival where her two year old brother was reported missing. A large police and volunteer force began a search, and a tip led to the capture of Hilty.
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