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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1955
Page
2
After a year of negotiations, Girard Manufacturing Co and Local 850 CIO Retail-Wholesale Novelty Department Store Workers signed a contract raising hourly wages and adding fringe benefits. Erie area reports note local disputes, thefts, and incidents as part of a broader news digest.
At The Hospital Report shows admissions including Lloyd Fisher and Mrs. Alfred McAvoy while discharges include Albert Whitney and Mrs. Earl Bailey. The 38th annual Beye Lake School reunion and picnic set for Bear Lake on August 10. Community events include Hasbrouck Trio at Moose Club and a school election candidacy in Chautauqua County.
FBI says Wil an unemployed musician and his wife attempted to extort $1,000 from a millionaire contractor after his daughter was murdered. Florence Williams and partner were arrested and held on federal extortion charges. The case ties to a homicide by a house boy and involves threats to the contractor’s grandsons.
Margaret McAllister 28 a Belt Telephone Co operator from near Ebensburg drowned last night at the local recreation park pool while chaperoning junior Catholic Daughters of America. She was stricken suddenly by cramps and disappeared. guards recovered her body from the pool bottom.
President Syngman Rhee suggested coexistence with the Communists might be possible if they withdraw from lands south of the parallel. He told a news conference the move would be required for any coexistence with the free world, but declined to elaborate.
Harrisburg says the unemployment compensation fund is in sound shape due to improving business, lower jobless rates and higher employer contributions. The fund reached 328 million dollars in April and 338 million by June with July contributions due, with August projections to 350 million.
Six members of Fort Jackson Wyoming Army Corps WAC detachment were discharged for the good of the service after an internal investigation into alleged immoral conduct. Officials declined to comment on the investigation or the Tribune report alleging coercive solicitations by other WACs.
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