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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1957
Page
2
City and Vicinity items report club meetings and lodge plans in Meadville and Jamestown. Community notes include hospital admission after detergent ingestion, business closures, fund contributions, court actions, and local services. The items list meetings at VFW Post Home IOOF Hall and district plans, plus local ads and legal notices.
San Francisco Chronicle reports convict Daryl Chessman hid a 60 000 word manuscript of The Face of Justice among five boxes of used carbon paper in his San Quentin cell. He allegedly smuggled it to his New York agent while warden Harley O Tests barred third book publication. Chessman, 36, was convicted in 1948 on 17 counts including kidnapping with bodily harm and attempted rape, amid ongoing appeals over capital punishment.
In Alhambra California a quarrel between Robert Smallfield and his wife escalated as she chased him in an 8 year old car, rammed his brand new vehicle repeatedly, and he fled afoot. Police said she then tailed him and struck again shouting insults before he escaped.
New York United States teenagers and a man were linked to a series of violent incidents as New York’s 23,000 police were placed on special alert by Acting Police Commissioner James St. Kennedy. A shotgun blast wounded two men in Brooklyn while a bicycle squad clashed between Bronx gangs. Fourteen suspects were arrested as police managed a spate of bat and pipe attacks.
Arthur V Davis, who helped form Aluminum Co of America and served as Luaret chairman since 1998, resigns as director and chairman. The Alcoa board appointed the 90 year old Davis honorary chairman. He has lived in Florida over a decade and engaged in local real estate ventures.
British sweep forces massed in forward air positions ready to attack Muscat and Nizwa as observers anticipate a joint operation with Sultan Said bin Taimur within 48 hours. An official spokesman warned of a news lull for a day or two while pilots sight red wings north of Izki in Sharglya province.
Rep. Haskell seeks 11 long range radar stations including one at Selinsgrove to improve air traffic control for cities like Philadelphia Harrisburg Pittsburgh Wilmington Del Trenton Baltimore and Washington. He asked the Secretary of Commerce to reintroduce funding Congress previously cut from the Civil Aeronautics Administration budget.
Mrs Bertha E Gamble a former Garland resident died yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Camp in Pitts Held She was born in Garland and lived there most of her life She was a member of Cable Hollow Evangelical United Brethren Church Survivors include son Arthur Rockwell Seattle Wash one sister Mrs Carl Haller Akeley two brothers Floyd Schell Eric Jamestown and Alton Schell also sister in law Mrs Clara Rauscher Corry The body is at Young General Home in Youngsville where friends may call Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at the funeral home with burial in the Garland Presbyterian Cemetery Harrisburg Governor Lead er returns to his desk after two weeks vacation.
Eleven members of the Committee for Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons plan a peaceful but unlawful march into the atomic proving grounds near Camp Mercury Nevada. They acknowledge barbed wire and guards may halt them but intend to try crossing the line to commemorate the Hiroshima bombing anniversary. Lawrence Scot of Chicago coordinates the action and reports a new wire entanglement at the gate.
Bamboo, the oldest gorilla in captivity, marks a 30th birthday at the Philadelphia Zoo. Arrived in 1927 as a small infant, experts predicted a brief life, yet he now stands six feet tall and weighs over 200 pounds, with his age estimated at 31.
The Tito Khrushchev meeting marks a pivotal Soviet Yugoslav accord as observers see Khrushchev aiming to placate foreign socialist parties while Tito could secure a powerful role in the new setup. Western diplomacy notes warns this won’t end Tito’s Western relations.
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