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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1956
Page
2
City and vicinity notices cover a broad mix of events. A fatal crash near Fairview, ongoing traffic safety drive, municipal staff changes, chamber and club meetings, reunions, and public service notices fill the pages. Local business ads and plumbing alerts accompany public notices and community events across Erie area.
The Corry Hospital reports admissions for Mrs Maude Titus Mrs Louis Hemink Robert Fenno Mrs James Console Edward Staskiewicz Sunday Raymond Halfast Jr Max Raspe Miss Betty Wotus Mrs Kenneth Morris William Simmeling Renee 6 daughter of Mr and Mrs Wallace Sickler Baby boy Allyn Thomas 1 son of Mr and Mrs aga ener Niagara Falls and others. Discharges include Mrs Michael Clark and son Mark Leroy Miss Betty Wotus Mrs Kenneth Morris Spanstonsburg. Spring Creek Volunteer Fire Department set for 8 pm meeting and the 45th annual reunion of former pupils of Prof H Dunn held at Garland Community Hall with 27 pupils present.
The Surgeon General remarks that the air around Mary is thinner than at the summit of Mt Everest, highlighting extreme conditions and potential health risks for high altitude exposure.
Dr Hess of ff named to work for Ike as chairman of the National Republican committee. The report notes Hess will assist the president and serves as immediate past president. Mrs Carroll Jb Kearny, OC Rete Kearns, and Warren Chiles honored Nixon and Kearns at a convention praising an outstanding job by the president.
The Priory correspondent of The Frock News Agency AFP reports that 45 American reporters are set to enter China for an official news tour. Notified in Hong Kong include AP’s John Roderick, Gordon Walker of Christian Science Monitor, Robert Marin of U S News and World Report, James Robinson of Hespionial Broadastine Co, and D Koranin of McGraw-Hill.
In Meadville near Sheakieyville nine cows were killed by a lightning strike during a heavy storm Sunday. Rainfall reached inches with rivers rising to three feet in areas as up to about 12 to 15 mm, triggering alert by merchants by telephone.
Six people died and losses rose after a violent Ohio storm near Youngstown. Authorities say a car crash in high winds contributed to at least nine fatalities and widespread power outages lasting about 15 hours. Dozens of families faced evacuation while weather chaos disrupted several communities across the region.
A weekend storm brought heavy rain and flooding across Clarksburg Morgantown and Salem with 24 inch totals in parts. One woman died after losing control on a rain slick highway. Homes were evacuated as waters rose in basements and streets receded slowly.
A parked car on Mead avenue was struck by a moving vehicle at 3 30 yesterday morning. Archis Gibas, 34, of R D 1 Corry, drove into the rear of Gerald Williams’s Erie owned car. Gibas could not locate the owner but notified police. Later arrangements set the damage at about 200 dollars to Gibas’s front and the Williams car rear with no cost estimate.
Readinger, co chairman with Senator Probert, criticizes the capital stock tax while backing tying it to the corporate net income tax. He argues assessments under Republican administrations were unrealistic and says revised, real values prompt more companies to file taxes. A joint hearing set amid a task force probe by the General Assembly on how taxes influence industry location in Pennsylvania.
Vice president Nixon spoke to three North Carolina religious gatherings about a moderate approach to school integration. He urged adherence to the 1954 plan and warned against political demagoguery while noting rising tension in race relations. About 5,000 attended each event at Ridgecrest Montreat and Lake Junaluska.
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