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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1949
Page
1
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Strasbourg dispatch says Winston Churchill arrives to urge admitting western Germany to the Council of Europe as ministers invite Turkey Greece and Iceland to join the body in hopes of a broader European union. The charter members include Britain France Italy the Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Denmark Sweden Norway and Czechoslovakia. Healand and Ireland prepared to participate as parliaments ratify. The council aims for a united Europe with advisory powers and possible future executive authority.
City Streets Department crews began painting the center lines at the West Pleasant and Northwest street corner and on Spartansburg road near the south city limits to curb dangerous curves after resident complaints. The director said tar-distinction equipment from Allied Chemical Car will arrive late this month for spread and was part of the summer resurfacing plan, with other pavement and dust control work planned. A second note reports funeral services for Mrs Summer Welles in Switzerland tomorrow.
General Omar N. Bradley and other military leaders return to Washington from ten day conferences in Europe. They will brief the Senate Armed Services Committee with details of Atlantic pact plans and unity for collective security.
The Corry Board of Education meets with Architect John Ere to discuss an addition to the Junior High building and set a meeting date. They approve a 6970 dollar budget for the High School Athletic Association covering 1948 50 activities. Superintendent report notes summer lunch program approved. bids for transport of Fairhaven students to Concord center. river education course to continue. 1848 tax settlement tapped from city treasury. Summer recreation attendance near 10,000 with 110 ball games and 45 average daily attendance at Concord playground. $560 donated by local clubs funded transportation purchases.
At Leverkusen level crossing in the British zone a holiday bus carrying 90 children was struck by an express train. Eighteen children were killed and 14 more injured, as the group returned from a Weser Mountains trip. Police report the crash occurred minutes before home arrival.
Howard Emerson, 23, of 191 Fourth Avenue, an object of police pursuit across western Pennsylvania, was arrested by the Corry detail in Spartansburgh. Arraigned before Alderman George Gordon Iste, Emerson pleaded guilty to larceny and was bound over for the next county term under $1,000 bail. He faces charges for stealing a Waterford resident’s car and passing 15 worthless checks, many in Corry. He was driving a rented 1949 Studebaker pickup when picked up and had given a worthless $31 draft paying the rental. More charges are expected later via Alderman Cobbett.
Associated Press reports from Lake Success that UN Secretary General Trygge Lie released a six point program in his fourth annual report to bolster the United Nations. He credits reduced war fears to progress in the past year and the lifting of the Berlin blockade, urging continued big power consultation and reconciliation. He proposes UN trusteeship for former colonies, faster admission rules, and a 600 man international guard to assist peace missions.
The First Battalion of the 119th Regiment, 1a WhiLON to FVM, KeAYES, F) BhAmESSEE, trains at downtown Gap under Ratman J. Kirch and P. Gentile. Pvt. M Carpenter praised for leadership and drill. Men earned 180 of 240 points in the rifle range and marching drills amid a weeklong army life course.
A divided GOP and split among Democrats generate uncertainty over a wage-hour bill. The debate centers on a 60 to 75 cent minimum and whether to drop to 65 or 73 cents to win consensus. Southern opposition cites low wages as a lure for industry relocation.
One miner died and three were injured when rock and slate collapsed at the Consumers Mining Co. Harmarville mine. Victim was Harry Lee Roberts, 35, Saxonburg. Bodies recovered within two hours. Injured were George Parlvyhuri Cheswick Joseph Mautina Cheswick and Andrew Domain New Kensington all in good condition at New Kensington Hospital.
Robert A. Lovett told the Howse armed services committee that no influence from bankers industrialists or well known figures affected the B 36 bomber program. He recalled the B 36 born in 1941 after Air Corps planners aimed for a 11000 pound bomb and 10000 mile range with production orders driven by urgent needs.
By Ascintat at Prbag Fort Madison Th Ave 1 De Rober C Rutledee Jr was inmate 2700 starting a day term for murdering a 29 year old Beagueflor a very Lamson. The warden noted he could be released in November 1960 for good conduct.
The Senate and House debates over social security reform stall with a Ways and Means plan to raise payroll taxes and expand benefits. Democrats say action is unlikely this session, while the measure would lift payroll taxes and cover tens of millions more workers if enacted.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia denies reconsideration of a May ruling on extradition. Leon Johnson alias Robert McMillan, 34, escaped from Georgia after a life sentence for murder, was captured in Pennsylvania. President Attorney General T McKeen Childsey and GA officials outlined the extradition process while Johnson serves time in Allegheny County Jail for robbery and murder. the court left Johnson’s return to Georgia unresolved.
Work will begin tomorrow on a 2.83 mile Erie County paving project along Wo Columus Clymer road. Superintendent Walter Proctor oversees crews and machinery, with an expected completion in about eight days barring delays. The project costs about 568,000 and includes cross grade work near the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing.
The Senate debates a new housing bill designed to aid modest income households to build homes through private financing. Sparkman says strong pros, while opponents seek to strip cooperative housing and veteran loan provisions. The banking committee passed the measure with a $44,810,040,000 program, funding a $500 million revolving cooperative loan and up to $300 million for direct veteran housing loans if private financing remains unavailable.
In Newark New Jersey a man identified as Morris Gots reportedly knocked a drinking glass from 15 White's hand causing a cornered shard to sever an artery. The glass struck his wife Lald Te Abuimbled and in a struggle the shard tore loose and wounded him fatally. He died at Beth Israel Hospital yesterday after the cut in his chest pierced an artery.
Senator Vandenberg proposed an 80 percent cash reduction in the final year's Western European army aid program. He urged cash grants of 540,000,000 by Congress with the rest in contract authorizations funded by appropriations. He argues the budget should safeguard U.S. security while trimming European military support.
Ecuador faces mass displacement after a devastating earthquake that destroyed 60 communities and killed thousands. Authorities estimate 2,000 to 4,000 dead with 109,000 left homeless as Pelileo and Ambato suffer widespread destruction. Government seeks emergency aid and plans 20 year bonds to fund relief, while landslides, collapsed homes, and ruptured fields devastate the region.
Washington Aug 3 The foreign recovery bill neared final action after a stormy Senate passage. The Senate trimmed costs, added a few amendments, and must compromise seven points before final approval. House and Senate figures differ on aid totals and program scope, with allocations for Germany, Japan, Greece, and Turkey debated and staff funding approved.
Woods testified that Maj. Gen. Barry H. Vaughn summoned him to the White House in 1964 and said Vaughn’s friends pressed for a toll road style race track project near Berkeley, California, while noting backers sought government clearance for construction. He said the Senate investigation heard Vaughn stressed avoiding office prejudice in the probe, framing the matter as a race track case.
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