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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1958
Page
1
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Public audit reveals a $17 592 deficit in the city sewage disposal fund for the year ended May 31 1958 due to missing state remittance forms. The city collected only $59 867 in rentals, short of the $60 000 target to pay Municipal Authority bonds. The error traces to late or missing Commonwealth filings during Earl T Cherry's administration, with responsibility not publicly assigned. The shortage was covered from a $2 277 June 1 1957 balance, and the matter is noted to have required further explanation.
A federal grand jury in Macon Georgia declined to indict three Dawson police officers over the beating death of a Black man and the shooting of another. The cases, presented by Asst. Dist. Atty. Jon Davis, involved Randolph Ennis McDonald Wyman Burchle Cherry and Edwin Harold Jones. Probes followed a tense period in Dawson with protests and federal scrutiny.
Search continued today for the bodies of Mr and Mrs Eugeni Devane who drowned in a phosphate pit while attempting to rescue their two young sons from a car that had plunged into 25 feet of water. Hapkael Vernen witnessed the drownings from the far side of the pit. Devane, a 22 year old Bowling Green durug grove worker, backed a boat trailer into the water as the car slid in. Mrs Devane, 20, leapt after the car while Devane rushed to the scene in the boat. The two boys Boyd 4 and Curtis 12 remained in the car as it sank. The body of one boy surfaced shortly after.
Senate investigators sought details on a rapid sale of a Teamsters Union owned automobile said to have been used in a fatal Michigan arson. Testimony linked the car to Herman Kierdorf and his nephew Frank Kierdorf amid broader Hoffa era allegations. The probe broadened as witnesses described underworld ties and prior bombing trials.
Clarence Coons of Sugar Grove and Michael Bailey of West Frederick street each paid 25 dollars and costs before Police Magistrate M S Cobbett on disorderly conduct charges last Saturday night. A third party is sought by police.
Greyhound to halt operations in the Corry area and form Allegheny Lines to take over service from Erle to Corry Warren Bradford Towanda and routes to Oc City Titusville Union City and Erie if the state public utility commission approves. Warren Bus Lines partners form the new firm with Clara Leonhart. A public hearing in Erie is set for September 18 at 10 p.m. Interstate rights sought and fleet expansion planned but service changes delayed by approvals.
Dr. T Keith Glennan is nominated as director of the new civilian space agency created last week to oversee non military space projects. He will testify at Senate hearings next week with a start date around September 1st. He notes American space progress since Sputnik and cites Soviet education incentive advantages.
Georgia Skelton was rushed to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after collapsing in a hotel room. A doctor said she suffers from nervous exhaustion but her condition is not serious. Red Skelton was reportedly appearing in a nightclub act at a Las Vegas hotel.
UN secretary general Dag Hammarskjold seeks to shift Middle East debate from power politics toward a constructive peace plan. He proposes Arab non interference and economic aid while big powers stay hands off, as U S and Soviet Union draft competing proposals amid Lebanon and Jordan tensions.
Washington AP reports the nuclear submarine Nautilus completed a 1830 mile under ice voyage from Pacific to Atlantic via the Arctic, heading toward Europe to showcase a potential nuclear cargo sea route. President Eisenhower decorated its commander and credited the crew with a unit citation. A British source noted strategic military implications while a Paris paper questioned peaceful aims.
Mrs Eleanora Conklin a 23 year old Akron waitress faces murder charges in the death of her three year old son Gary After a car crash in Indiana County she led police to his body in a Cresson motel She is in fair condition at Johnstown Memorial Hospital Police found two notes from her including one to her father Fred Ullrich of Ak Neon asserting despair and a desire to die All indications point to a suicide attempt with a motive tied to family strain
A black bear attacked seven year old Barbara Christine Coates on the steps of a cottage in Jasper National Park. The bear dragged the child 50 feet into brush and fatally mauled her before a cottage owner shot the animal. Barbara died en route to a hospital. her mother Mrs. Jack Coates was uninjured.
Readings showed 100 degree heat across the Dakotas to Montana while a Canadian pocket cooled the Great Lakes and New England. The Northwest enjoyed pleasant conditions as Pacific winds moderated temperatures. Early today shower and thunderstorm activity was scarce with light precipitation generally less than a quarter inch.
Washington AP Senator Lister Hill will push his 1% billion education aid bill now that the House passed a smaller measure stripped of college scholarship provisions The House sent a 910 million dollar bill to the Senate after rejecting a move to shelve it The school bill moved funds to a student loan program Advocates said the House backed broad education aid for the first time The Senate is expected to consider some scholarship money, likely Monday or Tuesday Conference will resolve differences Republicans may back scholarships Flemming hopes competitive scholarships appear in the Senate bill The Hill plan and the House measure both total about 33 900 four year college scholarships yearly
Two Ohio men Roosevelt Miller Jr. and Albert Miller were arrested near Linesville after agents seized an illegal still and mash. Pittsburgh agents dismantled a second still before arrival. Both suspects, from Cleveland, are jailed in Erie County on $1000 bail each for violating federal revenue laws.
Central African Airlines reported a Viscount crash six miles from Benghazi Benina Airport. The four engine plane carried 47 passengers and crew with 64 aboard. At least 20 survivors were reported from the Salisburry Southern Rhodesia to London route via Benghazi and Rome.
The 13th annual Corry and vicinity reunion for Californians from Corry is set for August 24 at Ganesha Park Pomona from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Orrin M. Hillburg chairs the event and promises ample parking and easy park access. Attendees or relatives in California should contact Hegino at 763 Laural Avenue Pomona California.
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