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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1954
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment describes a house and garage near Bear Wednes area with tools and items listed. Mentions a 6 o'clock time and various generic objects including drums, plow, power tank, frames, and stands.
A flexible farm price support plan moves up or down with stock levels and passed the Senate 62 to 28 after heavy debate. The measure sets parity-based supports between 62 and 96 percent for five crops, with dairy adjustments to 75 80 percent and ongoing disputes over 90 percent levels.
Gene C. Eppley donated one million dollars to Culver Indiana in support of the Culver Educational Foundation. The gift, described as the largest ever received by Culver, will finance construction of facilities for the Jury Academy and related programs.
George Patrick McKinney, 2%, once ran a premium car agency in Jacksonville under an alias, is captured by the FBI for a solo robbery of a Floral Park bank totaling over $180,000. FBI official Edward Powers calls the haul among the largest by a single bandit. McKinney was arrested minutes after reporting for a new medical extern job at Duval Medical Center.
Former President Hoover in Cedar Rapids and West Branch delivered a sweeping speech attacking Democrats for “misuse of power” and calling for restored checks on government. He labeled Soviet policy a danger, warned against international agreements, and urged renewed emphasis on individual initiative and local governance.
Rep. Stauffer says President Eisenhower could be a registered voter in Adams County Pennsylvania next year and may vote there in the upcoming congressional elections. The remark ties Eisenhower to Pennsylvania residency speculation ahead of the elections.
Police report a guiding eye dog in Carry was poisoned with arsenic or toxic metal believed deliberate. The dog, owned by Miss Barbara Houghtling, received emergency treatment after Walter Mace called at 3 10 p m. The dog showed improvement by morning though investigators found no local poison sales. A prior threat by a local businessman was noted, and the dog was one of two funded by a public donation drive.
The Senate passed and sent to the House a bill boosting salaries by 5 percent annually for more than two million federal employees. About 500,000 postal workers receive a 7 percent raise under the measure. Senator Carleton says the bill’s attached to a minor House bill, letting it go to the House floor without committee delay. The Senate estimate puts annual cost at about 340 million dollars.
The Army showed how TV can direct infantry in battle. Maj. Gen. George Buck described nationwide telecast of a regimental commander coordinating an amphibious landing and enemy fortifications using portable transmitters. Cameras in the air and field provided real time movement, aiding artillery and battlefield control.
The Corry Municipal Authority’s three man board awarded Lester Hepler $800 for a sewer line right of way across his Summer Street property, four times the $200 offered and over half of Hepler’s $1,500 asking price. The award aims to compensate use of the land for about 1,000 feet of sewer in a $650,000 plant project. The five member body will make final decision. interested parties may appeal at a later hearing in the Law Library of the courthouse on August 28.
Bloomfield and Sparta consider forming a union school district though no fall referendum on mergers will be held. County officials say the merger question cannot go to voters this year, with talks centering on creating a union district and potential administrative placement.
City police continued a crackdown on motorists for traffic infractions. Richard Magee of 40 Shady Avenue was cited at 0:18 p.m after speeding on East Columbus Avenue. Russell Merritt Jr of Second Avenue was cited at 8:88 p.m for failing to stop at a light at Center and Smith.
President Eisenhower said the United States cannot sever diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and opposes a preventive war against the Communist world. He argued there is no such thing as a preventive war and stressed building a strong free world for lasting peace.
Rumor of a strike at the Rogers Structural Steel Co was denied by both management and the workers after a meeting last night. Officials say no action was taken or planned in the near future and the reports arose from a workers meeting. In Pittsburgh a crash at a police roadblock killed James Rodgers, 25, and left Bryan Carpenter, 22, hospitalized with head injuries. driver Larry Lancaster, 26, treated for head cuts and turned over to police.
A severe electrical storm hit Northwestern Pennsylvania causing a 12 minute blackout in Corry as a 44 00 volt line was severed between Garland and Piel due to damage from lightning. Power was restored after rerouting around the break by 6:97 a.m. The outage followed two weeks after a generator failure at Eye Front Street plant idle all city equipment. The storm also dropped 0.28 inches of rain, cooling temperatures to around 40 degrees after a 76 degree high.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced a statewide crackdown on bartenders who sell intoxicating beverages to minors. On the spot arrests and enforcement actions are planned, while a broad reorganization of top district officers takes effect Monday. Gelder described the changes as routine but delayed.
Guatemala's ruling Junta decreed dissolution of political parties and unions linked to the ousted President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán. Communist dominated labor unions and Red Front organizations are banned as supporters of the regime. GIO and AFL representatives plan new unions on a Communist basis.
Soviet Premier Malenkov and top leaders hosted a lavish dinner at the Gorky estate for a British Labour Party delegation led by Clement Attlee. The gathering marked a rare high level Western contact in formal surroundings as Morgan Phillips and Aneurin Bevan joined the guests before their trip to Communist China.
Funeral services are arranged for Dr Bryn J Hovde 68 executive director of the Pittsburgh Housing Association and former president of the New School for Social Research in New York He died yesterday of a heart attack He was a former professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh and at Allegheny College in Meadville Pennsylvania.
Berlin report says Dr. Otto John, ex West German security chief, accused the United States of seeking a new war through the European Defense Community treaty and warned against communists. He claimed secret war clauses exist in EDC pacts and said he now works for peace to reveal Nazism revival in West Germany.
Washington reports seven nations ready to join the United States in drafting an Asia alliance to deter further Red aggression. An eightcapital simultaneous announcement is expected late this week with talks to begin September six in Baguio. Countries named Britain France United States Australia New Zealand Philippines Thailand and Pakistan.
Mrs. Charles Harden 35 of 318 West Columbus avenue was admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital with body bruises and possible rib fractures after a 6 30 p m skid on a wet curve on the Corry Beavardam road. Her 1949 section car overturned several times and was totally demolished according to State Police.
A 12-year-old Jefferson Borough boy Ronald Stand of West Elizabeth collapsed before a sandlot game. Coroner deputies said thymus enlargement, common in emotional states, caused his death, not a fight with a playmate.
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