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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1958
Page
3
A garbled OCR snippet mentions a committee and a funding issue, with references to a public wine fund, districts, and possible delays. It also hints at a fatal truck incident and an assembly decision, but most details are unreadable. The readable items point to civic matters needing clarification.
Erie detectives question a key suspect in the stabbing death of Vernon Paddock, a transient found fatally wounded at Schlosser Lumber Yard Sunday evening. Four floaters, including the victim, were drinking nearby before Paddock died from a stab wound to the abdomen. Three men were detained. one released after identifying four individuals. Paddock’s body was found by patrolmen Wagner and Kacnerski. autopsy cites internal hemorrhaging from a knife wound. His sister Mrs. Bertha Bexler of Lansing, Michigan, was notified. Police fear the killer may have fled on a freight train.
Bear Lake news notes youth group from Evangelical United Brethren attended a skating party at Celoron on Tuesday evening. Local residents report visitors and community events including a Bear Lake firemen call to Clyde Yoder’s home for a hot water heater explosion.
The United States weighs a daring strategy to avert dismemberment or Soviet-dominated unity as Nasser’s United Arab Republic looms. Jordan risks collapse, while Iraq and Syria hover as potential pivots. A loose federation and Westward stance could keep sovereignty where possible.
A public hearing is set for September 18 on a Warren City Bus Line petition to form Allegheny Line. G Loomis and C W Johnson seek Public Utilities Commission permission to take over Erie and Oil City routes and service between Erie Cory Warren Bradford Towanda. Attorneys for Warren stated...
Burlington Virginia Island area AP reports a possible dual preventive against radiation death. Howard H. Vorel Jr and Donn J. Jordan of Argonne describe combining streptomycin with bone marrow cells given by injection. In tests on mice the combination protected against acute radiation sickness, with fewer than 15 percent dying in 30 days versus 90 to 100 percent in untreated controls.
Roscoe Beardsley 459 South Center street died at 2 AM at St. Vincent's Hospital Erie after a brief illness following Corry Memorial Hospital stay He was born February 22 1911 in North East attended local schools worked at Aero Supply Ajax Tron and McInnes Steel for three years He is survived by wife Stella three sons Dennis Corry Louis Randall two stepdaughters Patricia and Diane Cooklis one stepson Timothy Coulis his mother Mrs Lillian Beardsley and brother Paul Funeral services and interment planned at Bracken Funeral Home and Fine Grove Cemetery Rev George Myers to officiate Greyhound Lines seeks to discontinue service on listed routes.
A Jamestown youth, charged with driving with a junior operator’s license after sunset, will be arraigned in Clymer before Peace Justice George Legters. Authorities say the vehicle left the road near here, overturned, and struck several items. the youth fled the scene, was later found at Everett Henhuisen’s home, suffering minor injuries.
Miss America of 1957 Marin Merrill of Manning Washington says Joe DiMaggio is a charming and wonderful man but they are not considering marriage. She spoke after seeing the former Yankee star depart Norfolk Municipal Airport with a small group spending the weekend at W. G. Monette’s farm nearby. Blonde Miss McKnight 21 and DiMaggio 43 deny any renewed meeting since their 1956 encounter in New York.
Corry residents are urged to visit Schaub Walsawyer and Paint for SGU Green Stamps and Dutch Boy paints. The shop promises complete decorating supplies and service at 10 South Center Street with the phone number 3-1293.
Washington AP reports the Senate lagged on an excise tax revision to adjourn by weekend. It rejected a House whisky stock tax relief provision aimed at letting distillers hold whiskey in bond up to 20 years with no $10 509 per gallon tax. debate on oil and gas depletion allowances continued with votes 51 29 and 2 26 and 68 41 defeats. A four year extension of the reciprocal trade program was approved.
Meadville resident Joseph O Day, 20, was found dead from self inflicted 16 gauge shotgun wounds in his bedroom. Coroner ruled death a suicide with an unaddressed note citing long standing mental low mood linked to childhood suffering. His father discovered the body shortly after 11 a m. The victim, born January 17 1948, was survived by his father Daniel J O Day and his mother Elizabeth Dutch who preceded him in death.
Asian- African group of 28 nations urged troop withdrawals then long range UN led program to improve Middle East social and economic conditions. Soviet push for Red China credentials likely delayed until Sept assembly. Separately, federal aviation agency bill moved toward action. White Civil Rights Division nomination approved. rail retirement benefits and tax hike bill advanced.
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