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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1956
Page
4
The federal kidnapping law, long debated after the Lone Island case, authorizes FBI action within 24 hours to pursue abductors and secure innocence for victims. It aims to halt rapid movement of ransoms and protect child victims across state lines.
Announcement states Hatch school project and sidewalk program approved in Corry with three WPA projects beginning. Sixty three workers will receive notification letters to begin work on construction projects.
Local residents and visitors share a flurry of cards and calls from Sunday to midweek, visiting in Adam Center and with relatives in Eimiral New York. Plans swirl around Mrs. Minnie Querreweid and grandchildren, Marilyn Gravink’s NYC trip, and Philip’s upcoming wedding. Fire truck inspection and city finances occupy headlines alongside church group picnics and civic notes.
The fragmentary report mentions a fire tower atop a railway line, deteriorating bricks, and threats from the structure. It weaves in odd historical allusions to Korean War era offers and a convoluted tale about pilots, counties, and officials, ending with a chaotic reference to a Pennsylvania city and a public department incident.
Rites for Mrs. R M Stowe were held at 2 pm yesterday at Bracken Memorial Home with Rev George A Myers officiating. Nephews James Stowe Walter Murray Paul Murray Richard Murray Homer Randall and Roy Bickley served as bearers. Interment followed in the Garden of Devotions at Pine Grove Cemetery. Attendees included Roger Stowe Ernest Spangler Clyde Watson family Homer Randall and others from Harborcreek Meadville Youngstown Titusville Warren Norristown Cismer Ashville and Fort Wayne area communities.
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