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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1953
Page
2
Harrisburg The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission weighs overground branch highways through the Allegheny Mountains as a substitute for new tunnels. Commissioner David E. Watson says the plan would be considered if traffic overwhelms the existing funnels and widening or new digs are not favored.
U S Representative Charles A Buckley was named Bronx County Democratic T tender to replace the late Edward J Flynn on a temporary basis. The county committee will select a permanent successor later. Buckley had served as Flynn's deputy during illness and was unanimously chosen to carry on Flynn's work. Flynn was a former fort chairman and national committeeman. Final funeral arrangements pending. burial from St. Jo roine Church in the Bronx.
Local Meadville police investigate four youths suspected of drunkenness with two from Meadville and two from Cochranton. In Jamestown, polio cases rise to seven in Chautauqua County with the mild case reported and a fatality last week.
Report dated 7 a m lists admissions in Erie County including Mrs Marlin Rubay and Mrs Leon Barringer, discharges for Mrs Robert Ormshee and Mrs Albert Bemis, and a Bowl-Aire opening. Jamestown reports William Marsh in good condition after a fight in a tavern. A boy sustains minor burns from an unknown woman's acts near a vacant lot. Weather forecaster Zelda Linson to leave for Youngstown. Prison population at Erie County jail averages 92.9 daily. Mendville resident Esther Hesketh admitted after auto crash. another resident treated for brush burns.
A 46 year old North East man claims innocence after being charged with robbing a 78 year old man of $16. He is set for a hearing Friday at 4 a.m. Justice of the Peace Joseph Dreseiman will preside. Officer R B Davis arrested Vernon Hancock of Vernon Road after booking showed $862 on his person. Bowl-Aire Bowling Al August 21st 8 p.m. May be referenced in court.
A civil suit seeks higher government purchase price for land seized for the underground Pentagon project near the Pennsylvania Maryland border. The case会 comes before U S District Court in Harrisburg on November 16. The land around Fort Ritchie near Hagerstown Maryland was appropriated over two years ago for the secret project.
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