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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1959
Page
3
Police were alerted to a car fleeing the Ruth property on West Colliral bus avenue with occupants, amid recent weeks of milk and gasoline theft from the farm. Descriptions were provided but the vehicle remained unfound.
Warren police arrested Richard Hennessey 23 Jamestown Charles A Thomas 28 R D 2 Warren and George Thomas 24 Warren hours after a patrol saw them lifting a cigarette vending machine into a car The trio were held on burglary charges awaiting court A separate incident saw a firebox knocked over near Concord and a stone throwing episode at Concord School playground with parents warned Police recovered a $75 cash box and the missing girls Audrey and Carol Cross were later located with stories of relatives and associates cited
A Navy investigation board reviews an unusual tape recording of the Wasp explosion and fire that killed two and injured 28. The reel captured the blast as cribbage players were nearby, recorded when a recorder was turned on as a joke by Lt. Patrick Harney. The mishap occurred during antisubmarine maneuvers off Virginia.
Bloomfield Fire Department prepares a community event at Canadohta Lake Park on September 6 highlighting a Melted Fiber Glass Boat Company boat with outboard motor as top prize. Festivities begin 5:30 PM with a chicken barbecue for two hours, followed by Coleman Band, prize at 9 PM, and a 50 minute fireworks display. Proceeds support a new Bloomfield firehouse building.
About 400 young enlisted scientists and professionals at the Army Chemical Center Edgewood were ordered to fall in in civilian clothes to aid civilian witnesses identifying some 60 men at a beer party on civilian property near the post. Military officials cited complaints of obscene songs and statements about the Army. Eleven months earlier a similar party led to court martial of 11 graduates in engineering and natural sciences amid claims of lack of recognition for lab work and assignment to CP duty and routine training.
President Eisenhower and Labor Secretary Mitchell release government data on steel workers earnings productivity prices and profits to inform talks. The move aims to spur a settlement without urging either side, as the wage dispute drags since May with no clear progress despite a weekly production loss of 300 million dollars.
A reader requests a copy of a past issue and urges attention to a local matter. The letter from Bibel Rhodes expresses concern about reporting on a community issue titled the Sirewalk Baur and asks for corrective coverage.
Arbitrators awarded 400 pounds to the boy’s guardians after a Sears store incident. The case named Eugene Galinski and others, with disputed liability and hospital expenses awarded to cover medical costs.
A scribbled segment shows jumbled names and places with unclear context. It references multiple entities such as Wied and Palrideany Co, but details and events are not decipherable to form a coherent news item. The text lacks a clear action, date, or outcome.
A heated Senate debate centered on a tax bill with party lines dividing Democrats and Republicans. Key figures, including Sen Karey E. Seyler and Rep. Benjamin R. Dondlow, argued delays could worsen the program, while alternative plans proposed exemptions and different funding approaches.
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