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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1954
Page
4
The Corry Evening Journal lists staff and publishers and notes AP republication rights. It includes mailing and carrier rates, advertising terms, and deadlines for display ads with a 9 a.m. deadline.
Steel production in the United States for July averaged 63 percent of capacity, eight and a half points below the first half 1954 average and 30.1 points under July 1953, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. Despite capacity expansion, output remains below peak levels as demand from autos and aircraft lags.
A 1934 retrospective notes a drop from 100 degree heat to freezing point with frost in exposed areas east of the city. Police led by Chief Burlingame report four alleged troublemakers arrested early afternoon. An attempted burglary on Main and Center streets is described with tools used. A new oil and gas company plans a large station and curb cutting at Patterson property near Hotel Corry. Clinton Street surfacing will receive blacktop like nearby rural roads under city plans announced at last night’s council meeting.
A reader challenge tests current events knowledge with seven questions on family finances taxes baby-sitting deductions military balance and U.S. farm sizes. The piece invites checking the Classified page for the answers and notes a Palestinian dialect question about Jesus and His disciples.
Channel 4's evening lineup includes Sports News Western Theater 300 Round Table Stage Show Two for the Money Jack Parr Show That's My Boy Two In Love News Weather Playhouse This Is The Bit World News Industry on Parade Juvenile Sotorfive Regina Film The Goldberns Masquerade Party Film Super Circus Now and Then Lets Play Charades World News Cy Buckie Earn Your Valion Your Play Time Toast of the Town Summer Theatre Man Behind the Badge The Web Whats My Line Late News and Weather Final Sports Review International Playhouse
Local items cover a wide array of community life from military and missionary plans to airport progress and real estate developments. Notable mentions include Eugene Westley’s ordination and Nigeria mission, a pilot’s first solo flight, and Corry’s merchants facing donation pressures amid rising appeals.
Harold Carlisle of R. D. 8 McDonald was electrocuted yesterday while working on a construction job at Oscoolt Mills near Clearfield. The accident prompted an investigation by local authorities and safety officials.
An Erie man, Herman Jonas Brie, filed in Erie County Court on Thursday seeking an order to compel his separated wife of five years to sign a joint income tax return. He claims he has paid her $60,000 weekly under a court order for five years and says he was denied deductions by the government for four years. He says his wife will not sign unless he pays her half the tax savings, and asks the court to act, asserting there is no remedy at law to force the signing.
Police ruled out foul play after 53 year old Frank Le Roy a dishwasher at the Marion Tearoom said he was not slugged. Le Roy suffered a skull fracture in a fall at his East Eighth Street room and has been hospitalized since Monday. Detectives Malinowski Kraus and hospital staff noted his improving condition as of yesterday.
Two mules wandered along a highway near Shelby North Carolina. An automobile struck one mule killing it. A second car stopped to assist. The surviving mule backed up to the damaged vehicle, reared up on its hind legs and smashed the car door with its hooves.
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