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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1959
Page
1
Titusville hosts a centennial week marking Col. Edwin Drake’s first commercial oil well and the birth of the oil industry. By week’s end a TV program will broadcast from the Drake site as thousands visit Drake Memorial Park and historic tools.
Warren County coroner and sheriff investigate the death of 14 year old David L. Wilson adoptive son of Burl and Mrs. Wilson of Warren. He was found hanged in the basement yesterday afternoon by his parents after a day spent with a friend camping and at a drive in movie. No note was found and officials said there was no despondency history. An autopsy and verdict are pending.
Spring Creek School will open September 1 with 100 to 110 students, near the 1958-59 enrollment, says Principal Mrs Bernard Porter. The district anticipates 120 students, with state reimbursement based on these figures. Bus schedules and a full first day are planned, cafeteria service will be available, teachers attend institute August 31, and staff remains the same as last year. Repair work last year delayed operations, but the Corry calendar will be followed for days off and closing.
Two Clearfield County men, George Moore aged 48 of Grassflat and Kenneth Reese aged 25 of Karthaus, were struck and killed by an auto yesterday while fighting on a rain slick highway near Karthaus just over the Centre County line. The car, driven by Mrs. Clair McGovern of Karthaus, struck them as they rolled on the roadway after an argument. She tried to stop but did not see them in time.
Heat weary Americans woke to another sweltering day as Canadian air offered relief in parts of the Northeast and northern Plains while most regions faced intense heat. Forecasters warned no significant relief soon for the Southeast, southern central areas, and Midwest with high pressure blocking cooler air. Showers moved along the Pacific to Michigan and Texas coast but provided little comfort. Police and fire crews in Kittanning, Pennsylvania searched for James Drags, 18, missing after reports he fell from a motorboat into the Allegheny River near Lock No. 6.
Six convicts sawed their way out of the Fort Madison state penitentiary during Sunday church services. Three surrendered after holding a minister’s family at knife point. two remained at large as a house-by-house search began. The escape followed a prior breakout in June.
Harrisburg AP Republicans press for end of September adjournment plan to cut Gov. Lawrence’s 1959 60 budget by 56 million dollars and reject new taxes. They aim to pass bank shares and gross receipts levies this week on Senate calendar, while killing a proposed personal property tax. Budget gaps and revenue forecasts shift as leaders insist service tax results boost July receipts and may force higher estimates. The House GOP will not amend the appropriations bills. a Senate committee will handle cuts.
Francis Long, 36, was driving east on West Smith Street when his auto struck a parked garbage disposal truck on the south curb. Police Chief Harley Drake put the damage at about 700 dollars to the gas right front end. operator of the disposal truck was Robert L. Nichols, 14, of 412 South Center Street.
Steven Rockefeller and his Norwegian wife Anne Marie fly into the United States for their honeymoon with Gov Nelson Rockefeller and Mrs Rockefeller accompanying. They may visit the Rockefeller ranch in Wyoming or sail from Maine on the Nirvana. Copenhagen takeoff was delayed nearly three hours after a smoke smell traced to a short circuit in the aircraft’s electronics.
Authorities investigate a Sunday blaze in a crowded Toms River jail that killed eight prisoners and injured 12. Sheriff Harry Roe said the fire started in a padded portable cell on the second floor but cause is unknown. Investigations are led by state and local agencies. Seven victims died of smoke poisoning and one victim was burned in the padded cell.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev plans an itinerary mirroring past high level exchanges with the United States. He will arrive in Washington on September 15 for two days of talks at the White House and a National Press Club address. He is then to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly, signaling a formal, restrained pace in U.S.-Soviet diplomacy.
A note found at the Villa Motel in Centerville triggers an FBI and local police search for a possible kidnapper and victim. The note asked for help to locate Hollis Zane of Penngrove New Jersey. Authorities later identified the girl as Hollie Zane, 20, who reportedly ran away from home. occupants registered as Mr and Mrs Rosato of Milan, Italy.
A youth died yesterday when his car crashed into a parked trailer off Water Street in Smithfield. Louis Ta Ch, 17, of Smithfield, was killed. Two other passengers, Marvin Ainsley, 16, and Wayne Adams, 15, both of Smithfield, were injured.
Corry Firemen made three trips to a former Thompson Lambert Mill on Saturday where sawdust piles ignited multiple times. Fire officials investigated and found the second blaze to be a rekindling of the earlier fire and the third attack again sparked by fumes, with responders contending a dangerous surface fire near the sawdust pile.
The Associated Spring plant group led by the Raymond division announced a third quarter dividend of 35 cents per share at Bristol Connecticut. Records are set for September 1 with payment on September 10. The decision follows prior smaller payouts and aims to restore a yearly total of 1.10 dollars in dividends. The Mattoon Illinois plant opening in October may shift production, and several hundred workers will be hired after training. Full output is targeted within two years as the Chicago plant closure affects regional operations.
Walter S. Peake joins his father to establish the law firm Peake and Peake with offices in the Law and Finance Building on South Center Street. The younger Peake, a 1945 Penn graduate and 1948 Penn Law alumnus, has taught at UC Berkeley and the University of Arizona Law Schools.
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