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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1951
Page
8
Attorneys for the Pennsylvania Telephone Company seek a month extension to prepare briefs responding to the city’s protest against recent rate increases. City Solicitor Edward Mirgay and Fray Murphy anticipate the extension will be granted. New rates took effect last spring, with potential cancellations or reductions pursued for individual telephone owners. Briefs were opened on August 22.
A dynamite blast at a Denver area canyon work site killed eight men and injured many others. The explosion sent debris down on a $12 million project near the Rocky Mountain range, with 50 to 60 workers present when the blast occurred at about 5 p.m. MST. Officials report a large quantity of dynamite discharged and canyon walls rising 365 feet above the creek bed, as searchers comb the area for additional casualties.
A fragmented page lists public auctions and sales in Corry and surrounding towns. Items include motorbikes and bicycles, farm and dairy goods, emporium ads, and a large garage equipment sale with many tools. Public sale announcements name bidders, locations, dates, and contact numbers.
Seven Erie burglars were sentenced or had pleas accepted in county court after a March to June spree. Sentences ranged up to six months in Erie County Prison with fines around 100 dollars. Other guilty pleas and related cases included two couples tied to four burglaries with losses totaling 620 dollars. A separate crash in Leechburg, Vandergrift man crushed by a heavy concrete pipe during a water authority project.
A fragmented entry lists answers tied to J C Guizs quiz items on the Bistorial Page L Wo. It mentions Meir Goldwyn Mayerson and Mt NitEIniey Alaska at 20 900 feet, Ingrid Bergman, and references Hot air Alpha and beta. It shows W Averell Harriman and the International Federation at War Veterans Organizations in a garbled quiz key.
President Truman's roving troubleshooter W Averell Harriman arrived in Belgrade Yugoslavia to confer with Premier Marshal Tito on military and economic support. He travels home from Tehran after failing to resolve the stalemate between Britain and Iran over nationalization. Harriman said his Yugoslav mission centers on various aid programs for Tito.
Goldie Hensel Caldwell, 45, mother of two from New Alexandria, was charged with embezzling $28,189 from the bank. FBI agent JA Robey said she will face Federal Reserve Act violations. U.S. Commissioner Edward Snodernss released her on own recognizance after arraignment. a hearing is set for September 11 in Pittsburgh.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Amertour, New York, and a river area with references to years, thoughts on huds, a fal Mui ides warday, and troopers. Content is garbled with missing words and inconsistent phrases.
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