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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1958
Page
6
The concluding day of the 1968 Crawford County Fair drew about 75,000 attendees, with roughly 1,000 on the grandstand for each of two performances, well below capacity. Officials were unsure if the fair ended in the black.
Gerald Mixer, 51, of East South Street, Corry, was injured when a dog darted onto Route 426 causing his motor scooter to skid on wet pavement. He sustained facial cuts and a forehead laceration and was admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital for overnight observation.
State lodges of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks presented 134 scholarships to Pennsylvania students at the annual convention. Each award is worth $500 for the student’s chosen school. Recipients include Melanie Schiapak Ambridge Barbara Champion Warren John Slike Bradford Ferdinand Biante Ridgway Beatrice Pressley Wilkins.
A Corry couple escaped serious injuries when their car left Main Street and rolled into a ditch near Sheldon drive. Mrs Lita, driving at about 10 mph, and Arthur Lite among others were briefly trapped as three doors opened. Mrs Lily Sheldon was treated for a knee abrasion at Corry Memorial Hospital.
Vernin F Koehler Bennett of Duane Street dies suddenly at home at 8 oclock She was born February 21 1882 in Union City later lived in Corry She married Charles Bennett on September 1 194 and they marked their 50th anniversary four years ago Survived by husband daughter Ruth two sisters and one son Harley. Rosary at Bracken Funeral Home Tuesday night and funeral Wednesday at St Thomas Church with burial in St Thomas Cemetery
Dora Burg and Martha Jane Ellis among names connected to Connellsville Charleroi Johnstown Vandergrift Ambridge New Castle and other communities including Tarentum Brownsville Warren Richards Kay White Barbara Davis Nancy Trusal Clay Cayol Young and William Cain appear in a regional notice with multiple residents named across districts.
In Washington the head of a three man citizens commission to probe Teamsters corruption says he is not prejudged. George E Sunder named by Hoffa to headline the panel says he will be fair and the inquiry will proceed without bias. Hoffa appoints former Ohio senator William Bender and F Joseph Daviehue as the other members.
An auto truck collision on Route 30 near Trwin last night killed Westmoreland County woman Mrs Nell Barbish 40 of Adamsburg and left six others injured including her husband Walter 43 and two children Frances 16 and Patrick 4, plus driver Stanley Shinoski 50 and his sister Mary Shinoski 47. The truck driver Carl Curtis 42 of Weston West Virginia escaped injury.
Congress wraps eight month session with final votes on two major funding bills. Senate and House leaders bid farewell to retiring leaders Knowland and Rayburn as Eisenhower weighs vetoed and revised measures. New education and military construction appropriations pass, while railroad retirement and water diversion plans stall.
Dick Kadis, paralyzed since a 1956 football injury, marks his 23rd birthday at Highland View Hospital. He remains unable to speak, moves minimally with therapy, and relies on nurses. his mother and father visit daily as doctors note slow progress and ongoing medical expenses while fundraising funds edge toward 17 more months of support.
Norman Funk, 21, Barnesboro special police officer, died at Altoona Hospital from a self inflicted gunshot wound in a freak attic accident. Offic er Gerald Leslie, another officer, tripped and discharged his .38 caliber revolver while searching a deserted Barnesboro home for a jail escapee. The bullet struck Funk in the left side. Police later captured escapee Elmer Nagle of Barnesboro, jailed on disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charges.
Sydney Carroll, an Australian born drama critic and theatre producer, died yesterday in Bognor Regis after a long illness. He was 81.
In Harrisburg GOP House Speaker W Stuart Helm denounces Gov Leader for using a nonpartisan highways report to air apologies and alibis. Helm says the administration caused morale and efficiency issues through personnel turnover driven by party loyalists. Republican leaders also criticize Democratic chairmen and Commonwealth Secretary John Rice over political influence and salaries.
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