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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1959
Page
6
Volunteers canvass door to door for a Helfel Beaver host company event to raise 14000 dollars for a fire trick. A down payment of 2000 was collected with 2000 due in 80 days. Firemen urge all residents to donate, with a focus on households visited by the relief truck and prominent local figures taking part.
FBI agents arrested 44 year old Motwewell in connection with the 1940s disappearance of Pearl Ida Putney, a widow from Washington DC. Authorities allege Motwewell conspired to flee to Cleveland, Ohio, but was apprehended near Atlanta after a months long manhunt. Putney’s body was later found, and official reports tie the case to a larger scheme involving a bank or hotel crime network.
A ten room residence of the indueltalist Bernd Childttve il Hae Tanily in Plymouth was ransacked by thieves who ripped pictures from walls overturned furniture and moved rugs. The thief, likely seeking hidden money or securities, forced a door and escaped with unknown loot.
Heat prostration caused a crash on Route 322 near Franklin as Rice, driving west, collapsed at the wheel and rammed a building in the Franklin Refinery area. The car suffered about $500 in damage. Rice was taken to Franklin Hospital in good condition. Industrialist Charles H. Morse dies at Chicago firm. He led a family machinery builder dating back to 1906.
A Washington AP digest notes the 1958 election shifted the House to 284 Democrats to 153 Republicans with one vacancy. Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn adopt a middle-road approach, veto threats from Eisenhower unresolved civil rights and budget plans, while Senate passes milder measures. Johnson pushes bold housing and airport programs, Eisenhower vetoes, compromise on price supports and farm aid, and a stalled central banking bill lingers.
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