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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1959
Page
1
Fragmented OCR reads as a local notice with partial lines about dates times and contact details. It mentions a phone belt and a person linked to a listed amount but key names and locations are unreadable. The readable bits suggest a notice of financial or service action with limited identifiable entities.
A fragmentary OCR note references a 10 count body incident and payment, with unreadable details about parties or location. The unreadable text limits clarity on who is involved or where it occurred.
A fragment notes a holiday period in Merton with MW for estimate of traffic week and scheduling of time for events. It hints at a planned venting or reception period and mentions a timetable. The readable text lacks clear names or dates.
A court ordered recount in South Ridgway Township concludes with Mrs William Anderson declared winner over T O Taylor for show director. Recounted ballots and rejected ballots are discussed as the legal process clarifies votes and timing of results.
Officials and bus operators must replace carbon tetrachloride extinguishers with dry chemical units by September or face penalties. The new law targets schools and student transports, citing safety as the reason, with fines up to $100 or possible jail terms for noncompliance.
A twin engine military plane from Fornebu Airport Oslo crashed north of Oslo in poor visibility. All four aboard were killed. The C47 aircraft went down minutes after takeoff near three lumberjacks at work.
Santa rolls into town by convertible Monday evening beginning at 7 00 touring downtown on Buesink Motors and delivering gifts at Loblaw's parking lot from 7 30 to 8 30 In the North Center Clinton streets area he will again give gifts to children on a vacant lot until 8 30.
Erie criminal court will hear Paul F Porter plead to larceny of a revolver from William Daniels home after parolee status from New York and Pennsylvania oversight. Porter, who served six years of a 10 year term, was arrested November 1 during a struggle over the weapon. Chief Harley Drake will testify as a witness. Noted etcher James McBey dies at 75 in Tangier after a career in banking and art.
Two American defendants face a Cuban military tribunal at Pinar del Rio with possible death sentences for two of them. The trio were captured during a clash with Cuban troops and await verdicts, while a fourth American was released and deported.
An excavation ditch nineteen feet deep collapsed in Allegheny Cemetery, burying two Pittsburgh workmen. Richard Lvfons, 35, was recovered near midnight and Parker J Conlbyt, 3, earlier. the shaft was to lay a sewer line for the mausoleum named Temple of Memories.
Dale Hubler, 21, a Navy veteran, remains jailed in Erie County awaiting a December hearing on a murder charge in the death of 31 year old Praok Goreynski. Witnesses described a fist fight in front of Shamrock Cafe after an argument over a woman. Goreynski died when a shard of glass pierced his heart after he was knocked into a storefront window. Police and witnesses differ on who started the fight. Hubler pleaded not guilty at arraignment. an officer said the murder charge is warranted. An intoximeter indicated Hubler was sober at the time.
An unvented space heater used to warm a recently moved in house caused carbon monoxide poisoning. Victims include Jean Marie Thguman 27 and five others: Nancy Lynn 4 Terrance Allen 2 Timothy Randall 3 months Memphis Mae Mune 19. Deputy coroner Dr. Carl Frye ruled gas heater poisoning. Also, 70 year old Edward Fimtschilling died after being struck by a car on an Altoona street.
A federal three judge panel ruled the 1959 amendment to Pennsylvania's Sunday closing law constitutional, effectively limiting Sunday sales of certain items. The decision allows arrests under the law this Sunday in 67 counties and prompts potential appeals by Two Guys from Harrison Allentown Inc.
An Allegheny Airlines Flight 871 crash near Williamsport killed 25 people including Erie natives Joni Henry Zurn 34 Redemptorist Father Theodore Engist 52 and Mrs Michael Mooney 41. Zurn was listed under another name on the flight manifest. Engist had recently moved to Philadelphia as rector of St Boniface parish and Mooney was returning from Harrisburg to Cranesville.
Louis Matarazzo, 35, of Springfield, only survivor among 21 aboard an Allegheny Airlines twin engine plane, credits God for life after his escape from a crash into a 400 foot mountain near Williamsport Montoursville. He described flames, pain and unable to reach wreckage as investigators began a Civil Aeronautics Board inquiry.
A Virginia federal judge condemned a pupil placement plan as contemptuous and ordered a new plan by March 15. The ruling foreshadows trouble for Atlanta and cites segregation in Dollarway Arkansas where Rob Bryant defeated Charles Knott amid a racially split election. Everett Tucker Jr. and B Frank Mackey won Little Rock school board seats amid criticism from segregationists.
A coroner's jury in Butler Pennsylvania last night held John Huw Pulkey 28 01 and Marwood 26 under charge in a hotly contested shooting on September 30. Frederick 26 is named as the victim.
President Eisenhower begins a 19 day, 11 nation journey on three continents to build goodwill with Western allies and explain American leadership. The trip emphasizes not hard bargains but better understanding, with stops in Europe Asia and North Africa including a Western summit in Paris and a long focus on India.
Fading defense chief Neil H. McElroy told reporters at his farewell that the United States will lag behind the Soviet Union in intercontinental missiles for three years. He cited offsets from bombers and new missiles like the Howl Dot and Polaris, with naval and air forces maintaining readiness.
An avalanche 40 miles north of Tati in the Mallu Alps buried a barracks where 49 workers slept. Seventeen were pulled from the rubble. 13 feared dead and 10 others missing. Surviving workers described the roar and rapid burial of the four barracks sections.
A head on crash last night killed four men and injured others. Victims include Helen C. Kemp about 60 and three White Bear Lake area seniors Anthony Schweizer Harlan Netvon and Robert Crouse who were returning from a basketball game.
The Big County Health and Tuberculosis Association will bring a free chest X ray service to Corry next Friday. It will operate 1 30 to 6 30 and 6 25 to 8 00 pm at Center and West Washington streets for residents over 15 who have not had a chest X ray in the past year. The event is arranged with the Corry Christmas Seal Committee led by David A Hillstrom.
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