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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1956
Page
8
A Jeep driver near Em Gipollée mistook a moving vehicle for a bear and fired, wounding a 17 year old in Emporium named Matthew Read. Police say the shooter, associated with Hewlett, released pending action as authorities investigate.
George, longtime chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will leave the Senate after 34 years to serve as the United States personal representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He will move to a desk at the State Department after President Eisenhower named him to the NATO post with an ambassadorial rank.
Funeral services are planned tomorrow for Dr. Thomas S Arbuthnot 85 longtime leader of the Carnegie Hero Fund and former dean of the University of Pittsburgh medical school He also headed Children’s Hospital from 1927 to 1947 and served in the Medical Corps in France during World War I He was noted for philanthropy and a famed big game hunting career and cited for tapping a German pilot’s downed plane near the front.
A crude homemade bomb exploded during a New York City screening of War and Peace at the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn injuring six. Police attribute the device to the same bomber group linked to more than 25 blasts. About 1,500 patrons were present when metal fragments flew through rows. three people suffered shock as film resumed after a brief pause.
Harrisburg experts press an investigation into the mass death of about 175 000 trout across Spring Creek in Centre County and state hatcheries. Officials cite possible ammonia-like poison, likely from a storm sewer near University Park, as investigators study fish food supplies and pollution sources.
Syracuse topped the Lambert Trophy standings receiving 12 first place votes and will accept the award at the Metropolitan Club on December 3. Pitt finished second with two votes, followed by Yale and others. the final ratings place Perth State third and name Yale Navy Army Holy Cross Princeton Boston College and Springfield Mass in the rankings. At Penn State University, Professor Emeritus George Hechler of engineering research died at 72 after joining the Penn State staff in 1922 and directing engineering research from 1935 to 1949 with funeral services planned.
Anderson County School Board asked the federal government for help enforcing court-ordered integration at Clinton High School amid threats of possibly closing the school. Ten Negro students remaining in the federal order era have stayed away after harassment and threats from white pupils, prompting pleas for safety assurances.
A 1950 auction notice details Ferguson farm equipment sale with tractors hay balers milking gear and a Reed Spree Stable clearance offering 26000 in merchandise. Event includes December 6 auction with many household tools farm devices and appliances listed for sale to raise funds.
New York egg market reports unsettled wholesale selling prices. Receipts over two days show top quality eggs in multiple weight ranges at 27 to 40 cents, including 48 to 50 pounds and 45 to 48 pounds, with Browns top quality at 39 to 40 1/2 cents and other ranges 30 to 34 cents.
Apples from Pennsylvania’s 1955 crop yield a strong supply in key markets while overall production runs about two thirds of last year. By November 1, some apples remained to be picked in Adams County or elsewhere before harvest ends. October weather was favorable for grapes though ripening lagged and yields varied with drops in Berks and Adams counties.
The report details mass unidentified Hungarian war graves with coffins awaiting identification. Refugee numbers reach about 100000 as many flee to Austria and beyond. Western relief and US refugee intake moves are discussed amid a Soviet backed government press.
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