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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1956
Page
4
The paper notes postal rates and delivery details for Corry Pennsylvania. It also discusses Jane's Fighting Ships ranking the Soviet Navy second to the United States, detailing Soviet fleet growth and U.S. emphasis on aircraft carriers and atomic submarines as preparation for a major war.
The Air Force is confirmed as the sole authority to control long range missiles for large area defense. Secretaries Chavez and Wilton limit Army to missiles within 200 miles and anti aircraft use. The three services dispute ends as basic principles are set to eliminate duplication and assign roles, with Congress to act.
WBEN Buffalo Channel 4 listing shows 6:00 News and Sports, 17:40 Name That Tune, 8:00 Phil Silvers Show, 9:00 The Brothers, 9:80 Herb Shriner, 10:00 $84,000 Question, 10:30 Do You Trust Your Wife, 11:00 News, 1:15 Sports, 11:30 Eleven-thirty Theatre, plus daytime and late-evening programs including Gene Autry Show, Superman, Meet the Millers, Santa Claus, and Children’s Theatre. Also mentions Weather and local business ad shows Buick sales and service.
A meditation tying Matthew 2 16 18 to modern tyranny and innocent suffering. The author reflects on the massacre of innocents as martyrdom for Christ, warns that power corrupts, and asserts a divine reward and justice for the innocent with promise of retribution against the evil.
Weather today threatened icy streets and dangerous motoring as Corry witnesses slick conditions. Formal dedication of the United Brothers in Christ church occurs Sunday at 2 30 led by Bishop A R Chippinger of Dayton Ohio. Basketball opens with three local scholastic teams starting their season tonight.
Thomas L Taylor left for Conneaut Ohio after his brother George Taylor was killed as a railroad brakeman. Thomas F Hodges of Pittsburgh spoke at the Corry lodge of Elks annual sorrow. The Grange celebrated its golden anniversary with a musical program by Mrs Charles Whiteley James Wright and Miss Williams. The text also notes military air force developments and a discussion of air power across services.
Mild weather eased conditions across the country with the highest temps from Lake Superior to Montana and single digits to the north. Readings dropped about 10 degrees from yesterday as snow fell in the northern Great Lakes, Minnesota, Montana, western North Dakota, and overnight in northern New England with 4 to 6 inches in parts of Maine and New Hampshire.
Erie detectives report a juvenile suspect stole two cars across several states including a Waynesburg crash, Washington and Erie, with accomplices and a hacksaw plot. The youth was captured in Wheeling, W Va, and awaits arraignment on burglary charges as authorities seek juvenile court jurisdiction.
An obituary noting Mrs Julia Lethbridge 90, a believed last surviving member of Sitting Bull's band who fled to Canada after the 1876 Little Bighorn massacre, died November 12 at Fort QuAppelle Saskatchewan.
A 17 or 18 year old youth attempted a robbery at Mrs. Achille's storefront in Erie yesterday but fled after she calmly confronted him. He entered wearing a T shirt, asked for items, smoked, and claimed no money, leaving with a failed plan as another shopper appeared and a relative aided in deterring him.
Authoress Mrs Martin A White of Sag Harbor New York died at 83. She was linked to the long running serial project titled Revelations of a Wife described as the largest serial story in newspaper history. White was born in Clinton Wisconsin and was married to a former AP general news editor.
A garbled clipping lists Joan Simmons, Phil Silvers, a heartrending array of arts figures including Marilyn Monroe, and a joke about cover girl dreams. The fragment hints at celebrity culture and public personas. it reads like a stray social note or entertainment column line from a bygone era.
Mrs M Faulkner of North Center sleet died yesterday aged 93. Born August 13 in Laon New York she wrote verse with daughter Mrs July Fernbeck and left granddaughter Maxine Hess Corry sister Maude Parsons Brocton NY and several nieces and nephews. A Meth Christian member in Russell Pa, body at VerMilyea Funeral Home Warren with viewing Thursday. funeral at Laona Cemetery.
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