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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1956
Page
6
A mix of items reports a Navy type weather balloon sighting near Jamestown, civil defense checks, and a string of local incidents. Police warn a missing 16 year old girl, a car damage incident near Spartansburg, traffic and weather notes, and a warehouse fire in Dorset Ohio causing significant damage.
A telephone prank prompts a whisky firm to spell bourbon aloud, while a caller jokes the roof painter is spelling burbor. The exchange captures a light moment over a common brand name.
The article reports clashes at Clinton High involving Pastor Paul Tor ies and others amid a push for legal action. It notes arrests, assaults, and a teacher, Mrs D J Brittain Jr, tied to the incident as two white youths enter a classroom to confront staff.
Senator Geone notes sympathy for delaying a payment while Hayden Sid argues for action. Leil Wiley warns postponement could disrupt the global economic chain and harm the world.
The Journal notes a rising deer kill count with 11 reported by 2 p.m. The list includes hunters and weights such as Harold Miles 14, 4 pt, 145 lbs, and Ronald Dills 4 pt, 95 lbs. The report mentions regions east of the Mississippi and west of the Rockies with olives referenced in the text.
Sparta High School presents the three act comedy Where’s Grandma on December 18 at 7:00 PM. The senior cast includes Grandma Bilin Gretchen Blake Wyn Berthold Bob Blake Martin Shreve Jack Worley Gordon Nichols Carol Worley Carol Dempsey Jucy King Jane Kinney Arline Truesdale Linds Morton Midnight Robert Hebers Dahlia and Barbara Fish as class president. Tickets are available from the seniors or Witmer’s Restaurant.
Nirdlinger a 75 year old Pittsburgh architect received a 30000 verdict from an Allegheny County civil court jury for work on plans for a proposed luxury apartment building that was never built. The suit named John Seldel of Miami Beach Florida formerly Bethel Bur Louh as defendant.
The PRR Union plans a Philadelphia gathering Monday to ratify a wage contract reached with the Pennsylvania Railroad and Transport Workers of America. The National Mediation Board announced the agreement covering about 35 000 carmen electricians boilermakers and other workers at PRR repair stops. Details were withheld pending the meeting with sources noting the terms mirror a recent three year rail labor deal with a first year hourly raise and 7 cent increases in years two and three.
A fragmentary report notes wage talks in Washington state with a demand for a 25 cent hourly increase and new work rules. A cast of individuals is mentioned as involved in the discussion.
Johnson, 49, of East Corhegin, awaits grand jury action and involuntary manslaughter charge in the death of Peter Sinan tu after a tavern argument. A jury recommended that Johnson be held for Poliot in the incident. Johnson testified there was a dispute and that was all.
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