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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1953
Page
1
A fragmented note references Armenican identity and AI influences in the present day, mentioning self and divinity. The readable text is sparse, with no clear event, date, or concrete entities beyond the broader terms.
Anmunjiom A Korean POW escapee accuses pro Communist guards of blocking repatriation talks. He cites four Americans and 20 South Koreans at the camp as potential returnees, but names are controlled by authorities. The UN Command plans interviews if prisoners volunteer. time is tight before December 24 deadline.
Rumors indicate the city administration deems the 19 percent wet reserve slim for expenditures. A special session of City Council to discuss budget revisions is set for Saturday at 2 p.m. Attending will be Council members, Mayor Eerl T. Chery, and Council select Charles Thompson. Proposals include Social Security funding and paving projects, with attention to the garbage contract and financing. An audit reveals a $7,000 shortage in Pittsburgh school tax collections, prompting inquiries by District Attorney and others.
A West Side hotel, the Windsor Hotel, collapsed after a major blaze. Firemen rescued ten captains from the ruins and hospitalised several. eight firemen remained unaccounted for. The back wall of the building stood 65 by 50 feet as residents fled the skid row district.
President Eisenhower and top GOP leaders began three days of conferences to map the 1954 legislative program. He will deliver a nationwide address January 4 and the State of the Union January 7, detailing objectives and budget plans. He urged Republicans to advance a forward looking welfare program for 140 million people. The White House released his closing remarks from the session. He cited 1953 achievements including Korea ceasefire, tax reductions, inflation containment, and economic deregulation.
Associated Press reports a new transcontinental speed record for commercial flight was set when two National Airlines DC-3s completed a California to Washington ferry flight in 5 hours and 54 minutes. The prior record was 6 hours 49 minutes on a Lockheed Constellation flight from Burbank to New York in February.
Bone chilling cold grips Gary with a reading three above at 2 00 am and climbing to 15 above by 9 00 am Snow piles reach four more inches atop an 18 inch ground cover across the region Roads plowed with a downed plow causing delays State police report no crashes in 34 hours Heavy snowfall concentrates in Cory district while Erie and Titusville see lighter totals Western Pennsylvania reports 12 inch totals in Elle-Corry area and lingering flurries across western counties.
A $100,000 fire gutted the G. G. Greene Mfg Co at Irvine Street and Lexington Avenue at 1:30 a.m. No injuries were reported as Warren Clarendon and Glade fire departments battled the flames. Fire discovered by Charles Schaffer of Sylvania Co. Tanks holding 15,000 gallons of gasoline posed a major risk. About 4,500 feet of hose were used. damage and sale details were not available.
A fire last night caused heavy damage to two two story buildings in Martinsburg Blair County. The blaze started in the structure housing Leidy Electric and the American Bakery grocery. exact cause is unknown. Local responders battled the flames, and investigations continue.
A poetry loving young chemist, Harlow Fraden, 94, is charged with murdering his parents Dr William Fraden and Shirley Fraden to inherit about 500000. A friend, Dennis Wepman, 20, admitted planning the killings for money. Fraden was arrested in a St Moritz Hotel room after confessing to detectives that he poisoned champagne during a toast on August 19. The case, linked to an earlier double homicide of an uncle and aunt, is pending further details.
A Labor Management Council plan in Pittsburgh's pre Christmas department store strike was rejected by union leaders. The Besco plan urged immediate resumption of bargaining, an effective date for new contracts, and return to work at five stores without discrimination by seven AFL unions.
Kenneth Johnson a pilot from Gubdock Tex left Lock Haven Pa for Columbus with two colleagues to ferry Piper Cubs. In a snow storm the trio made emergency landings seven miles south of Indiana in a barn field. Jack Miller and Dan Burkhalter of Lubbock also ferried in and landed about 20 miles north of Onnstown Pa.
VFW post members elected four new directors Raymond Mey, Paul Dynview, Raymond Toslaine and others to the board. Existing officers include Raymond Mey as president and Paul Dynview as president with several resignations and reappointments noted amid a preliminary meeting.
Corry Memorial Hospital directors, in December session, discussed ongoing heating balance issues affecting patient rooms and voice levels. An engineer from the system’s installer collaborates with architects on a fix. Dr Richard Batten was added to the medical staff. City officials received the $8500 annual appropriation request with thanks. Microfilming of medical records 1848 50 was authorized. November showed 284 patients served, 1302 visits, 31 births, 7 deaths, and 92 total operations. The daily census averaged 43. Directors present were Gate Fuller Holden Ott Nigelston Pain and Hillstrom.
Center street scene of wrecks reports a truck driven by Mrs Daniel Reynolds of Sciotn Road colliding with a school bus on Center and East Washington streets. Reynolds vehicle left of way after windshields frosted. $125 in coins and $25 in damage cited. A second crash on East Bond Street involved Donald A Breenad of Wattsburg hitting a school bus with passengers. Bus driver Edwin Wrobiewski stopped for a light when Steinved's car struck the bus. $180 combined damage, no injuries. Police planned to question Steinved for possible charges. Also notes U S Steel to close plants at Christmas in Homestead Duquesne Clairton and Lockport.
Four children perished in a house fire in Pittsburgh. The incident details are unclear due to damaged text, but authorities reported a fatal blaze affecting a family with multiple young victims. Further information and official findings are awaited.
The plan to extend Social Security coverage to city workers advances after mayoral review. Officials indicate the change will affect clerks and several department staff, with some retirees and resignations anticipated as the system shifts to Social Security coverage. Firemen and policemen remain outside the program.
Graham of Pittsburgh earned the U S Defense Departments top civilian honor for relocating his Air Force contract flying school from Greenville Mississippi to this area after a jet base succession. Presented by General Discsway at Monday ceremonies, he is president of Graham Aviation, part of the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics. The school trained Air Force pilots for two years before the Air Force assumed control and moved the field to the jet base in March. Graham previously ran a flying school in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Officers of the National Bank of Corry announced in today’s regular December meeting that directors voted a dividend for all shareholders. Dividend checks will be payable in January.
The government says Lavrenty Beria confessed to plotting against the state and will be tried at a special sitting of the Soviet High Court on a date to be set. The charge list includes treason and conspiring with foreign intelligence to undermine the socialist state and Russia's wartime and postwar regimes.
Pittsburgh firm Meu Nawsuc al Bank and Tris Co plan a stock split, with shares quoted at $930. Stockholders will vote on the board recommendation to reduce par value from $100 to $50. The bank holds a combined capital supply of about 220 million dollars.
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