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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1956
Page
8
Manager Harold Meagher announced National Biscuit Co will resume deliveries today with three trucks. New offices opened at 29 Enat Buh street and warehouse space was acquired nearby. Meagher estimated total damage around 56 000 dollars, with building damage about 39 000 dollars.
A rain soaked, sharp curve on Route 3 near Gallstein, 20 miles northeast of Johnstown, caused a head-on collision between a car driven by Harry J Prosser and a passenger wife Margaret Prosser. Margaret died at the hospital. The other driver Peter L Basile from Duncanville was injured. Prosser was listed in critical yet stable condition.
May Reece, 17, of Fill District, is hospitalized with a stab wound and her husband Patrick, 25, is dead from chest wounds found yesterday in their Third Moor apartment. Homicide says she stabbed back after he attacked her during an argument. she remains in tilt condition.
Two gunmen invaded the apartment of a young bank teller and his wife in Hyattsville near College Park. They held them for nearly six hours then forced the teller to drive to the College Park branch and surrender weekend deposits. The loot was estimated at about $20,000 as the suspects fled on foot after leaving the couple unharmed. An FBI probe began as police investigated the dawn hours.
Retired coal miner Emil Kulka of Illinois shot his wife Mary 56 then turned the gun on himself. Both were hospitalized in serious and fair condition with multiple wounds after a 32 caliber revolver incident at their home. Police said Kulka had been ill and refused hospital treatment.
Soviet press reports indicate a Kremlin gathering of the Communist Party Central Committee to discuss tightening or easing control over satellites, leadership changes, housing shortages, and boosting consumer goods production amid Hungary Poland and Yugoslavia tensions.
Yugoslav leader Tito may be invited to visit the United States as Washington weighs an invitation. Tito, who broke from Soviet domination in 1948, stands as a symbol of defiance to Moscow during crises in Poland and Hungary.
William Piel of O’Hara Township died after being struck by a car at the intersection of Route 28 and Oak Hill Friday night. Police said the 72 year old suffered fatal injuries at the scene and his proper name and age were confirmed by emergency responders.
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