20 Dec 1954
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1954
Page
1
Readable fragments indicate private street matters in Gere during the month, with officials and residents discussing maintenance and access. The text shows limited details but points to a local street concern requiring action or clarification.
Fragmented listing prose with scattered phrases about sales rents and properties in Corry Pennsylvania. Mentions route numbers stores taxes ordinances and city revenue matters with unclear dates and figures.
The Associated Press reports Senator Sparkman proposed a continuing and objective study of housing programs while opposing a probe aimed at dragging out dead carcasses. The eight month FHA program investigation blamed a few greedy builders and some dishonest officials for windfall profits, with 6 million dollars found in 437 of 543 projects. The committee criticized ineffectiveness and urged close scrutiny of a new law to close loopholes. The report detailed widespread irregularities tied to postwar housing, while sparing most industry participants.
Moscow warned it would abrogate the British Soviet Mutual Assistance Treaty if Paris ratifies the arrangements for rearming West Germany. The note, handed to Sir William Hayter by Andrei Gromyko at the Foreign Ministry, signaled possible action similar to the French Soviet treaty threat. A news conference was to be held that evening to publish the note.
Navy divers hauled the forward section of the Mallon airliner from Jamaica Bay and began breaking it apart. The DC-8-? plane carrying 26 dead was located in three main pieces. Civil Aeronautics Board hearings were set to open after wreckage recovery and survivor accounts emerged.
Richard Smith 21 of 228 Essex street was slated for arraignment before Alderman Cobbett on drunken and disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charges. Taken after a complaint from The Pantry on West Main, Smith allegedly swung wildly, was subdued, and sustained facial injuries. He refused treatment at the jail, later treated at Corry Memorial Hospital. Police note a prior record of three arrests for drinking and disorderly conduct. Also reported, Bryan S. Harvey, 78, chairman of the Fred Harvey restaurant chain, died in Chicago.
A county review shows a $27 million increase in Corry area property evaluations for 1955 due to new construction. Total Corry value rises to $4,690,020 from $4,604,080 in 1954, with ward and nearby boroughs also posting increases. By 1957 a major reassessment program under the state tax equalization law will be complete, and County officials hint at possible higher tax millage beyond 10 mills due to strong finances.
Secretary of State Dulles arrived in Washington from Paris where the NATO council session produced unanimous, spirited decisions. He said the talks with Anthony Eden and Mendes France were useful and would be detailed at a news conference tomorrow. Attending were Treasury Secretary Humprey and Harold Stassen with other officials and ambassadors. Meanwhile Donald Humphrey awaits sentencing in New Castle for involuntary manslaughter in a fatal car crash that killed Harold Walker last August 10.
Cleveland jurors in the Sheppard murder case remain deadlocked after another morning conference. Judge Blychin indicated he may discharge them if no verdict emerges, risking a new trial for Dr Samuel Sheppard accused of killing Marilyn Sheppard last July. The jurors have deliberated for hours over several sessions, with no questions to the court and weary, pale defendant awaiting a possible verdict.
Vatican officials announce the ailing pope will deliver a Christmas message and appear at a window in St. Peter's Square. Observers note signs of gradual improvement since his hospitalization eighteen days ago, with the Holy See stating he received an audience and was somewhat better today.
The House committee report, led by Rep. Reeves, criticizes foundations as promoting socialism and warns internal dangers of communism outweigh external threats. It cites opposition from both parties, notes a stormy hearing, and outlines proposed U.S. aid of 400 million dollars for South Vietnam in 1955 while detailing the influence networks of major foundations. The report argues foundations wield leftward influence and urges scrutiny amid Cold War tensions.
Pittsburgh families hold hope for the safe return of Ralph L Youlfig and his father Ralph Young, last seen after the son vanished November 30, 1964 and the father followed in March to search. The younger Ralph’s wife, Mars, says he struggled with responsibilities and left with friends in Washington, D C.
Police say Marold R. Ollox killed his wife Grace Wilawbeth and children Janet Martha and Randolph in their Pasadena home and then apparently took his own life. Neighbors described him as devout. a note left behind hinted at financial ruin and guilt.
Calm appeared to return to Cyprus today after a week of unrest and British-led clashes that injured 31 people and led to arrests on the island. A pan-Gyprian group called off a walkout, while strike leaders urged demonstrators to return to work amid an emergency decree ordering firm action against disturbances. Police arrested 47 more people as authorities used tear gas to disperse groups defying a five-person meeting ban.
Billy Ray Willingham, 12, faces first degree murder charges in Brinkley Arkansas for allegedly swinging a large club that crushed the skull of Mil-ton Fuller. Prosecutor J B Reed said he would file the information today as the youth awaits formal charges in an undisclosed Arkansas location. Fuller was found dying in her blood-streaked bedroom after a fatal blow with a four foot piece of firewood.
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold said after talks with China's ambassador in Stockholm that he still plans to travel to Peiping sometime after December 20, but an exact date is not set. The exchanges touched on mission details and the fate of U N workers held by China since the Korean War.
Erie County commissioners signal support for increasing hospital grants to Corry Memorial Hospital which posted a $12 465 loss in five months. They plan to set 1955 county funds after 1954 receipts and expenditures are tabulated. Representatives from Bridenton and St Vincent's discuss overdue collections as indigent care rises. Col Kane named Aberdeen EOD chief after WWII service.
Ralph B Mogamian, an Erie painting contractor, died in Erie after a heart attack struck him while returning from Corry. An accompanying car swerved to avoid him as he slumped at the wheel, with another rider steering the vehicle off the road. He died 12 hours after hospital admission.
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