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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1952
Page
3
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Two area women died in traffic accidents on Saturday. Mrs Lois Holsinger 26 Bradford perished in a head on collision near Warren. Mrs William Smith 37 Meadville was struck by a car in front of her home. Seven others were injured in the Warren and Ashtabula incidents.
Statewide alarm and a five county road block are out for two McKean County prisoners who overpowered a warden and escaped Saturday. Thomas Berry, 17, Pittsburgh, and Donald HusnfLock, 21, Washington County, were awaiting trial for armed robbery. Police searched the Bradford area for the pair as a car and a van were reported stolen after the escape.
Derward L Porter a Coast Guard veteran and retired machinist died suddenly at 4 a m at his home in Spring Creek R D 1 He was born August 26 1905 in Baker Hill Columbus Township and served in the Cutter Service for 16 years retiring in 1946 He married Florence M Porter in Erie August 9 1996 and later lived in Corry Arlington National Cemetery Fort Myers Va will bury him Friends may call at Bracken Keating Funeral Home service Wednesday at 1 p m led by Rev Francis G Whiteman
More than $820,000 in stolen goods go on the auction block as part of the Wright burglary case. Millard Wright and wife Roberta Wright face multi county prosecutions for home thefts across Ohio West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. Sheriff oversees sale of recovered merchandise with only about $1,000 identified and returned. Wright killed himself after arrest at the Butler barracks following prior surgery to curb his stealing compulsion.
The funeral for Mrs. Kennesive was held at Bracken-Keating Funeral Home Saturday at 2 p m Rev Ray Merriman officiated with bearers Arthur Mill Ray Ingalls Ivan Hatch Homer Kolstee Harold Howard and Wilbur Camp. Interment followed at Beaverdam Cemetery. Relatives and friends from Beaverdam Conneaut Spar tansburg East Brady Frewsburg attended. The Nat Geographic Society notes Solfatara near Naples has not erupted since 1198.
An explosion at the Tea Synthetic Chemical Company fertilizer plant in Nagoya, Japan, leveled facilities and killed at least 15 workers. Police said 370 were injured and five were missing as search efforts continued.
In Chicago the Brodie Siamese twins, 11 months old, remain precarious as doctors at Neuropsychiatric Hospital continue separation attempts. One twin is fed intravenously while surgeons preserve a single main drainage vessel. The boys, John L. and John Wirt Lane of Roosevelt and Maysville, are named in the report alongside hospital officials. Separately, Arthur L. Chapman is named vice president in charge of electronic operations at Sylvania Electric Products.
Radio and TV listings show TONIGHT programming with Sagebrush Trail and Spotlight Sports. Notable slots include Ozzie and Hutrie at 7:00, Stranger Than at 7:45, Video Theatre at 8:00, Voice of Firestar at 8:00, I Love Lucy at 8:00, Marine Theatre at 3:80, Studio One at 10:00, News at 11:00 and 11:20, FBT Fugitive at 11:30, Boston Blackie at 12:00, Suspense, Tuesday’s Today at 1:00, News at 9:15, Learn and Live at 9:30, and Pilm at 9:45.
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