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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1955

Page

3

Delay Named Of New Site Planning Unit

Erie reports formal approval for the East 16th East 19th and French to Parade area as the second redevelopment site has been delayed until shortly after year’s start. Planning Director Len Nowak said more facts are needed by the Planning Commission, including how many families live there building conditions and property value. Officials stressed the delay does not mean the site is abandoned and noted the area could support additional low cost and rental housing. Commission members Miller Brennan Martin Mageau discussed the 18th and French area in detail at a Tuesday meeting.

Erie East 16Th Rea Len Nowak Nowak Planning Commission Nowak Nadity Middle Busteide Franklin Avenue West 11Th Strit City Planning Commission Daniel W. Miller William Brennan Hugh J Martin Mageau

Parked Car Hit East Of Corry On Route 6

State Police report a rear end collision east of Corry on Route 6 about four miles from town. Two passengers in one car were slightly injured and to be examined by a physician. Alfred Yoder, 28, RD 1 Columbus, drove east when a second vehicle hit from behind. Norman Matthews, 65, Warren, operated the other car. Matthews car damage estimated at 200 dollars and Yoder’s at 75 dollars. Unidentified persons.

Corry Alfred Yoder Columbus Norman Matthews Warren Matthews

Pennsy Walkout Scheduled For Midnight Tonight

The Transport Workers Union and Pennsy meet to avert a strike by 22,560 nonoperating employees. The walkout, set for midnight, follows a halted Septem ber 2 strike after a federal fact finding board urged a welfare plan, paid holidays, and union family coverage. Wage hike demands were not before the board.

Sor Winld Railroad Transport Workers Union Eisenhower Michael J. Quill

Acme Electric Co Strike Ends After New Contract

The AFL CIO International Union of Electrical Workers ends a three week strike at Acme Electric Co after signing a contract through September 1 1957 with a wage boost and an 11 percent average pay increase for 650 employees at Cuba N Y and Allegheny N Y. A union spokesman notes employees chose the TUe as bargaining agent in a National Labor Relations Board election last August.

Itsburgh Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers Acme Electric Co New York State Cuba Allegheny N.Y Acme TUE National Labor Relations Board

Passengers in Yoder Car Suffer Back and Neck Injuries

Passengers in the Yoder car reported back and neck injuries after the collision. The incident prompted medical evaluation, with authorities describing the injuries as non life threatening.

Solarium Project Moves Forward At Corry Memorial

Corry Memorial Hospital directors announce a $25,900 Ford Foundation grant to build a solarium and an anesthesia recovery room. Half the funds come on approval, with local money to cover the rest. Dr. Robert I. Gleason was named anesthesiologist after completing training in Chicago. Hospital stats for November show 1,518 in-patient days, 1,518 total patients, 45 births, 5 deaths, 28 major, and 46 minor operations, with an average daily census of 51. Directors present included Young, Nast, Holden, Edinger, Spitwr, St, Fuller, Slattery, Brundage, and Elston.

Brus Corry Memorial Hospital Association Ford Foundation Buly Robert I. Gleason Tolitt Hospital Cook County Graduate School of Medicine Chicago Edgar Alexander Young, Nast Holden Edinger Spitwr St, Fuller, Slattery Brundage Elston

Stoica Divorce Granted In Los Angeles

Mrs. Annette Stoica, 33, won a divorce from El M Stoica Jr., 48, a swimming pool builder in Los Angeles. The case notes she became a so called television widow as he spent hours watching TV, including the commercials.

Los Angeles Annette Stoica el M. Stoica Jr

Stockholders Battle for Control of AM Byers Co

Pittsburgh January 26 annual meeting will decide on ousting the current board. Insurgent group led by Sidney Newman claims 71,000 shares and seeks a special meeting. board opposes, placing the proposal on the regular agenda. Newman supported the plan but the release notes lack of 20 percent backing for a special session.

Pittsburgh The AM Byers Co Sidney Newman Grout Newman Sydney Newman

Noted Poet Hurt In Auto Crash

Pulitzer prize winning poet Robert Hillyer, 60, was in serious condition at Wilmington General Hospital after emergency head surgery from a car crash near Newark. His back injury fellow driver Clayton Brikes, 55, of Bloomfield, was treated and reported in good condition. Hillyer, a University of Delaware English professor since 1953, was in a coma earlier today but rallied after surgery.

Py Asomlivca Wilmington Del Robert 5 Hillyer Wilmington General Hospital Newpark Clayton Brikes Bloomfield Briggs East Orange No J University of Delaware At Newark

Confesses To Slaying Wife In Lincoln

Lincoln City Forester Darrel F. Parker signed a confession admitting he strangled his wife Nancy Parker after she refused his advances and staged a rape to mislead investigators. Her partially clad body was found December 14 in their Lincoln home. Parker, 24, told authorities he was awake at noon and found her dead at lunch after decorating a state capitol Christmas tree. He described taking steps to make the scene look like a rape, then left for work. Parker attended Nancy’s funeral in Des Moines before being summoned back. The couple had been married less than two years.

Nancy Parker Lincoln Fiay Lancaster Gounty Atty Elmer Scheele Lincoln City Darrel F. Parker State Capitol Parker Nancy Scheele Des Moines Beth Tawa College

Weather Bureau to use dry ice to steer hurricane path

Washington officials edge toward altering a hurricane’s course by using dry ice in an experimental effort. Robert Simpson outlined the plan to the Washington Meteorological Society, detailing a new study group formed to learn how hurricanes develop and move.

Associated Press Washington Weather Bureau Washington Meteorological Society Robert Simpson

Seeding Hurricanes Could Veer Storms From Land

A study group considers seeding a hurricane with dry ice to trigger freezing reactions in moist winds. The process would release heat and alter energy patterns to push the storm away from populated areas, potentially steering it clear of land.

Simpson

Gift Authorized for Latter Day Saints Church in Salt Lake City

A cleared legal bond allows the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City Utah to receive a one million dollar gift from hotel heir Filsworth Morgan Statler. State Supreme Court Justice Carlton A Fisher yesterday revoked a 1935 living trust that would fund the church and add 250000 to the Buffalo foundation a philanthropic group.

Buffalo Church of Latter Day Stnts Salt Lake City Utah Filsworth Morgan Statler Supreme Court Carlton A. Fisher Statler Buffalo Foundation

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