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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1956
Page
4
Anthony Eden secured a major victory in Parliament amid Conservative unity on the Suez crisis, yet a group of rebels abstained on the confidence vote. Eden plans to return from Jamaica to lead the government, facing internal party strife and crucial decisions affecting Britain’s path forward.
Yesterday's memories recall a sharp crackdown on gambling, with Mayor Glen Miller warning offenders of immediate arrests. The Corry Hotel hosted 34 youths for a Christmas party with Santa. Elementary students will perform two plays, Gifts for Pave and The Lone Bit, at the Junior High auditorium with parents invited tomorrow afternoon.
Forty years back on December 22, 1916 the Erie transmission line of the Corry Electric Light Company failed, leaving the city without power or lighting. Many plants closed, and the city endured a day of outages. Patrick Dempsey, formerly of Corry, died at the Damietown hospital from pneumonia after being moved there. Corry High School press club arranged its annual holiday banquet for December 26.
A corrupted report details Corryite fined for gun charge and related traffic issues. It notes multiple names including Samuel Ros, Tutt Hoes, Eric, and Mary Jo Miki facing penalties. A separate line mentions Elmer Critchman, 44, killed at a blast furnace pit at Crucible Steel Co in Midland near Rochester, Pa.
Niagara Falls robbing gang took about $11,000 and $1,300 in stamps in one of the area’s largest heists in years. Corry reports note a high highway cinder cost per yard and per truckload, Elks Club Christmas baskets aid 26 families, and local shifts include church moves, a Denison University student elected as dorm counsel, and a Baptist pastor serving in Tidioute. Also mentioned are a nativity scene addition, libel suit linked to machinists, a new baby, and local training for Army replacements.
The annual event sponsored by Lever Brothers awarded prizes to local youths including Wally Cady Dave McMullin Chip Paulson William Burch Gerald Hepter Joe May Mike McLaughlin and Jimmy Paulson. Also noted are burglaries by Richard Reichbaum and Nehru era world crisis talks in Ottawa and political names in education and nursing lists.
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