22 Dec 1958
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1958
Page
1
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Olga Duncan, 30, five months pregnant and a surgical nurse, was killed in Ventura California after investigators say her mother in law Elizabeth Duncan 54 hired laborer Augustine Baldonado 25 and Lils Moya 22 to strangle her for six thousand dollars. Baldonado led police to her shallow grave and said they killed her possibly while burying her alive. He cited jealousy as a motive and noted that Olga had written of her wish to annul her marriage to Santa Barbara attorney Frank Duncan.
Taipei reports growing resistance in Tibet and neighboring Chinese provinces. Nationalist sources say rebels briefly held key posts and forced Communist troops into mountains. Marshal Peng Teh-huai traveled to Qinghai in October to direct actions, amid a cease fire in Quemoy. Refugees claim Mags fly near Sikang and Qinghai border as clashes occur near Lhasa and along Tibet India rail routes.
Thirty-one demonstrators from the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War were jailed after attempts to storm a military base near Swaffham, England, planned to host U.S. missiles. The group had earlier tried to march onto the base. twenty-two were later detained.
Erie detectives and State Police arrest four men tied to a spate of break ins including a Franklin Housing Authority building and City Auto Sales. Bruce Phillips, Arnold Bowle, Tay Kechbiel, and Nab Corry man Hulings face arraignment as investigators link them to other recent burglaries in Erie County. Police report stolen drafts tools a camera and whiskey valued around 277 dollars amid a failed safe robbery.
Boston judge Charles Wyzanski Jr. sentenced industrialist Bernard Goldfine to three months in jail for criminal contempt for failing to turn over company records. Secretary Mildred Paperman received ten days. Sentences begin January 7 after personal recognizance of $1,000. Civil contempt charges dismissed.
The first Titan two stage intercontinental missile test failed after the engine ignited briefly on Saturday. A burst fuel line hose caused the malfunction as the Titan roared into action. The Titan, lighter and more flexible than Atlas, aims for longer range and combat use.
Winter enters with frigid Arctic air. The northeast and northern New England endure subzero readings, while the Gulf states stay near freezing. Temperatures dip 5 to 15 degrees below zero in parts of New England and New York as a broader cold snap spreads across the Midwest and Great Lakes.
South Bend Indiana Athletic Director Filward Krause announced Joe Kubienard from the Washington Redskins will replace Gerry Brennan as Notre Dame football head coach. The decision comes as the program seeks stability and a returning era of success.
The Associated Press reports widespread labor trouble grounding American Airlines and Eastern Air Lines during peak holiday travel. Thousands face delays as pilots, mechanics, and engineers strike or threaten action, with talks stalled and emergency leave looming for US employees after January 4.
Old Man Winter made his official appearance in the Corry area with 3.5 inches of snow and a record low minus 4 degrees. Avelwair hay high pressure over the region is expected to persist for days as cloudy weather continues. December 5 to date has blanketed Corry with 22.5 inches of snow, pushing the season total toward 30 inches.
The Rev. Ed Hopper, 90, longtime Methodist minister who retired in 1944 after 47 years of service, died yesterday at his home in Indiana. He served in several churches across Pennsylvania and Indiana. Authorities did not release funeral arrangements.
Ingrid Bergman, 42, marries Swedish businessman Lars Schmidt in a quiet civil ceremony outside London. The union, announced as she fights a Rome court annulment related to Roberto Rossellini, may complicate pending bigamy charges if any prior marriage is declared valid.
United States scientists continued radio and teletype communications with the Atlas II satellite on its fourth day in orbit. Tests linked sending stations from Florida to California as Eisenhower messages in coded form were relayed and returned, signaling potential for space age communications and early satellite television, with life expectancy about 20 days noted.
Soviet government outlines a large budget push through 1960 focusing on science research social welfare and expansion of industry including iron and steel chemical oil gas and engineering sectors. Finance Minister Arseny Zverev presents a 484.2 billion ruble expansion fund with 308.7 billion rubles in direct government investments and 175.4 billion from profits to be reinvested. Education health social insurance and maternity benefits receive 232 billion rubles in 1959.
In Pittsburgh AP reports Donald C. Rarick, a leader of a rank and file protest within United Steelworkers, was exonerated by a union meeting. Members voted 97 to 7 to drop charges stemming from a dues increase protest formed in 1986 against a raise from 3 to 58 dollars per month.
An automobile collision near Champaign on Saturday claimed the lives of both drivers. Richard Lucas, 27, a civilian employee at Chanute Air Force Base, was killed in the crash. He formerly resided in Milesburg Pennsylvania. The other driver, Gordon Gurnee of Champaign, died later in a Champaign hospital.
Six Weyneberg children aged 2 to 7 died in a Kaukauna fire that trapped them in a bathroom. Firefighters recovered Lynn 7 Douglas 6 Margaret 5 Job 3 Barbara 2 and Michel 1 from the home where the parents were away. The blaze started in the living room and the parents escaped through a ladder window.
A speeding bus plunged into a gorge near Tlacolula Tlacolula TL killing about 70 people and injuring many others. The vehicle was over capacity with villagers returning from the Sunday market to San Bianc. Only two survivors were reported as the driver reportedly lost control on a curve.
An year old boy named Ricky Lynn Mortis was killed by a delayed action fireworks bomb outside a home. His father, Airman Clifford Hotlix, grabbed the missile to shield him but sustained a hand injury as the device exploded a second time. The family, visiting relatives near Halifa, reported the fatal blast occurred as Ricky touched the suspect device. The father and Hollis were hospitalized. the airman faced a forthcoming reassignment from Wave Base.
BIG PINE Calif AP The Tanilion dollar radio observatory in Owens Valley 250 miles north of Los Angeles will use 200 inch Halo telescope data and radio pulses to guide ships and possibly space ships. Navy funded about 1.1 million dollars of the project and scientists expect to receive impulses from up to 30 billion light years away.
A collision between a Chicago Transit Authority bus and a car last night killed four people and injured twelve others, including 11 bus riders. Flames from the wreck caused panicked passengers to flee, with three of the injured hospitalized. Police Captain James F. Hackett said the car ran a stop sign.
Premier Charles de Gaulle secured a landslide presidential victory in France as the electoral College elected him the first president of the Fifth Republic. The 60 year old veteran, who stepped aside in 1946, will assume a powerful new mandate after the overhaul that created a strong executive.
Area motorists escaped injury after a Saturday crash one mile south of Corry on Route 217. William W. Shultz, 29, of Columbus, struck a stopped vehicle owned by Leslie Wilkinson, 38, of Corry, causing about 425 dollars in damage. Wilkinson’s car was parked off the highway for reasons not determined.
Pittsburgh musicians who had played a local club were stranded in a subfreezing snowbank on the Corry Spartansburg highway after leaving the city. They waited for a tow and then tried a second exit toward Route 6 as a highway crew cleared the area.
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