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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1957
Page
3
An unclear historical snippet lists prices and items, mentioning coal, bulbs, rings, and a few numbers. It references 1935 and 1954 in garbled fashion, with stray monetary figures and dates. The readable content is sparse and nonspecific about events or entities.
Four Meadville area teens were injured when their car failed to negotiate a curve two miles east of Clarksville. It struck a utility pole, throwing all occupants from the vehicle. One passenger died days later at Sharon General Hospital from brain injuries.
Two light planes collided while landing at Spline Airport near Dempseytown at 345 p.m. yesterday. Luscombe flown by Carl Woods of Hydetown and Piper Cub piloted by Joseph Klosinski of OW City sustained damage. Woods suffered a ground loop and both aircraft incurred significant losses. Darrell Foote of Titusville was a passenger in the Hydetown plane.
Ralph Winstead former UAW investigator and missing chief testified in a four million dollar suit against the union and authorities. Coroner ruled death an accidental drowning after his body was found in Lake St Clair four days after he vanished on December 15 while taking a walk on the ice. Some UAW officials questioned foul play. Winstead had been a defendant in a prior malicious prosecution suit connected to the 1954 arrest in the 1943 shotgun wounding of UAW president Walter Reuther.
President Eisenhower, recovering from a mild stroke, faces a Christmas of political and economic strain. He must craft a budget and State of the Union message while contending with inflation, unemployment, and an aging foreign policy as Congress returns next month. The administration debates defense spending, tax cuts, and firming relations with the Soviet Union amid a shifting balance of power.
Francisco Napoleon Landa, 60, reports to police that he shot Jacob Kalisch, 37, a refrigerator repairman, at Landa's Manhattan apartment after Kalisch allegedly kicked in the door. Kalisch was to wed Landa's daughter Maybelle. Landa held on homicide charge with $5,000 bond.
Buffalo area WBEN TV listings show a full night lineup with Santa Claus Show at 5:00, Weather at 5:55, News and Sports at 6:00, and a night of features including Cisco Kid, Adventures of Robin Hood, Burns and Allen, and President Eisenhower address. Prime time continues with Danny Thomas, Men of Annapolis, High Adventure, Sports, Prigewinner Playhouse, Captain Kangaroo, Popeye's Playhouse, Susie, Garry Moore, Arthur Godfrey Time, The Guiding Light, and more, wrapping with Midnight Mass from St Joseph's New Cathedral.
A two car collision on Route 123, one mile west of Van, killed John Beebe 17 and Phyllis Miles 11, both in critical condition earlier. Thomas Beebe 15, and Mrs Evelyn Fleming 32 of Clarion, George Beebe 17, Sandra Fleming 15, suffered serious injuries. Miss Miles died at 5:30 a m and John Beebe died from skull fractures.
A Monongahela River dredge sank near a Fayette County community. A crewman escaped aboard a towboat bound for Morgantown W Va where the dredge would be used to tear down piling. The craft was owned by Craine Brothers Co Pittsburgh. William Stevens 96 of Pittsburgh was killed in a crash hitting a concrete wall on Pittsburgh's North Side.
Ravelin Hill and Medina residents hosted and visited relatives throughout the weekend. Guests included Randy Neimeyer and the Burdick, Sweet, Goggins, White, and Neckers families. Lloyd Burdick of Toronto arrived to visit relatives before returning home. A Christmas program at Rud wards Chapel and news of a birth at Stem Memorial Hospital in Union City are noted along with a funeral in Aton Rouge.
Firemen probed ruins of two adjoining downtown buildings owned by Blatchford Furniture Co to determine the cause of a blaze that gutted the structures yesterday. No injuries reported. Fire Chief Keefer could not estimate damages as the owners planned a total inventory and sale.
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