23 Dec 1959
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1959
Page
1
Incomplete OCR fragment lists room numbers, phone details, and names Norvel Merle and others with scattered addresses and notes. The readable items indicate rental and room information without clear context or full sentences.
A damaged newspaper fragment mentions a local notice about a sale action. It is unreadable in parts but records show a public sale event by local officials. The readable items indicate a scheduled action and involved authorities.
Western Allies remain divided on four key topics ahead of talks with the Soviet Union after the Paris NATO summit. Leaders Eisenhower De Gaulle Macmillan and Adenauer show discord over Atlantic military policy and other core questions, delaying a potential April 27 encounter with Khrushchev. Experts have four months to bridge gaps as Berlin and East West dynamics loom large.
The Pennsylvania Council of Churches denounces a new law allowing county referenda on parimutuel harness race betting, warning it opens doors to nine forms of legally sanctioned gambling in the state. Governor Lawrence delayed action, signaling a postholiday appointment of a three member commission to oversee licensing.
Salvation Army and local groups distributed 110 Christmas baskets to needy families in Corry. Capt. Richard Dean said the effort included food and toys, with funds raised via red kettles and post office collections totaling $905.77. Tri-Hi-Y and Moose volunteers aided events as the drive continued.
Corry Jamestown Corporation honored 51 veteran employees with service pins during a plant tour led by David A. Hillstrom and top executives. Pins honored five to twenty years of service, adding to earlier Diamond Club pins for 25 years.
A severe cold snap moved into Western Pennsylvania during the night, dipping Corry into subzero levels for the year. Yesterday’s high reached 26 below zero? The forecast expects cloudy, cold weather with slow moderations over 48 hours. Snow is possible near the Great Lakes. Roads are open but slippery. drivers are urged to use caution.
American newsman James Buchanan of the Miami Herald was convicted by a five man military court in Pinar del Rio of concealing facts on an escape from a Castro prison. He received a suspended 14 year sentence and was ordered deported within 24 hours, then left for Havana and Miami. The Herald criticized the verdict as a legitimate news coverage effort.
Short shifts will be used tomorrow and the following weekend at several plants to allow employees to spend Christmas Eve at home. Raymond division of Associated Spring and Corry Jamestown and Aero Supply will run five hour shifts with Friday at 5 pm dismissal, resuming Monday. Ajax Tron Works will close until Monday, then follow a similar Thursday to Saturday pattern. Marines Steel will run day shifts only and stay down until Monday, with few maintenance workers, through the New Year weekend.
A brutal cold snap followed a storm that dumped as much as seven inches of snow across Pennsylvania, causing at least ten deaths. Temperatures plunged to minus levels in several towns, with Philadelphia area recording a coldest day of the year. The storm, beginning Monday night and lasting into winter’s start, left six traffic fatalities and multiple shoveling and sledding deaths, including Billy Nicholas of El Paso Texas, Raymond Kern of Upper Merion Township, Edward J. Lawless of Conshohocken, Dominick Di Vincenzo of Philadelphia, and Daisy Starbucks of Philadelphia in critical condition.
Washington dispatch reports Eisenhower appeared vigorous during a grueling three continent voyage. Journalists recall him stepping from jets, waving to crowds in Madrid Casablanca and Rome, enduring fatigue yet maintaining steadiness as he returned home for Christmas.
Three federal judges ruled Gov. Freeman overstepped authority by using National Guardsmen to shut Wilson & Co. packing plant. The court ordered the plant to reopen and barred military interference with access. A stay until Sunday midnight allowed state appeal. Freeman had declared martial law after clashes between pickets and substitute workers.
Washington AP Union President McDonald said steelworkers oppose accepting a steel company offer by 93 percent in a postcard poll. Corry Moose Club invites kids to its annual Christmas party tomorrow at Rex Theatre at 1 pm with a 12:15 opening. shows include Mule Train with Gene Autry and the Three Stooges plus three cartoons. Educator Dr Gradyta Claus, 67, longtime Arizona educator and Gammage president, died of a heart attack in Tempe yesterday. an open invitation to all children was extended by local educators.
President Eisenhower received a vast array of gifts from hosts on his international tour, including silver pieces, rugs, a horse a gazelles and two 16 foot cigars. Gifts came from leaders in Italy Turkey Pakistan Afghanistan India and France among others. Eisenhower planned to donate most items to the Abilene museum while exchanging keepsakes with hosts where possible. The article notes Paris lacked a gift exchange due to the four power Western summit visit.
James and Mrs McGinnis family of R D 3 Spartansburg lost their home to a blaze caused by an overheated chimney. Three children’ clothing and some basement food were destroyed. no one injured. The family sought shelter with a brother in law. loss estimated between 2000 and 4000 dollars with no insurance. Local crews arrived late and contained the fire too late to save the house. Nearby aid units were discussed but not yet invoked.
Postmaster James Sullivan reports Corry Post Office processed 26,121 pieces of mail from December 11 to yesterday, up 7,846 from last year. The 1958 total for the same period was 228,275, with only five days surpassing the current year’s load in that 12 day span.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller urged a program placing 15 year old hoodlums in regular prisons rather than training schools. Children’s Court judges would decide age appropriate confinement. He also called for jobs work camps and improved probation to curb juvenile crime.
President Eisenhower lands at Washington after a 22 000 mile jet tour, delivering a Merry Christmas from free world leaders. A crowd of about 4 000 greets him at the White House in windy 20 degree weather as he ends the long trip begun December 3. The return ceremony includes carols and a welcoming serenade after a one stop flight from Morocco.
Walter W. Williams, last survivor of the Civil War, received full military honors in Houston. Army troops bore his body to South Main Baptist Church, where a service was held, then graveside rites were planned at Franklin, Texas. The processional featured a firing squad and 25 member fife and drum corps, with Eisenhower honoring the veteran.
A four year old boy, Billy Nichols, visiting his grandparents in New Kensington, Pa, was killed when his sled struck the wheel of a moving truck yesterday. Nichols is the son of an Army male from El Paso, Texas.
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