This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1953
Page
8
Wholesale egg prices in New York were firm with receipts 2 1 2 percent. Whites ranged from 53 to 54 cents for top quality 47 pounds, 45 to 46 for mediums, 42 to 43 for smalls. Browns sold 49 to 50 for top quality, 45 to 45 5 for mediums, 42 to 43 for smalls.
A bill of rights for teachers was presented to about 4,000 Pennsylvania educators at the Pennsylvania State Education Association convention. It outlines 17 principles including political activity rights, protection from discrimination, adequate supervision, the right to refuse unsuitable assignments, and reasonable class sizes to foster individual pupil development.
Briggs Manufacturing Co. shareholders approved the sale of seven Briggs auto body and airplane parts plants to Chrysler Corp for 35 million dollars. The vote stood 1,947,992 for and 10,197 against. Chrysler also commits to purchasing Briggs inventories for auto bodies and airplane parts. Briggs employs about 30,000 in its auto and airplane divisions.
An armed robber once in the FBI top ten was captured at Central Islip in Suffolk County and brought to Brooklyn for arraignment on bank robbery charges. The arrest followed a tip from an alert, unnamed citizen after his photo appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.
George A. Apps, 84, a retired Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive engineer with 48 years of service, died in Oil City Hospital at 1 am after years of illness. Born November 1, 1884, in Sampson, Pa, he worked for PRR, Climax Mfg Co, Corry, and returned to PRR in 1907, retiring Feb 1, 1954. Survived by his wife, a daughter in Buffalo, three sisters, and several nieces and nephews. Service Wednesday at 3:30 pm at Bracken-Finmers Home in Cory with burial in Pine Grove Cemetery.
The market faced a selling spurt with prices down fractions to around two points in key lists. Brokers cited profit-taking linked to the new lower 1954 income tax rates, noting sales now settle for delivery in the New Year. American Can, American T and T, Allied Refining, Bethlehem Steel and other issues showed drops, while corporate bonds stayed steady and government issues rose in the over the counter market.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.