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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1953
Page
4
Jamestown votes against a 975 dollar request to fund topical fluoride treatment for preschool children. Health Board notes 469 children treated, 442 completed, 231 with 1000 defective teeth. State underwrites. next year one third city share, rest state. Incoming council refuses funding, ending the program despite sympathetic hearing.
Speculation swirled today over Mayor-elect Glen Miller finalizing municipal reorganization after yesterday's move to demand resignations from nearly all city officials. Schools face a January 8 class suspension due to ongoing CWA projects while others resume after Christmas. Postal veteran Robert H. Wolford retires after a long career delivering mail. A minor fire at Buffalo Lunch caused slight damage, controlled by the fire department. The current council adjournes after approving bills and the 1934 tax levy as the administration nears its term end.
Weekly grocery roundup notes a chain cutting smoked hams by six cents and fresh hams by four cents for New Year specials. Other meat prices rise four to twelve cents, with beef lamb pork and veal up on wholesale markets. Produce highlights cabbage onions potatoes greens and regional kale and collards look strong while beets broccoli cauliflower cucumbers and eggplant rise in wholesale. Citrus and fruits like apples pears and avocados remain expensive as merchants stress value buys.
Ex-convict Joseph Fischer admitted killing Harry Powell Jr whose savagely beaten body was found tied on a Belleville New Jersey golf course. Fischer led police to the scene and two other men were charged. Fischer later confessed to the crime.
An overview notes that the auto industry drives much of the U.S. economy due to its links with steel rubber glass textiles radios and metals. It cites a 1953 close with about 6 million passenger car reductions, forecasts 5 million for 1954, and argues that even a slower year could still meet past standard gains.
Bruno Barbale sues The Half Way Laundry of Erie for 45 dollars over two bags of unreturned garments. The laundry says Barbale waived damages by accepting a receipt stating customer risk and failing to claim promptly, following an alderman’s prior ruling in his favor.
A trivia quiz scoring system rates your memory by ten questions on history science and language. Questions cover Theodore Koerner presidents lamp invention Texas recognition ligature anatomy lac tose simple terms National Gallery founder and wound healing term staunchness.
Funeral service for Mrs L A Lawson was held at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev J Emterson Law officiating. The procession then gathered at Beaverdam Cemetery for interment, followed by mourners from Beaverville Cortland Ohio and nearby towns. An unrelated line notes a rat problem in town with about 550 rodents, three serious pests.
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