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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1954
Page
4
The Corry Evening Journal lists staff and advertising details with publisher and manager names, and notes AP republication rights. It provides mailing and carrier rates, with display advertising deadline set for 9 a.m. prior to the publication date.
President Eisenhower sent a public housing message on January 25 and proposed 35,000 to 36,000 low rent units for 1953-54. Congress cut back, with the House voting for none, the Senate for 35,000, and a compromise of 20,000, drawn from a backlog of 62,000 contracts. The measure compares to prior acts that authorized far larger yearly totals. The article notes partisan divides and historical housing totals from 1949 to 1951 showing small shares of public housing in total starts.
Corry posts its coldest day of winter as thermometers show 14 below zero. Edinboro defeats Corry 31 to 19 in a Southern Division Erie County League basketball clash, with the Beavers fighting hard into the final quarter. Also reported: a chimney fire at Frank Renzi’s home causes little damage. local resident Bridget Burkhart dies. two kindergarten classes are set to open in Corry funded by FERA, to be taught by Elizabeth Boyd and Louise Mount. A Washington, Pennsylvania steelworker is sentenced to 11 months and 25 days for assault with intent to kill following a November incident. wife Margaret survives.
Multiple Erie county suits seek damages over 2500 to 9263.50 for injuries from crashes. Plaintiffs include Frank Niemynski and son John. Hazel M. Warden for John L. Warden. Vincent and Arthur Urmann. Carmen Yezzi for daughter Yvonne. and Harry Richardson. Defendants include Virgil Glannamore, Henry Lorence, Doughty Co., Jerry L. Stafford, Lynn W. Gates, and others. An unrelated note cites the centigrade scale zero at water freezing and 100 at boiling.
A reader quiz questions cover which costs rose fastest in U S cities over 12 months whether men or women live longer on average which country opposed U S arms aid to Pakistan where Eisenhower carried Texas in 1960 whether Berlin lies at the border of zones or inside a zone whether milk cows or hogs outnumber on farms and whether most state legislatures meet in regular session in even or odd numbered years
An Allegheny County coroner jury cleared two truck drivers in deaths of two men. Albert Fendel, 46, of Beaver Falls, was excused in the death of William Emerick, 29, of Baden, after a collision on the Ohio River Boulevard near Edgeworth on January 5. John Kaulanchas, 53, of Mars, was cleared in the death of Marko Wyzvac, 70, of Ross Township, who was struck in Ross Township on January 1 by a Kazlandas truck.
Guatemala ousted Sidney Gruson of the New York Times and Marshall Bannell of NBC, accusing them of trying to discredit the government. Police removed the reporters at Guatemala City airport as Arbenz regime tightens control. The Foreign Office cited U S press organs and alleged plots to damage relations with Guatemala.
MAYVILLE The Internal Revenue Service ruled that contributions to the Chautauqua Lake Association are deductible for income tax purposes and as bequests and legacies. The decision reverses a prior ruling and means gifts to the association are not taxed, since the group is organized and operated exclusively for educational and scientific purposes.
Several hundred members of the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks are expected to attend the annual Past Exalted Rulers Night tomorrow evening.
The program opens with a dinner at 5 80 p m and a meeting at 8 p m led by Donald G Nantes to initiate a class of candidates. Afterward the group will be entertained by the Texas Tumbleweeds from Pittsburgh, a well known musical group.
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