03 Feb 1959
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1959
Page
1
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In a heated 4-1 vote the council approved advertising for bids on a $25,000 aerial truck despite Mayor J Fred Kinley calling it display equipment. Fire Chief Weber urged immediate purchase, proposing bond funding while noting cost rises and benefits of a commercial chassis over a custom unit.
City council approved a revised parking and traffic ordinance by a 5-6 vote. Maple avenue becomes a northbound one way street with east side parking. Mill street bans parking. seven meters to be installed on Main near Mill with merchant set limits. East South and East Pleasant gain all night parking bans. West Pleasant gets all night on Fourth to Center. Residents protested prior ban. mayor assures extra street department care once signs are posted.
Senator John Sparkman says his 2.925 billion omnibus housing bill will pass the Senate without reductions. The Banking Committee approved the measure after rejecting GOP cuts and liberal calls to boost slum-clearance funds. Floor debate begins Wednesday with potential late sessions to finish this week.
The Hans Hedton search persisted off Greenland with 95 aboard feared lost. Rescue officials doubt radio signals from survivors. Danish and U S Coast Guard vessels led operations across 3,600 square miles of ice as the vessel failed to reappear.
Wes Columbus avenue resident My Pitch died when his car lost control on East Washington Street and struck a flag pole in front of the Corry Manse Lodge. Passenger Miss Harner Myers of Wayne Street was uninjured. The Bracken ambulance took Fitch to Corry Memorial Hospital where he died on arrival. He leaves a wife Jean a daughter Leah and a son William plus parents and several siblings. The body lay at Bracken Funeral Home with arrangements incomplete.
Pat John C. Moore, about 60, was found asphyxiated yesterday in his five room cottage five miles north of Butler. The report notes the location and age of the deceased with no immediate indication of foul play.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and a small adviser group depart for London Paris and Bonn to press counter proposals to the Soviet on Germany. Fulbright says Dulles contemplates a serious counter approach beyond rejection as officials in London Paris Bonn prepare a unified reply for Washington.
In a speech to the Soviet Communist Party, Defense Minister Rodion Malinovsky declares Western nuclear arms outdated. He cites intercontinental ballistic missiles delivering hydrogen warheads, and asserts Soviet rockets will lead future combat across air, land, and sea, with improved army equipment and a modern air force.
Washington AP reports Sen. Hugh Scott and Rep. Leon H. Gagin push for 2 million dollars in preliminary funding for the Kinzua Dam on the Upper Allegheny River in Pennsylvania. Funding hinges on a Senecas court case outcome opposing construction, as recent floods heighten pressure for action amid regional damage and business appeals.
District 6 Girl Scouts in Gerry and Union City prepare the yearly cookie sale. Bakers include Kathryn Quist and Linda Quist at Conway School with Mrs. Crawford Sallee guiding the drive. Proceeds fund Hawthorne Ridge Camp, Mead Glen Cabin, and camping costs to keep fees affordable. Last year sold 4 764 boxes.
In Richmond the Quiet Integration program begins in Virginia as students from Arlington County and Norfolk begin desegregation in public schools. Stratford Junior High in Arlington carries the first federal court ordered integration with both white and Black pupils. Norfolk reopens schools after September closures though enrollment is below expectations with many parents keeping children home or transferring to other schools.
Republicans on the House Space Committee clash over whether the United States is pushing hard enough in space. Rep. Fulton urges faster, larger thrust engines while Rep. McDonough supports the Eisenhower administration. Chairman Brooks notes delays in the 144 million pound rocket project and NASA aims for higher thrust to reach the moon.
Antonietta Stella fainted on stage during Verdi's La Traviata farewell scene. The house physician revived her, she rested about a half hour between acts, then returned to perform the third and fourth acts as scheduled.
Three nationally known teenage pop singers Holly, Valens, and Richardson died when their chartered Bonanza crashed near Mason City Iowa shortly after takeoff. Pilot Roger Peterson of Clear Lake also perished. The group had performed at the Surf Ballroom and were en route to North Dakota for another appearance. Weather included a strong southerly wind and light snow.
Fire raged through St Johns grade school near the Ishpeming Tsipeminw National Guard Armory forcing evacuation of several hundred students. Firemen from Marquette and Negaunee aided efforts as 1800 rounds of ammunition stored in the armory area risked ignition. Tshpenining, population 9000, lies 12 miles inland from Lake Superior.
City officials under Sal Frank Carnegie will cut the present one dollar parking fine to 50 cents if paid before 10 pm. A new 80 cent toll by envelope and collection boxes will be used. The ordinance also raises penalties to 10 dollars after two hours and 72 hours for other violations, with 44 new meters bought at 40 dollars each. Parking lights at Center and Main and the Center and Columbus light are to be repaired.
An explosion destroyed a two story house three miles east of Butler last evening. Mrs Anna Gallagher said she started to light the stove when the blast occurred. She was not injured.
Soviet forces held an American convoy near the West German border after denying access to an open cargo. The four trucks from Berlin faced detentions and protests as negotiations continued with Soviet officials in Berlin, Frankfurt, and East Berlin. The drivers included Corporal Masiero and specialists Johnson Cook Low Peeles.
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