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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1959
Page
3
The readable text hints at a corporate or group meeting about rights to act, ownership, and voting. It mentions a plan to sell and a line of accounts, with references to members, owners, and an annual event. Details are incomplete and unclear from the fragment.
The county completed a tentative 1959 budget showing an $8,000 surplus, after wiping out about $74,000 in deficits with minor cuts and higher revenue estimates. Commissioners plan wage talks soon and may delay $40,000 earmarked for retirement fund to 1960. They raised 1959 personal property tax by 35,000 and real estate collections by 40,950, boosting total revenue to 1,296,750. Final adoption due by March 11.
Funeral services for Frank W. Fitch of West Columbus Avenue will be held Friday at 2 PM at Bracken Funeral Home. Fitch, born February 6, 1920 in Corry, served in the Army and worked at Aero Supply after 1945. Surviving brothers include Gerald Fitch of Clymer. LaVerne is his cousin. Interment in Pine Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today and tomorrow in the listed hours.
Atty. Gen. William P. Rogers and Secretary Arthur Flemming pushed a series of recommendations on federal rights enforcement. One proposal would make obstructing justice a crime when interfering with a federal court order. Another would allow the attorney general to inspect voting records and require retention for several years.
Wake up ready for fast relief from nagging backache headache and muscular pains. The ad promises three actions: pain relief to ease back and muscular pains, soothing bladder irritation, and mild diuretic effect to aid kidney and bladder comfort.
Hal Boyle notes postwar inflation eroding the value of the American dollar. He cites examples like a Midtown parking fee rising to 2.25 and a panhandler asking for a dollar, showing how money talks less today. Inflation gnaws savings and reshapes dreams, harming the thrifty more than the shiftless.
The Senate shelved a resolution condemning the Labor and Industry Department over fire hazard school closures. Chairman Paul L. Wagner stated the department later adopted adequate procedures and would not close schools without warning or an appeal to the State Industrial Board. Wagner noted possible priority for new construction to replace dangerous schools and pledged to address fire hazard issues. In Louisville, actress Victor Mature’s mother Clara P. Mature died after a five year illness.
Billy Graham, resting in Hawaii, receives thousands of letters and telegrams from Catholics, Muslims, Jews and others offering prayers and even eye donations after an eye ailment described as a nervous disorder. The 66 year old Kentucky woman’s eye offer stands out among global messages expressing concern and support for the Protestant crusader.
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