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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1952
Page
6
A group of senior high students staged a risky exhibition yesterday on West Oath Street, speeding from Spring Street toward South Center despite a post office corner light. A similar stunt was later reported on West Pleasant Street, with another student driver showing off behind the wheel.
The Air Force confirmed it is surveying several Hammonton area sites and nearby New Jersey locations as a possible site for a large new material depot. Reports linked the surveys to a candidate base, but officials declined to comment on connections or site specifics. In Pennsylvania, Lancaster County residents opposed a county site, while Dauphin and Lebanon counties urged northern Harrisburg area sites.
The Pennsylvania Association of Township Supervisors elected Dr. Michael Marmon as president and endorsed Daniel A. Bailey of Harrisburg for the appointment as state secretary of highways. The post has been vacant since Secretary Ray F. Smock's death. Bailey, a highways department career employee, is favored for the role. Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada sits at 7,189 feet.
A motorist forced a ministerial student to jump from a stolen car to divert police as shots were fired. Charles S. Lewellyn, 19, of Wellsburg West Virginia, was wounded in the leg while fleeing. Driver William J. Lachesky of Erie was arrested for auto larceny after wrecking the car. Lewellyn is headed to Roberts Wesleyan College for ministry training. The article also notes Williamsburg Virginia’s first theater sale to the city for municipal use.
Sharon Steel Corp president Henry A. Roemer announced higher 1961 sales but taxes and higher costs reduced net income. The annual report shows net income of 8.86 million dollars for year ending December 31, 1951 on net sales of 18.06 million. 1950 figures were 9.20 million income on 35.41 million sales. Plant labor costs rose to 44 million dollars in 1951 from 36 million in 1950. Total steel components produced declined to 1,000,205 tons from 1,448,978 in 1950.
William G. Las Wheel ing racetrack owner and gambling figure faces a first round setback as the federal government seeks receivership over more than 240000 dollars in income taxes and penalties. Judge Harry E. Watkins denied a jury trial, deeming the action civil. IRS Agent Harold E. Young testified about a conversation with Las.
In 1947 Young claims Lis asserts property in his family name belongs to him. Lis had pleaded guilty to income tax fraud but withdrew prior to sentencing, later acquitted by jury. A civil action seeks to collect 7.4 million dollars, with a federal hearing in Charleston on March 24. The Dismal Swamp is described as a likely morass in the center of the eastern seaboard.
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