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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1953
Page
1
Fragmentary text outlines bids, rooms, locations, and contacts across various items. It mentions persons, places, a conference or sale, and possible dates or times, but OCR errors obscure clear events or facts. The readable bits suggest auction or deposit notices and some prices or bids without coherent narrative.
Tokyo report says Premier Zhou Enlai calls for immediate cease fire and an all power political conference to decide prisoners of war. U S officials reject the ultimatum as old and insist on resumed talks at Panmunjom with conditions already set.
Union City Moose Lodge denies definite deal to buy the Ritz Restaurant for lodge quarters. Negotiations are reported with owner Zafiropulos and with other local businesses. tentative terms for a ground-floor tenant and potential purchase were discussed. Samy Degard reportedly in talks to rent ground floor space as lodge plans to move. Hoffmann resigns Ford Foundation president to rejoin Studebaker as chair of the board.
The Pennsylvania administration and lawmakers discuss a sickness benefits program for about 4 million workers. Negotiations aim to mimic best features from New Jersey New York Rhode Island and California with labor groups seeking firm provisions.
Bucknell University freshman Jacqueline Jane Mengoni, 18, disappeared after leaving campus with a male companion. Police broadened the search to 13 states as authorities report no word on her whereabouts and the father expresses foul play concerns. The missing student was last seen leaving the campus for a trip and was due back Monday.
The PUC began hearings on proposals to end certain passenger and freight train services. Officials and local leaders from Harrisburg Titusville and surrounding areas testified about the trains’ importance and the financial impact of discontinuation. The session examined costs estimates claimed by the railroad and debated whether continued operation would improve regional commerce and passenger travel.
Washington dispatch reports a rising list of Pennsylvania judge nominees as three U S district judgeships become open. Vacancies in the state arise from a death and resignations with at least one candidate per Western Pennsylvania area.
Steve Hannagan a famed publicity expert who helped create the public images of Miami Beach Sun Valley and Indianapolis Speedway died of a heart attack in a Nairobi hotel. He arrived Tuesday in the Kenyan capital born in Lafayette Indiana 63 years ago. He started as a newspaper reporter at 14 and later ran his own publicity office at 26.
In London reports indicate Prime Minister Morrison and the government face a Labor Party drive amid Tory-Labor tensions. The daily Herald notes shifts in public policy and party strategy as Westminster grapples with opposition pressure and potential upheaval.
News despatch details four fresh breaks in the dire Dutch flood system near Schouwen-Duiveland and Goeree-Overflakkee. About 3,000 to 5,000 Americans aid relief, while Britain and Queen Elizabeth II aid Holland as boats and planes race to rescue stranded residents and account for thousands more missing.
Hollywood reports Ay associatea Frey Frey Haver announces she quits acting to enter a convent. The 20-year screen star telephones a statement to her studio asking Pike Trib to publicize it, many personal details left undisclosed. She sold her home in Cheviot Hills and moved in with her father as she terminates a nine-year contract with Twentieth Century Fox.
Army sergeant Gerald Dalton Smith 27 of Woodville Texas confessed to slaying and theft in a Berlin suburban incident. Police reported Simpson rode with Smith before a fatal shooting and the burglary of 4500 in military property during the event.
Washington security officer testified on missing documents linked to State Department files. John Matson named an employee tied to the U. S. Embassy in Bo anchor and cited a June 1950 Duggan letter. McCarthy pressed for details while labeling Duggan’s death as a possible self inflicted act amid broader communist probe.
Maj. Gen. Daniel B. Strickler, former Pennsylvania lieutenant governor, is confined at Frankfurt's 97th U.S. Army General Hospital with an undisclosed illness and will be moved to the United States in the next days. Hospital officials declined to reveal the illness and said he was slated for transfer to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. on an air evacuation flight yesterday, but delays occurred.
The Northwestern Rural Electric Cooperative Association schedules a public meeting for area residents at the Corry Grange rooms in the Independent Order of God Fellows Hall this Saturday at 8:20. Farry Burrows will serve as master of ceremonies with William C. Winter and George Wilmoth among speakers. A 1962 financial report and a film on rural electrification will be shown followed by a Q and A and prize awards.
A furnace blast ripped through a three story classroom at Lowell State Teachers College in Lowell Massachusetts injuring at least 50 people. Fire and smoke filled the building as students fled in panic with many clothes on fire others watched in shock.
General Taylor will assume command of the U S Eighth Army next Wednesday as U S forces patrol MIG Alley in Korea. General Van Fleet tours South Korea with Gen James Van Pleet res hiring won felt commander and Kak Lb Ginny Maxwell D. Tas lor announced the change.
The Western Pennsylvania district Elks chorus concludes after decades of community service. The group raised funds for hospitals and scholarships, totaling over 3 000 in grants and more than 40 appearances in the In-Mate area benefiting veterans and charitable causes.
Sea's Card Shop opens for the first time today at 15 North Center Street in a remodeled building owned by Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Morton. The store offers Fallmat greeting cards stationery gift wrap and gifts with Hallmark displays. Mrs William Leaby and Mrs Al Hie Wales manage the shop. Attendees through Saturday can enter a drawing for a $10 package of greeting items.
Government plans to end wage and price controls soon. An executive order may lift curbs on meats and major appliances within days, shifting toward a freer market. Prices for clothing and other items are also to be eased, while defense essentials stay regulated. The move aims to simplify controls and reduce government oversight.
An all male jury with two male alternates was selected for the vice trial of Minot Jelke, accused of forcing three young women into living at high-price houses. General Session Judge Valente postponed start to 11 am tomorrow to allow jurors to prepare for what could last about a month.
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