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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1959
Page
2
Erie area notes report test borings for the Harborcreek Depot Road Elementary School site with results expected in a week or ten days. Supervising Principal Fred Clark states pre final plans for the $525,000 project will be sent to Harrisburg after boring results, with district officials aiming for a September 1960 opening.
The Corry Memorial Hospital page lists admissions and discharges by name and address. Admitted: Sylvie Allen 1 year, Tammy Rogers 2 months, Barbara Wickwire 1 year, Jerome Baker 14, Eric Russell 18 months, Jeannette Ives 40s, Christine Chirlusto 12, Ronald Elmquist unspecified age. Discharged: Tammy Rogers 2 months, Mrs Rober Ehnson Sr, Karen Sue McConnell, Larry Graham 5, Doris Richards, Miss Shirley Yarateh, Glyn Chamber, Mrs I Lea Johnston, Miss Jeannette Ives, Christine Chirlusto, Ted Dey, and others. Addresses include Howard J Sheen, 476 Wayne Street. 216 Mead Avenue. 126 Snyder Circle. 37 East Congress street. 656 East South street. 210 East Washington street. 105 East Main street. 605 Wayne street. 193 East Frederick street. 208 East Howard J Sheen. 40s West Smith street. 221 Concord street. 3 Fifth Avenue.
Washington AP reports Dr. Bernard Behwarts, NYU law professor and former House investigator, calls for Congress to probe White House press secretary James Hagerty over alleged political influence in FCC decisions involving WRGB Albany Schenectady. Hagerty denies meddling. records show initial FCC plan to switch WRGB to UH was reversed with a balancing VHF addition.
New York AP review of Ben Trecht’s hour long NBC teleplay The Third Commandment. The drama follows a Hollywood writer who becomes a fraudulent evangelist after moral lapses and ends by confessing his fraud as a mob scene erupts. The piece praises the production but questions its motivations and lasting impact.
A two car head on collision on Route 7 west of here in Sullivan County left Mrs. Marion DeWitt 40 of Selinsgrove dead from head and internal injuries. Five others were hospitalized in Williamsport with varying injuries, including Frederick DeWitt 55 and Ronald DeWitt 27, plus Ronalds wife Roberta 23 and young DeFfaa children Donna 7 and Linda 4. The DeWitts were in one car and the DeFfaa family in the other. The incident occurred on a slippery curve when the DeWitt car skidded and went out of control.
A prank call to the Sons of Italy club in Lawrence County caused a late night evacuation just before midnight. Police found no explosive device after an inspection, and most attendees returned once the area was cleared. Congresswoman Jessica Weis recounts a Day One incident in Washington when she removed gloves and faced dress code remarks.
A collage of odd facts and anecdotes from Hal Boyle's Americana column. Virus season tips stress avoidance, cheetah speed, Yale coffee as a rat stimulant, 2800 talking books, Paula Hill humor, Belgian Congo eyewear, King Alfonso weapon collection, elephants ears, bat hearing, castor oil in crash panels, bird bones, sobriety gems, Aristotle era seawater quest, Elizabeth I prize offer, boxing in two states, wrestling popularity, human color perception limits, and Colby quips.
William H Jones pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the October bar slaying of 23 year old Sonny Glenn Herron at a St. Petersburg bar. Judge Bird may sentence Jones Wednesday. minimum is 20 years, potential life. Herron’s brothers Robert and George Herron witnessed as Jones slashed Herron with a broken beer bottle.
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