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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1959
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR hints at a local real estate note. Mentions Ford, Hou, and sale details likely about a house or property transfer. Limited readable names and context prevent full reconstruction of event, time, or parties involved.
Fragmentary line notes a death and an order in the 11th Ward context. Limited readable details mention an individual and a public action. Further specifics are unavailable in the surviving text.
Washington reports the Air Force plans a continued decrease in wing counts to under 90 within five to six years, driven by advances in missiles and jets. The move, from 109 wings projected this year to 102 by 1960, aims to boost firepower with fewer, more capable units, aided by B47 retirements and new missile squadrons.
West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt met with State Department officers and planned a lunch with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as part of a round of talks. He warned the crisis over Berlin shows the city as a symptom, not the cause, and urged Western unity against Soviet pressure.
A Chevrolet sedan skidded on an icy hill crest and struck a guard rail off Route 19 four miles north of Meadville. The victim was Mrs. Mabel B. Bandley of Venango RD 1. Driver R. Cay of Cambridge Springs and his wife Blanche were injured and admitted to Meadville Hospital in poor condition. Police said slick ice caused the crash.
W Willer Baumgarten of Ira Bant Main Street died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 4 o clock. Death attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage per Deputy Coroner James St George. Born November 11, 1923 in Cory he graduated Cory High School in 1942 and Penn State in 1945. He worked at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co as a metallurgist before returning to Cory where he lived last decade. Survived by father Samuel three sisters Esther Sarah Shirley and four brothers Harry Benjamin Abraham Joseph. Preceded in death by mother Rachel on February 12, 1946. Member Penn State Alumni Association. Friends may call Bracken Funeral Home tonight 7 to 9:30 and services tomorrow at 1 p.m. Rabbi Aaron Shear to officiate. Interment Titusville Jewish Cemetery.
Actress Debbie Reynolds was released from a hospital where she had been treated since Thursday for a blood clot in her leg.
Naval Commander Richard N Niles aged 41 died trying to rescue his wife and four children from a blaze that destroyed the Round House era home on Forest Avenue. His body was found in the kitchen and he died of asphyxiation at Newport Naval Hospital. The Niles children and Mrs Niles escaped to neighbors. The fire’s cause was under investigation. Also reported: Lloyd Griscom, 86, Newsman Diplomat and former ambassador to Italy and Japan, died in Thomasville Georgia. he owned the Tallahassee Democrat and chaired the publishing company.
Democratic leaders in Harrisburg outlined six bills to be introduced, including authorizing banks to invest up to one percent of capital in small business investment firms, expanding health and pollution powers, enforcing housing and hotel nondiscrimination, banning billboards on federal interstate sections in the state, and requiring lobbyists to register and report spending. Republican leaders warned they would review the package after its introduction, while debates over timing and further measures continued amid ongoing budget plans.
Greece and Cypriot authorities reached a tentative accord amid ongoing tensions in the eastern Mediterranean. NATO defenses remain on alert as Greek Cypriots intensify actions against factions seeking closer ties with Greece.
A naval unit reportedly sank a Nationalist gunboat near the Fu Kion coast at the northern entrance to the Formosa Strait. No further details were provided regarding casualties or the forces involved.
West and Allied leaders press Berlin stance amid new talks with the Soviet Union. Dulles visits Bonn signaling possible conciliatory moves if Moscow shows reciprocity. Adenauer resists concessions without returns as Western ministers draft a note for a foreign ministers meeting and plan further talks ahead of a May 27 power handover date.
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