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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1955
Page
1
A damaged OCR notice describes partial sale details at a local shoe shop near Watt Enat Street. It mentions owners such as Arthite and a February sale, with scattered items like furs, furniture, coffee aboard, and various miscellaneous goods.
Corry Area Schools Authority unanimously approves a plan to offer bonds for competitive bidding. Singer Deane and Scribner of Pittsburgh agreed to a 3.4312 percent rate under a sliding scale, with $170,000 in serials to mature 1955 to 1974 and higher-rate term bonds through 1970s. The authority expects to save about $13,088 in interest over the bond term. The board notes bidding is a gambling decision and will proceed with a counterproposal.
Washington The Senate Juvenile Delinquency subcommittee accepted the resignations of two state members who wrote articles on delinquency before the panel filed its report. Ben, Kefouver did not mention the Saturday Evening Post pieces in announcing the resignations of Herbert W. Benser as chief counsel and Richard Clendenon as executive director. Subcommittee members had questioned the outside selling by the two staffers, while Benser and Clendenon said they had the consent of former Subcommittee chair Tendrickson. Priest dies in Louisville. The Rev Robert G Lyons, golden Jubilee celebrant and sparring partner of heavyweight champ John L Sullivan, died yesterday.
Paris reports former premier Antoine Pinsy abandoned efforts to form France’s 21st postwar government. President Rene Coty will initiate new consultations to find a political figure with majority National Assembly backing. Pinsy quit after notifying Conservative backers at the Elysee Palace.
Miller Automotive opens at 35 North First Avenue in newly built quarters by owner Howard Miller. The shop offers motor tune up auto electrical work carburetor fuel service wheel balancing brake service parts sales and installation. A display room parts department and lavatory are included with a 40 by 60 foot cinder block structure designed for repair work. Door prize drawings take place Saturday night at 9.
New York Winthrop Rockefeller faces a $6 million potential settlement and soaring legal fees in a divorce case against Barbar Rockefeller. The Supreme Court heard a waiver of a $100,000 claim by Boston attorney Joseph Sax, with Rockefeller already paying around $500,000 and about $1 million more expected. Bobo Rockefeller argues Winthrop assumed all divorce-related obligations last summer in ranch country. Rockefeller has not yet been served in the suit.
The Senate voted 64 to 6 to approve a mutual security treaty pledging American military support for Formosa the Pescadores and nearby territories as determined by mutual agreement. Opponents argued it enlarges Chinese nationalist claims and risks war, while supporters called it keystone to Western defense from Northern Japan to Australia.
In Warren County, Judge Flick dismissed defenses claiming Norman W Moon is insane. Moon, 29, confessed to fatally shooting Judge Alison Wade on January 13 1954 and faces the death penalty. A sanity commission had found Moon mentally ill, but the court ruled he can distinguish right from wrong and ordered continued proceedings.
Edyard L. Sit tier Dr Uniontown was re elected president of the Pennsylvania Health Council for a second straight year at yesterday’s meeting. Other officers named include Dr. James D. Weaver Erie first vice president Miss Mary K. Baum Lansdowne second vice president Clement W. Hunt Harrisburg secretary and Edward M. Green Harrisburg elected treasurer.
MIAMI BEACH FLA The nation's top union chiefs plan a bold merger to create an 18 million member federation. George Meany and Walter Reuther say ratifying steps remain, but a financed drive to recruit new members will begin and unions in the same fields may combine.
AP News Briefs reports John L. Lewis declined comment on a CIG AFL merger while rumors spread of a third labor group. In London, Prime Minister Churchill said he would seek talks with Soviet Premier Bulganin, but expects no summit with Eisenhower and the French Premier before ratification of the London Paris accords on West Germany’s reunification and defense.
Governor John Fine and officials held talks with federal representatives on Pennsylvania surplus food program. The transfer of use from Property and Supplies to Public Assistance faced questions over responsibility and funding. Leaders from PB Hears Washington and Ruth Grigg Harting attended as discussions aimed to guide a more permanent plan for distributing rations to about 75 000 people across all counties. No final decision was expected today.
Two Starfire jet fighters from Goose Bay airbase crashed in Labrador while on routine flight. Four airmen died, the accident happened about seven miles from the coast near Goan Bay. Names were withheld pending notification.
Washington reports skepticism on Molotov's boast of Soviet hydrogen bomb superiority. US officials say any temporary edge has been surpassed, while some experts suspect a heated compression method may have been tested as early as 1963. President Eisenhower noted no proof but called the claim remarkable.
In Washington a lawyer refused to retract his prior statement calling a witness psychopathic during a Communications Commission hearing. The exchange occurred as the witness testified about connections between individuals and alleged motives amid a tense session.
President Eisenhower and aides doubt any invitation to Marshal Zhukov to visit the United States will occur soon. While some hope friendship from wartime ties could help, hostilities and suspicions between Moscow and Washington render a visit premature.
Western diplomats in Vienna expect upheaval after Georgi Malenkov’s shift to consumer goods. Resistance in Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary Romania Bulgaria may rise despite new de Stalinization. Molotov’s threats could mask a broader aim to keep East Europe under control.
Secretary of State Dulles will outline a full review of foreign policy during the first two years of the Eisenhower administration. He will speak before the Foreign Policy Association in New York. The talk is expected to echo his January 1954 address and focus on the situation in the Formost Strult without detailing Soviet premier changes.
Democratic Leader McCormack and Senate voices intensified opposition to cuts aiming to reduce force size to 2,050,000. They warned a drastic restructuring risks national defense and questioned the president's final decision, as committee hearings scrutinize Defense Secretary Wilson and Admiral Radford.
An earthquake struck near Lima causing cracks in building foundations and minor injuries in two theaters. The quake, felt across a 1 375 mile long area centered about 30 miles from the capital, breached the sea wall at the Magen-Leva Bel Mav Warner resort and disrupted coastal areas.
Nationalist forces blasted underground defenses and moved tons of ammunition to Formosa beaches as the Tachen islands evacuation reached a final phase. Warships and planes protected the withdrawal while refugees were relocated from Nan-chishan and surrounding isles. The U S and Nationalist positions aimed to keep Formosa’s northern coast shielded amid Communist pressure.
Corryite pursues Catholic priesthood after George Gannon fellowship following graduation from Cory High School. He studied philosophy at Tallinsti and has been at Wesleyan University prior to continuing studies at Middletown. Colonel convicted for Air Force misconduct faced forfeiture of $1500 and related penalties.
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