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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1955
Page
4
A feature piece outlines questions adopters face and the safeguards used by agencies. It notes about 70,000 infants available and over a million couples seeking children. A movement seeks to reclassify some unadoptable children to increase potential matches by as much as 25 percent.
A reader quiz with seven questions on current events and facts of national and international importance. Questions cover investments, airline route mileage, Congressional party makeup, RH factor, home ownership trends, Bangkok’s country, and automation in dining.
Twenty years ago Corry High basketeers stopped a six game skid with a 93 to 32 win at Albion. The report notes a season record of three wins and four losses and mentions upcoming card tournaments in the 100 Hall with the Stanford Hose Company and Odd Fellows. Also covered are theft arrests linked to D J Bennett farm loot, a local American Legion meeting, a Boston soprano concert planned for February 19 at First Methodist, and news that Allegheny County Free Fair will drop the word free from its name though admission stays free.
In a second bribery trial defense, Stanley M. Schwartz portrayed ex-police Inspector Jack Martin as controlling political collections from Erie gamblers. He testified he did not know the source of former Mayor Flatley’s campaign contributions until 1951. He said Martin produced a contributor list after 1951 and claimed no interest in it. Schwartz asserted Martin controlled the split among Martin, Flatley and Schwartz and arranged payments to Democratic leader Henry Soscha. Judge Rossiter overruled the motion to dismiss.
Dr. Norman K. Beals, Venango County Public Health director, says hepatitis cases are dropping to about 10 weekly from 16 8 weeks ago, with over 260 cases in the last 10 months. Most recent cases cluster in Dempseytown after an inmate at Police State School was infected last May, spreading to nearby areas. A gamma globulin mass vaccination program delivered about 9,000 shots locally. Symptoms include malaise, chills, digestive upset, nausea, fever, and loss of appetite.
16 BELOW ZERO FAIRBANKS Alaska It was 76 below zero yesterday at Amist on the Yukon River tying a cold record for the area set in 1986.
Erie's Hap Miller a 35 year postal veteran is indefinitely suspended for Hatch Act violations. Postal inspectors say he solicited postal workers to contribute to political funds with promises of better jobs for aiders in the Democratic party. no money was actually donated and all refused. Miller remains suspended as officials pursue the case.
A special meeting of Hotel Jamestown Inc stockholders approved a plan to sell the ten story property at West Third and Cherry streets including hotel and offices to Louis Berry of the International Hotels Corp. The rumored price is just over 1 million dollars, with completion expected by April 1 and new owners to take charge thereafter.
Erie Dr. R I Anderson superintendent of the county tuberculosis hospital urged commissioners to halt the Johnson road dump opening two miles south of the hospital. He warned it would be a menace and expose the hospital to obnoxious odors when winds are favorable. The dump operator’s name was not disclosed. This adds to a repeated countywide battle over dumps and closures.
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