Quemoy and Matsu Islands Defense Debate Deepens
A Corry Evening Journal summary notes U S decision on defending Quemoy and Matsu off the Chinese coast could be military in nature. President Chiang Kai-shek insists the islands will not be abandoned and cites Eisenhower's pledge to fight if attacked. The debate centers on defense obligations under a Formosa Pescadores treaty and related U N actions.
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Quemoy
Matsu Islands
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Eisenhower
Congress
Formosa
Pescadores
West Pacific
Senate
William Langer
R-Nd
U. S
Formiss
Repubiic
China
Taiwan
Fescadores
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Quemoys
Matsus
George K. C. Yeh
U.S. State Department
Yeh
United Nations Security Council
Council
New Zealand
Anthony Edelftirsuch
House of Commons
Eden
How Smart Are You A current events quiz from a classified page
A reader quiz asks seven questions on biblical birthdays presidents policy forces military sizes congressional vetoes budget trends and diabetes control. It cites Eisenhower foreign policy executive statements and Treasury hints about deficits and surpluses with date references toward the year end.
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New Congress
U. S. Air Force
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Congress
Treasury
Humphrey
Twenty years ago notes from Corry journal February 18 1935
Items from Corry dated February 18 1935 report Dayton Snapp age 69 dies in Erie after farm accident. No contagious disease spread at Washington Street school. third ward attendance steady. Police note a quiet weekend with icy pavements. City crews cindered downtown streets. Rehearsals begin for Men Wanted at Corry High School to raise relief funds. Street graveling project may be delayed until next setup. Several city streets slated for improvements under the Relief Works Division. Georgi Malenkov named Man in the Biggest Pickle by the National Pickle Packers Association in Chicago.
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City Streets Department
Corry High School
Veterans of Foreign Wars
N. R. Dickson
Relief Works Division
Kearns aide faces federal tax liens in Erie root case
Administrative assistant to Congressman Carroll D. Kearns, Clifford J. Welsh, faced IRS collection actions for delinquent income taxes totaling $2,009.63 from 1949 to 1952. Officials in Pittsburgh described the open account as nonpayment or partial payment on returns, with no fraud alleged. Welsh, Erie resident and GOP activist, has long served as Kearns’ representative in the area, after earlier city posts.
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Erie
Clifford J. Welsh
Carroll D. Kearns
U. S. Internal Revenue
Department
Welsh
Common Pleas
John Picano
Local Revenue Bureau
A. J. Dudley
Pittsburgh
Anthony Carreo
Charles Barber
Kearns
Sparta Plans Centennial Celebration for Borough
Sparta council sets plan to mark the borough centennial, noting incorporation in 1855 with March petition, April approval, August judgment, and October first election. A central committee will review celebration feasibility while a mass meeting is set at the high school gym on Wednesday evening February 28 to hear tentative program dates and speakers. Water consultant Charles Baker Burdick dies at 80 in Chicago, a noted figure in water works engineering.
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Sparta
Spartansburg
Burgess Val Shreve
Jamestown Couple Sentenced Over Child Beatings
Judge Lester W. Berglund described the case as among the cruelest in his decade of experience sentencing a 33 year old mother and her 19 year old boyfriend for severe beatings of the woman’s two young children. Paul Johnson, 19, of North Clymer received two four month terms in Monroe County Penitentiary on charges of endangering the health and morals of children and assault third degree, to run consecutively, plus additional six month terms.
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Johnson
Patricia Tweedy Sentenced For Endangering Children Humiliation
Patricia Tweedy of Jamesown was sentenced to four months in Monroe Penitentiary on endangering health and morals of children and to 80 days in Mayville Jail on a morals charge. Judge Berglund said the public service will remove Johnson from circulation for a time and condemned the mother for allowing such mistreatment amid a crowded courtroom.
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Bentence
Couple Arrested After Neighbor Reported Beating Children
Police arrested Johnson and Mrs. Tweedy on Tuesday after a neighbor reported that Johnson had beaten her children Richard six and Linda two. Investigators said the couple admitted living together for more than a month.
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Johnson
Mrs. Tweedy
Scranton Industrialist Worthington Scranton Dies
The estate of Worthington Scranton, an industrialist and philanthropist, left to his widow Marion Margery Scranton. The will, filed for probate in Lackawanna County, lists property valued over $100,000 and real estate exceeding that amount.
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Worthington Scranton
Marion Margery Scranton
Lackawanna County
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First Ave
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