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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1956
Page
3
Erie officials acknowledge the city’s traffic code, drafted in 1981, is outdated and parts of arrests may be illegal. They admit officers face legal risk, preferring vague terms like disorderly conduct to avoid losing cases. The lack of a modern traffic code is viewed as critical and reform is anticipated.
President Eisenhower and Senator William F. Knowland were entered as opposing candidates for the Republican presidential preference vote in the Pennsylvania primary on April 24. Petitions to place their names on the ballot were filed with the State Election Bureau. neither signed the petitions. The Republican state organization circulated petitions for Eisenhower, a Gettysburg resident, filed by Senator James H. Duff.
Corry mayor urges citizens to back a one day National Guard recruitment drive on February 22 to help meet a 75 000 new guardsmen national quota. He notes the guard is strongest in history but must grow to bolster reserve forces and aid disaster relief, urging wholehearted support and outlining the mayoral proclamation. He also mentions President Eisenhower’s likely bid for re election.
Investigators in Oakland work to determine cause of the four engine transport crash southeast of the city that killed all 40 Marines aboard. Officials say an erroneous passenger manifest release led to incorrect death notices, prompting a board of inquiry at Camp Pendleton to review the incident and prevent repeats. The four‑engine plane, from El Toro and Camp Pendleton, hit a ridge in heavy mist near Alameda during approach to the Alameda Naval Air Station.
An enlarged Johnstown Pennsylvania headquarters for Bethlehem Steel and Bethlehem Mines Corp. was inaugurated in a weekend ceremony. The ultra modern five story office building cost several million dollars and expands the plant's administrative center.
Dale W. Lillie of R D 2 Corry died yesterday morning at his home after a three month illness. A former Pennsylvania Gas Company foreman, he served in the U S Army in 1918 and retired in 1954. Born September 12 1889 in East Branch, he lived in Corry since 1910 and also worked for Howard Tannery and Inter by the Corry Water Supply Co. He leaves wife Helen Flaherty Lillie, daughter Esther Riddle, son Norman Lillie, four grandchildren, and sister Mrs Fred Lindsey. Funeral services at Bracken Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 p m with Rev J Emerson Law. interment in East Branch Cemetery.
A Midland Pennsylvania man, about 40, Mike Goyak, died Saturday when his car collided with a truck about 12 miles south of Steubenville along Route 7. The fatal crash occurred in Steubenville Ohio area.
Greece's premier Constantine Karamanlis and his National Radical Union won a slim parliamentary majority with 164 seats in a 900 member chamber. Opposition led by ex Premier Georgios Papandreou claimed a larger popular vote though a smaller seat tally, as seven party factions contested governance and votes remained to be counted.
Readinger and Smith foresee passage of a two percent gross receipts tax on restaurants and hotels after caucus polling in February. Support depends on GOP votes and a push to win loyalties, with labor opposition lingering and an April 24 primary looming.
TV schedule details WBEN channel four and a Tuesday morning lineup listing programs from 5:00 PM through 11:80 PM with children's theatre Gene Autry News and Sports Range Rider Burns and Allen Godfrey Talent Scouts I Love Lucy Sherlock Holmes Studio One late-night News Weather Sports Eleven Thirty Theatre plus morning and afternoon blocks featuring Captain Kangaroo Garry Moore Arthur Godfrey Time Meet the Millers Red Skelton Show and The $64,000 Question among others.
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