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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1956
Page
4
This column recalls 20 years back to February 20 1936 with notes on Corry area events. It covers a looming tax budget deficit and possible school mill increases, the county sealer of weights and measures appointment, and the National Youth Administration program setup in Corry with Horn block room preparations.
Beginning in 1789, land was acquired by individuals while a vast state stake remained in government hands. A Senate Appropriations estimate valued government owned real estate at 22.5 billion dollars, comprising 214 percent of national land area. If the remaining 412 million acres were added, the share would grow by 64 percent more, over a quarter of the land. Eastern states show as little as 1 percent government land, but in the West the government stake climbs to 87.1 percent in Nevada, 70.2 in Utah, 65.2 in Idaho, and 1.3 in Oregon, with industry and development aiming to cut holdings and place released land on local tax rolls.
A scrambled quiz asks seven questions on national and international matters including schooling aid, Winter Olympics locations, poll taxes, royal visits, delegates at national conventions, hurricane wind speed, and Duryea’s role in autos. Local items note Theo P Williams organizing a building fund campaign start Sunday March 1 and a Gold en Rule Club action to fund industrial expansion with Corry civic leaders and Walter L Peake coordinating the Erie County Bar Association banquet at the Lawrence Hotel in Erie.
Rev Elmer Ortner presents Lenten meditations on the seeking Christ. The sermon highlights Christ’s compassion as he views the blind man at Bethesda, the outcast, sinners, and the needy. It emphasizes Jesus feeding the multitude, healing the unclean, and walking to Calvary, inviting readers to open their hearts this Lent.
A Buffalo youth, 18 year old CerI Ruth, died after a head on collision with a gravel truck on Route 20 near Fredonia. Ruth died at Brooks Memorial Hospital Dunkirk about three hours after the 3:30 p m accident. The truck driver Robert Earll of Batavia survived with no injuries.
First Lt. Thomas W. Bennett of Coraopolis was killed when an Air National Guard jet crashed near Greater Pittsburgh Airport. An official cited engine failure as the likely cause, noting the landing gear struck trees at the field edge.
Erie Coach Co owner Myron Proser and attorney Howard Plate plan to testify before council on a fare increase from 15 to 20 cents. They will argue finances have worsened under the current rate and expect to open the company books. Council angered by Coxth Co appeal to the Public Utility Commission without notice, delaying a decision on appealing the rise.
President Judge Elmer Evans of the Court of Common Pleas said cameras are banned in county courtrooms for the near future. He conferred with Judges Burton Laub and Samuel Roberts and said the ruling follows a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision prohibiting courtroom cameras. A recent exception allowed news photographers to take 565 shots in a court.
Judge Evang notes county judges follow an anti photography ruling adopted by the American Bar Association. The 1997 ruling has been written into law in 14 states. In Denver, the Colorado Supreme Court began hearings on allowing photographers in state courts. Courts ban image capture to avoid interference with trials and to preserve court dignity.
S O Silas F Moss a Greensville Pennsylvania lumberman and winter resident of Kingstree was found injured by the roadside Saturday night. He was struck by an automobile whose driver fled the scene according to state police.
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