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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1958
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes mention predatory acts at a cemetery and individuals named Pred, Robert, and Ky with links to Buffalo. Details are unclear. core event appears to involve a cemetery incident connected to Buffalo with multiple named persons.
Fragmented OCR text lists Korean names and a connection to a plane incident. The readable items mention an agent and a scene along a lane with six people connected to the event. Details are unclear but imply a multi-person involvement near a flight path.
The Erie County Planning Commission seeks a new director after the original choice became unavailable for three months. The commission will discuss the replacement at the Tuesday meeting, with the out of state candidate’s identity withheld. A salary around 9000 is anticipated, and an Erie County assistant may be hired later.
Ex-Recorder Gelstate has begun work as a field investigator in the Division of Sales and Use Tax at the Department of Revenue. The appointment comes with a salary of 4770 dollars, and the change follows a bitter petition ruling sparking controversy. Paul Clincy, a former deputy city finance director, now directs the Erle office of the Sales Tax agency.
Judge Thomas F. Lansberry ordered distinct trials for brothers Melvin Boden and Harry Boden in Somerset County. Melvin, 1, of Rockwood, faces murder arson charges in the November 11 fatal blaze that killed his wife Mary, 36, with trial set for March 17. Harry Boden, 48, will be tried after Melvin.
A late February damp spell persisted with widespread rain in the Northwestern states and the Far West while the Northeast saw storms. The wet belt stretched south and east into Montana and western Oregon faced the heaviest rain with washouts and downed trees. New England and nearby areas reported mainly showers and snow.
Tobin J. Tobin Jr. and Paul E. Shade faced embezzlement charges in a quarter million dollar insurance fraud case. Tobin arrived from Houston with a police escort and was jailed for arraignment before County Judge Edgar Dean. Shade fled Houston but was later charged with aiding and abetting. The case centers on fake medical reports to support insurance claims and involved a broader network.
Two young men from Erie, Gerald Fromknech age 20 and Raymond Drasaklewicz age 18, received prison terms for a spree of burglaries in city and county. Fromknech drew two to five years at Western Penitentiary on ten counts, while Drasaklewicz received an indefinite term at the Pennsylvania Industrial School Camp Hill. They committed five burglaries together in January while Fromknech was on U. S. Air Force leave.
A special grand jury in Pittsburgh resumed its investigation into rackets in Allegheny County. It heard secret testimony from three witnesses as detectives sought to round up more. Judge Harry Montgomery ordered the probe earlier this year after a wave of bombings suspected to stem from extortion plots and rackets war.
Titusville held a meeting at City Hall to plan for potential floods as snow melts this spring. State Civil Defense ordered the session with officials from Titusville, Hydetown, and Oil Creek Steuben Tray towns. Firemen cataloged emergency gear including boats pumps and portable floodlighting units.
General Telephone Co of Erie won PUC approval to drop a proposed 177000 dollar annual increase in service connection and installation charges. Hearings in Harrisburg were canceled, with no changes to local or toll rates. The plan would have raised residential connection from 3 to 5 dollars and business from 5 to 8 dollars, plus reconnection from 2.50 to 3. The company serves 147230 subscribers across 43 exchanges in multiple counties.
A Robbinsdale educator told the American Association of School Administrators that slow learners, about 18 of every 100 school-age children, are often tolerated and fail. He urged early identification and special classes to help them, noting they will work, vote, join unions, and form homes.
Whiteside testified he interceded with Mack in three FCC cases and denied pressure. Mack voted against two of three, with one case adopting the commission's 4-2 Miami Channel 10 license award to Public Service Television. Three others sought the license. Whiteside described payments of 2850 to Mack as loans, named Bernard Schwartz as involved and said notes totaling 64980 were presented but not in the committee’s inventory.
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