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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1959
Page
3
A Meadville school board report outlines a possible kindergarten program with 12 units and full day activities at an estimated start cost around $40 000 for the first year. Equipment and salaries could total about $65 50 yearly, with supplies at about $1 450 and salaries at least $4 100, rising with later raises.
A Boston woman Gertrude McCarthy age 51 was found dead in her Dorchester apartment after a brutal slashing. Her brother Edmund Walsh 49 was stabbed twice outside the home and is listed in critical condition at City Hospital. Suspect Robert McCarthy 30, a Navy veteran and former patient, was captured in Roxbury with a blood stained knife and booked on suspicion of murder.
Corry State Police report a two vehicle collision on Route 77 near Spar tansburg. Charles A. Rittenhouse 19 eastbound and Irving H. Bishop 44 from Sherman New York collided after Bishop failed to stop on icy roads. Damage totaled about 350 to Rittenhouse and 100 to Bishops car. Neither driver injured.
Sedgwick Harvey, 48, boxing trainer for Bobby Boyd, was fatally shot in a family quarrel at his Chicago home. Thurman Brooks, 47, Harvey’s wife’s stepfather, admitted shooting Harvey twice. The incident occurs as Boyd, a top middleweight, prepares for a nationally televised bout against Spider Webb in Chicago Stadium.
Herbert Strauch, a former MGM studio commissary worker, was sentenced to five years in prison after attempting to extort $100,000 from Sol Siegel, MGM vice president. He was arrested January 16 near the studio following a threat made over a telephone booth. FBI agents provided the case details.
Harrisburg AP editors may be asked to submit letters about the Knox mine flood near Pittston on Jan. 22 as a Senate House committee plans public hearings. Rep Jump says letters should be traced to writers to verify truth of claims. 40 experts continue study. Civil Defense director Richard Gerstell reports due by week end. The flood sent billions of gallons into underground workings and pumps fight seepage. John Fuller and Sidney Weinstein named legal counsel at 150 dollars per day.
Washington observers weigh John Foster Dulles illness and possible resignation as Berlin crisis looms. Khrushchev dismisses talks on reunification while Red China's rise and Middle East shifts test U S alliances and strategy. Also notes aging Italian war horse Topolino turning 150.
Open bowling offered at Bowl-Aire from Monday to Friday between 1 PM and 5 PM at reduced rates. Patrons can enjoy casual play with by-the-hour pricing and crowd-free lanes during the afternoon window.
The report notes tension in Moscow as Khrushchev insists German reunification is for East and West governments not Biz Pour. He warns there will be no foreign ministers conference and critics in London call the speech a possible insult, while Washington sees it as a political maneuver not closing doors to talks.
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