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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1956
Page
6
Sheriff probes vandalism at Licking Presbyterian Church in Glarion County after the janitor found 26 colored glass panes broken. Each window measured eight by 16 inches and services were postponed as investigators seek New Year’s Eve culprits.
Extended forecast for January 4 to 8 covers Western Pennsylvania and New York to Ohio and West Virginia with near normal to 3-5 degrees below normal temps. Cold days Wednesday and Thursday with lighter milder trend Friday, then colder again and light snow flurries north and about one third precipitation overall. Weekend temps near freezing, 31°F yesterday, minimal drop overnight. Mead Park ice activities draw hundreds of youths and many adults across Saturday and Sunday. About 200 attendees at the open house of Stanford Hose Company at No 1 fire station with free food. City Council members, in Municipal Building, invited to join via Safety Director Robert Price.
Police report three vehicle crash at Mill and East Main streets with no injuries. Mrs Isabell Foster, Leo Btec, and Bree were involved as cars collided after Foster pulled into East Main, causing damage to Foster vehicle and nearby parked truck and Bree’s auto amid estimates of minor damages.
FDIC agents in Pittsburgh search for a valuable stamp collection once owned by the late John F Wagner of Cecil Washington County. They say Wagner embezzled 3 762.56 dollars from First National Bank and later died by his own hand in 1950. The widow surrendered part of the collection after his death, auctions yielded 15 000 dollars in 1952, dealers report 125 000 dollars in sales, but the missing core remains unlocated.
A retired Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroadman, Robert McElevery, year old, was found dead from a stab wound in his North Ride apartment. His wife Eleanor, 49, was taken into custody after calling police from a restaurant and saying there was something wrong with her husband. Detectives reported the wife appeared intoxicated. a pair of bloodstained scissors lay on a dresser in the bedroom. McElevery had retired months earlier after 30 years on the railroad.
President Eisenhower and Budget Director Hughes meet at Key West to discuss a $62 billion federal spending blueprint for the coming fiscal year. The conference, amid congressional sessions, weighs tax policy and a balanced budget with a decision likely delayed months.
Newark report says Ronald Edward Menter, 22, ex patient from Keene New Hampshire, confessed to killing Texas A and M student Jan David Broderick, 20, during a drunken brawl. He used the victim’s car and license, and police found 28 bullets in the car. Rangers will escort him to Texas after the murder charge.
The Associated Press reports Pennsylvania kept New Year traffic fatalities to 13 during a three day weekend, with seven other deaths from various mishaps. Officials credit enforcement and repeated safety pleas for the comparatively light toll against Christmas, as motorists faced enforcement campaigns.
Fire started in an electrical connection on the tower top floor and spread smoke over Paris as 15 firefighters battled the blaze. One firefighter was injured while yanking extinguishers, and the incident briefly interrupted a government TV network eclipse of French election results.
Richard Dilworth, Philadelphia's 117th mayor, delivers his inaugural address in public ceremonies after quietly taking the oath of office yesterday. He presides over a parade of newly elected county city borough and township officers sworn into their posts across Pennsylvania yesterday.
A 4.5 magnitude earthquake centered about 40 miles away rattled the Los Angeles area and reached about 50 miles in surrounding regions. Notable damage included a cracked plaster wall, a broken plate glass window in a Pasadena supermarket, and sheriff reports noting tremor effects on Riverside and Santa Ana facilities. Dr. Charles Richter of Caltech called the event strong but lightly damaging. The quake’s end coincided with the Rose Bowl game in Pasadena.
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