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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1954
Page
6
The Corry recreation committee reports the YMCA is sponsoring a Family Night Square Dance at the Junior High Gym on Wednesday January 20 from 8 to 11 p m Music will be provided by Smilin Bill and His Rhythm Makers Tickets are available from the recreation committee and members of the Hi and Tri-Hi Clubs of the high school.
In Bear Lake Mrs Kenneth Hertford tripped on a telephone cord suffering a nose laceration and was treated at Corry Memorial Hospital. The Air Force released 256 names of officers and enlisted men listed as missing and presumed dead in Korean action, including Lt David H Park brother of Irving J Park of Brookville. A real estate transfer records a sale from St Pauls Lutheran Church Corry to Thomas J Flanagiux First Ward Corry for 7500 dollars at Erie County Courthouse.
The railroad industry and the Post Office Department reached a 10 percent rise in mail carriage charges. Officials estimate this will boost railroad revenue by about 30 million dollars annually. A formal proposal was sent to the Interstate Commerce Commission for approval, replacing a prior bid for 45 percent uplift. The Post Office fought a 46 percent increase earlier, and the commission warned that any change requires justified evidence. A separate report notes a fatal crash in Kingsport Tennessee where Mrs. Mary Derr of Sunbury Pennsylvania died in a head on collision with a truck, leaving two others critically injured.
The Pennsylvania State Welfare Department expects most child welfare agencies to seek department approval under the new adoption code that took effect January 1. Deputy secretary Tsa bella J. Jones said acceptance appeared general at a briefing for 125 organizations, with no objections voiced. Agencies choosing to gain benefits under the new definitions of relinquishment and abandonment must obtain approval, while those operating under the old law may continue without it.
CHICAGO high school senior Lawrence J. Fitzhenry, 18, confessed to beating his sweetheart Marlene Bubar, 16, with a jack handle in a doomed plan to end both their lives due to marriage opposed by religion. She escaped a parked car with head lacerations and broken fingers. He described intending to render her unconscious and die by car exhaust in his garage.
A heavy stone smashed Hahn Furniture Co.'s Carnegie store window as labor management officials met to end a month-old strike affecting six firms. An unidentified man fled in a waiting car while leaders of AFL Local 249 held a peace meeting with no progress reported. The strike began over wages and conditions, with workers from six AFL unions later joining.
The text notes that individuals seeking to adopt will go to a trusted institution where safeguards ensure safety. It adds that those worried about post adoption rights will receive protection at an approved agency to guard against revocation by natural parents.
Hollywood reports Marilyn Monroe remains on a walkout from 20th Century Fox over a start date for a new picture. She is seen in San Francisco with Joe DiMaggio and his family as rumors swirl about a Reno or Las Vegas marriage.
Ohio Governor Frank J. Lausche says a Cincinnati to Conneaut toll road in the northeast is inevitable as New York builds a toll highway crossing near Erie. He says traffic will route into Ohio main arteries and the Northern Ohio turnpike under construction toward Cincinnati.
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