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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1960
Page
1
Barbara Jean Finch testified she feared her husband Dr R Berhard Finall and sought a place to stay during the weeks before her death. The physician and his mistress Carole Treeolf face murder and conspiracy charges after Mrs Finch was shot July 1. Helfrich described past beatings and pistol whipping related to the case.
Fire crews returned to the Raymond Morris woodworking plant on Shady Avenue after a blaze yesterday. Smoldering sawdust around the site is expected to persist for weeks, with estimated damage at 25000 dollars crippling the facility.
The Chamber of Commerce and Retail Division closed 1959 with identical year end balances. The chamber reported 3302.96 in its treasury and the Retail Division 301.45. At a 1960 meeting new president B G Barney Bennett urged divine guidance and discussed a possible year end salary increase for manager Stewart A Long as a cost of living bonus if funds allow. The program to follow will depend on the speaker chosen by the meeting committee.
The newspaper announces a new feature titled Photo Quiz starting tomorrow in the extra section. It will showcase photographs of Corry residents answering topical questions on local national and world subjects.
Senate Democrats voted 61 to 12 to retain Lyndon B. Johnson as party leader and curb liberal efforts to expand the Policy Committee. The caucus, held in a long closed session, directed Johnson to keep steering committee appointments and press for restrained criticism of President Eisenhower and bipartisan, compromise legislation.
The Citizens National Bank expanded its board from seven to ten, electing Dr. J. Guy Butters John C. Rudolph and George E. Wurm. Rudolph is Ajax vice president for sales and Wurm treasurer of Aero Supply. The bank reported strong year end results with assets and deposits up. James L. Allyn was elected assistant cashier and officers were reorganized. Of 12 000 shares outstanding 10510 were represented. Also Hamden Connecticut police recovered 10 year old Calvin Shepard after a five hour search. he was found asleep in a goat shed behind his home.
Titusville council splits three to two on a first reading of a salary ordinance amendment that would cut ten city employees pay and raise two. The body also rejected a companion budget ordinance and a garbage charge increase keeping 25 cents monthly rise in effect. Over 100 residents attended the unusually crowded meeting at City Hall with applause during the session.
A Titusville man, born 1916 and unmarried, died in a trailer fire on the Harry Ohl farm in Cherry Tree Township. Neighbors alerted the family after discovering the blaze at 2 4 a m. Firefighters prevented spread to nearby buildings but the trailer was destroyed and the coroner arrived shortly after.
A report to the 1860 Legislature says lawmakers could act on taxes only in even numbered years. The Pennsylvania Economy League told a special committee that changes to local tax laws, including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh school district taxes, might be allowed in 1960. The report notes constitutional amendments about annual sessions and tax restrictions and warns riders on appropriation bills cannot bypass limits.
Nineteen underworld figures from the Apalachin crime conclave were sentenced by US District Judge Irving Kaufman to up to five years in prison for conspiring to obstruct justice. Fourteen got the maximum five years with $10,000 fines. several others received four years or three years. One defendant was absent due to weather.
ERR protests a near miss involving a Columbus school bus and a passenger train at the Shady avenue crossing. Norman Smith raises safety concerns at the Corry Area Joint School Committee meeting while no decision is made on crossing routes.
An extra heavy security guard will circle Prime Minister Nobusulke Kihi as he departs Tokyo for the United States to sign a new security pact.
County commissioners authorize a six month loan of 99 000 secured from Girard Bank to cover incurred costs on the infirmary expansion project. The funds will repay as revenue bonds are sold later this summer, with total project cost projected near 2.04 million.
National Bank of Corry shareholders increased the board to eight, naming Clifford Buesink as director. The bank reports progress on a proposed new banking house on the old three-store property with no decision on timing, while 1959 results show deposits and savings rising and a $2.50 per share dividend declared. Directors re-elected include Joseph Guignon and Hy Keppel among others. officers list Hy Keppel as chairman and Martin Keppel as president with several cashiers named. About 4,690 of 5,000 shares were represented.
Unusual January warmth sent the mercury to 57 degrees yesterday before a night drop to near freezing. Early today the reading was 54 and falling with prior January readings showing wide swings from near record highs to deep freezes. rainfall totaled about one and a half inches since yesterday morning.
State police joined local agencies in a tri state search for four Union City High School students who left home for school yesterday morning and have not been heard from. Thomas Burley 16 Garry Dugan 15 William Schuster 17 and Wayne Ryland 6 are believed headed to Florida in a 1951 automobile owned and driven by Burley.
In a late evening act, Dufford Holcomb and Manley Robbins Jr. of the CD unit moved 40 year old Arthur Culver of West Main to the Veteran's Hospital at Evie. They faced heavy rain and fog during the trip in a station wagon ambulance with Culver accompanied by his mother.
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