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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1959
Page
4
Corry YMCA marks National YMCA Week after celebrating its first full year of operation. The article notes 1205 members, 26 groups, 58 sessions, and 110 swimming sessions among the facility’s busy programs led by local staff and volunteers.
Meade Alcorn urged a nationwide push to elect a Republican president in 1960 and to win Congress. He told a Republican Executive Committee meeting that part-time politics is over and a mass mobilization is needed. The convention site subcommittee narrowing choices to Chicago Philadelphia or San Francisco after San Francisco representatives pressed their bid.
Warren police hunted an unidentified youth in a bomb hoax that prompted searches of Warren High and Beaty High schools from 6 p.m. to midnight. The caller warned of bombs. investigators traced the line but could not identify the suspect. Police said the threat was a hoax though a blast would have posed danger if timely.
A county court jury awarded four thousand dollars to three Albion residents shot by an Albion man during alleged hotrodding near his home. Judge Elmer Evans directed a settlement after jury instruction. Larry Bortnick, Glenn Beal Conneautville, and John Lockwood received amounts totaling four thousand. Smith pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and battery and faced six months to a year in county jail. The shooting occurred as the victims were parked in Albion in December 1957.
Governor Arthur Hedames dismisses three Earle appointees drawing 26000 as cabinet officers purge Democratic era. Hiram E Pond, Corry's longtime resident, dies at 93. Bob Toynulis scores clinching side court shot at 34 32 overtime Beavers beat Titusville in junior high gym.
Forty years ago on January 21 1919 a large section of the U S Chair Company plant on East Main Street was destroyed by fire of incendiary origin. Loss is estimated at 40000 with insurance to cover. Wrecking work on the standing wall of the city building begun yesterday under Jr Love contract. Commission members seek temporary offices for city departments. Obituary notes the passing of Mrs Hanoria Moore at her daughter Mrs Mary Murty’s home after a two week illness. Journal Carrier Edwin Miller ill at home with a fever.
A report details laboratory experiments by Hoffman on LSD-25 lysergic acid showing it can induce temporary madness in small doses. Hoffman describes severe sensory distortion and incoherence after 25 milligrams, with effects easing after six hours. The piece notes implications for defense against germ warfare.
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