Delayed Estate Listing on Ylon Street
A fragmented note shows an estate listing on Ylon Street facing a delay. Details are unreadable but indicate a postponement affecting a property sequence and potential timelines.
24 Jan 1959
Page 1
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1959
Page
1
A fragmented note shows an estate listing on Ylon Street facing a delay. Details are unreadable but indicate a postponement affecting a property sequence and potential timelines.
In Port Griffith and surrounding Pittston PA the Susquehanna River floods Knox Coal Co mine tunnels endangering trapped miners. officials warn river water could release poisonous gas and threaten additional shafts while rescue efforts continue and federal aid is pledged. Governor Lawrence tours the scene as disaster status is declared.
A 35 year old industrial engineer was acquitted in the Atlanta Jewish Temple bombing case after a two hour trial. His lawyer, Reuben Garland, was jailed for 40 days for contempt of court after clashes with a witness during the proceedings. The bombing caused $96,000 in damage on Prachtree Road. Prosecutor Tom Luck did not announce plans for the remaining defendants in the eleven day case.
An explosion derailed a Missouri Pacific train near Monroe Louisiana sending a chemical filled tank car 200 feet into a cotton field. Three workmen died and 52 were injured with 5 in critical condition as investigators searched for additional victims.
The infant case moves to The Bronx after a 24 day old baby from West Side apartments was abducted by a woman described as Puerto Rican or Cuban in her 20s, six feet two and blonde streaked hair. Police pursue a rooming house sighting and taxi driver leads as Jose Tavarez and his wife appeal for the return. A separate quake hits eastern Japan with no damage reported.
Havana AP reports an appeal court postponed the death sentence review of Maj Jesus Sosa Blanco and two other army officers tied to the Oriente province killings. Trials for Lt Col Luis Grau and Capt Pedro Marejon were rescheduled for Monday after a 24 hour delay amid public tension and a suggested radio blackout.
Firemen stood by as a blaze swept through the Race Street Lumber Co warehouse in Meadville Pennsylvania. Amphibious vehicles could not spray water because hydrants were frozen, leaving crews to watch the building burn. The report notes a separate Pittsburgh casualty: William Brown, 4, killed when a refrigerator top fell on him in Bellvue.
A Corry Memorial Hospital staff letter celebrates the first complete exchange transfusion in Corry in March 1954 and notes dozens since. It describes rapid teamwork from nursery nurses to lab technicians Betty Stack and Bob Curtis and Red Cross blood bank support enabling urgent Rh negative blood delivery for newborns.
Floodwaters sweep Ohio and western Pennsylvania as thousands flee homes. Ohio reports 14 flood deaths with potential totals rising, while Meadville and Wheeling face massive evacuations. Federal aid pledged as miners remain trapped near Pittston, with costly damage estimates across the region.
Meadville in northwestern Pennsylvania is declared a disaster district as floods leave more than 2000 homeless. Army Ducks move through ice as rescue teams face blocked rivers and freezing conditions. Civil Defense and Red Cross rush aid with cots blankets and supplies, while city officials plan safeguards against contamination and sewage issues.
A New Year sleepover led to a babysitter being unable to leave a bathroom after a couple left for a party. The paint, described as miracle and lethal, resisted turpentine and alcohol. A physician arrived but could not dissolve the coating, while the family returned nearby.
Rep George HL Christopher a Missouri Democrat and soil conservation expert died last night at age 70. His death reduces the House membership to 28 Democrats and 153 Republicans.
A 71 year old woman pilot and a passenger escaped injury after a light plane performed a belly landing at March Air Force Base. Mrs Acutte Bunker of Pita Springs said the landing gear failed to lock, forcing the skid.
State police said Barbara Tarpan, 32, a mother of three from Hopewell Township, and her 87-year-old neighbor Eugene Dunn were found shot to death yesterday. Dunn allegedly shot Mrs. Tarpan with a 32 caliber pistol and then killed himself following a feud over a driveway at Dunn's residence.
City wage and income tax forms issued. R Elwin Fuller, collector for the city and school district, notes many returns received with only the husband reporting. Residents must file Form Information Report even with no income, answering three questions about earned income and sources for 1958.
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