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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1956
Page
6
The City of Jamestown spent 90085.06 for the 1955 snow season detailing costs per inch of snow and sidewalk plowing. Public Works Director Leonard Bergman presented figures breaking down ice removal, sidewalk snow plowing, downtown sidewalks, and equipment maintenance costs.
The National Coal Association reports week ending January 21 coal production at about 10 550 000 tons, up from 6 540 000 tons a year earlier. Mary King of 332 Mead Avenue won the $400 night cash prize at Rex Theatre after a theatre register mix up showed her current address. a check will be mailed soon. James Winters, longtime Jamestown laundry worker with Pearl City Laundry, died at home after a heart attack. Funeral services are set for 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Henderson Lincoln Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. Harold A. McCurdy officiating. burial will follow at Lake View Cemetery.
Gov. Leader will reveal plans to assist Pennsylvania's physically and mentally handicapped in his first state of the Commonwealth address tomorrow night. The measure will originate from Philadelphia at 6 30 p m and be carried on a nationwide television network and 30 radio stations. He said his administration is dedicated to the people to human welfare and the address will be shown in Philadelphia Erie Pittsburgh Johnstown Altoona Harrisburg York Lancaster Reading Bethlehem and Wilkes Barre.
A new Democratic highway measure proposes tax increases to fund a 5.2 billion federal road program. The plan would raise gasoline taxes and levies on tires and buses, with federal and state contributions rising over 13 years to about 11.5 billion each.
State Police report a six year old girl Carla Guntrum was killed when she rode her sled from a blind driveway into a traffic lane on Route 16097 near Wildcat. Graver Stewart 27 from New Bethlehem failed to see her as he drove north, bumper dragging the child under the car.
Corry officials move to collect overdue sewer rents from a minority of residents. City officials cite about $1,019 unpaid by current residents and $250 owed by former residents, with total non-payment far below estimates, while a $6,400 figure for uncollected receipts from the sewage plant project looms.
ERTE County courts handled 767 criminal cases in 1955 with 835 defendants (82.8 percent) sentenced. Drunken driving accounted for 23.7 percent of cases and non-support for 2 percent. Sentences included state institutions 48, probation 53, jail locally 308, fines 66, and other sentences 159. charges ranged from murder to narcotics and traffic offenses.
Federal raids in Blair and Cambria counties seized 60 alleged gambling devices shipped from Chicago and claimed to evade classification under the Johnson Preston Act of 1951. U S Attorney D Malcolm Anderson said authorities are pursuing distributors. no arrests were reported. In Chicago, five officials of a coin device firm were convicted of failing to register as dealers, with one also convicted of shipping devices known as trade boosters.
Williamsport on February 25, 1964 reports Ansani contending that trade boosters are hot gambling devices. J Gordon ShaniHin, special FBI agent of Pittsburgh, testified that six trade boosters were among the devices seized yesterday. He named Jokers, pointmakers, and bug-a-boos among the other devices.
The Public Utility Commission warned Pennsylvania railroads it will enforce three sections of the 1997 full crew net after a state Supreme Court ruling gave Attorney General Herbert B. Cohen authority to pursue enforcement. The sections require a full five person crew on freight trains up to 50 airs, a three person crew on locomotives and self propelled machines, and allow shorthand trips to the nearest terminal if a crewman is disabled.
The match pits Cor Hillatrow against Walliams with Tunnel Wente leading for Pato Mowreye Morris and Reed Tema in a high stakes basketball contest.
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