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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1959
Page
3
Fragmentary notes describe a hospital setting with references to brain and nerve care, implying a medical scene. Names, dates, or places are not clear, but the text centers on hospital surroundings and medical focus.
Legislation sponsored by Luzerne County lawmakers seeks a loan from the teachers' retirement fund to finance flood relief. The package includes four bills empowering emergency spending, allocating funds to Civil Defense, Mines, and Forests departments, and revising the 1955 Mine Drainage Law to cover rescue operations without bidding during emergencies.
Meadville area endures days of icy flooding as water pressure holds and hundreds face homelessness. Officials report frozen pipes and meters needing replacement, with weeks to return to normal. Evacuations reach about 4,000, peak flooding affecting 1,334 dwellings. damage mostly borne by property owners, auto policies may cover many losses.
Dearing and Don Williams observed a six cylinder snow loader in Franklin and called it ideal. They said the city grader is better for rural dirt roads than city use, while rebuilding the old bulldozer would cost up to 1 200 dollars plus a 750 dollar gear housing. Even with repairs the bulldozer may last only six months to a year, and the city would need to start over. The 12 year old unit cost about 9 000 then and 14 000 now. A bulldozer blade will be used on the new machine. Maintenance on Worth street and Sciota road is planned this summer and the current equipment, such as the maintainer, should handle the work. The city lacks equipment for major road paving.
In San Francisco AP reports a gift of an ice machine to chill drinks sparked a community foundation to fund advanced study for public school teachers. The Columbus Indiana foundation has awarded grants since 1956 and aims to boost summer study, with a budget of about $12,000 this year for projects in math, languages, and pedagogy.
The Harrisburg report notes Republicans approved a Democratic plea for a deficit funding measure. A test amendment failed 102 to 4, opposing governor surplus juggling. Rep Edwin W. Tompkins led the defense for other amendments while GOP members questioned why the administration seeks deficiency funds instead of lapsing appropriations.
Rites for Mrs Br tries Stewart were held at Bracket Funeral Home yesterday at 2 p m with Rev Paul P Bauer officiating. Interment in Pine Grove Cemetery. Bearers included A Pwr Earl Hasbrouck W Houghton P L Swanson Arthur Parton and Harvey Loveland. Attendees included Rebekahs and Goodwill Sewing Society members who served as honorary escort.
Ken Hull 16 and classmates Hall and Rogers Jr 16 along with Steve Matthias 17 found a 1937 car in a secluded pine forest. They carried six nitroglycerin packed cylinders inside the mobile and pulled one apart to reveal vibrogel dynamite with nitroglycerin base. Police said the load could blow apart a good sized house.
New York traders note that profits fell in the postwar era with the last quarter of 165K showing big declines. Despite warnings, bankers expect margins to hold and tax receipts to boost the budget balance. Output rose 12 percent April to November while hours worked grew 6 percent, lifting productivity over 10 percent yearly. Firms urged to cut costs and boost efficiency to sustain margins amid recovery.
The analysis notes the economy could generate as much as 40 billion dollars more than previously believed. It warns that year end results failed to prevent unemployment from rising and that the labor force continues to grow despite the weaker patch.
Morison niu Glittora, 52, of Erle, drew a one to three year sentence in Western Penitentiary on three bad check charges for passing checks of 9.00, 6.80, and 12.00 last July. A second defendant, Carl Duncan, 47, also faced charges, and received a 26 dollar fine and 10 days in county jail for accessory before the fact to burglary tied to a battery theft at Kimmel Auto Co. Duncan’s case delayed for hospital operation. all cases completed in county court with guilty pleas.
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