29 Jan 1959
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1959
Page
1
Fragmented text from a regional notice or article mentions schools, ids, and a raid like event with unclear details and names. The readable parts show scattered references to students, institutions, and possible investigations but lack coherent facts.
Rescue workers planned to start the first pump at Knox Coal Co. mine in Port Griffith to drain floodwaters that trapped 12 miners a week earlier. A sinking pump lowers into the shaft, but it will be weeks before rescue teams can enter. Army engineers estimate up to 40 billion gallons of Susquehanna floodwater in Wyoming Valley corridors. Fourteen large pumps were requisitioned from nearby areas as authorities seek causes and relief.
Virginia lawmakers weigh Gov. Almonds claim the state cannot stop imminent desegregation in three communities as six Norfolk schools near reopening on a desegregated basis Arlington orders four Negroes admitted to a white high school Charlottesville moves to reopen two schools and seek a stay from U S Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sobeloff. Almond vows to keep fighting to limit integration while insisting the state has not surrendered.
Two youths Eu gene Merritt 14 of Marion street and John Madison 15 of Grand street were reported missing after failing to report to Corty High School. City and State Police searched in the afternoon but could not locate them until one called home from Pittsburgh last night. Arrangements were made to return them to Corty.
Argentine President Arturo Frondizi arrives in New York for a three day visit with a ticker tape parade up Broadway. He traveled from Buenos Aires yesterday for the visit and welfare events.
A Sacramento Sacramento production tour shows Thor missiles on an assembly line at Douglas Aircraft with 15 missiles ready, able to be launched within 15 minutes after order. Demonstrations cover rapid packaging for airlift, mobile launch setups, and squadron readiness with 15 missiles per group and four crew per launch.
Howell of RD 3 Covey Town reports $729 taken from a dinner pail at the Union City gas station on North Center Street. The owner locked the shop but found the passenger door unlocked. robbery is linked to prior incidents at nearby stations. Police note the North Center Street site has a history of thefts, including a metal box break and prior losses over $1,000 at another Warren-Wellman station.
William Fuelhart, Warren County Civil Defense director, reports ice jams in the Allegheny River above Salamanca pose little threat. Blasting will move ice chunks but not raise water levels. A Federal Civil Defense meeting for Erie, Warren, McKean, Forest, and Elk counties will discuss aid steps for food-stricken communities.
Sen H Douglas and fourteen colleagues introduced a sweeping civil rights bill to back federally mandated school integration. The proposal would authorize grants of funds over five years to districts needing facilities, equipment, and teachers to comply, with a two thirds Senate vote rule to end filibusters.
Five 18 year olds died and two others were critically injured when their air cooled vehicle plunged through a pipeline barrier on the ocean shore. Survivors Patrick Costello and Kenneth Goepper were hospitalized in Orlando in critical condition. Victims were Kenneth L Gardiner James E Weaver Richard C Knohler and Nickie H Morgan all of Orlando and John Roquemore owner of the cat shiprammed beneath the pipeline stretching across the beachhead.
A pair of twin calves, one male and one female, were born last week on Russell Little’s Corry farm. The twins are large and healthy but farm experts doubt their breeding value. The male will be sent to Union City Stockyards for beef, and a large baby bottle drew attention at the scene.
President Eisenhower asks Congress for rapid changes in federal farm aid programs to cut taxpayers’ burden and curb overproduction. The message emphasizes wheat, tobacco and peanut issues, seeks extensions of surplus disposal and sugar controls, and outlines changes to price supports and loan programs, with focus on broader farm stability. The plan faces likely partisan and regional resistance as Kennedy era proposals stir labor opposition.
In a federal conspiracy trial, Rep. Wilh J. Green charged with corrupt acts tied to a contract for the Army Tobyhanna Signal Depot warehouse. Prosecutor Olver Dibble introduced a nonbenefit clause, while Green and six others face bribery claims totaling 110,000 via a Philadelphia insurance firm.
On Route 6 about two miles west of Corry shortly after 11 this morning Lyle Showers 16 of Corry said he tried to pass a westbound car but skidded on ice after seeing a vehicle stop. He struck a telephone pole and rolled. Investigators said occupants of the first car reported several deer crossed the road causing the stop. Showers escaped injury with damage estimated at 300 to 400 dollars.
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP Vanguard launch set within two weeks after a successful ground static engine test of the 72 foot three stage missile. NASA plans to place a 20 inch mapping satellite into orbit as the craft aims for its second orbital attempt after seven prior tries.
John Jayne a Moravia High School pupil, charged with first degree murder after a shotgun attack in Cayuga County. Police say he killed his mother Willis 66, Amber 65, brother Willard 19, and sister Elizabeth Ann 19 following a series of family arguments and disciplinary spanking claims. The father was found boarded in a barn.
El Paso police said Theodore Andress, a Texas attorney, was killed at the El Paso International Airport by a gunman. Witnesses reported the assailant threw the pistol at the body and walked away, while Dr. Harold Eidinoff, once a physician in Grants New York, was seized by a bystander and held until police arrived. Eidinoff, 60, had prior legal disputes with Andress dating to 1954.
The Army advances its antimissile program as the 420 foot SS American Mariner, a floating laboratory, arrives at Port Sanaveral on a secret mission tied to defensive missile research. The vessel’s arrival marks a major stride in developing a ballistic missile defense system.
Latin American diplomats discuss asylum rights as Cuba weighs charges against Batista era figures. The Havana government faces criticism for handling of refugees, with calls to honor inter American treaties. Debate centers on whether some evacuees may be charged as common criminals if embassy protections end.
Corry Avex mign School musician Thomas Mowrey plays French horn and was selected to represent the school at the State Band Festival in Blairsville from today through Saturday. Guest conductor is Chaves A. Davis of Taianna State Teachers College. About 200 western state members attend with clinics for directors and a guest speaker Glen G. Bainum past president of the American Bandmasters Association. Also: Grotewohl leaves China for Moscow by Soviet jet after a week in Communist China.
Army experts from Fort Meade move to blast two ice jams in French Creek below Meadville to avert renewed flooding. Demolition teams drop tear shots then plan composition charges and TNT as previews show limited initial effect on the Cochranton gorge and a two mile jam near Meadville remains a threat to Mendville’s flood controls.
In Budapest the Communist government says it wants to restrain normal diplomatic ties with the United States. The regime handed a note to U S Charge d Affaires Garrett G Ackerson Jr stating relations are abnormal and cannot continue as is. No immediate Washington reaction was reported.
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