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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1951
Page
4
The notice cites Associated Press entitlements for local news and dispatches entered at Corry Post Office. It lists mail rates per year and per copy, with advertising rate details and display deadline noted as 98. m. prior publication date.
A seven member commission to plan July 4 ceremonies led by the president appoints a chair from the Supreme Court with the vice president House speaker and congressional leaders. The article recalls the Declaration’s adoption in 1776 and notes the political and ceremonial complexities surrounding the historic document.
The text traces shifting ideas before and after Lexington 1775, noting Washington and Franklin on how revolutionary notions emerged. It cites the First Continental Congress seeking harmony through petition, royal dismissal, and later Richard Henry Lee’s 1776 declaration moving toward independence. It references Jefferson, Paine, Adams, clerical and female pamphleteers, Abigail Adams’ letters, and historians Lecky and the Beards on minority influence and public reception of independence.
Erie tenants face possible rent increases under a Congress bill allowing automatic rises up to 20 percent, counting rises since July 1 1947. A one month rent freeze was ordered, with landlords already granted up to 18 percent since that date. About 20 000 tenants in Erie could be affected. Harbor Homes and Dake City Dwellings rents will rise tied to tenant income as operating costs climb, first hike since 1942, ranging from 14 to 47 dollars monthly.
Charles S. Monroe will not seek re election to the Corry School District board, announced by property committee chairmen. City council may name Frank Eng land as acting mayor to serve until the winner of the upcoming election qualifies. The heat surged, city tax collection lags slightly behind last year, Kiwanis Club outlines plans for the July 15 picnic with committees named for boating and fishing ice break activities.
A reader sent a garbled quiz note listing ten items and asking to check memory, monthly averages, and a few knowledge questions. It includes fragmented prompts about a glided missile, Bible figures, world cities, Roosevelt, deck of cards, and language corrections, wrapped as a classified page diversion.
In Santa Monica on July 3 an eight pound girl named Joanne Marl arrived as the newest Lancaster child. Norma Lancaster gave birth yesterday. The couple has three other children. Burt Lancaster is in Italy starting a new film, unable to be present for cigars.
Gen Dwight Eisenhower arrived at Northolt Airport from Paris to join observances in London. He will attend a dinner and speak, then participate in a memorial service at St Pauls Cathedral for the 28000 Americans who died in World War II operations from the British Isles.
Andrew C Labowski was buried yesterday with a Monday funeral service at Bracken Keating Funeral Home. Bearers included Adam Machse John Kondrick Doln Krizanik John Wojtowicz Jacoh Royek and Mike Kundracus. Interment followed at Lutheran Cemetery. Attendees from Concord Township and visitors from Union City Bradford and other areas attended the service.
Sunday night auto crash on Route 238 four miles south of Emlenton kills Harvey Dotterer 69 of Butler Hospital. Passenger Harold Hall 27 suffers chest injuries and head cuts. Vehicle struck a stone bridge near Cherry Valley after a blowout. Peru notes nine American towns.
A 1-year-old magazine salesman was fined ten dollars after a guided tour of the Clarence Kircher home in Dewittville. Police say he visited while adults were away and spoke to a seven-year-old at the door about seeking a piggy bank. He entered the house and accompanied the child through the home. the piggy bank had been moved by the boy’s mother the day before and was never found.
Arraigned before Peace Justice Roy Perkins Mayuille, fined ten dollars for disorderly conduct and given a sixty day sentence suspended.
A semi truck sideswiped two parked cars on Lewistown Main Street early today. The truck's two female passengers, identified as Mrs. William R. Harris a waitress and Leona Dull, died. Both women lived in Lewistown, according to Coroner Robert W. White.
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