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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1956
Page
2
Local column lists charges against several men, a grand larceny arrest, a vacation closure notice, and various ads for printing, beverages, a bicycle shop, and community events. It notes police activity, a rape case plea, and upcoming public events including a dairy show and a rollerway bargain night.
At the hospital report current as of 7 8 m. today several admissions and discharges are listed including Alan Dimmith 512 Fast Street and Mrs George Gould and son Timothy Cochran 135 Park Street plus Paul Yotpalis Spring Creek and others. A Oil City death notes Frederick Hanna 80 yesterday at home. Hanna born July 1 1875 in Franklin. Meantime Franklin Venango District Attorney Robert T Grannis elected president of the Pennsylvania District Attorney Association at Reading. Also items include a Coefield’s Corner accident plea of guilty by Robert Kaney. church class change at Amici Bible Class Evangelical United Brethren Church. fishing notices and local sales pitches. A Northwestern Pennsylvania Camp for crippled children dedicated as Camp Lendahand in Meadville. Fish fry promotions at Blue Bonnet Hotel and a Meadville motorist charged after accident. Military notices about a US Army Signal Corps radiosonde recovered near Meadville.
The Sheriff's Association of Pennsylvania began its annual three-day convention with an opening address by Dr. Ivor Griffith, president of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, in Philadelphia.
The piece reflects the common struggle of households caught between rising living costs and the desire to provide quality goods for their families. It notes frequent monthly shortfalls due to mounting payments and bills, capturing a universal financial squeeze.
Soph Burke, an engineer, sues North Huntington Township Authority and Westmoreland County Municipal Authority for 42500. He says a written contract with North Huntingdon Authority to supply engineering services for enlarging and modernizing the water system entitled him to six percent of a 700000 project cost. He claims the May transfer of the system to the county authority halted further work and caused a 68300 loss. The case centers on the River Valley area described as 2000 feet below surrounding counties.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko told the UN Disarmament Commission that Moscow accepts a first stage of arms cuts and bans on bomb tests but rejects aerial inspection and preconditions linking disarmament to political settlements over Germany Korea and Vietnam. U S delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr called the speech a scurrilous attack and vowed cautious response.
Public Health Services reported 275 polio cases for the latest week, up 19 from the prior week but down 130 from the same week last year. Of new cases 129 were non paralytic and 8 paralytic. For the current disease year begun in April total cases reached 2831 versus 3018 a year earlier.
Harriman of New York declares he has never been soft on communism at a breakfast meeting with Democratic members of the House. He avoids naming Adlai Stevenson or rivals, but implies President Eisenhower has at times been “sort of communism.”
Three year old Debra Campbell told her mother the brushes were gone while brushing teeth. Mrs Wayne Campbell called a doctor in panic about her child swallowing a toothbrush. After a tense hour Debra admitted she was merely pretending.
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