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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1957
Page
3
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A minor irrigation error caused an unexpected water spray yesterday. Residents reported damp patches near the garden and street lanes, while authorities investigated the source and ensured containment.
City police logged a prowler report in the First Ward near East South and Summer streets but could not locate anyone. Other items include a land purchase for Edinboro State Teachers College in Washington Township Erie County, street crashes and injuries, a will leaving a large estate to institutions, an TB mobile unit plan for fall screening, a muffler citation, multiple hospital treatments, and a sudden death in Wesleyville with funeral details.
The forecast covers tomorrow through Saturday July 20 for Western Pennsylvania Western New York and West Virginia with normal to four degrees above normal temperatures. Cooler tomorrow then warm by Wednesday afternoon and Thursday. Cooler Saturday with scattered thundershowers mainly north around Friday and light precipitation. Corry area remains in a seasonal summer. Saturday high 72 low 59 with trace rainfall. Yesterday’s high reached 80 and the low was 58.
Cairo reports Egypt will deliver Vampire jets to Saudi Arabia, with deliveries starting July 1 and ending in August under the Saudi-Egyptian joint command. No jet count was given, as ties with Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Jordan ease after strains tied to the Eisenhower Doctrine and Baghdad Pact concerns.
A young gunman commandeered a gasoline tanker near Bakerstown Pennsylvania, forcing driver Melvin W. Allinder of Hookstown to speed 109 miles to Kane. Allinder, 31, said the man pressed a revolver to his ribs after he paused for coffee, but no robbery occurred despite the cash and a $1,300 check on hand.
A solemn Mass for Mrs. Sadie Downey was led at St Thomas Church with Rev Francis O Connell as celebrant. Interment followed in St Thomas Cemetery. Bearers included Richard Sexton and Thomas Ressler among others. attendees from Oil City Gibsonburg Bradford and Warren were listed.
The blast, roughly half as powerful as the WWII atomic bomb, erupted from a 500 four steel tower after several postponements. Newsmen 14 miles away felt the shock. 800 military observers from 102 Canadians watched from trenches at 4400 yards. Observers reported an orange glow from San Francisco to Bridgeport California as fallout was not expected beyond the range. In separate news, ABMax Counsel Joseph N. Welon, 66, married Aghes Rodgers Brown in a private ceremony in Brookline Massachusetts.
Memphis Tennessee born 83 year old Simeon T Webb, who served as Casey Jones fireman on the Illinois Central Cannonball Express of 1900, died Saturday in Jackson Tennessee.
Local Red Cross announces a swim program led by Mrs Norman Turbet with two 45 minute lessons weekly for six weeks on Wednesday and Friday, plus adult beginner and youth groups. The schedule includes safety staff and volunteers, all at the Bilawin pool, with testing and certificates available. registration and class details forthcoming.
Fragmented and garbled text appears to discuss a political figure eyeing a presidential nod. Mentions civil rights, sections of the country, and a figure linked to Irvine, with unclear context and several typos obscuring specifics.
Warren High School will open with about 1 001 students, a projected rise of 128 from last year, causing overcrowding. The unused third floor is being remodeled to house extra pupils temporarily, but officials fear the building will be bulging at the seams. A new school is needed, with plans under way but not yet funded, likely two to three years before completion.
The text notes that a Republican candidate's civil rights stand could alienate Southern delegates while potentially boosting appeal to Northern and Western delegations seeking a candidate who could attract minority voters, altering the convention's balance.
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