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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1959
Page
2
A scattered section mixes wedding invitation notices with probate notes, shopping promos, club events, and plotted alert items. The jumble cites Pirates vs Giants baseball promises, car ads, fashion reprints, and various public notices, all reflecting a busy midweek urban page.
At The Hospital Report compiled as of 7 am a list of patients and status including discharges and admissions. The readable names include Mrs Waller Vain and Sally quails daughter of Mi and Mik Maclin with scattered details about rooms and locations in the Corry Memorial Hospital.
A scrambled OCR fragment lists hospital related names, places like Titusville and Pittstown, and scattered phrases about police, safety, and a cafe open 24 hours. It mentions Auto Sales and a youth event with an arrest following a chase or incident. The readable text is incoherent and names several local entities.
The estate of Grace Whittle of Lawrence Park, who died June 24, lists an intestate value between 10 000 and 20 000 dollars. Heirs named are nieces Vivian Brechel of Chagrin Falls Ohio and Grace Schaefer of Abilene Kansas. Borough Council deferred a vote on a proposed plumbing and building code ordinance at a crowded meeting. A protest group attended. council members favored the ordinance for residents. Borough manager William Seahus explained individuals may do their own plumbing, and new code aims to protect residents against unsafe work. The Women’s Relief Corps of the Grand Army of the Republic will hold a day meeting for Merrow with a noon dinner. An ice cream social is planned at Hick Grange Hall and a candy booth will operate. The public is invited.
New York AP reports striking Yale workers face delay before layoffs or pay cuts. Union officials including President David J. McDonald earn about 50 dollars annually. steelworkers receive two weeks pay plus two weeks vacation, averaging roughly 12 hours weekly in benefits, while family necessities strain their finances.
Shirley Ann Bolan fourteen and Sandra Reedword twelve from Bedford County drowned after venturing beyond a depit to swim in the Raystown branch of the Juniata River near Riddles. Shirley sank with Sandra while Sidra cried for help and was pulled to safety by William Mekindawney twenty of Widdlesburg who could not reach the girl. Shirley’s body was recovered shortly afterward.
About 20 spectators yesterday watched a Droft Skid Shovel operator bury a huge pile of garbage at the West Washington street dump within minutes. In the top photo Raymond Ireton of Milwaukee piles refuse against a 30 degree incline before burial, leaving a cell ready for next day collection. Push Vote On Pa Tax Increase continues with bills on coal strip mining bonds and state aid shifts for Pennsylvania schools. tax package proposed includes personal property tax, bank shares tax, and gross receipts tax extensions, amid partisan debate and labor opposition.
A former Cuban air force chief testified before a Washington Senate committee claiming Fidel Castro leads a Red dictatorship and that Communists exist in Cuba, while Cuban officials call him a liar. Castro admits some Communists are in his rebel army but denies a Communist takeover, with many Cubans split on the extent of communist influence. Separately, Dale McCusker, 24, of Scottdale Pa, was crushed by a highlift near Route 119 in Westmoreland County.
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