Billboard blight on highways sparks national debate
A Corry Journal reader notes the billboard lobby's power as a Senate bill aimed at highway sign control remains weak. He cites President Eisenhower and Congress, urging action to curb roadside ads. The piece questions the balance between federal funding and scenic preservation along interstate routes.
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Ogden Nash
Congress
Senate
Chavez
New Mexico
Public Works Committee
House
Preas
Eisghhower
Thort
New York Times
Ravelin Hill Happenings and Local Visits
Community notes from Ravelin Hill recount family visits relatives at Mrs. Babcock’s home and Mrs. Sweet in Sherman and Mead Park family reunion events. Attendees include the Lathrops in Lakewood, the Bishops in Kesmore, and neighbors at the Columbus horse show, with ongoing health updates and local travels described.
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Ravelin
Mr Aid
Babcock
Jon
le Joey
Mahlon Sweet
Swet
Gerald Sweat
Natter
Beaver Fwils
Ruth Anderson
Erie
Raymond Lathrop
Lakewood
Amos White
Elwood Berry
Nic Joe
Hamburg
Giyhe Shman
Charles BuWwaris
Roxene
Eftrey
Emily
Guy Gibbons
Sherman
Harold
Mary Ann Hissell
Stockton
Mary Anni
Pierson
Violet Bake
Harold Sweet
Marionette
Panama
Ida Sweet
Bessie Wilson
Rodney
Boyce White
Richard Goggin
Dennis
Che Robledeaux
Connie
Denise
Johnny
Howard Neckers
Cleve
Erie Woman Dies After Heart Attack While Driving
Mrs Barbara Lehnwerk of Erie suffered a heart attack yesterday after stopping at an intersection. EMS rushed her to Hamot Hospital where a physician pronounced death on arrival. Born in Manchester England in 1925 she came to Erie in 1941s as wife of Ward G Schnwerk and was a den mother in Hamilton School Pack 110 of ip Gub Beouts.
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Erie
Hiamor Hospital
Barbara Lehnwerk
Hamot Hospital
Sehnwerk
Manchester
England
Bu Ward G. Schnwerk
Hamilton
New York Milk Marketing Set at $3.72 for June
GJ Blane ford, New York market administrator, announced a uniform price of $3.72 per hundredweight for milk deliveries to 379 approved plants in the New York milkshed. May price was $9.67, with a June 1956 reference of $8.52. Butterfat differential fixed at six cents per tenth of a pound. Milk production and consumption in the area ran below last year’s highs, with pool plant receipts down 730 percent and consumption down 142 percent.
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New York
GJ Blaneford
New York Metropolitan
Dune
Memories of Corry 20 Years Ago Yesterday
Sullivan Indiana reports a double explosion at Rukex mine killing a miner as twenty families attend the burial. A sudden cloudburst floods Corry area streets and basements, complicating rescue and cleanup efforts for farmers. Charles Kennedy wins the 1937 Soap Box Derby on South Center Street Hill, defeating Lawrence Eckman and two other entrants.
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Sarly
Sullivan
Ind
Une
Indie
Rukex
Charles Kennedy
South Center Street Hill
Lawrence Eckman
John Rouse
Bill Miller
Kennedy
Eckman
Frederick W Troy Jr to lead Baptist Church
Announcement at morning service stated Frederick W. Troy Jr of Brooklyn N Y has accepted the invitation to become pastor. The Crown Baking Company reported daily output of 2226 loaves in recent weeks, with Wellejus as proprietor. A gathering honored Eris Sundean on his engagement to Miss Margaret Moffat. A Corry man reports being assaulted while returning from Buffalo Saturday night.
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the Baptist Church
Frederick W. Troy Jr
Brooklyn
Crown Baking Company
Broad
Wellejus
Eris Sundean
Margaret Moffat
Buffalo Tor
Jamestown teens charged in car theft case
Jamestown detectives arrested an 18 year old in connection with a car theft Sunday and four and a half hours later charged a second teen, 19, with the same offense. The 1956 model car valued at 1500 was taken from Wesley Licblad’s Used Car Lot and recovered on Harrison Street. Detectives learned license plates on the car had been issued to Constance Zanelli who reported theft of the plates June 2.
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Jamestown
Richard Houghton
Richard W. Shirkey
Route 4
Falconer
Houghto
Wesley Licblad
Third
Hall Streets
Harrison Street
Houghton
Shirkey
Constance Zanelli
Alanng
Playgrounds Hold Pet Doll Parade In City Park
Children from four Corry playgrounds attended a pet and doll parade in the city park last night. An excellent turnout was noted as youngsters marched with supervisors. Prize winners included Debbie Meerdink for most original doll costume, Sally O'Hare for pet with shortest name, Beth Lewis for prettiest doll, and Ina John Alexander for most original pet. Each participant received a sucker. Judges were Mrs. Glenn Warner, Mrs. Edward Jerome, and Mrs. Harold Carlson.
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Corry
Debbie
Meerdink
Sally O'Hare
Beth Lewis
Ina John Xander
Glenn Warner
Edward Jerome
Harold Carlson
Canada US trade frictions stir talks in Ottawa
Canadian leaders and U S officials discuss ongoing trade tensions as Canada pushes to diversify its economy and resist Yankee dollar dominance. Ottawa plans greater British links while Washington aims to address farm price supports and currency issues amid a growing US deficit with Canada.
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New York
Canada
Dultine
Camela
Washington
U. S
U.S
John Diefenbaker
maMon-woliars
Dulles
Ottawa
Americas
Bear Lake News Letter of Interest
Bear Lake reports a Women s Society of World Service meeting at Mrs Mary Barry and Mrs Lena Cross home with Mrs Marvin Perkins leading. Local families from Kenmore Franklin Sugar Grove Jamestown Columbus and Utica visited and joined in social calls and a 100 acre lot picnic hosted by Elwood and Merle Connell.
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Bear Lake
Women’s Society of World Service
Mary Barry
Lena Cross
Marvin Perkins
Merle Connell
Kenmore
Clarence Allen
Jack Allen
Beott Corby
Selsa
Franklin
Elwood Connell
Evangelical United Brethren Sunday School
Faulkner
Grace Dalley
Utica
Maude Cornish
Grace
Grace Ayling
Clare Chapman
Dorothy
Sugar Grove
Maude Coniish
Ian Ayling
Jerome Eddy
Jamestown
John Eddy
Perry Mead
Columbus
Millie Burch
Evening TV Schedule and Modest Theatre Lineup
Buffalo area listings show WBEN Channel 4 evening primetime with a mix of children’s theatre weather news and popular shows including Annie Oakley Name That Tune and The $64,000 Question. Late night programming features Dr Hudson’s Secret Journal Spotlight Playhouse and To Tell The Truth amid weather forecasts and news updates.
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Wben-Tv
Buffalo
Patti Page
Phil Slivers
Dr. Hudson’s Secret Journal
Bob Crosby
Rainge Rider
Richard Diamond
Aplke Jones
Wie Damone
W. W
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Corry Journal
Booth Street
Pat Corry Evening Journal
George Sample
William Chiricuzio
John McLaughlin
G- 7
Beremis
Boptinelli-Etmball
Bee
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Republica Hon
Colorado
Grand Junction
Ravelin Hill
Joanette
Katty
Jake City
UN Orient
Antee
Rebit Prison
Tunity
Thor Homie Olt
Gilson's
Columbus “Y
General Electrics
Fogle Lumber Co
Franklin BL Corry
Cape Cod
North Center St
Vicinlty
Hullside
Reet
E. Crosby Bush
E. Main St
Kaynee
Business Mirror
Sam Dawson
Tye Haiks I Datuin
Tie Minine
National Planning Association
Eyull
Lise Bitty
Merle Upherd
THE
REX
Clarence Wallace
Chrysler and
Plymouth
Mrs. Donald Dickinson
Ellen Gleason
Clymer
Patterson
Rowe
Mrs. Siiney Elston
Borstorff & Fitch
de Soto
Betty Lou Hupp
Earl Drayer
AMTNA
Rossbacher Amsurance Service
Corey
Pat
International Harvest
Lawn Mowers Johnson Your Corry
South First
Milton Listence
Vinodasr
Artov
Mysticote Paint
Ealer Twine Brothers
Leto Stumbky
Accordion School of Music
Osiecki Bros
East Main St
Corry Beverage
Waterhouse
Pontiac
Buick Sales & Service
West South Street
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