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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1955
Page
2
Two teenage inmates from George Junior Republic Grove City fled yesterday with authorities tracing Donald Parmenter 13 and Michael Haley 12 toward Erie. Police issued alerts. no plans to head toward Oil City Franklin area noted.
Admitted Mrs. Sarah Zalzneck and several others at 2801 Corry Hospital. Discharged include Robert Hulett, Glymer Everett Cady, and Ruth Price among others. Local updates cover city authority changes, business openings, police chatter, and Meadvill e notices on utilities and public works.
Ten General Telephone Company employees underwent lie detector tests during the Memorial Day period. State Police Lieut. William Nevin shifted his operations to the Telephone Company office in Jamestown. Bert R. Maggio of McAllisterford is in fair condition at Brooks Memorial Hospital after a vehicle collision. A boy suffered multiple lacerations after darting into a car driven by Robert Fuller of Cassadaga. Warren Gardinger, an elderly inmate, was recaptured today after escaping from the Cattaraugus County Jail. Olean police found him behind his home. The Lady Franklin Rebekah Lodge plans a meeting Thursday at Mrs Methil Lillie’s home with a dinner to follow. The Goo Samaria Class will picnic Saturday at Hillside Pavilion, Mead Park. members invited, bring tureen and service.
Mert, formerly head of the Farmers Home Administration, was named Pennsylvania state director of the farm and home safety division in the Department of Public Instruction. He announced plans to organize farmers at the county level to collaborate with other farm organizations on safety measures.
Two Bolling Field veterans died when their twin engine Beechcraft and a B25 collided 3000 feet above Chesapeake Bay near High Point High School. One crew survived a crash into a house. the other plane narrowly reached Friendship Airport before crashing near the Murray home. Mrs Ardi Hunter and her two children escaped.
Gino Prios of TalantExtraction wins $8,000 on a CBS television quiz show segment. The contestant answers the $8,000 question, with potential to return next week for a chance at $16,000 and a new automobile prize.
Harrisburg sources report swift handling of Gov Leader’s boxing code aimed at honest not fixed boxing. State Government Committee and House Law and Order panel expect speedy intro consideration next week, with bipartisan sponsorship and prompt floor action.
A proposed reform urges the Athlete Commission to secure adequate legal powers to ensure boxers are protected. The plan argues for honest, fair oversight to safeguard a boxer's rights, earnings, health, and ability to fight only when fit, amid Pennsylvania boxing reforms.
State police report a 17 year old, John Mattson, of Birdsboro, died after looping a belt around a tree branch and under his chin as he sat on a washer lid. The washing machine drum rotated, tightening the belt and choking him. Scuff marks on the ground indicate an attempt to loosen the belt.
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