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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1956
Page
1
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Relief efforts rush to the Anjar area as a major earthquake leaves 117 dead and about 800 missing or unaccounted. Reports say thousands injured, many houses destroyed, with the epicenter near Bombay. Prime Minister Nehru tours relief operations as officials fear tolls may rise.
Ailia Mary Louetn Morrison, longtime Corry Draft Board clerk, died Saturday evening at Corry Memory Hospital after a period as a medical patient. A Meadvilla resident, Morrison was born to David Milton and Ann Nelson Morrison and spent much of her life in Crane ford County with time in Monroe County. She was a graduate of Stroadsburg High School and worked in Monroe County and Crawford County offices, including the Board of Assistance in Meadville. She lived at 427 Park Street in Corry and was a member of Guys Mills Congregational Church. She leaves two brothers and two sisters. Friends may call today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Ward Funeral Home in Meadville. funeral services tomorrow will be at Union Cemetery in Guys Mills.
A lumber pile ignited late night near Concord and Piet streets. An unidentified axled driver reported the blaze. firemen did not extinguish it at the owner’s request, fearing minimal destruction and no danger to nearby properties. Fire crews returned after a brief response period.
Dense fog caused a collision off New York in the Atlantic at 1 10 am. Both the cargo passenger ship Fulmalo and the tanker San Jose I were damaged. The Fulmalo carried passengers and crew who were rescued or transferred to a Coast Guard boat. several injuries were reported among passengers and crew. The San Jose I did not require assistance beyond minor damage. Coast Guard and smaller craft remained on scene near the Battery area as officials assessed the incident.
Sandy Barons 2 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Junior Barons of Superior California was found safe after 21 hours missing in the Rocky Mountain foothills near Nederland. She was found beside Middle Boulder Creek near Boulder by a 11 member search party from Boulder Trap 77. Sandy was barefoot and wearing only a light jacket.
A Corry resident met his sister yesterday in a long awaited reunion the first in 69 years Clinton Hovis of Black Diamond Alberta arrived to visit Mrs W Steen Bis nsriva here ending a 59 year separation On August 1 they will travel to Gibsonburg Ohio to celebrate elder brother Weller’s th birthday while a young life was lost in a Greenville Pa crash a 17 year old Donald Te Dotson of Ry 132 Btonebaro died when a car rolled off an embankment killing two companions
A 70 year old pedestrian was killed yesterday on Route 91 about three miles east of Waterford after being struck by an oncoming vehicle that swerved to avoid another car. Thomas Ward of Elmira died from a broken back and multiple leg fractures. police said the driver, Bull Lewis 17 of Waterford, swerved to miss the pedestrian and hit the gas instead. An investigation led by Deputy Coroner Mark Glenh noted the death as accidental. Ward was not identified as having survivors in Elmira.
Officials campaign to curb drug crime with tougher penalties including death for dealers to minors. Narcotics commissioner cites ongoing supply cuts and stronger laws as key to reducing addiction and crime, while noting drug problems persist across history and nations.
Mortimer Sears of 24 Worth Street Corryville enters his 99th year. A World War I era resident, Sears survived injuries from a long-ago accident and has lived in Corryville most of his life. He was born July 22, 1888, and spent his life on Worth Street with wife Flora Baker Sears and family in the Gorey area.
A 10 year old Franklin boy, Joseph Gordon Phillips, was killed when an artillery shell exploded in the bedroom of his home on Bleakley Hill Nome. Two teen girls, Ruth Elizabeth Phillips and Barbara Rosenberg, escaped with minor injuries. The accident occurred Saturday evening as the girls prepared for a dance practice at Franklin. Phillips died at Franklin Hospital at 6 20 p m. The Rosenbergs were neighbors and witnesses described a vivid blast and smoke. The report notes a second-page continuation.
Robert Warren of Erie aged 22 drowned when he fell from the aft of a power boat named Coup d Etat while attempting to tarp the vessel during a rainstorm. Pilot George Baker 21 and other boaters watched as Warren disappeared and coast guard and Erie Yacht Club volunteers conducted dragging operations near the Yacht Club basin.
A Legionnaire identified as Waller Lehner, about twenty, died after a fall on Lakeside Avenue near Marion Street. Witnesses say he was struck by a passing vehicle or object causing a fatal injury as he collapsed on the pavement. Police and medical crews investigated the scene.
A Chicago sunbather identified as Margaret Gallagher, 50, a beauty shop operator, was found murdered at Lincoln Park near Lake Michigan. Arthur Besley, 50, and his wife Adriun, 47, reported observing the crime from their north-side apartment after scanning the lake with binoculars. A motorcycle cop located at the scene. the killer remains at large. Besley, a philosophy doctor and hospital superintendent, recounted watching a bare-chested man drag the victim, then flee. A copy of the book Ben Hurt was found near the body with a prayer inscription from a brother Demian.
A westbound San Antonio train derailed near Carrollton when an iron bar struck a track, injuring at least 18 of about 200 passengers. Four diesels overturned and all 13 cars left the rails, with several taken to three Carrollton hospitals including a 63 year old woman with a skull fracture. Some passengers found shelter at a VFW hall as a storm rolled in while a rescue train was arranged to move them toward San Antonio.
Congress aims to adjourn for keeps within a week or two as leaders push through housing, atomic energy, food, social security, veterinary, and power projects before the August convention in Chicago. Lawmakers face a crowded agenda with votes and potential fights expected on major bills and funding.
President Eisenhower, amid illness recovery, joins Pan American Conference events in Panama, urging hemispheric unity to advance human welfare. He nominates Milton S. Eisenhower to lead a proposed commission on human problems, aiming to accelerate development and combat disease across the Americas.
Samuel Hazlett 70 president of Rieutaqquar Rice UGHAUPAUQUA and Chautauqua Institution figure died today after a brief illness. A senior partner at Hulett Gannon and Walter, he led the institution’s 83rd annual lectures and concerts season. He served as executive vice president 1944 to 1947 and became a trustee in 1937 after directing financial reorganizations. Finéral services set for Thursday in Tarentum.
In Tarentum Pennsylvania a speed boat carrying a man a woman and a boy crashed over an Allegheny River dam. The woman identified as Mrs Nettle Schantz 47 of Penn Township near Pittsburgh. Her husband Charles J. about 50 and their grandson Charles Shannon 10 are presumed drowned. One woman body recovered. police search continues for two others. Witness Wesley D. Claypool saw lights but the boat went over the dam. Local fire and police deduced the craft likely broke up in the churning waters.
An analysis recalls how parties in past elections used loyalty and security claims to brand opponents as subversive. It notes that Republicans faced criticism for exaggerating or misusing figures about suspected communists under Eisenhower and McCarthy era politics, with critics arguing were misleading and politically motivated.
Miss Mary Ryancheck, a rock sales agent for Joseply Motion, drowned when she slipped from a moored boat and fell into the river near the Union Commerce Build. Witnesses say she stepped onto the pier and disappeared into the water amid a dark, windy morning.
Pittsburgh United Steelworkers accepted a proposal to resume negotiations with Industry leaders over the 25 day steel strike. McDonald and USW officials discussed government mediation as a next step. The industry offered a 62 month package including wage raises and a three year contract.
A local man, Harlan Taylor, 25, pled not guilty to disorderly conduct after police arrested him Saturday on a warrant on West Pleasant Street. The case involves claims of threatening behavior and parole status. officers reported Taylor tried to direct trouble near his home as they pursued him.
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