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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1955
Page
4
U S birth data for January through April 1955 show a continuing baby boom with 1,287,000 births, a record for four months, up from 1,273,000 in 1954. Births per 1,000 residents stand at 24, slightly below 1954, with April 1955 totaling about 300,000 births.
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Washington and Capitol Hill clash over a proposed reserves bill detailing military service, private fees, and youth voting limits. The measure, supported by some lawmakers, faces Senate review and White House consideration as it seeks to redefine reserve duty terms and eligibility while balancing new defense funding proposals.
Yesterday's Memories report the July 25 1935 Corry downpour flooding cellars and basements hillside streets and gardens. Debris and mud blanketed streets as residents recall the city's worst rain event since the June cloudburst.
Widespread alarm from fire sounds traced to lab system trouble and a burst water line at Mc Howard cottage Finley Lake. Mrs Wesley E Howard of North Center street suffered serious injuries from the accident, with left hip damage reported. City officials discussed a sewer project with District Engineer Charles J Young to address cellar and basement damage and plan a new disposal plant set to begin.
The Northern Area Joint School District board forecasts completion of the Eisenhower High School athletic area this month. B T Excavating of Jamestown is handling excavation grading and ditching with rough grading due tomorrow. Northern Area Knights football squad volunteers are urged to watch for work party calls to help install drainage tile gravel and cinders before finish grading by the contractor.
In Covington Kentucky Mrs Anna Durr aged 44 delivered her third child at the local hospital joining sisters Mrs Julia Blackburn 25 and Mrs Loretta Geiger 22. Blackburn’s third child was born last Thursday and Geiger’s first born a girl delivered Saturday. A new athletic area planned for Northern Area will include football field practice area baseball and softball fields and a playground with aims to be ready by September 1956 for home games.
Judge Samuel Y. Rossiter heard oral arguments on whether the speeding rule that previously caused suspensions can cover reckless driving and other minor traffic violations. Erie appellant Frank J. DeAngelo seeks license reinstatement after arrest for reckless driving and improper passing, arguing policy should not rely on speeding alone to justify suspension.
The State Supreme Court has laid down a rule limiting license suspensions for speeding offenses, yet the Bureau of Highway Safety keeps suspending licenses. Attorneys for the state and for DeAngelo were told to research precedents. About 100 million tons of 0.5 soft coal are mined in open pits.
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