Fragmented OCR Sale Notice With Jumbled Names
A damaged text fragment shows scattered terms about sale items and names. It mentions mares, pastures, individuals, and bidders in unclear order, lacking coherent details or full identities.
03 Jun 1959
Page 1
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1959
Page
1
A damaged text fragment shows scattered terms about sale items and names. It mentions mares, pastures, individuals, and bidders in unclear order, lacking coherent details or full identities.
House Republicans defeated Gov. Lawrence tax proposals in a Tuesday vote citing the need to address the budget first. The record defeat involved extending the 3 percent sales tax to liquor stores and distributors, a six mill personal property tax on stocks and bonds, and raising the bank share tax to 10 mills. Only Rep. Albert Strausser voted for any tax, with two Democrats opposing some. Possible shift toward a four percent sales tax was mentioned but not confirmed. Additional items include proposed dormitory fee hikes at state teachers colleges and increased borrowing limits for the General State Authority to fund building projects. A horse racing referend um plan was sent back to committee.
Deputy Sheriff Joe James recounted walking with Sheriff Thomas Bebber to confront Willard Ellis after a family argument in Taylorsville North Carolina. Bebber was shot three times with a 22 caliber pistol as Ward held the stairs. Willard Ellis 38 was detained with no charge.
In a Harrisburg AP report Leonard A Unger outlines PA school finance woes rooted in postwar policy. A 1945 teaching unit system and state aid limits tied to real estate have surged costs as enrollments rise from 1.6 to 2.1 million students and teacher pay climbs from about 1500 to 5000 dollars annually. House Bill 1108 is cited as a potential fix, with debate centering on local funding burdens.
CAHS seniors ranked high in Erie County exams. Phyllis Butters finished second and Mary Etta Rizzo ninth. Over 250 students competed at Lawrence Park. The top winner earned an $800 college scholarship. Butters is CAHS valedictorian for the class of 1959, per Howard Sheen.
The Corry Pennsylvania State Employment Service reports a second straight month of improved area employment with high placements and fewer unemployment claims. A new demand occupation list signals openings are filling slowly, while competition for jobs remains keen. About 2000 new graduates and many college students will swell job seekers this summer as fraud controls and audits continue locally. Continued on Page Five.
A class of 149 seniors will receive diplomas at Corry Area High School during Tuesday evening commencement ceremonies starting at 8 o clock. Lloyd S Cochran will deliver the commencement address on Knock On Any Door. Valedictorian Phyllis Butters will speak on Opportunity and You and Salutatorian Mary Flowers on Land of the Free. Stewart A Long will present diplomas.
Former U S Army chief of staff Gen James Lawton Collins recalls D Day 1944 and the role of Maj General Joe Collins in Utah Beach Cherbourg and the Allied breakout. The narrative details the Bayfield anchor chain the Channel weather and plans of Task Force Utah as the invasion begins.
Western ministers studied Andrei Gromyko’s speech as a possible path to an end of the Berlin crisis. An American spokesman said the Berlin situation was not advanced, while British and French diplomats saw hints Kremlin might seek an out. The next 48 hours were deemed potentially decisive for a Berlin deal or summit.
Two Pennsylvania congressmen Rep Ivor D Fenton and Rep Leon H Gavin vow to keep the 1 400 000 allocated for the Kinzua dam on the Allegheny River in reserve against a proposed diversion The move follows a recommendation by the House Appropriations Committee to shift funds Gavin says he has contacted committee members and a floor battle may follow the bill is set for the House Moor Friday pending further language changes and a new probe of flood control options for the Allegheny River
Four long term prisoners at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison held a guard and a cellblock captain at knifepoint and escaped through a window in cell house 19 after sawing from their cells. The men Lloyd Woodson Quincy Albert M Mi Mer Paria and Robert Fans fled into a prison yard walkway with two bars bent from their cells. The breakout occurred around 12:25 am and involved the second tier cellblocks as officers raised the alarm.
A violent storm line swept West Texas causing evacuations in Snyder and Lubbock area. An unidentified man was injured in Snyder when a trailer toppled by winds. Downtown Lubbock reported extensive shop damage from two inches of rain. Highway 84 near Clovis NM flooded. Slaton saw unroofed houses with no injuries. Weather Bureau in Lubbock logged 1.44 inches officially. downtown readings higher.
A freight train rammed a car just north of a crossing near Clarion killing Clarion County couple Donald Zerbe aged 31 and Low Zerbe aged 20 and their one year old son Richard who died at Clarion Hospital after the collision.
President Eisenhower reports no detectable progress at the Geneva talks to warrant a summit conference. He states there has been no breakthrough or clear path forward.
Navy scientists at Pensacola report that Able died during brain and heart experiments after a 200 mile space flight in a Jupiter rocket. Baker survived an electrode removal surgery, but Able’s heart failed despite resuscitation efforts.
The planning commission will choose within two weeks whether to hire Michael Baker Jr. Inc. for 15 500 to deliver a comprehensive master plan for Corry. The Baker firm would provide maps, land use data, zoning and codes, and a 18 month plan with federal aid potential. meanwhile a $7 500 government grant application is moving ahead and cost may be reduced.
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