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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1949
Page
4
A campaign to emphasize advantages of heating water electrically was announced by E. T. Cherry. In the Corry area 178 dealers intend to participate as the drive runs June 13 to August with a quota of 1 350 units. This is the first such campaign since before the War.
Richard Madleh 14 drowned in seven feet of water at West Waldameer Beach yesterday. A companion tried to rescue him but he did not surface. Coast Guardsmen recovered the body about an hour and a half later.
A 200 mile auto speed classic drew 75 000 fans to Altoona with Corry attendees including Glenn Klinger Lawrence Klinger Richard Rosshacher Bruce Smith Harry Smith Jack Faulgon and Lea Garrell. Also noted were Mrs Ruth Failing and Miss Helen Johnson who returned home from Pittsburgh to Ohio. The piece also mentions an Eastern Star Grand Chapter gathering, a Women’s Club indoor fair at the State Armory, door prizes won by Mrs Frank Lillie and Mr Spencer, and the death of Mrs Margaret Simpson of Columbus at Corry Hospital.
The proposal would create an 11 member Council with nine elected at large and two appointed by the President subject to Senate confirmation. A District manager would head 12 departments, with an AP fed news chief and a seven member Board of Education to be elected. The plan includes a federal donation of 20 cents per dollar of locally derived revenue and a new postal district budget. It also notes existing racist segregation and claims yellow fat beef contains more vitamin A than white fat.
House District committee may indicate if action on Kefauver D C home rule bill will occur this year. Senate passed the measure by voice vote last May 31, seeking local self government without full representation or presidential vote. About 650000 of D C residents could vote under a council manager plan amid civil rights era debates.
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Four ratings were issued with only one calling for a rise. The hike held at 10 percent. The rent board disposed of seven other cases granting an increase of 3.2 percent.
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