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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1955
Page
2
About 500 attendees including chiefs of police and spouses will attend the Pennsylvania Police Chiefs Association convention in Erie for three days starting July 25. The event is part of a broad Erie-area listing of local notices, meetings, and civic items, including shop closures, park events, and official appointments.
CHICAGO The spray dispenser market evolved from World War II jungle use to a major U S business. About 185 million units were filled last year by 106 firms for a 190 million dollar industry. Some 300 products from shave lather to paint remover are now in spray cans under 600 brands. George Burr of a leading company predicts further growth as more products adopt spray packaging.
The Corry Hospital reports admissions and discharges including Mrs Edward Carter Spartansburg Mrs Claude Weber Columbus and Mrs Charles Jackson Erie area residents. Also noted are births and a 19 Spencer Hospital nursing graduation in Meadville, a heat attack incident, a disorderly conduct case, and a Community Aid meeting at East Columbus Avenue with quilting and a tureen lunch.
A group of top polio experts advised continuing anti polio shots through the summer despite it being peak season for the disease The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis called a conference and released a statement saying the slight hazard of paralysis is insufficient to limit injections even amid rising polio in the community The board included US Surgeon General Leonard Scheele Jonas E Salle and Thomas B Francis The foundation saw the decision as a signal to proceed with the vaccine program noting increased benefits as polio severity rises
Advice on choosing brushes and rollers for wall painting. Describes flat straight-edge brushes 3 to 5 inches wide for walls, sash brushes 1 to 2 inches for narrow areas, and flat varnish brushes with tapered edges. Notes rollers help but a brush remains useful. Mentions an epidemic context about preventing paralytic cases.
Washington an Air Force spokesman said a false germ warfare confession was coerced by Chinese Communists from Captain Harold Fischer Jr. of Swea City Iowa, a Korean War ace released May 31 after more than two years in Chinese camps. The officer and three others were said to have confessed to crossing Yanto territory under Air Force orders, which the spokesman said never existed. no disciplinary action is planned while the cases are studied.
Four officers including Dr Col Edwin Heller Wynnewood and Lt Roland Parks Omaha were tried May 24 on charges of intruding into China for harassment and provocation. Heller said all four pleaded guilty and were ordered deported to the United States. He confirmed the story but declined further comment. Officials say no discipline will be taken against airmen for acts as Chinese prisoners under pressure from mistreatment. Illinois Kentucky Pennsylvania and West Virginia each produce more than 10 percent of U S soil coal mined.
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