27 Jun 1959
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1959
Page
1
A damaged OCR snippet references a legal matter involving deeds, title questions, and parties including Neil B. s and ESQ. The fragment mentions property, lands, claims, and process actions likely tied to a court or county records, without clear dates or locations.
Queen Elizabeth II arrives in the United States and plans ceremonies at Eisenhower Lock and Moses-Saunders Dam to mark the St Lawrence power project hailed as a premier engineering feat. Vice President Nixon and Governor Rockefeller greet the royal couple while potential 1960 Republican contenders Nixon and Rockefeller speak at the welcome. The project generates over one billion kilowatts with 32 generators, second only to Grand Coulee in the western hydroelectric rank.
NEW YORK AP The United Steelworkers Union convened its 33 member executive board to address an impasse in steel contract negotiations. With a strike four days away, union president David J McDonald rejected continuing with the four man industry team, proposing talks with top executives of leading firms, a move industry heavyweights oppose. The dispute centers on wage boosts and benefits versus industry profit and productivity demands, with 500000 workers in basic steel mills earning about 3.10 dollars per hour in April.
The Sagging Span bridge over the Allegheny River at Tionesta is undergoing urgent repairs and may close to traffic. A 10 ton weight limit was set as welding begins after rusted I beams dropped inches. Residents express concern while plans for a new bridge are reviewed by the state secretary.
At Crawford County School Board, Mennville Townvale Joint School District restated its stance that Sparta and Rome Township should not join to form a Townville led administrative area. No action was taken on petitions to place Sparta and Rome in Townville's district alignment as plans remain under final review.
Edgar Allen Hinkle, 20, of York County, took his own life within a day of his wife Evelyn, 22, being trampled to death when two horses frightened at a riding academy operated by her parents near here. Coroner Dr. Thomas Hart said Evelyn died of a fractured skull at York Hospital after being struck during stable duties. The father-in-law reported hearing a shot in the couple’s room where authorities found Hinkle dead with a pump-gun propped to elevate its line of fire. The couple resided with the Heindels and had no children.
Rome reports that Italy and France have agreed a Western powers meeting should precede the Big Four foreign ministers meeting again. The accord was reached in talks between French President Charras de Gate and Italian President Gronchi during de Gate's four day state visit to Italy.
Senate and House conferees approved a compromise tax measure likely to cut next year’s federal tax on telephone charges and rail and airline tickets. The bill continues wartime corporate and excise taxes for another year and would delay rate changes until June 30 1960. It also repeals the 10 percent communications tax on local phone charges while allowing long distance charges to remain. Speaker Rayburn ruled out any increase in gasoline taxes to fund interstate highways.
Louis Armstrong showed clear signs of recovery from pneumonia as he continued to improve today. He woke briefly, sat up, and grinned during a visit from nurses and friends, while expressing a wish to play the trumpet. His temperature stayed normal overnight and doctors remained cautiously hopeful.
A scorching spell pushes temperatures up nationwide while heavy storms bring flash rainfall. Reported downpours hit Medicine Lake Montana 3 inches in 30 minutes and Fort Worth 2.77 inches in an hour. Tulsa and Duluth also logged over an inch. Highs reach 95 in Washington DC and 6 in Aberdeen. Longshoremen cancel five ship sailings in Baltimore due to heat.
Nearly 300 participants completed the two week Learn to Swim course offered by MCA and American Red Cross in a joint program. Volunteers from both organizations assisted under supervision of William Cochran and Norman Tarbell with many named helpers contributing to instruction and support.
Covington report says Earl K. Long, freed from mental hospitals after 27 days, rests a week under doctors order. He plans to renew his re election bid, hopes for 100 speeches, while doctors ban press contact and visitors. Buddies and officials reshuffled as Lang seeks psychiatric care in Texas after a personal separation and dismissal of bankston and Belcher.
Employes of McInnes Steel Co. and their families were guests of management at a Knights of Columbus hall picnic planned as a family event to be moved from Mead Park if rain occurred. The menu included cold chicken, meat, potato salad, baked hens, pies, ice cream and cake. Prizes included an electric sewing machine, electric avocado pot, and electric coffee pot. Games and contests featured for youngsters under 12 with door prizes for all.
A light single engine plane crashed on a Clarion area farm during a storm killing two aboard. The dead are Reynolds Losbaiteh, 56, of Clarion and Kenneth Pale, 26, of Knox. The plane, piloted by William Crawford, had taken off from Clinton Airport about 1 pm local time.
Police brief cites state law defining fireworks as any combustible or explosive substance or device designed to produce visible or audible effects. It references diminutive champagne bottle shaped devices as illegal. possession or sale could bring fines up to 100 pounds and imprisonment up to 90 days. Chief Hailey Drake notes arrests possible for Corryites selling or carrying the poppers.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said a narcotics ring smuggled drugs from Communist China to Japan over the past decade, alleging a haul worth about 278 million dollars. He named operations spanning Hong Kong to Japan and described the group as the “Ring of the Ring.”
Hawaiians voted on statehood for the last time and chose candidates for the upcoming state election. Nearly 170,000 voters were expected to participate as five of eight leading Senate aspirants were of Asian descent. Governor race and two U.S. Senate seats were on the ballot with a primary shaping party contests.
Centerville man told relatives he planned to kill his wife and brother then shoot himself after stabbing and firing a weapon inside a home. Dr. W H Barmest of Spartyburg coroner said the death was self inflicted. State police investigated as the coroner ruled suicide.
An American Trans World Airlines Constellation disintegrates in a fierce storm near a village south of Milan. All 68 aboard are American, with wreckage scattered across a wooded area and nearby fields as investigators begin a two nation inquiry.
Washington AP Hoffa again pledges to clean the Teamsters, claiming power to act now but will wait for committee action. Senator Kennedy mocks the vow, noting past promises and mob ties. Hoffa cites officials facing extortion, murder and narcotics charges, including Sam Goldstein of Local 239. The hearing focuses on alleged corruption within the union and the committee’s inertia.
A jagged report states at least four men died when two jet aircraft collided off Lavertita, one wreckage southeast and another northwest within about 40 minutes. Rescue teams reached the Palmane and RBSS-s sites as authorities investigated the disaster, with several crew members unaccounted and weather suspected as a factor.
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