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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1953
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text mentioning dates, prices, items, and locations with unclear context. It references various numbers like 330, 9200, 4950, and 1504, plus terms such as Farm price, tires, cow, New Deer, and July. No coherent event or identities fully establish a news item.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a local brief mentioning Peony Pad and Mighty Town. The legible bits note a possible event or item but lack dates, places, or names to confirm specifics. Further text needed to determine exact subject and context.
Corry officials and advisers report total project costs may reach at least 1,147,300 with annual debt service around 69,150. Bond bids expected by Sept 10 aim to fund construction and operation of a new sewage treatment plant, with local rates likely set on a per household basis and first payments due April 1, 1954.
A wide civic rally at the state capitol pressed for speedy passage of child welfare measures. Organizers gathered a 25,000-signature petition advocating adoption reforms and county level guardianship rules.
Associated Press reports widespread disorder along the Oder Neisse frontier as anti Communist mobs clash with Soviet troops near Branden burg. Workers set a state cellulose factory ablaze while Polish militiamen reportedly side with the protesters amid a clash described as unsettled and ongoing.
A wage dispute at Avro Supply escalates as engineers return to work for the first time since the strike vote last Friday. The plant, seeking court relief to force nonunion salaried workers back, faces continued picketing by union members while no bargaining meetings are scheduled.
Flames broke out on the roof of the Phillips building on North Center Street during afternoon repairs. A worker on the roof was among those alerted. firemen fought the blaze with a booster line, confining damage to the roof area and not yet determining loss or fire origin.
Tokyo reports Kyushu island reels from the worst flood in modern Japan. Rain and showers persist as a typhoon heads toward the area. Much of the northern region remains underwater with damage estimated at 280 million dollars and thousands left homeless. Deaths reach 474, with 502 missing and 879 injured per national police.
The school board approved year end payments totaling 39447 and discussed YMCA acquisition plans for the Wright Street lot. A city cost of additional city hall staff was approved and the board announced a year end fund balance around 40000 to be allocated to six districts.
Washington reports the military high command begins a transition with the retirement of Gen Hoyt and Vardenberg, chief of staff of the U S Air Force and senior member of the joint chiefs. A farewell salute from jet war planes and marching forces at Bolling Field marks the shift as new chiefs prepare to take over. The Eisenhower administration and Sen Math pressure for a clean strategic overhaul. The president and Mrs Eisenhower were invited to attend but no attendance plan was announced.
Employees of the F. W. Woolworth Co. describe three days of formal operations as the store at 15 Washington Street unveils a self service layout with wider aisles and new counters. Manager Robert D. Quilter notes doubled counter space, improved access from the parking lot, and plans for an aquarium display area with tropical fish.
Frank Carpenter aged 98 of TIA West Man Street faced Alder Geer Gordon on a charge of disorderly conduct. He paid a $100 fine and was released after a court appearance following reports of alleged violence during a labor strike at Heat Ue Aero Supply plant. Police detained him last night after a complaint by Ernest Dimmick alleging harm to a child. a court order regarding custody prompted the initial dispute.
Washington reports a tense fight over a six month extension of the profits tax. Despite administration pressure and cross party concerns, key committees mucked through the plan as leaders eyed a possible renewal date.
Montgomery reports a massive polio research trial to combat a citywide outbreak. An estimated 30,000 children scheduled for vaccination via injection stations as volunteers prepare to administer gamma globulin and related equipment to curb infantile paralysis fears.
Thirty indictments against eighteen inmates rioting charged by a jury were entered before Judge Ralph T. Bell inside Western State Prison. The arraignment was held outside courtrooms for safety and cost reasons, marking Allegheny County’s first outside courthouse arraignment in history.
In Harrisburg the tax auto title transfer plan collapsed at a party caucus as only 51 votes could be mustered. Leaders faced a panicked setback, with predictions of rebellion and intense pressure from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers. The impasse threatened the legislative agenda as the House Rules Committee prepared to reconvene to seek a path forward.
Soviet armored forces pull back from East German cities as martial law eases. arrests exceed 1300, security operations focus on steel and chemical industries, while reported the withdrawal followed a 10 day curfew and reduced Soviet control in Leipzig Rostock and other centers.
The draft bill extends draft service for certain groups including doctors dentists and veterinarians. It would require two years of military service for those not yet past a specified period and could offer an extra monthly pay for longer terms. The measure, supported by President Eisenhower, targets men in key medical and veterinary fields with exceptions for prior longer service.
Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson called for bipartisanship in foreign policy amid a Senate dispute over a 6.9 billion dollar foreign aid bill. He and Taft backed an amendment to withhold about one billion in aid until Western European nations ratify a unified army treaty.
John B. Lind, a student minister at Stewart Avenue Lutheran Church, said two men offered him a ride home. They drove to a lonely area, beat him, and tied him up before taking his wallet containing 77 dollars, a wrist watch, a diamond ring, and his shoes.
Seoul reports North Korea again refused to sign an armistice on UN terms. President Rhee also maintained his stance, with U N commander Mark Clark urging a compromise. Both sides warned of continued negotiations and potential further prisoner releases.
One of the first Americans freed from a disabled Korean War prisoner exchange, Pani J. Schnur Jr., 24, was discharged from the Army as undesir able and subversive. An Army spokesman said the discharge, ordered by the general staff in Washington, is not dishonorable and does not remove veteran rights or benefits. Schnur, who earned a Bronze Star in Korea in 1950, was vacationing in Spokane, Washington, when the notice was issued. His father, linked with the Rosenberg cause, and Vincint Hallinan declined to comment.
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