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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1958
Page
2
A fire at the Alten Woods home four miles west of here yesterday afternoon caused about $2,000 in damage to the kitchen and back porch and forced the mother and two daughters to stay with relatives during repairs. The blaze likely started when a pin burned on the kitchen stove. Willis suffered burns on his hands trying to extinguish it.
At the Corry Hospital an admission list includes Mrs Donald L Rettger Spartans org Michael Mareant 192 Gould street and Mrs Melvin P Stoddard RD 4 Mrs Willum Ottaway Sher ant Raymond F Dyxe BOG West Pleasant street plus Mrs George R Ollaway 87 Say ey Ciele Discharged are Mr Lewis Crostey and daughter Terry Lee Warren Clifford B Holcomb 501 East Smith street Dale A Chase 5 year old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Payer Jr 532 West Washingtoin street Mrs John Bruges Elgin and Mrs Maude F Keefe 2024 Mott joireet Expired Meadville March 30 notes a roar ing entry in Meadville with light rain and 36 mercury Get together party every Saturday 8 pm at the firehouse Benefit Elgin Beaverdam Hose Company A light opened in county court in Milwaukee over a 3299447 trust with Jarecki family heirs now filing claims and a Milwaukee bank seeking termination and distribution of the assets
A huge concentration of Navy ships including the anti-submarine carrier Leyte hunted unidentified contacts along the Atlantic coast. Escort Squadron 10 with eight destroyers joined the search from Norfolk and East Coast ports after being ordered to investigate reports. Pentagon and Navy officials offered no further comment. Reports suggested ballistic missiles from Cape Canaveral may have been destroyed by submarine radio signals.
Light snow spread across a broad area from the Rocky Mountains to New England as a new system moved in. Forecasters warned of locally heavy snow in southern Colorado over the weekend while the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley saw light rain or snow. Nebraska reports include North Platte three inches and Scotts Bluff two inches, with Rumford Maine receiving three inches and Madison New Hampshire about a foot in a late Friday storm.
Quaker State Oil Refining Corp reduces its Pennsylvania grade crude by 25 cents per barrel amid high inventories. New prices list Bradford Allegany $4.40, Middle District $4.22, Eureka West Virginia $0.75, Buckeye Southeastern Ohio $3.75. Pennsylvania Refining Co of Butler also trims prices by 25 cents. Other buyers study the move and plan to announce decisions Monday.
Reported today that Leader abandoned efforts to draft Mayor Richardson Dilworth of Philadelphia as the Democratic nominee for governor. An administration source said the governor was disappointed by Dilworths stance at a hard hitting conference, facing onslaughts from Mayor David L. Lawrence and Rep. William J. Green Jr. Green and Dilworth reportedly agreed Philadelphia Democrats wont oppose Dilworth for a second term as mayor. Ward leaders in Philadelphia urged Green to relent in opposing the gubernatorial bid. Leader faced options including running for the Senate with James W. Knox, dropping out, or accepting a full ticket slate by party leaders.
Evangelistic services at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Shareh Gerry begin Monday at 7 30 p m with Rev B F Jenkins of Emlenton Pa as guest evangelist He also serves as a soloist and has spent the past decade in evangelistic work The meetings run nightly through March 16 except Saturdays Each Tuesday to Friday includes a noon Bible Meditations at 12 15 p m on the local radio station.
Sammine Dean Parker, 16, reportedly the first white pupil expelled from Central High in Little Rock, after a card display saying one down eight to go. The school board declined to disclose reasons. her father vowed to accompany her to school, seeking federal protection similar to the nine Black students.
Announced candidate Roy E. Furman lacks backing from top leaders including Lawrence and Green. The name Guy Swone, a Harrisburg accountant and former governor of Puerto Rico, was mentioned yesterday as a potential compromise option for the ticket failing to gain broad support.
Erie lawmakers consider an ordinance prohibiting near setting of all jaw type traps except those for rodents. Attorney John Wolford of Northwestern Pennsylvania Humane Society cited dog and cat injuries from such traps and urged a ban, while noting box or cage traps could still be used. Also, city officials reported patching hundreds of potholes as thaw worsens street damage.
Cary Chessman, 36, facing execution for kidnapping, robbery and sex crimes, saw his appeal rights narrowed as a 10-year legal battle hinged on the trial transcript. A California Superior Court ruling dismissed his bid to overturn the death sentence, sending him back to San Quentin for Supreme Court review.
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