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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1953
Page
3
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About 60 merchants expected to attend a dinner meeting at 6 15 tomorrow in the Phoenix Hotel dining room. The session marks the first dinner meeting of the reorganized group with several business matters on the agenda. Assemblyman W W Waterhouse listed among nine lower house members voting against the constitutional revision bill. A roll call reported around ten votes for the measure. Car collision reported on North Center street with about 40 damage to Fleming car and 15 to Sawyer. Cors-Colss Bottling Company Erie announced price increases on soft drinks effective March 1. Price controls removed from soft drinks last November per James Minnaweh. Public School Building Authority and Hanna Architects signed a $500 000 construction agreement for Youngsville remodeling and addition. Chapman Park in Warren County to be fenced for wild turkey habitat with work starting soon. Sheriff Floyd Van Winkle hospitalized after sudden illness. Deputy Sheriff Linn covering duties. Dr Harry Moore named supervising principal of Bethal Township schools at Mt. Lebanon. Fire destroyed a nearly completed home in Vertion Township, estimated $12 000 damage. Streets department working to clear dirt using tractor and bulldozer. Chief Brisko and Harley Dake assisted in AWOL cases from a Navy base. Real estate transfer recorded in Erie County. Funeral services noted for infant son of Mr and Mrs John H H Fenstermacher. Mrs Delia Danders funeral set Friday. New assembly bills include association of third class city treasurers.
Despite winds gusting 60 to 70 mph, the city avoided major damage. A single tree limb fell in City Park with no reported injuries or structural damage. The Ohio Sesquicentennial stamp went on sale today at the Corry Post Office.
New York City mine inspector Ardhir De Meroto, a junior civil engineer in the Board of Transportation, is suspended without pay for refusing to waive immunity to testify before a grand jury probing coal purchases. A 1948 1989 and 1980 grand jury presentment cited half a million dollars lost to waste and fraud in coal purchases.
Washington reports President expressed condolences to the Russian people amid Soviet Premier Stalin’s illness. He voiced hope that God will watch over the Soviet peoples regardless of government changes. Queen Mary II in London remains under doctor care for a stomach ailment yet governs from Marlborough House.
On the Central Korean Front South Korean infantrymen retook a vital hill after a brutal 24 hours of close combat with Chinese forces. The Eighth Army said 180 enemy casualties were tallied, with 30 Chinese dead on the battlefield and 90 killed plus 60 wounded overall. General Mark Clark visited Korea for talks with field commanders and President Syngman Rhee.
A 50 year old Pennsylvanian Adolphus Hohenser of East Benton Pa was arrested on charges of selling land at inflated prices by claiming Russia would attack New York City. He faced 1800 bail for violating real property laws by misbranding and failing to provide proper land identifications. Authorities say he offered East Benton lots at 345 and up to 2000 dollars each and claimed warnings of future trouble.
The CIO Electrical Workers Union urged a 20 cent hourly raise for about 7,000 workers at European Union plants amid stalled negotiations over a nine wage reopening. The move follows a tense bargaining period under economic controls.
Fred J. Fees announced that Christof Overly, brother of a Pennsylvania State College student who was strangled, will undergo a lie detector test. Police said he admitted burglaries but is not a suspect in the sister's death. The remains were found near his home in Cumberland County after he had been missing since February 17.
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