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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1955
Page
1
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Sen Capehart urged the Senate Banking Committee to halt the stock price inquiry and seek evidence of market rigging. He said the focus on prices spooked investors and helped trigger a big market drop, as Secretary Humphrey testified the Treasury watches credit conditions amid the downturn.
Patrick A Lance’s attorney asked the state Supreme Court for a new trial claiming judge remarks on psychiatric testimony biased the jury. Lance was convicted of fiat murder in the death of Clyde Hoffman and sentenced to death. He faced additional charges in rifle slayings of his wife Ames and stepdaughter Agnes at their home near Beaver Falls.
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States would consider atomic weapons in a major war if needed and could not rule out their use in defense of Quemoy and the Matsu Islands. He noted such decisions rest with the President, a view echoed by President Eisenhower on defending Nationalist held lands.
Senators Cape heart and Sparkman backed Senator George in opposing confidential copies of the Yalta conference record. Secretary of State Dulles declined to publish papers on the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting, saying national security and Allied unity require secrecy. George refused responsibility for leaks and would return three copies to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Vice President Jelphard M. Nixon told about 5 000 Southern California Republicans that the GOP won in 1952 mainly due to its strong candidate and the party is not strong enough to elect a president. He urged party workers to do a big job this year and next at three speeches in Los Angeles.
Schools Superintendent L M Douglas told Corry Area Joint Schools Committee budgets will be prepared soon and tentatively adopted at April meetings. He explained rental payments for Concord Wayne townships and Elgin borough, noting state reimbursement will lag until the building is completed. Local sources must cover 10 268, with Wayne Township bearing 6885, Concord 3008, and Elgin 880, while Corry pays 48280 of its high school rental with 50840 from the state.
Twenty eight Corry Area Joint School Board members met last night at the high school and approved rental terms for the proposed Concord Wayne Elgin elementary school. The joint project will serve Concord and Wayne townships and Elgin borough with total annual rent of 826,019 split by district membership. Concord receives 9,007, Wayne 14,762, and Elgin 2,190. The board also approved a social security plan retroactive to January 1 for about 10 employees not yet covered by a retirement plan.
Harrisburg Republicans push to raise employer payroll taxes by 1 5 percent while Democrats argue for higher jobless benefits. The Senate Labor and Industry Committee plans to remove the point formula, raise weekly benefits from 30 to 35 dollars, extend compensable weeks, and adjust weekly benefit calculation while preserving minority protections. A separate race betting bill faces delay with leaders split on timing of a referendum for November elections.
A Sharon truck driver lost control on Route 77 near Spar tansburg at 7 40 p m sending a tractor trailer loaded with steel into a Twikiter parking area. The driver Ernest Snyder 8 of Sharon was hospitalized with back injuries and was expected to be released. The tractor and trailer were badly damaged with fuel spilled on the ground.
A driver at Pinsant and Sault Ponkes streets failed to notice oncoming traffic while crossing the intersection. W. E. Brown, 65, and Robert Carefield, 92, ogranic on Center Street, both escaped injury. Damage to Brown’s car estimated at 75 dollars and to the truck at the side.
Henry Kaufmann longtime founder of Kunaf Mann department stores died Sunday in New York. He left business in 1958 and dedicated retirement to philanthropic work. This obituary notes he was the last surviving founder and highlights his public service in the later years.
In Baltimore, Judge Rosel C. Thomsen freed John David Provoo, 37, who had been sentenced to life for wartime treason, ruling government delays denied him a fair trial. The indictment was dismissed and Provoo released on own recognizance pending potential appeal.
In Buffalo a speeding car plowed into a sidewalk crowd after school, killing Lynn Douglas, Sandra Jean Pavel, and Anita Arena and injuring two others critically. The driver Eva A Docina, 33, said he blacked out and faced criminal negligence charges.
About 60 workers at Crucible Bree Co near Waynesburg Pennsylvania voted to return to work today after a one day strike by eight men.
Corry Board of Education will begin work on a 1955 58 budget with a committee meeting next Monday. Major topics include whether to tax clubs at $1 per member and the pending suit involving Elks Moore VFW and Italian American clubs.
London The House of Commons defeated a Labour motion to censure Prime Minister Churchill for failing to arrange top level US Britain talks on the hydrogen bomb. The vote was 298 to 268, with a Conservative amendment winning 200 to 268 to require party agreement on any such meeting, reflecting tension over world disarmament and West German rearmament. Churchill had suggested a US Britain France summit and explained past illness limited his options.
Twelve jurors were trapped for about twenty five minutes when an elevator between the first and second floors of the county courthouse malfunctioned yesterday. The delay was caused by an elevator company crew repairing a door latch.
The U S Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond ruled segregation in public parks and playgrounds illegal, aligning with the Supreme Court May decision on schools. The ruling reverses a Baltimore district court and challenges the South’s separate but equal doctrine.
Senate subcommittee led by Sen. McClellan launches a new look into the Peress case accusing the Army of withholding documents that could aid the inquiry. Secretary Stevens defends secrecy citing methods and confidential materials. The dispute centers on a report the Army blocked from public disclosure while contending it complies with law.
Alfred David Mayo, 10, former secretary and era manager of Crowell Publishing Co, president of Byitherlek Co of New York, founder of Bunny Hewena newsletter, and past publisher of the Chronge Herott Record, died this week in Laguna Beach California.
Senate moves toward a midafternoon vote on a Democratic plan to cut individual income taxes while offering a corporate tax rate extension. Senator Young signals reluctance to fully back his party, while Republicans fear losses if key GOP or Democratic defections occur. If passed, the measure would later return to the House, with Johnson proposing revenue offsets including repeal of the dividends received credit and depreciation provisions.
Fire started between Catherine Street and the railroad tracks covering about one acre. Stanford Tose Company workers aided, and Assistant Chief Downey reported flames were controlled with brooms and allowed to burn out. Firemen returned to the station around 6 p.m.
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