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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1954
Page
3
City officials signal end to the costly dispute over high gas bills. Solicitors note bills spike for one month but average out over several months. Pennsylvania Gas Co. may add meter readers to standardize monthly readings. Over 200 complaints received, but many evaporate when averaging multiple months.
The Armed Services Committee and clergy leaders critique McCarthyism. The Very Rev Francis Sayre Jr and The Very Rev Dr James A Pike call out the senator while noting public support fuels his power. Pike condemns silence of Roman Catholic hierarchy on McCarthyism as Catholic papers lean pro McCarthy. U.S. land in towns over 1,000 people totals about 18 percent of the nation’s acres.
Three McKean County prisoners, including Giuseppe Ferraino jailed for wife slaying and Thomas E Berry jailed for robbery and jailbreak, have parole hearings set before the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons on April 14 in Harrisburg. George Bovaird Jr. faces a pardon hearing for embezzlement and fraud while serving at McKean jail. Hearings begin at 9 p.m. in the Senate chambers at the state capitol.
One funeral service was held yesterday afternoon at Bracken Funeral Home for George Walchoff. Rev. Rudolph Bangert officiated with bearers James Glosser, Stanley Kasper, Emerson Beale, Henry Jaquith, Gordon Bigelow and John O'Brien. Interment followed at Pine Grove Cemetery with Daniel Waldoff of Erie in attendance.
Erie police inspector Jack Martin acknowledged a flourishing numbers and pinball racket in the city. He said syndicates operate by telephone, use armed collectors, and rely on wire taps, with outfits often carrying up to 1000 dollars for high stakes hijacking risk.
Jerry Gongaware of Meadville was released from Crawford County Jail on $3,500 bail after being charged with voluntary and involuntary manslaughter in the death of his daughter in law on March 5. Bondsmen Mr. and Mrs. J P Hughes of Conneaut Lake posted the bail. Gongaware may live at the Hughes home as a condition. The DA indicated approval would depend on the bondsmen living arrangements. Gongaware had been held since March 6 after Mrs. Gilbert Gongaware was found dead with a bullet wound and a revolver in her hand. Gongaware previously pleaded guilty to both counts but plans to change his plea and go to trial in May.
Harrisburg Associated press reports Pennsylvania sportsmen push to end the five year special doe hunting season for 1964. The Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs representing about 110000 hunters and fishermen voted to urge the Game Commission to abandon the doe hunt. They favor issuing permits for future seasons through the State Department of Revenue rather than county treasurers. The commission has not decided on a doe season this year and will announce after spring breeding surveys.
Sheriff John L. Coates will travel to Los Angeles to extradite Howard and Marion Wadsworth of Harborcreek for prosecution. The county will not cover the trip costs. Dun House and Albert Thigpen, bondsmen who posted 6500 in bonds, must pay the freight for the return. The Wadsworths fled before trials scheduled in November 1953 on gambling morals violations and a public utility act violation. They were apprehended in Los Angeles last week.
Harrisburg reports the state abandoned civil defense signs for key highways citing 200000 dollar cost and public confusion risk. The initiative would have labeled one third of 41000 miles as key routes and included the 327 mile Pennsylvania Turnpike as primary military road.
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