25 Mar 1959
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1959
Page
1
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Four prison escapees from Mabonitiit County Jail were captured after a six mile chase along Ohio 30H eight miles southwest of Chardon. A woman, Lola Gordon of Toledo, fired a stolen 88 caliber revolver during the pursuit and surrendered after exchange of shots with deputies. Captured with her were Youngstown men Robert Po Her min Joseph OUT and Donald Sweet on charges including armed robbery burglary and breaking and entering.
The First Methodist Church of Cor palis reported a low bid of 105600 from Boquin for an overhaul project. The bid exceeded the original estimate by 6000, with further decisions pending at a special church building committee meeting tomorrow night.
In San Francisco two boys aged 9 and 13 simulated a bank robbery at Bank of America during vacation. Police and FBI agents arrested them after a teller found a note demanding money. They face attempted robbery charges and were turned over to youth authorities.
The Jaycees announce preparations for the Home Show opening night with a prize door prize feature. The event includes a parade forming at Fourth Ward playground and marching to the armory after a display of entries, bands, and marching units for a three day program.
The Morris Knowies city planning board discussed a comprehensive master plan at a noontime session led by Walter Stink. Mayor J Fred Rawley urged council to approve a $10 000 expenditure from a forthcoming bonus issue to fund planning, with Stark estimating total cost at $19 000 and potential $7 500 federal aid.
Washington AP reports consumer prices fell one tenth of one percent in February due to lower food prices. The drop marks a slight easing in the nation’s cost of living as households face cheaper groceries this month.
In Brownsville Oregon a former Harrisburg dairy worker Richard Allen Hunt 27 abducted a police chief and wounded another after a car theft. A large posse including FBI agents hunted Hunt who fled into hills and a barn after a shootout near Brownsville.
Senate investigators examine charges that Miami area mobsters used labor unions to seize control of jukebox operations. Key figures include Joe Scooted Indellicato, Charles Karpf, and jukebox operator Joseph Mangone, with evidence of union pressure and violence. Old-world figures Cohen and Sica invoked the Fifth Amendment amid shakedown allegations related to Los Angeles and Seedman.
The Archie W. Thompson post 264 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars elected officers for the coming year. Elected were Emory Benson as commander Malcolm McGinnis senior vice commander Lawrence C Nichols junior vice commander Raymond T. Grabowski chaplain Edward Kovach quartermaster Hugh O'Hare surgeon William Peiffer advocate and Stuart Houghton trustee. Fourteen delegates were named to Erie County and district councils.
The article reports U S lawmakers rebuffing pressure, approving a 2057 402.01 supplemental appropriation bill after committee testimony. It notes gains for Elgon howe lay i thehesion of 100 and a development loan program, while funds rise for eight agencies to cover three months of the fiscal year.
President Eisenhower signaled attendance at a summit with Soviet Premier Khrushchev could depend on progress at an earlier East West foreign ministers conference. He resisted being bluffed into a rush to talks and said Western Allies will be coordinated with NATO in any reply to a March note on a summit.
Harrisburg AP report on Governor Lawrence's plan to raise federal dollars via a broader sales tax contingent on House Republican support. Leaders revive the measure after defeat, with GOP leaders refusing to forecast caucus action while hoping some defections may flip. Democratic leaders say they will push to win over holdouts ahead of next week's session.
An 80 pound Siberian husky fatally attacked 5 year old Billy Stillions who crawled through a hole into a shed where the dog was chained. The incident occurred in Tumwater near Olympia Washington as the family visited relatives. County coroner reports a fatal injury and the dog was shot.
Loblaws to build a supermarket on a Fourth Ward lot purchased for 84 000 by Mesa and Dearment of Cohneauthake. The sale requires court approval and zoning board permission, with a fence move at Washington School and a September 1 occupancy target after lodging details are cleared. The project foresees a 1000000 dollar impact once fully equipped.
A US Chamber of Commerce educator described a nonpartisan politics course at a noon luncheon. Donald Goodall outlined aims and nationwide rollout with material from the national chamber. two local men enrolled after the meeting.
Searchers combed the ruins of a meat packing plant after a brick building collapsed and an ice house toppled, killing five workers and injuring sixteen. Rescue teams sifted through rubble while the ammonia smell lingered and two missing men remained unaccounted for.
Premier Abdel Karim Kassem formally pulled Iraq out of the U S backed Baghdad Pact upsetting a block aimed at countering communism. He sought to please pan Arab and Soviet aligned factions while the pact’s headquarters move to Ankara.
Walter E Kinell, 22, told police and two women how he burgled about 100 Seattle homes by throwing rocks through windows. He described getting “a big thrill” from the stealth and dark and said the crime could easily have reached 160 places.
Paul Dunn and Lola Tipton Dunn married Monday in Covington by County Judge Stanley Shoal. They say they will stay married despite the widow’s grown children demanding an end to the union. Dunn, a yearlong accounting student, and Lola, widow of 19 years, met when he rented a room. She says she grew sympathetic and they fell in love, resisting earlier separation.
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