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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1954
Page
4
A reader quiz tests knowledge of current events and general facts with seven multiple choice prompts. Questions cover topics from excise taxes and social benefits to congressional immunity and world affairs.
Golden Rule Club launches plan to upgrade three mile unpaved link in 1934 with a committee to pursue improvements. City officials await orders resuming CWA relief projects after a halt earlier in the week. Meyerink Milling gains Columbus Grain in a deal effective April 2. Good Friday services held citywide with noon to 3 remarks. Corry Rod and Gun Club extends its league victory streak as Blaine Wallace leads with 237.
Bertha A. Sult sues trio of pro wrestlers Maurice Shapiro Robert McCoy Pedro Godoy and Eladio Alvares Guesta and their Cuban chauffeur for more than 25000 in damages after the Erie man Joseph F. Sult was struck and killed April 8 1953 while crossing Buffalo road at Camphausen Avenue. The suit alleges Guesta operated the car under direction of the wrestlers and could not read English traffic instructions.
Foster Ottberry of Eldorado Texas died yesterday when a newly drilled gas well near DuBois Pennsylvania caught fire. Two other workers Billy Ottberry 28 and Buck Davis 36 suffered minor burns as the crew failed to close the gas vent and the well blew in. The incident occurred 28 miles northeast of here in dense mountain country.
Erie County judge upheld Rule 1048 of Civil Procedure and granted two firms a strike from the record in a damage suit. The action, filed by John Spaeder for Victoria Anderson, sought 26 210 in damages for injuries from a traffic accident but must be amended to state only that it is in excess of 2 500.
The new excise tax bill cuts or preserves rates on various items. The only rate to be eliminated is the low priced admissions tax, while many rates fall to 10 percent though appliances may see five percent. Several taxes stay the same on liquor, wine, beer, cigarettes, tobacco, gasoline, and other goods labeled luxuries. President Eisenhower urges overhauling the tax structure for fairness and efficiency.
Jurors determine any damages for the plaintiff in personal injury cases. No one may influence the jury with the amount requested in the complaint. High monetary figures in filings are noted as a factor in initial pleadings.
A juror notes that press coverage shapes memory but asserts newspapers are doing their job. The speaker stresses attorneys must follow procedural rules when the case proceeds, while reflections on prior reporting surface in courtroom discourse.
Democratic leader Adlai Stevenson, treated for a kidney ailment in Duke Hospital, was discharged and flown to stay with his sister in North Carolina. He plans a major political address in Charlotte on Friday, resuming his interrupted vacation. Doctors diagnosed a small kidney stone. The piece also notes 1954 US steelmaking capacity at 124,330,410 nek tons, up 6,782,940 tons from the prior year.
In Allentown Union West End Cemetery a 600 pound tombstone toppled and killed 6 year old Kath leen Marks while she played nearby. Authorities investigating the accident and the cemetery safety protocols.
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