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Fragmentary text mentions stage and volley sports and a person named Nigton with uncertain affiliations. lacking clear entities, dates, or a coherent event.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1959
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions stage and volley sports and a person named Nigton with uncertain affiliations. lacking clear entities, dates, or a coherent event.
City Council last evening gave final approval to a $350000 Loblaw store project with a revised entrance and exit plan. The plan removes trees around the block square lot and adds two entrances on West Pleasant Street and two exits on West South Street, plus a Spring Street entrance. Parking will be diagonal in three lanes with a double solid line on West Pleasant to prevent eastbound crossing. Construction is expected to start immediately unless further safety concerns arise.
The City Council narrowly approved buying a new Seagraves fire truck for 27068 dollars in a 3-2 split. Ray Weber and Robert Grice supported the motion, while Guy Abbey and J Pred Kinley opposed, citing maintenance and supplier familiarity. Councilman J. R. Dearing cast the deciding vote after consulting the safety director and hose company.
Sir Winston Churchill lands at Washington National Airport welcomed by President Eisenhower and a 500 strong crowd. The 80 year old statesman voices fond memories of wartime days while planning a private White House visit, a stay at the British embassy, and a trip to New York to see Bernard Baruch before returning to England.
Physicians at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center refuted rumors that Arthur Godfrey has cancer spreading. They stated no disease beyond the tumor removed from his left lung has been detected and that no additional tumors exist.
An unconscious Soviet sailor, Evgeni Ivanovich Gomudver, 53, was rescued near Anchorage after an ill fated air sea ferry incident. He regained the ability to speak and was treated at Elmendorf Air Force Base Hospital before transfer to a hospital for further care under U S Coast Guard supervision.
Raymond Weber proposed 39 new street lights to City Council to address dark areas due to low candle power bulbs. Future replacements will use 250 power bulbs. installation not before August. Estimated extra cost is about 1100 dollars annually. 100 power bulbs currently cost 20 dollars per month versus 6 more for 250 power. Extensive tree trimming could help, budget allocates funds for the project. Also Siburco Corp sought 16 feet more curb for a new service station at North Center and West Smith.
Newark Delaware fourth University of Delaware student held for grand jury action on dormitory burglaries. John Crisafulli 19 of Belmont Massachusetts arraigned and held on 2200 bail. Two 19 year old Pennsylvania freshmen football players released on 3000 bail. James F Morford 19 of Wilmington free on bail for abetting burglaries. State dropped charges against Parry W Shelton 19 of Franklin New Jersey. All five suspended by the university. Motorcycle collision in Warren Ohio claims life of Robert Snyder 24 of Sharon Pennsylvania. He died after hospital treatment.
President Eisenhower said a summit conference would be a foregone conclusion if the Geneva foreign ministers conference opens a path to easing East West tensions. He named Khrushchev as the only man who can deal authoritatively for Russia and voiced hope for progress at Geneva to justify a later summit.
In New York five major steel firms and the United Steelworkers begin formal talks on a new labor contract that could influence wages prices and the economy. About 500 negotiators and managers will meet at Roosevelt Hotel as McDonald seeks higher wages shorter hours and broader pensions while industry counters with price-raising inflation fears amid Eisenhower’s urging for a timely agreement.
Jennie Laitman Barron of Brookline Massachusetts a Massachusetts Superior Court judge and grandmother of seven was named American Mother of 1958 at a ceremony in New York City. The selection committee praised her public service and family leadership while noting the role of mothers in American life.
Archibald MacLeish earns his third Pulitzer Prize, this time for the JB verse play retelling the Book of Job in a modern setting. The award, announced by Columbia University president Grayson Kirk, also honors Mauldin for cartoon work and Utica newspapers for meritorious public service.
The article reports that two Mississippi and Pearl River County authorities filed warrants accusing an armed mob of kidnapping Mack Charles Parker from his Poplarville jail cell. The Parker case follows his alleged rape of a pregnant woman near Lumberton Miss. on Feb 25. Parker's body was found in the Pearl River near Bogalusa. The investigation centers on locating the hooded assailants who dragged him from custody.
The House approved a 12 member Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to monitor state spending with equal party representation. The measure, supported by Gov. Lawrence and anticipated Senate approval, would cost 250000 for investigation and oversight. The plan mirrors long standing goals and may duplicate existing panels. continued on page three.
A Washington D C trip for Total high school students remains open with 42 seats available. Registration ends May 15 and costs 20, covering travel and arrangements. Deadline provides time for confirmations before June 1. In a separate item, Blair D. Butler, a 21 year old contractor, died when a bar fell from his truck in a trailer town incident.
An after school outing on a flooded travel pit turned deadly when a boat carrying Lawrence Bradley 35 and Belly 33 Heyworth and six children capsized. Four children died, two survived. a fisherman rescued a fifth. Bodies recovered. authorities investigate causes while draining the five acre pit.
Washington report outlines Khrushchev’s public remark about an unarmed American transport shot down over Soviet Armenia last September. It notes Ambassador Thompson discussed the fate of seven crew members with the Soviet premier and says the details remain undisclosed. Russia denies attacking the plane and denounces a radio tape as forged.
A garbled Soviet era piece notes Pravda signaling sympathy for exploited workers in capitalist states. It references freedom of the press agenda and celebrates a pre Freedom Day style message while authorities monitor editorials and propaganda efforts.
Airport authorities gave unanimous approval to Corry Instrument Company plans to build a hangar at Lawrence Airport to house the newly acquired Piper Apache twin engine plane. Thomas Rothrock represented the firm, which hopes to begin construction within 30 days. The plane will be kept in Erie during summer.
A fragmentary note reports Life Magazine lowering price to 8 cents by June 1 from 25 cents, amid subscription growth and vendor adjustments. The text also mentions a tragic accident in Clearfield where Clifford Gray, 48, died when crushed between two machines at Maple Coal Co.
James Garland Martin 37, a Ku Klux Klan member from Reidsville, pleaded guilty in Superior Court to inciting to riot for a January 1958 Klan rally that Lumbee Indians say was broken up. He received an 18 month suspended sentence, five years probation, and a $250 fine.
Major General John B Medaris announced at a news conference that the United States will launch a lifelike survival mission with an animal passenger into space within the next 60 days. The attempt, part of the early space effort, would place a primate in the nose cone of a Jupiter missile for atmospheric tests.
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