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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1951
Page
3
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Mr and Mrs Arthur Scholton sold their farm east of Columbus toward Lottsville and bought a new home at 870 East South Street built by C L Liedberg and Edward Liedberg. Charles Linsky reported to police after his car was struck on West Main Street. A real estate exchange from Mike and Jacik to Robert H Damon was recorded. City detectives investigated curbside ice cream sales for license compliance. Seventeen year old Joan McWilliams was cited for juvenile court arising from a fatal accident May 6. A hotel brawl prompted no charges. injuries from a thumb bite were treated at Corry Hospital. A Brecht Beverage Co license suspension was upheld for 10 days. A large window at Giros Cafe was broken but offender unknown. Gov. Ping signed bills for semi automatic shotguns for crows and for special school police in first class townships. An Erie apartment project of 40 acres planned to house 560 families began by June 15. Harmony Short Line bus drivers walkout halted service across western Pennsylvania. Corry church seeks return of 100 teaspoons missing for weeks and reported to police.
All Sunday skeet shooting is canceled as CorryAA team is slated to meet Meadville in a Penn York League event at Meadville range. Injuries were reported in multiple accidents across Mercer County. Mrs Clifford Anderson of Jamestown in critical condition with a fractured skull at Meadville City Hospital. Mrs George Bolard of Meadville in serious condition with fractured ribs and internal injuries at Mercer Cottage Hospital. Federal contributions will supplement Pennsylvania blind pension funds for the first time in years. Federal funds retroactive to January 1 will maintain the flat $49 monthly benefit with unchanged eligibility rules, while Commonwealth expenses will be reduced as payments below 1500 dollars are shifted to federal handling.
Las Cruces district court hears football star Jerry Nazum deny murder in 1949 death of Ovida Coogler waitress. State calls one witness as two others dispute Nazum defense. evidence includes car accident substance identified as human flesh and blood.
Guy M Simmons longtime city resident died Friday afternoon at 4 30 after several years of ill health Born July 24 1876 in Columbus township he worked for Erie Railroad later partner in Bracken Brothers and Simmons Grocery Active in Kiwanis Pine Grove Cemetery Association and county assessor Survived by son Olin B Simmons two grandchildren David and Lynn Simmons brother Harry Simmons Funeral Monday at 2 pm Bracken Keating Funeral Home with Rev Paul F Bauer officiating interment Pine Grove Cemetery.
Freedoms Foundation Inc. announced 60 organizations and individuals honored in regional presentations of its $100,000 national awards at the Chapel of Four Chaplains. Recipients included housewives editors newspapermen broadcasters industrialists clergymen artists photographers and college presidents from Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and Maryland chosen by a panel of state supreme court justices and leaders of national patriotic groups.
A synthetic blood extender named PVP Macrose, developed by Germans in World War II, is being researched by Dr. Charles B. Dutchess at Schenley laboratories in Lawrenceburg Indiana. The amber water-like fluid treats shock and burns and needs no refrigeration, with further National Research Council studies planned.
Dr Joseph Weinberg a Minnesota professor known as Scientist X was arrested in Washington on charges of contempt for refusing to answer questions before a Federal grand jury and a District of Columbia court. He faced questions about his Berkeley residence and UC Lab associates in 1948. The House un American Activities Committee had linked him to a Communist plot to obtain atomic secrets.
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