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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1958
Page
4
The piece covers wartime draft intelligence limits, how many recruits fail basic training, and the Navy Marines and Air Force reliance on capable personnel. It recalls Washington's unused inaugural draft notes, the Bill of Rights context, and a woodworkers union contract offer in the Pacific Northwest.
Community club members met at Unity Building to craft tulips for the Tulip Festival float and enjoyed small prizes during games. A fire at Harold Smith’s Reagan road home caused minor roof damage but was contained before firefighters arrived. Multiple local families travel and visit others, with church and social activities noted. funeral services for Andrew Parks at Pleasant Valley Cemetery and a variety of family news fill the local items.
A brief notice notes a pinpoint location at the corner of Center and Washington Streets near Phone Avenue. The item records a map reference or property boundary snippet, with no further actions or dates provided.
A list of properties across multiple streets shows reduced prices and several full listing prices. Notable entries include Bruce Rankin Home on Baker Hill Rd now 6 275 00. Sehrecengest Brick Home on 514 N Center St now 425 00. and Kwiatek CAMP furnished at 132 Summer St now 9 475 00.
William Irvine Caldwell, 42, was struck by a tractor trailer truck driven by Sylvester Myers, 43, near the Ohio state line along Route 20 at about 5 a.m. He died at Brow Memorial Hospital. Investigators said Caldwell appeared suddenly in front of the speeding truck. police seek to determine why he was walking along the highway. Caldwell suffered a fractured skull. Local authorities and the state police, along with coroner Warren Wy Wood, continue the investigation.
Borough council tonight will hear a report on Warren Fire Department operations. Public Safety Committee chairman Gien E Patchen said an intensive investigation was under way and he would present findings. Formerly critical claims included lack of training and favoritism in promotions, with Civil Service concerns raised.
Hinest Hampton walks the mall to deliver mail by hand to Mrs. Francis Jenkins, aiming to avoid disturbing two mother birds nesting near the box and warming three eggs.
The clipping lists scarlet fever quarantine for Anderson aged five at 631 South Center Street and measles quarantine for 3-year-old Joseph Shields of 14 First Avenue. It notes past local health actions, a hospital board meeting, and city council concerns over property damage and storms. Also reports a jailed-escape probe and a dramatic diplomatic blurb about Ethiopia at the League of Nations. An auto pioneer H. Clay Doss, 72, dies in Memphis after a heart attack, noting his Ford sales career.
Jamestown Post Office and Federal Court building may start this summer after GSA accepts the low bid of $1,697,390 from Brown Turner Inc of New York City. Only three bids were submitted, with R S Noon and Inc and F D Rich Co Inc also bidding. Decision within three months could trigger summer start in Jamestown.
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