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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1953
Page
1
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Senate member Millikin of Texas voices opposition to a proposed five billion dollar Air Force budget cut. He argues the country will back Eisenhower on military matters while Democrats, led by Lyndon Johnson, push to avoid reductions that could weaken national defense.
Three Pennsylvania State College mechanical engineering seniors share the prize money from a Corry James Town firm contest. Raymond C. G., Thomas J. Bieber, and Arthur E. Sweet each win cash awards for ideas to design a simplified drawer locking mechanism for file cases. The competition, sponsored by the local firm, featured ideas that may be used in office equipment, but none are yet adopted. The awards were presented by W. M. Nicely of Williamsport.
U S battleship New Jersey bombarded Chinampo Red Port near Chinnampo as part of an offshore strike against Communist positions. The operation involved multiple allied ships and targeted coastal gun positions in three large caves along the river mouth.
In Harrisburg the two party leaders pursue a tax package to break a two month stalemate. A June 12 adjournment deadline looms as proposals include raising corporate net income taxes, levies on unincorporated businesses, a mercantile tax, a soft drink tax revival, and higher beer and cigarette taxes. House Democrats hold closed caucus as GOP leaders seek revenue to close a 1.4 billion budget gap for 1953 85.
About 1,900 workers from the Pittsburgh area steel and engineering firms returned to work after a strike that began last Tuesday. The workers cited alleged wage inequities and voted to resume duties following a union meeting at the Pittsburgh Foundry and Machinery Co. plant in Glassport.
Trial court found Trier-Cities Inc salesmen guilty of cheating by promising a $20 prize as a payment incentive for silverware. The State Superior Court was asked to stay sentencing during appeal. The manager Benjamin Selling led the firm. judge ruled prize drawing constituted cheating. fines followed for a permit violation by Alderman M S Cobbell.
Air Force notes the second American to go to Korea to face murder charges in 1952. Airman Thomas L. Kinder of Cleveland Tennessee is identified as the second suspect, flown to Korea for possible arrest, while Sgt. Robert W. Toth of Pittsburgh is charged with premeditated murder and related offenses.
Bradford PA Arthur B. White of Warren begins a new term as president of the Pennsylvania State Council of the AFL International Association of Machinists. Officers re elected include vice presidents Steve Dovishak Eric Lynn Warren Jermyn George McGuhan Yornd Joseph Phillips with two new vice presidents Ariel Armand and G L Schaff. Schaff succeeds Orvis W Gill as secretary treasurer. The 1954 convention will be at Eris Mr. write and Corry is noted for labor negotiations involvement.
The truce talks at Panmunjom recessed until June 1 as U N and Allied delegates pressed a new proposal on prisoner amnesty. South Korea criticized the talks as inadequate while Gen. Clark met President Rhee in Seoul.
Stanley Schwartz, eastside political leader, held a press conference to accuse a Democratic clique of pressuring delegates to dump Jesse Juliante in the Orphans Court judgeship race. He claimed bribery money and orders to switch votes, and said he would reveal more names. Schwartz, hospitalized since the Tuesday primaries, said he would unfold the full story.
Secretary of State Dulles and Mutual Security Administrator Harold Stassen arrived in Istanbul with a group from Pakistan for a Middle East tour. Dulles and Stassen planned to depart for Ankara and then Athens, continuing the official trip tomorrow and Wednesday.
Corry school board selects Min Hetort Jone as treasurer at a special meeting. The board plans a December reorganizational meeting and notes the vacancy following Monroe’s death and ongoing discussion on a successor to the late treasurer.
U N allies report nearly 200 Chinese attackers breached a crest line in an Eastern Front assault before South Korean troops halted them with grenades and rifle fire. About 60 Reds were killed or wounded, with a dozen smaller probes repelled as Fifth Air Force bombers hit supply and troop concentrations in Northwest Korea.
Disrupted GE labor actions spread as 7 000 production workers, 670 white collar staff and 500 to 1 000 pickets join a broad walkout in Syracuse and across several plants. The strikes, tied to supplier disputes and retroactive wages, ripple into Detroit, Millwaukee, and Chicago area facilities.
The U S Supreme Court refused for the first time to grant a hearing to spy couple Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. The decision leaves unresolved clemency options as federal prosecutors prepare next steps. The couple, convicted two years ago of wartime atomic secrets leakage to Russia, face potential sentences.
An appropriation subcommittee begins closed hearings on the Veterans Administration budget set at 4 295 040 000 with about 280 million less than requested by former President Toumart. House Veterans Affairs Committee chaired by Edith Nourse Rogers schedules actions to press for repairs before the Appropriations Committee. Lewin Gough of the American Legion denounces proposed cuts to the VA capital program.
Twenty Japanese women waving Communist banners allegedly manhandled Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt in downtown Tokyo during her Japan visit. Yomiuri reported guards restrained the former First Lady and she was uninjured while she refused interview requests.
Oil City police arrest 24 year old Barber of 29 Butter Avenue in connection with a sequence of fires starting May 8 night and early morning, injuring and damaging the Belles Lettres Club and other sites. Estimated damage around 40000 dollars. State Police investigate with Sgt. George Sister and Pvt. Kenneth Bundy. Greenburg obituary notes ex sheriff James M. Keating dies at 73 after week illness.
The Army fired the first atomic shell from a large coastal cannon named Atomic Annie at a test site near Las Vegas. The 280 millimeter shell exploded about 800 feet above a target area, while the range and equipment including a TH Rifle and various military assets were tested.
State Police report a cow owned by Lionel Sagal of RD 1 Columbus was struck by a westbound car driven by Gladys P. Duncan of New Kensington near Corry at 2 30 pm yesterday. The animal suffered a fractured left hind leg and was to be butchered. damage to the car was about 150. The cow had been penned in but escaped before the incident.
Two Clymer girls suffered injuries when their car left the highway near French Creek and plunged into a ditch. Shirley Amory was admitted to Carry Memorial Hospital with a laceration and possible fracture of a finger while Leomm Barringer was treated and released.
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