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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1956
Page
4
The Corry Journal quotes a Memorial Day safety appeal urging motorists to slow down and ensure brakes and other systems are in good condition before travel. It cites National Safety Council data showing high fatality risk from speed and driving infractions, urging personal responsibility on the road.
Television listings detail tonight’s lineup including Children’s Theatre, Gene Autry Show, News and Sports, Patti Page, Navy Log, Red Skelton, The $64,000 Question, Do You Trust Your Wife, and late news. Also lists Captain Kangaroo, Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light, My Little Margie, As the World Turns, and Meet the Millers with multiple airings and time slots across the evening.
Charles W. Clark of Greenville pleaded guilty to burglary and carrying an unlicensed concealed weapon for the Palmer Feed Store theft in Linesville. Judge Herbert A. Mook sentenced him to 5 to 20 years and ordered commitment to a Western Pennsylvania Diagnostic Classification Center in Pittsburgh for assignment.
Judge Herbert A Mook yesterday sentenced Charles D. Bennett of Centerville to 5 to 15 years for incest and Bennett faces transfer to a Pittsburgh center for assignment to prison. Albert Knapp of Waterville received 4 to 9 years for burglary and larceny, with sentences non concurrent. A unrelated note warns drivers to keep vehicles in mechanical order to prevent fatalities.
Yesterday's memories recount a Corry milestone as George Downey and Al Meyers flew to the city in a self built plane landing on Spring street. Meyers heads to Albany this morning with Downey to return next week. The Rev HR Harris leads a church service at the Corry School Auditorium with local officials and the high school orchestra assisting. The school tax debate intensifies with a Board of Education special meeting approving a 21 mill increase and a per capita levy of $5 amid petitions demanding restraint.
40 Years Ago May 29 1916 C H Holden local Wells Fargo Express agent was seriously hurt when caught between two express trucks Corry Judge of Elks plans to install a bronze memorial tablet bearing the names of deceased members The City Commission to receive bids for a new flower bed and for paving West Main Street Pleasant Street on the south side at the next meeting
In Philadelphia the Jesuit General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA urged a wider grassroots evangelism drive as membership rises. The assembly approved a merger with the United Presbyterian Church and allowed women to the ministry, with a final vote pending next month by assemblies and presbyteries.
Three men and a fourth pleaded to evading United States wagering laws in federal court. Carl Ales aged 44 was fined 1000, Joseph Luciano 46 fined 500, Jon Roehler 41 fined 500, and another defendant received a similar penalty. Judge Walked ordered three months in a sentence.
The court heard Luciano and Kochtin were suspended sentences if fines and costs were paid immediately. Internal revenue witnesses testified Gourley noted the three fines paid to cover nonpayment of wagering taxes plus 472 to cover ten percent of blocked earnings. The October affair in the famous city, tied to a bribery case, involved AWHREG men who received sentences for their role.
Police say a 60 year old man from Elimbeth Township was killed by an automobile on Route St while walking to his home. The Allegheny County coroner identified the victim as Wu John Semkerich. The incident occurred near Deer's Tavern about dawn today.
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