Memorial Day incidents and local notices in Corry area
Corry State Police report a fatal looking dash to midnight tie registration for commercial vehicles with new deadline extended to midnight. In Corry area Ernest E. Ritchie 36 Titusville escaped injury when his truck veered and rolled on Route 1 near Center Street. Ten year old Karen Cooney suffered a right arm fracture at Findley Lake and was admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital. A bicycle theft near Wayne Street and a lost baseball glove near Wright School were reported. Memorial Day attendance at Victor’s peninsula reached 21 901, far below last year’s 35 338 due to cooler temperatures. The Sells and Gray Circus drew local kids who won library cards in a drawing at the Corry Public Library. Clarence Akeley resigned as Warren County commissioner. Lewis Crippen named interim. Joy Manufacturing contract signed benefiting about 100 clerical workers. Fourteen residents received four year notary licenses. Kane Area Union School District approved a tentative budget of 1 085 415 with millage unchanged. A showing of A Child Is Waiting at Rex Theatre June 5 and 6 benefits CHEER. Minor injuries reported include a baby sitter’s arm cut and a fall fracturing a left hand. several residents treated at Corry Memorial.
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New Pennsylvania taxes take effect tomorrow
Harrisburg AP reports two new taxes begin at 12 01 am to fund Gov Scranton 139 million budget gap. A 4 percent sales tax with clothing and take home food exempted raises about 102.5 million. an eight cent per pack cigarette tax adds about 26 million. a 5 percent liquor tax is pending Senate approval. The governor says the plan costs the average family 140 dollars yearly. The measure, already passed by the House, would rise liquor tax to 15 percent and aims to balance the general fund for the new fiscal year. Both chambers recess until Monday.
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Island formation and the coconut mystery quiz
The piece explains island creation by volcanic activity and coral atolls, notes how life arrives and soils form, and asks readers to guess how coconuts spread between islands. Prankie Davis wins $10 for answering the question about coconuts drifting and anchoring seeds on new shores.
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Southwest Pacific
Melanesia
South Sea
Prankie Davis
Travis
Desegregation tensions flare across cities in May unrest
Reports from Jackson Memphis Chicago and Cambridge allege clashes and protests over racial integration. NAACP says police brutalized youths in Jackson while officials claim no beating occurred as teens threw rocks. Memphis desegregates most facilities with pools kept closed pending ruling. Memorial Day remarks by Vice President Johnson urge unity. In Chicago a cemetery protest by Negro mourners prompts discussions with leaders. Baltimore arrests follow attempts to integrate an amusement park.
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NAACP
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Cambridge
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Catonsville
Marlow Looks At Todays News
James Marlow, Associated Press, analyzes global revolutions driven by nationalism, economics, and ideology. He argues desegregation in the US South and de Stalinization reshaped power, with space race tensions and shifts in Moscow satellites. He notes Latin American unrest and growing regional discontent amid inequality.
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Associated Press News
Scranton Foresees Human Rights as Century’s Main Issue
Governor Scranton told Gannon College graduates that human rights will be the defining problem of the 20th century. He warned that discrimination remains a serious burden and urged conviction plus explanation to persuade holdouts. Honorary degrees were given to Archbishop William Crittenden and Justice Samuel Roberts.
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Seranton
Gannon College
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William Crittenden
Erle Episcopalian
Samuel Roberts
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Yard Named Principal at Fort LeBoeuf High School
David A. Yard, eight years on Corry Area High School faculty, is appointed principal of Fort LeBoeuf High School in Waterford. A native of Franklin, he taught mathematics and co coached Beaver track teams. Grove City College graduate with a bachelor in education. he earned a master's in school administration at Penn State.
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Corry Area High School
Fort LeBoeuf
Waterford
Yard
Frankin
Grove City College
Pennsylvania State University
Ex Jehovahs Witness To Speak At Local Church
Theodore Dencher, formerly a Jehovah's Witness, will speak at First Methodist Church Tuesday evening at 7:45, under Corry Ministerial Association sponsorship. Dencher, 34, once a Watchtower Pioneer, now a Presbyterian minister, wrote tracts on differences between Jehovah's Witness doctrine and mainstream Christianity and authored The Watchtower Heresy Versus the Bible. The event ends with a Q and A session.
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Joy Manufacturing Go
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