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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1959
Page
6
Inmates at the county prison will dine on turkey with all trimmings on Thanksgiving Day, Warden Bruce Reeder announced. Some inmates oppose cranberries, citing recent stories, and demand no extra items. The warden confirms a full course dinner with pie for dessert.
Mrs. James Walsh refuses to surrender a 4,000,022.75 dollar check asking Hadley Falls Trust Co. to rehire teller Ann Helliwell who issued it. The dispute centers on a mistaken generous payment for a 22.75 dollar TV installment. Walsh vows to display the massive check with her sergeant husband away in Labrador and the bank weighs firing the teller.
The jet propelled hydroplane driven by Lombardo and designer Staydacher crashed near Pyramid Lake after skim at high speed. Lombardo escaped injury while Staydacher suffered minor bruises as team plans to repair and attempt another run next year in Bay City, Michigan.
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller arrived in Venezuela with Mrs Rockefeller and a party of five reporters for a five day Thanksgiving vacation at a Venezuelan ranch. He commented on Nixon as a potential rival if he entered the presidential race and praised Eisenhower for a Latin America relations commission as a step toward closer hemisphere ties.
U S authorities file antitrust suit against Bethlehem Steel and 12 fabricators and mills in seven Western states claiming a conspiracy to restrict rebar steel imports and fix bids. The action targets Bethlehem, U S Steel, Southwest Steel Rolling Mills and Pacific States Steel Corp among others, with demand for dissolution of the Western Reinforcing Manufacturers Association and related parties.
The Rev Dr James M McIntosh pastor of First Methodist Church Jamestown and former minister of the Corry church is named one of ten Methodist ministers in the United States chosen for a evangelistic mission to Great Britain and Ireland January 8 to 24 1960. The trip aims to acquaint British Methodism with American visitation evangelism methods and to help establish a long range program.
In Dauphin Pennsylvania an armed robbery at a food market ended in a gunfight. John Wilbur Davis, 49, of Harrisburg was killed. accomplice David Brubaker, 47, of Halifax RD 1, captured. Officer George E. Goodhart was wounded in the arm. four state police officers returned fire. Brubaker was described as an ex convict. the suspects had been under police surveillance for a week. Davis opened fire as police urged surrender. The scene was near Peters Mountain, Dauphin. An insurance executive obituary follows.
Hollywood Highlights explains payola as payments by record promoters to DJs to play songs. It notes long history, questions its illegality and morality, and shows potential for large under-the-table earnings, control by promoters, and influence on teen tastes through juke boxes and record firms.
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