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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1955
Page
6
Willie Die Mangel, 31, appealing for clemency after a 10 to 20 year sentence for second degree murder in the June 6 1951 killing of James Davis in a royal span e Posy case. He is at Western Penitentiary and the pardon board will hear his case in January.
Firefighters were summoned to 730 Liberty Survey after smoke from a pipe was mistaken for a blaze at Mrs Bridget McEvoy's residence. About 20 men and two pumpers responded. no fire was found. George P. Carpenter, 110 are given, of B.D. 2. Cherry Creek, is held in Jamestown jail Thursday on a felony weapon charge and charged with a second drunken driving offense. Police say the automobile crash and chase preceded his arrest at 7:40 p.m. Door prizes at the Stanford Hose Company ball went to Joseph Mooney and William Corbin. Weather outlook for Nov 26–30 shows below-normal temperatures with chances of snow mainly east tonight through Saturday.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an end to racial segregation on interstate trains and buses and ruled that segregated public waiting rooms are unlawful. It held that separate facilities imply inherent inferiority and that travelers face avoidable annoyances from segregation. About 4,000 Americans annually suffer disabling accidents while handling storm windows.
The Miller family mourns Daniel Leroy Miller aged 12 who died after a long battle with muscular dystrophy. Ronald Leon Miller, aged 12, had previously died three years earlier. The twins, born healthy to The Millers, showed early signs but declined after years of illness. They attended Grant School and later received in-home schooling as their condition worsened.
Adrian W. Smith, business manager of the Nichols School and a director of the Buffalo Evening News, died yesterday. He had long been prominent in Buffalo business circles and public life. From 1940 to 1945 he served as assistant to the vice president in charge of the wire plum division of Curtiss Wright Corp.
Meauville area police arrest a young parolee from Florida after a gas station robbery of 42 dollars. The suspect fled toward Meadville along Route 6 before officers boxed the vehicle in at a Cambridge Springs roadblock about 150 miles from the scene. No weapon was reported.
Robert Dart, 17, of University of Toronto, halting Haliburton in Ontario, picked up a bridge thind on Wednesday night and bid seven diamonds. He won in a laydown with all 19 diamonds held. Players pegged the odds at about 6,000,000 to 1 against such a hand.
Mary Acocksions of Jamestown, formerly of Cony and widow of Chirence H Slit, died in Jamestown General Hospital after four weeks as a patient. She was born in Pittsfield November 10, to Oliver Perry and Mary Alexander Acocks. A descendant of the Acocks family that helped establish Pittsfield, she was active in the First Methodist Church, Masonic orders, and local social groups. Her funeral arrangements are being handled by the Mendesuti-Tanith Funeral Home.
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