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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1957
Page
2
The Corry Journal reports Cancer Crusade chair Russell Pascus announced a raised total of 7,076.64 dollars, surpassing the state quota of 436,500. The piece notes activities and community events across Kane, Meadville, Warren, and Titusville including night school enrollments, sewer projects, a rummage sale, and health and municipal updates.
Admitted at Corry Hospital are Mrs. George McCray and Beverly Grinder among others with multiple names and addresses listed for discharge. Community notices include a $300 fundraiser for the John Shetler family, the Crawford County Rotary Club meeting with visiting speakers, and a $20,000 annual Erie Airport grant approved by Erie City Council plus maintenance pledges. A Meadvill child fractures a leg. Collier's Beauty Salon closes for remodeling. a Venango fire department donation of $1,000 is reported.
The Turnpike Commission said property owners inflate values when learning their land will be used for toll roads. One owner paid 3000 for a tract just before condemnation for the Northeastern Extension, now valued at 83000, according to legal counsel Henry E B Harner. The commission approved notifying assessing bodies of these self improved values.
At a Basin Harbor banquet Frank Ward president of the Greater Vermont Association says state agriculture officials informed him Vermont has 1900 more people than cows. He did not provide figures. the 1950 census lists Vermont with 377 747 people.
Lawrence County District Attorney Perry L. Reeder waived a preliminary hearing on charges he conspired with eight New Castle residents to prepare and distribute allegedly libelous campaign literature before last May’s primary. He said he would resist other rights, delaying trial likely until after the November elections. Grand jury meets again in December. Reeder runs for reelection.
Lt. D. W. Carr of Menlo Park California died from head injuries after his F4D jet suffered engine trouble and crash landed in an orchard near Moffett Naval Air Station California. The 25 year old left a wife and one year old daughter. His parents live in Muskogee Oklahoma.
In San Francisco police rushed to the dental office of Dr. Gerald T. O'Connor Monday after a patient nicknamed Nicholas Barlowsky threatened to kill the dentist and ordered patients to leave. He claimed O'Conner gulled the wrong tooth. In Denver Fred Wallace, 57, brother of Mrs. Bess Truman, died Monday five days after a heart attack while serving as an adjustor for the Colorado Highway Department.
AP analyst Ed Creagh reports from the White House as Southern governors push for a peaceful solution to Little Rock. President Eisenhower keeps federal troops in place after Arkansas Governor Faubus pledges to maintain law and order, but not to end federal court orders. Nine Negro children will attend school under Army protection today. The article notes the declining bald eagle population as a brief postscript.
New appointments reshape state routes as Lewis M. Stevens of Philadelphia becomes secretary of highways, succeeding Joseph J. Lawler Jr. Lawler joins the Turnpike Commission as vice chairman. E James Trimarchi Jr. is sworn in, part of a commission reorganization under Governor Leader. G. Franklin McSorley remains suspended as chair. John F. Byrne and Stevens complete the five members, with Stevens serving as ex-officio highway official.
The dean of the engineering faculty Williammeay at Perneylyattis State University was named to the commission after Mo Sorley was suspended. He previously served as vice chairman and returned to his Penn State post.
Cleveland Mayor Anthony J. Celebrese wins a third term in a landslide during a partisan primary. He plans to push a 15 million bond issue for downtown development, believed to boost his gubernatorial or senatorial prospects if approved.Observers say the bond could leverage private capital to spur citywide growth.
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