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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1953
Page
6
An eight year old Sharon Toulse McIntire of Oil City was bitten on the ear by a bat that entered the home Saturday night. Her father disposed of the creature after the child cried out in sleep as a full house of television addicts was expected for a Titusville City Council meeting.
A report details a low rate artificial heart that circulates blood for up to 20 minutes with a pump at 10 percent of normal, potentially applicable to humans. In dogs, a plastic bypass tube draws blood from clamped veins, sends it to the lung, then returns refreshed blood to the body, with 90 percent success in 63 trials.
Mrs. Arthur Marhoefer, who fainted while surrendering her 29 month old foster daughter Sharon Ann to Mrs. Bonnie Sue Stanley, remained in Spencer Hospital under family orders not to disclose her condition. The Meadville couple had complied with a State Supreme Court order directing them to return the child, born in a Pittsburgh foundling home, to Mrs. Stanley after a two year custody battle.
Omar N. Bradley spoke at Indiana University during Newspaper Week ceremonies dedicating a bronze plaque for Ernie Pyle. The World War II star, praising Pyle’s reporter’s craft, noted his typewriter had a soul and told the story to the world. Sigma Delta Chi sponsored the event as part of the observance.
A $300,000 fire gutted a Falk Oil Co storage warehouse in Edgewater, with eight community fire units tackling flames that raged for hours. The incident disrupted operations at the Cargill vegetable air division of Falk Quality Products. Separately in Salt Lake City, two pilots abandoned plans to attempt a world duration flight record this year after multiple tries.
Falconer police questioned a suspect after a 700 burglary at the No Way Restaurant around 4 30 a m. A neighbor heard breaking glass, and officers arrived minutes late. Loot included 200 from a jukebox, 200 cash, two watches worth 2250 each, and two wallets. James Calabrese, the proprietor, lives upstairs but was not awakened.
A tropical storm named Gail, seventh of the season, is building in the Atlantic with winds of 80 to 90 mph. It was reported near Guadeloupe, about 4,600 miles southeast of Florida, with forecasts suggesting it could be two weeks from North America as it travels westward.
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