This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1954
Page
6
South Penn Oil Co owner of 84.33 percent of Pennzoil stock offers to purchase 20 000 Pennzoil shares at 23 50 a share through October 15. Past offers paid as high as 37 a share. Pennzoil rights once reached 33 25. Pennzoil paid no dividends in 1954.
Franklin City Council protested changes announced by Franklin Garbage Co raising residential charges to 3.30 a quarter and requiring residents to replace worn gar bag cans. The city also pays 600 annually for park trash hauling and Christmas tree disposal and plans to write the firm expressing displeasure as a customer.
Gulf Oil Corp announces two new buildings and additions to a tank farm at its Harmarville research center. The project costs about 2.4 million dollars and will expand space and equipment for fuel and lubricant testing in internal combustion engines.
Allegheny Air Lines asked the Civil Aeronautics Board to trim service to Lock Haven Pennsylvania to one round trip daily in periods without daylight saving. It said pilots refuse to land after dark and that cutting service would not unfairly deprive intermediate points on its Pittsburgh New York route. One nautical mile equals 6 080 2 feet.
W M Miles special representative for the Bessemer Railroad told City Council the line is sinking and asked reconsideration of its petition to the Public Utility Commission to discontinue the Greenville Erie passenger service. Mayor Flatley said council would meet to decide whether to uphold their protest resolution. Miles said the railroad loses about 85000 dollars yearly on the route.
A railroad spokesman says the passenger average into Erie during March 1954 was under four daily, with June showing a peak under six daily. The service affects Girard Fairview and Albion communities, prompting discussions on future operations.
Miles stated that the proposal to drop passenger service would impact four workers. HMS Victory remains in Portsmouth dry dock for daily inspection until sunset.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.