Silted cryptic note about a new dress design
A fragmentary message hints at a new dress design or fashion update described in unclear terms. It mentions fabric and a possible clothing creation process but lacks concrete names, dates, or locations.
09 Oct 1954
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1954
Page
1
A fragmentary message hints at a new dress design or fashion update described in unclear terms. It mentions fabric and a possible clothing creation process but lacks concrete names, dates, or locations.
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee delays public hearings on the Dixon Yates private power proposal citing heavy campaign schedules. The plan envisions a private utility group building a generating plant at West Memphis Arkansas with power routed through TVA lines.
Norman C. Brillhart Reading head of the Pennsylvania State Education Association urged a broad base levy or bond base tax to meet state educational needs in the next biennium. He said costs will exceed last biennium by about 80 million dollars and noted current spending on education.
Pennsylvania Employment Service reports signs of improvement in the local labor picture for the past month. Forty referrals led to 26 hires as openings totaled 27. Unemployment claims fell from 488 to 173 in September, with continued claims dropping to 1,798. Most hiring was recall based with 3 clerical, 2 service, 5 skilled, 10 semi skilled, and 6 unskilled/entry placements. New applications filed totaled 106, keeping total job seekers at 583, down from 660.
Mrs. Scully was drawn as the winner of a new auto in a Beaver Club raffle held after the Corry Grove City football game. The club raised $518.35 for the high school football field fund with sales across the summer and into draw time. Taxes will take about 20 percent of the car price.
Thirteen people were unaccounted for after a three story Milam Hotel and four other businesses burned in Wichita Falls Texas. Fire officials said it would be days before confirming any deaths and four pumpers worked to combat the smoldering ruins. Two firemen suffered minor injuries. A separate note: Queen Mother Elizabeth will visit Ottawa November 12 to 17 arriving from Washington and staying at Government House with Governor General Vincent Maswy.
October 18 was set to hear arguments in the four local fraternal clubs versus the school district case. Judge Elmer Evans will hear preliminary legal points raised by Solicitor Franke McKnight and attorney William Peiffer. The clubs contend the levy is discriminatory as not all city classes are taxed.
In Harlem a 31 year old boarder Benito Rivera Mandonados attacked with a baseball bat killing a 4 year old girl a grandmother and a 14 year old girl. Police say pills were found on each victim and he shouted come and get me as officers closed in. A television set and chairs were smashed in the savage assault.
Roger W. Babson urges readers to hire a lawyer and prepare a will, rechecking annually. He notes over 70 percent die without a will, risking property to undesired heirs, with many stock and bond holdings at stake and insurance payouts to unprepared recipients. Continued on Page Three.
Chairman William Pelt ter announced quotas for the 1954 Community Chest appeal. The drive aims to raise 82.15 thousand dollars with divisions led by Kenneth Bene san at 12000 and R W Brown at 4200. Township quotas include Concord 100 and Wayne 100, among others, as advance soliciting begins ahead of the two week drive.
In a tense Springfield District Court appearance Kenneth Chapin, 14, pleaded not guilty to two murder charges connected to the stabbing deaths of a 14 year old babysitter and a four year old. Judge John M. Novan ordered him held without bail for a hearing October 18. The boy's father Theodore Chapin attended the arraignment. the youth showed no emotion as he was led away. A companion item notes an FBI arrest involving a 40 year old Joseph Sydney Petergen and others tied to NSA document theft.
Senate housing corruption probe may yield additional indictments. Capehart said hearings revealed suspected bribery and improper conduct in the FHA program. A federal grand jury was instructed to probe Clyde Powell and related activities as witnesses prepare for a November 9 hearing.
President Eisenhower urged continued GOP control of Congress in a nationwide TV radio address at a Denver rally attended by about 6 500 people. He warned Democrats could trigger a cold war of partisan politics and cited the need for unified leadership to keep the White House under Republican control. He was repeatedly interrupted by applause and the program ran overtime on networks coast to coast.
Hurricane Hazel roared through the Central Caribbean at about 125 miles per hour. Weather officials warned ships and planes away as forecasters predicted a west northwest path continuing toward the region and away from land.
Local Civil Defense leaders plan a full scale dry run for October 7 to study the county wide mass evacuation. About 200 000 residents in Corry and surrounding areas are expected to be affected as volunteers and police prepare routes and communications to manage traffic and safety during the simulated event.
The United States accuses Ruanda of willfully lying about the July 1964 downing of an American B50 bomber over the seas east of Japan and seeks damages of 3 or 992.04. The note asks Russia to join in bringing the dispute to the International Court of Justice. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. will circulate the text to Security Council members.
Coast Guard reports a 4 000-ton ore freighter Mor Mackie capsized about 150 miles east southeast of Cape Henry with 48 aboard. Two men were picked up and three sighted in the water by the Greek freighter Macedonia and Coast Guard planes. Survivors were located in life jackets as wreckage drifted. one prior collision record noted in Baltimore archives.
Marilyn Monroe, fresh from filing for divorce from Joe DiMaggio on Tuesday, returned to her studio Thursday but fell ill and was sent home yesterday. The studio expects her to resume work on Monday.
Premier Pierre Mendes France urged the National Assembly to back the London agreements permitting limited German rearmament within a Brussels alliance, warning that defeat could trigger new elections. He sought to rally deputies and warned against nonendorsement of his government as a confidence matter.
The Communications Ministry reports virtually all major highways in Mexico blocked by rain and landslides. Part of the Pan American Highway and routes from El Paso andaredo to Mexico City were impassable with bridges washed out and traffic suspended between Mexico City and Tixpatlan.
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