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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1953
Page
1
Vintage misspelled notice lists a home for sale or rent with contact numbers 232 and 2293. Mentions furnace gas automatic features, redecorated interior, and a price around 0 780. Describes Brown Sher as likely seller or contact.
A garbled page segment lists various properties, prices, and ad items including a 3 bed home, a Pleasant Street property, a 16 and AVall address, a 4 500 price, and references to a business, farm items, and tools. Also mentions Woodie and Guernicy with scattered numbers and dates.
Heavy fog contributed to two fatal crashes near Corry and Brokenstraw Airport. George Andrew Stafford, 18, of Union City died after being struck on Route seven miles west of Corry by a car driven by Fay Nowalk, 56, as Stafford reportedly walked along the highway. Mrs. George Senchuk, 48, of Youngsville died when her car was hit by a westbound passenger train at a guarded crossing near Brokenstraw Airport. Both victims were leaving homes to begin or resume daily duties, and state police labeled the train incident a crossing accident while absolving the driver of Stafford’s crash of responsibility. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
Chinese Nationalist sources say Torayo Mhvets airlift plan underway to evacuate about 200 men from Burma among 2,000 troops from the roving Chinese army tied to Li Mi and Chiang Kai-shek's government. Burma expects the UN to be informed as the 60 nation committee debates the Formosa aggression charge.
Three Pennsylvania officers arrived in Albuquerque to take custody of John Wesley Wable in the Bernalillo County jail. Wable, charged with murders in the turnpike shootings, claimed innocence and asked to go home to clear his name. Police pursued a reportedly conflicting statement and noted a pawn ticket from a victim. A separate obituary notes British actor Nigel Bruce’s funeral in Santa Monica with Hollywood attendance.
The Corry school board approved continuing the healthy wide recreation program on Monday Wednesday and Saturday nights at the Junior High gym for this winter. The enrollment report showed 1396 elementary students across local schools and the new high school expected to be filled in a few years. Budget actions included authorizing Treasurer Helen Jones to burn remaining 1924 Junior High bonds and transferring the balance in the sinking fund to the general fund.
Erie County highway officials announce a traffic light installation at Hughes Corners on Route 6 and Route 19 to reduce crashes. The four way intersection has caused property damage and one death this year and will be activated with a full stop and go cycle after delivery in November. Floyd Chalfant, publisher of the Waynesboro Record Herald since 1925, is named Mr Pennsylvania of 1963 at a banquet honoring his tenure as state commerce secretary.
British troops and police raided the Leitish People's Progressive Party HQ and homes of leaders as a widespread strike hammers the colony's sugar industry. Troops blocked streets and observers estimate the PPP strike could halt half of the sugar output within days.
Erie views a proposed bayfront development as 24 acres behind the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors Home may be sold to Werth Hammond of Columbus Garry for an industrial project. The state Department of Military Affairs will decide by October 30 on the sale with bids reevaluated after a September rejection. City officials weigh condemning the site and adding it to a larger bid, while the state also must approve the 52.4 acre sale.
Frank M. Porter president of the American Petroleum Institute spoke at the Belle Vue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia asserting there is no global oil shortage. He touted ongoing discovery and reclamation of oil fields and Middle East significance to the world energy balance. Haircut prices rise at Pittsburgh shops to 1.50 with updated schedules and weekend rates.
Reports from Panmunjom say the Korean War POW repatriation commission plans to begin explanations Thursday. The U N C has completed a permanent center to interview about 23 300 North Korean and Chinese POWs, while the Communists have not yet replied.
Secretary of State Dulles will join Anthony Eden and Georges Bidault in London for talks on pressing world problems likely including Trieste and Korea. The talks follow a July Washington meeting and come as Tito threatens to intervene in Trieste Zone A. Angelo Bandova dies in CabtLe from a bedroom fire. his wife perished in a related incident 23 years earlier.
Kansas City authorities moved Bobby Green's alleged abductors Jeane Jony and Carl Austin Mallane from St. Louis to Kenstie Olly under heavy guard. The pair face possible death penalty if convicted. The case centers on Green's disappearance near a Missouri Kansas line area and a shallow grave behind a St. Joseph area residence.
Washington reports the United States and 16 Korean partners remain firm against neutral nations joining the proposed Korean peace conference. A U N side telegram says an American representative may attend at Panmunjom to discuss only time and place and procedural questions. The Communist demand for broader participation was rejected.
Fragmented report notes the death of 54 year old Sabry Aly, once accused by Egypt's Revolutionary Court of spying for Cairo. The court system handed multiple sentences including life terms for others such as former Premier Ybrahim Abdel Madi, commuted by the Revolutionary Council.
Day 41 of Tamestowts drove east on Route 6N and stopped for a light, colliding with a car driven by Robert Hundland 29 of Erie. Damage to both vehicles estimated at 81 200. Two medgerits investigated. Other incidents included a driveway accident on Bush Minin Street causing 278 total damage and a parking lot minor collision causing 75 damage.
Rossin urged the United Nations Security Council to retry approval of an international administration for the Free Territory of Trieste. In New York Secretary of the Army Stevens warned civilian employees who refuse to answer questions on communism before a Senate subcommittee will be summarily suspended after a closed hearing on alleged Army security leaks. Signal Corps laborers at Fort Monmouth discuss matters.
Belgrade reports anti Western demonstrations as Tito warns of direct talks and possible troop moves into the Zone A area. US and British officials monitor tension while Yugoslav crowds clash with police and embassy staff amid fears of a broader war.
Vormee Sheed, longtime figure in amateur athletics, dies at Annesville Hospital. Former president of the Allee Mountain Amateur Athletic Unit, he served Ames County sports and civic groups. Burial plans to be announced by Aspinwall Veterans Afexinteretintt Hospital.
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