CORRY JOURNAL Summary of Foreign Travel and Oil Trends
A Corry Journal feature discusses American tourists spending a record one and a quarter billion dollars abroad this year with Canada Mexico and Cuba most popular Europe and the Mediterranean closely following led by the United Kingdom France and Italy. It notes Americas prosperity boosting travel and exports while highlighting Europe oil exploration boom from the Middle East to North Africa and a 1954 European daily production around 100000 barrels with Austria under Soviet control and imports near two million barrels daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Europe
Mediterranean
United Kingdom
France
Italy
America
Middle East
Egypt
North Africa
Atlantic
Austria
How Smart Are You 41 Current events quiz test
A reader quiz asks seven questions on national and international affairs. Topics cover U S aid to allies, Small Business Administration loan outcomes, origins of Portland cement, state legislative sizes, changes in farm debts, Arab States membership, and Abraham Lincoln in the U S war era.
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Federal Small Business Administration
Portland” Cement
Portland
Ore
Portland Island
England
California
Illinois
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania
Texas
Egypt
Lebanon
Libya
Syria
Turkey
Abraham Lincoln
Corry and Columbus Exchanges Consolidated in 1835
Corry and Columbus telephone exchanges were merged this morning, routing Columbus subscribers through the Corry line and expanding service. Aviation enthusiasts pressed for city airport development with Works Progress Administration support, while boxer KO-Schulta from Corry defeated Erie’s Harpo Hutnyak in Erie on the American Taion card.
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Corry
Columbus
Corry Exchaner
Works Press Administration
K O-Schulta
Harpo Hutnyak
Erie
Laymen's Day Planned at Corry Fist Methodist
Lay members led by Paul Meerdink will host Laymen's Day at Corry's Fist Methodist Church. The 1 a.m. service features speakers Mrs. W. B. Stowe Mrs. L. Davison Hi Lynn Rice and Hubert Vaughn on the theme Be Ye Doers. Evening service at 7 10 will include Rev George A Myrra and Youth Choir singing Lord Most Merciful. Public invited.
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Meres Weere
Fist Methodist
Corry
Wymen
Paul Meerdink
Meerdink
W. B. Stowe
Lord, Most Merciful
Franck
Roaming Round News Detours Through Odd Local Tales
Fragmented text reports scattered notes about charges, train incidents, a missing person link to Cleveland, and a TV segment featuring Cory Area High School students. It mentions stolen cars, a Grape Festival entry, and police notes tying a Cleveland theft to Erie Pittsburgh and Ohio cities, with a frayed tale of a yellow-tagged car and license checks.
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Messencerre
Army Corps
Cleseland
Martie Ht
Corry
Gust Wester
Mide
Cory Area High School
Debars
Now East
Olin
Erie
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Rheck
Hart
Cleveland
Corry area notes in brief local items and state matters
A Canton incident cited a weak evidence thread in a case involving Connecticut defense litter purchases and federal matching funds. Corry reports show new stop signs with painted reflectors, hospital site considerations for a major development, Wright School drill performance, and S E Anderson praising Corry school plant cost efficiency at 2.1 percent of the tax dollar versus regional and national figures.
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Canton
Connecticut
Connecti
Corry
Corry Memorial Hospital
Erie Presbytery
Wright School
Busi
S. E. Anderson
Local figures mix with rumors and minor incidents
A clipped Meadville area report highlights a 47 percent regional average versus 42 percent nationally, with speculation denied about a local death. It notes upcoming marriage news, Meadville tax office estimates on outlay to four districts, a nightbird collision incident on a Sunporch, and Erie rail wreck losses near Gowanda.
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Meidville
Meadville
Frank McKnight
Sunporch
Curtis O'Shell
Columbus
Erie
Gowarlda
Two State Police Aid Cracking Large Auto Theft Ring
Pvt. Walter Krupa of Corry and Pvt. Robert Backstrom at the Lawrence Park barracks initiated the probe that grew into a major auto theft case later taken over by the FBI due to theft scale and ensuing charges. A separate note mentions local teens rumoured to possess and use marijuana prompting quiet police scrutiny amid county health unit ballot talk this November.
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Walter Krupa
Corry
Lawrence Park Barracks
Robert Backstrom
FBI
Down to Earth Plan Debated Amid Cost Concerns
The piece notes doubts about a proposed unit as being impractical due to high costs, with both advocates and critics accused of misleading statements. It also mentions a historical postal service action connecting a Corry resident to a friend from over four decades ago and a later clarification involving George Hall of RD Corry.
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Corry
New York State
George Hall
Worncor
Marriage Result Of Meeting Between Local Residents
A meet ing led to marriage for a local couple as Mayor Jl T. Cherry initiates a new home construction on Est Columbus avenue. The Post Office Department shifts policy toward renting offices built to government specs with local funding. Japan exports $1,222,048 in autos in the first half of 1955, 60 percent lower than last year.
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Bottinelli-Kimball, Inc
Lexington Avenue
New York
Michigan Square
Chicago
Mortgage & Bond
Detroit
Chamber of Com
Pittsburgh
Weightman
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Corry
Jl T. Cherry
Columbus Avenue
Post Office Department
Japan
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Corry Journal
al Taylor
Soli Street
Board of Education
Supt. Wilson
Concord
Hattie Bonsteel
Hatch
Lotta Bonsteel
Washington
Gertrude Cosle
Fairview
Mary A. Ross
Rexall Drugs
Center St
Connie’s
Blue Boy Sauerkraut
Libby
French
Hassen
Rival Dog Food
Vaan
Fogle Lumber Co
Franklin St
Corry, Pa
Soby
First Ave
Dial
Hammond
Eagle Street
Corry's Smart Women's Shop
Dodd
Thomas Motors
Bel Airs
Clinton Street
Thomas Motors of
Corry, Inc
SGI
Green Stamps
Crystal Coal CO
Maple Ave
Cobb's Corners Community Church
Spring Creek Road
William Hazlett
Young Evangelist
Portage, PA
E. W. Aldrich
Baliem Valley
Mossberg
North Center ST
Corry [ Savings Cloan Guns Center
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