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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1956
Page
2
Corry and nearby towns report on tax study committee activities with city officials, union, and Erie County groups contributing volunteers. Local notices include fundraising subscriptions, court actions, hospitalizations, church events, car and fire reports, and a police department staffing update in Oil City Jamestown and Warren regions.
Mixed hospital notices list Admitted and Discharged individuals across multiple streets and towns including Mitchell, Willis, Miles, Houser, Bemis, Heliker, Hurlbut, Tompkins, Gates, Chelton, Holthouse, Chase, and others. Local business and civic items note gas company acquisition approval, shop hours, open house dates for Union City Joint High School, police lookout for stolen vehicles in Titusville, and upcoming lodge and PTA events.
Yugoslavia seeks independence from Moscow amid two weeks of secret talks with Soviet leader Khrushchev. U S officials report limited military aid deliveries, including spare parts and small arms, as Eisenhower orders routine shipments only.
Storms hit Florida with diminishing intensity as rain becomes light in southern Florida and along the West Coast. Shower squalls and strong winds forecast with small craft warnings from Cape Hatteras to the Florida Keys and up to Tarpon Springs on the west coast. Orlando records 0.51 inches in 24 hours as stormy weather continues in the region.
Former Eisenhower era tax chief James E Andrews announces a presidential bid with running mate Thomas H. Werdel. They court 14 states on the banner for a new home for exiled party members, arguing a third party could swing results in Virginia and elsewhere. Andrews claims the choice will not matter which old party wins, as either would continue socialist government.
Republican leaders in Bernalillo County hosted a rally to introduce top candidates but failed to invite the guest of honor. A late phone call gathered Tomer Guy, Edwin Meche, who seeks another term, while county chair George McKim introduced him with a misstatement. Severe weather roared across Texas and the Plains with hail floods and a 34 inch cloudburst.
WBEN TV Buffalo airs a busy lineup with 5:00 Children’s Theatre and Range Rider, 00 News and Sports, 15 Sport Clinic, 30 Patti Page, 45 News 700 Annie Oakley, 7:30 Name That Time, 7:55 Republican Program, 00 Phil Silvers Show, 8:30 The Brothers, 9:00 Herb Shriner, 10:00 The $64,000 Question, 10:25 Democratic Program, 10:30 Do You Trust Your Wife, 11:00 Late News and Weather, 11:30 Eleven-thirty Theatre.
Ex governor William H Alfalfa Bill Murray, Oklahoma’s ninth chief executive, died after a five day battle with double pneumonia and stroke complications. A colorful pioneer, he governed from 1931 to 1935 and earlier served 1891 to 1935, later writing books on politics and history. His sons Johnston Murray and Burbank Murray were among those at his bedside.
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