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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1951
Page
7
A terse OCR fragment indicates a board table endorsing a recommendation. The snippet lacks clear names, places, dates, or concrete actions, leaving the exact subject and outcome ambiguous.
Rocky Murciano, the leading white hope for the heavyweight crown, meets aging Joe Laws at Madison Square Garden in New York on Friday. Murciano, 27, has won 82 by knockout and five by decision, with Louis favored to win but a late surge in betting expected as the bout approaches.
Drake University athletic council votes unanimously for immediate hearing with Missouri Valley Conference officials over what it calls malicious attacks on Johnny Bright. The council plans talks with Commissioner A. E. Gilers and Tulsa Univ. exec George Small by October 9. A Black halfback sustained a broken jaw in the Oklahoma A and M game.
Leo Durocher, age 45, named baseball's manager of the year for 1951 by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He led the New York Giants to a sensational pennant comeback, beating Casey Stengel of the Yankees and others in the AP poll. Durocher credited his players for the championship run at the Polo Grounds.
Louis predicts a knockout win over Rocky Marciano at Madison Square Garden Friday night. He dismisses Marciano’s abilities after watching the Marciano vs Layne film, while Marciano trains with endurance work in four-minute rounds. Odds favor Marciano slip to 6 to 5, Brockton, Massachusetts, undefeated.
The Mabel Shoppe team improved to 27-1 with a sweep of the Rita Restaurant in Bowl-Aire action. Thompson Maple Products, Superior Cleaners, and Brigham's Hardware posted three point wins as other matches produced scores across multiple squads. Lena Group's 186 led individual efforts amid mixed results for Corry Journal keylerettes and other league action at Bowl-Aire.
Titusville Pa October 2 Robert Ewing 32 crippled by two bad ankles used bow and arrow and crutches to shoot a 115 pound deer. The deer approached within 10 yards before the first arrow struck in the neck.
Corry Rod and Gun Club elected Kurt Lindberg state champion in skeet shooting as president at the October meeting. Art Cochran became vice president with R. R. Jewell as financial and recording secretary, William Hall as corresponding secretary. Board of trustees selected Dan DeJew, Donald Stewart and R. N. McDonald. Turkey bingo set for November 10 and a turkey shoot November 11 at the skeet field, with lunch served after the session.
Harrisburg October 24 The U S equitation team won the low score events at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show led by 43 year old Arthur McCashin of Pluckemin New Jersey and his horse Pile Face who with Mrs Carol Durand of Kansas City Missouri won the pair jumping event with only four and a half faults counted against them Pate Face also took the time event as they completed a ten hurdle course without fault ahead of Mexico's Captain Sutien Uriza on Mexicano
Pittsburgh fans get a glimpse of Michigan State’s single wing as coach Tom Hamilton tests State’s offense with a freshman eleven against Pitt ahead of the Saturday clash in Lansing. The Newark bout highlights are also noted with Giorda defying Martina in Newark.
Harrisburg report shows Pennsylvania antlerless deer license quotas near half full with seven weeks before season. 87 counties exhausted quotas. many more running low as enforcement details place 60 percent of licenses at county treasurers and 40 percent at Harrisburg. Statewide quota is 295000. refunds for excess purchases unlikely. The antlerless season runs December 14 and 15, with duck season December 9-13. Counties with exhausted quotas include Berks, Blair, Bucks, Dauphin, Garden, Clarion, Columbia, Crawford, Erie, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Luzerne, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder, Susquehanna, Sullivan, Union, Venango, Washington, and Wyoming.
Paddy Young of New York listed at 160 pounds faced Johnny Noel of New York, also 160 pounds, in the authorized bout at Broadway Arena. The event headlined last night’s boxing card with Young prevailing over Noel.
White Plains and Hartford appear as locations with scattered names and scores. The text mentions a bout or points with Sammy and Culians. details and formatting are incomplete, making exact actions, participants, and outcomes hard to identify.
The piece notes Linda Cook’s pageant of simple joys and her parents’ plan to buy a new refrigerator with help from the National Bank of Corry. It mentions a four wish limit and a tummy ache avoidance as part of the whimsy while detailing the family’s intent to purchase through the National Bank of Torry Installment Loan Department.
The National Bank of Corry announces insured deposits up to $10,000 by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and promotes safety deposit boxes as a new service option for customers.
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