28 Oct 1954
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1954
Page
1
A damaged fragment notes a small table and standings. It mentions a few names and a possible event or election style item. The readable text is incomplete but suggests a summary of table ranks and scores in a local setting.
The readable parts mention section sare to vas gen ings and refer to trials in a quarter. No clear names, places, dates, or concrete actions emerge beyond scattered phrases about sections and trials.
President Eisenhower outlined a major 1954 campaign push with a televised Citizens for Eisenhower dinner tonight. He will then fly tomorrow to Cleveland Detroit Louisville and Wilmington Delaware, making airport talks with GOP candidates in each stop. Adlai Stevenson, in Wilmington, accused Nixon and Brownell of political manipulation.
London reports Jane's Fighting Ships says the United States Navy with about 6000 vessels is the largest peacetime fleet and equals the combined strength of other major navies. Russia leads in submarines but trails in surface ships, with 370 to 400 subs versus about 200 U S submarines.
Admiral Earl Mountbatten, commander in chief of Allied forces in the Mediterranean, is named Britain's first sea lord the highest post in the Royal Navy. His German-born father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, faced pressure during World War I.
The Jansen brothers Tom and Jim formally open Jansen's at 120 North Center Street a combined cut rate and dairy store. The event runs three days with daily grocery basket drawings free coffee Friday and Saturday 65 loaves of bread balloons for children and deals on dairy items sandwiches magazines cameras and film supplies. The former locations were on First Avenue and 134 North Center Street.
In Pittsburgh a 33 year old mother, Margaret Chatles of West Mifflin, pleaded guilty to shooting and killing her husband Fred Chatles, 38, on July 14 as he taunted her on the porch. Judge Samuel A. Weiss sentenced her to two years in the Allegheny County Workhouse and costs, then immediately set aside the sentence after she testified to enduring years of abuse.
Atlantic and Pacific grocery officials again did not appear at a Carry Zoning Board hearing. The board extended the hearing date to Wednesday at 7 p.m. and warned the application for appeal regarding zoning restrictions could be denied by default. The meeting also considered Corry YMCA construction at 904 North Gerner Street and a potential rezoning request for Town and Country development off Russell Road from Class D Residential to Class A.
A Democratic caravan led by Senator George M Leader, the party’s gubernatorial nominee, will arrive in Corry Saturday at 2 80 p m. Roy Furman seeks lieutenant governor, Genevieve Blatt runs for secretary of internal affairs, and Jens Jiuliante Jr. contests the State Assembly from Eve County. Local party members plan a city stop for the candidates to meet voters and speak.
Explosion and ensuing fire leveled the two story brick and frame residence of Washington County Judge Neve and his wife while they were visiting friends nearby. No one was home at the time. the blast woke residents across the area. Fire department spokesman said the explosion likely originated in a gas furnace.
Three month old Jerry Lee Scouten of R D 1 Corry died at Children's Hospital Pittsburgh after heart surgery begun at 8 30 am He was born July 23 at Corry Memorial Hospital and survived by parents two brothers and grandparents A benefit bingo in Spartansburg raised over 150 to help offset expenses with funeral services set for 2 pm tomorrow at Torrey and Haly Funeral Home and burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Concord Corners Hall officiated by John W Rhabest Gompel Tubernicle.
A motion by Attorney Charles Margiotti to quash indictments delays trials for 15 Republicans accused of foraling or aspiring to sway state employees to contribute to a political campaign. Indictments remain active but the crowded calendar pushes hearings past November 29, with trials possibly set for the week of December.
In North Philadelphia a deadly explosion in a plant yard killed Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Kline and Battalion Chiefs John J. News and John P. Magrann. Twenty four firemen and policemen were injured as a 16 foot steel tank burst apart after a warning call.
Plans completed for a UNICEF fundraising trick or treat event in Corry on Saturday night. Children in costume will collect pennies from households for UNICEF while others under 19 will seek candy under the charity appeal. A display on Center Street showcases UNICEF impact as Corry organizations support the drive.
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania expects to cut school milk prices to 15 cents per half pint by using a New Federal surplus commodity program. Officials plan to issue 2,300,000 dollars’ worth of milk tickets for the 1954 55 period to help about 1 300 districts participate across roughly 2 500 schools statewide.
In Cleveland the prosecution unexpectedly dismissed a juror from the Sheppard murder trial, replacing jurors James Manning and Frank Kollarits as the trial stalls with two challenges remaining. Defense attorney William J. Corrigan plans to call Dr Charles W Elkins to assess injuries on defendant Sam Sheppard while testimony from doctors in Phoenix and local physicians unfolds.
State Police report 44 year old Pat Ford Kemper of Brookfield Ohio is held in Butler County Jail on four burglary counts. Authorities say Kemper admitted involvement in a burglary spree across Western Pennsylvania.
U S Ambassador Bohlen seeks direct Foreign Minister Molotov’s personal intervention after a string of alleged Soviet indignities to American diplomats. Reports detail confrontations over photography by embassy wives near the U S Embassy in Moscow, with competing Washington and Moscow accounts of the incident and ongoing protests from Washington. The episode follows broader tensions over diplomatic immunity and restrictions on foreign activity in Russia.
Corry police attended a radar speed demonstration held yesterday in Oil City. Mayor Earl O’Therey Chief Marley Drake and GP1 Frank Carnegie viewed the private showing, with 40 officials from nearby cities and State Police attending the public session. The Electro-Matic radar meter, demonstrated by D. Shipley of Harrisburg, clocks speeding vehicles with high accuracy, though radar checks remain unenforceable in Pennsylvania courts until a future DOT measure makes them legal.
Corry Community Chest drive faces shortfall as divisions report varying progress. LW divisions say commitments met, hospitals division claims quota, others still awaiting complete accounting as chairmen note ongoing updates and final tally forthcoming.
Mayor Thomas Platney and 26 others await grand jury action in a sprawling gambling investigation. District Attorney Damian Meingiin, a Republican, says the syndicate netted about 20 million annually. Key figures Mcbaughtin and Marti faced bribery and conspiracy charges. Schwartz and Creschman waived several counts. Next Wednesday is tentatively set for further grand jury action.
Eugene Stoll testified at the Howard Darn hearing that Lamb’s background suggests a "stool pigeon" role within the Communist party in Toledo during the 1940s. Brell claimed a Toledo Communist official said Cummings was "informing" on the party as the hearing examined the Erie television license renewal and Lamb’s alleged associations.
The U N Political Committee approved a call for firepower talks on disarmament after two weeks of debate. Russia and the West backed the measure but warned real arms control remains distant. The plan authorizes a subcommittee of five sponsors to examine major reductions while seeking broader agreement.
In Dayton a pair of conjoined twins celebrate their third birthday with ice cream and cake as family gathers. Doctors had warned separation could be fatal due to shared organs, but the father says they will never separate the boys and avoid surgery.
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