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28 Oct 1958
Page 1
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1958
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR item mentions a 1128 public file and an acre like entry. Reads unclear with several garbled names and places. No clear event or outcome usable for a full card.
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More than 250 Corryites attended a testimonial dinner at Corry Area High School honoring the 74th year of the Raymond division of Associated Spring Corp. Carlyle F Barnes urged continued business growth. E W Feldt lauded long service. PF Whittlesey’s 75th year drew a standing ovation as pensioned and longtime employees were celebrated.
Communist forces shelled Quemoy island across the Formosa Strait while stormy weather hindered naval convoys. The Nationalist Defense Ministry reported 103 shells landed on the island by noon after a nine hour offshore bombardment.
President Eisenhower campaigned in New York after denouncing Democrats as spendthrifts while Truman warned Democratic prospects looked strong in a Gallup poll. Nixon urged skepticism about polls during a Flint speech as Eisenhower criticized a divided opposition promising only deadlock. Rain reduced crowds in Pittsburgh and Charleston but Eisenhower touted economic policies as counter to recession. He arrived in New York for a television address before continuing to Pennsylvania.
A pre-dawn fire swept a two-story frame house in Apollo killing three children aged one to three. Nine others, including five children from another family, were rescued. The dead are Norman Kirkpatrick Jr Gregory and Veronica. The father said flames and smoke blocked escape upstairs. Grandparents, a daughter, and five others survived.
Witnesses report a false fire alarm from Box 45 at Church and Spring. Stanford Hose officials say a second false alarm in the area followed. after questioning Concord School students, authorities identified the youth responsible and turned the case to city police following an officials' lecture.
Law enforcement agencies issue nine warnings to residents and parents about Halloween pranks. They warn that unlawful destruction of property, including arson, will be punished to the fullest extent of the law. Police Chief Harley Dake cites Halloween Toss as a concern. state and township officers pledge strict enforcement.
Western diplomats fear Soviet stall of Big Three talks on a one year suspension of nuclear tests. Valerian Zorin at the UN restated Moscow’s demand for an immediate unconditional halt, plus an inspection system to verify compliance, while signaling continued tests until parity with U S and Britain.
Boris Pasternak, author of Doctor Zhivago, was expelled from the Soviet Writers' Union for treacherous behavior. The Literary Gazette reported the unanimous ruling by the union’s presidium after an executive meeting.
An Illinois, 24 year old Jet pilot was given an indeterminate sentence not to exceed 50 years by the state prison for attempting to rob an Abilene bank. Lt Delbert Dunmire formerly of Cloyne Pa and stationed at Schilling Air Force Base near Salvia pleaded guilty to entering a banking institution with intent to rob. Dunmire was arrested 15 minutes after the Commercial Street Bank was robbed of 2461 dollars.
Pravda announced the death of Vladimir V. Lukyanov secretary of the Communist party Control Committee and a member of its central auditing commission. He was 57.
Vatican City AP report says Angelo Cardinal Roncalti chosen pope succeeding Pius XI. He becomes the Vatican's 222nd supreme ruler, age 16, with titles including Bishop of Rome and Sovereign of Vatican City. The selection follows a long papal reign and aligns with Catholic doctrine of apostolic succession.
In Summersville West Virginia an explosion at the Oglehay Norton coal mine trapped up to 20 workers as rescuers labored. In Bishop Virginia investigators entered a deep Pocahontas Fuel tunnel seeking the cause of the second blast in 21 months. Twenty two miners died Monday in the same area where 37 perished on February 4 1957. A formal public hearing is slated to begin Wednesday as thousands gathered and rescue teams worked to reach the missing. Chief Crawford Wilson of the West Virginia Bureau of Mines led a rescue party and confirmed the death toll reporting gas explosion.
The new pope, bald and kindly, is popular in Italy and abroad especially in Prune where he spent eight years as Papal Nuncion. He is healthy and tireless, with polished manners and quick wit that endear him at diplomatic receptions. He was born to a farmhand in a Bergamo village.
Aleks Jr., 18, confessed to shooting his father to death and dumping the body in a trunk into the Hudson River. He was seized four days after fleeing with the murder weapon, while Testie Couillard, 17, aided in disposing of the body and was held as a material witness.
Ida Markier, 63, of Novi Versailles Township, was killed by an automobile near her home in McKeesport. Police charged 82 year old William R. Clay of Versailles Borough with driving under the influence. Bond set at $10,000.
Three Moscow professors P. A. Cherenkov I. M. Frank I. E. Tamme win the Nobel Prize in Physics for the Cherenkov effect and a cosmic ray counter. Sanger wins the chemistry prize for insulin structure. The awards spark Soviet political tension over Boris Pasternak and Doctor Zhivago.
Preston J. Moore of the American Legion accuses a smear campaign against FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover and the FBI. He criticizes a New York Post report and cites planned magazine pieces as part of the alleged attack.
A Corry woman narrowly avoided striking a horse on Route 277 four miles south of Corry. She swerved onto the shoulder to avoid the animal, but her car skidded and hit a ditch. The horse and rider Lee Wettenberg escaped injury. the car suffered about 25 dollars in damage.
Secretary of State Dulles accuses Red China of promiscuous killing amid Quemoy shelling. He links Moscow’s rejection of a one year nuclear test pause to lagging in weapons, but says the U S remains willing to pause tests if Russia refrains after Friday.
President Eisenhower ramps up attacks on the Democrats in New York after pausing in Pennsylvania. He campaigns for a Republican Congress and touts gains under his administration. He also backs Nelson Rockefeller for governor and Kenneth Keating for the U.S. Senate, meeting with party workers and later addressing crowds in Charleston and New York City.
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