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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1956
Page
4
The article outlines Adlai Stevenson’s stance on health care proposing voluntary universal coverage with hospital and office services. He calls for loans to start programs, state matching funds, and aid to low income families, aiming beyond the Eisenhower framework toward broader health insurance plans.
The Daily Worker quotes William Z Foster claiming Communist strength in the United States ebbs as workers gain more income and affordable goods. Foster argues better capitalist prosperity reduces allure of the party among the have-nots.
Local notices report Sunday church attendance by families from Sugar Grove and Trottsville. Community members hosted guests from Younestown and Warren. The piece mentions Days of Decision at Evangelical United Brethren Church and notes remarks on Communist movements and labor unions. Plans for Greensburg Pike reconstruction in Pittsburgh are announced.
Hundreds lined Corry's business district for the third annual Halloween parade last evening despite cold weather. An Elks lodge initiation event in Titusville draws attendance from Corry, with forecasts noting a record frost and frigid start today.
A milk distributor Clayton Warner was thrown when his team bolted on Center street. Milk spoils occurred as horses crossed railroad tracks. Paragraph mentions Thomas Mulhein in Romania with Standard Oil operations amid Bulgarian invasion and World War I. E J Blakeslee injured his back after a fall while working on a barn.
Millcreek police chief Barney Moran reports a man digging a cellar unearthed six thermite bombs. Marine Corps experts identified the containers and one bomb burned when opened. Police confiscated the remaining five bombs and will have them examined at police headquarters.
A three year old boy named Rickey Martin of Wesleyville escaped permanent blindness after turpentine spilled in his eyes. He was rushed to Hamot Hospital by Brookside Fire Co. rescue squad Monday. Doctors believe his sight will be saved despite a left eye burn.
Mrs. Veronica Pottorf scared by three boys in masks who demanded money and received seven dollars in cash. Detectives say no assault occurred. In Pittsburgh, about two thousand Local 29 Building Service Employes workers started a new two year contract with roughly 14 cents an hour raise.
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