Pth A2 Readies for Week End Games
Pth A2 team gears up for a weekend slate after a tight midweek practice. Key players push through drills as coaches emphasize defense and rebounding ahead of matches against nearby rivals.
06 Sep 1958
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1958
Page
1
Pth A2 team gears up for a weekend slate after a tight midweek practice. Key players push through drills as coaches emphasize defense and rebounding ahead of matches against nearby rivals.
Miss America will be crowned tonight in Atlantic City marking the start of a year as holder of the oldest national beauty title. Two Southern favorites Miss Alabama and Miss North Carolina led the third round of preliminaries and advance among 52 contenders. Betty Tee Ryans of Greenville North Carolina tops the swim sub division and Miss Alabama wowed judges with a song from Bonita Pacific during the talent segment. Lee Thornberry of Birmingham faced a wardrobe mishap but recovered as the pageant continues.
Report notes 143 voters qualified at a registration drive with 7 GOP signers 36 Democrats and 60 undecided. Democrat activity appears stronger in Curry due to campaigning. coverage mentions political figures and local assembly actions but details are fragmented and unclear.
President Eisenhower cuts vacation to fly to Washington for urgent talks on the Far East crisis and school integration. He plans a Narragansett Bay transfer to Quonset Point for his private plane Colum- bine TH, with a late afternoon White House reception for educators and university association members. He will meet with Weeks, Mitchell, and Hague before resuming public duties.
A staged tornado disaster last night drew nearly 250 participants including police, fire crews, ambulance teams, and Civil Defense units from Erie and Corry. Banks, parks, churches and a city library became command posts as looters were captured, a field hospital set up, and wounded Boy Scouts rushed to care.
President Eisenhower plans a Washington conference with Attorney General Rogers on integration as court action looms over Little Rock Central High. Gov. Fuller Paulius of Georgia opposes forced integration. judge in Terrell County probes voter registrar actions. Alabama pays a fine to an integration leader while King’s influence is noted. Continued on Page Three.
Tarry Bemis of 12, West Main, Corry, hurt when his auto hit a pole on West Main Street yesterday afternoon about 1 45. He suffered severe scalp and head injuries and was taken to Cory Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. Witnesses said the car veered off the curve and struck the pole, which broke off and blocked traffic. Police reported Bemis was alone in the vehicle.
Bufalino, a Pittston fabric and drapery manufacturer linked to the Apalachin meeting, asked why the deportation order should be set aside. His attorney Lena Li filed a petition in U.S. District Court after the Board of Immigration Appeals in Washington dismissed the appeal.
Leonard Cates a former Corryite now in Syracuse faced three charges after a wild early morning driving spree in which police chased his car from South and Center toward East South and Concord streets. He allegedly ran stop signs at Pleasant and Church streets after a prior disturbance on West Chirley street.
British trawlers defy Iceland extend territorial waters as gunboats shadow the fleets. Iceland declares 12 mile zone and uses coast guard to curb poaching while British ships seek better waters amid protests and brief naval aid. A separate storm cripples southeast England transport and crops with no fatalities reported.
Taipei dispatch reports Communist China speeds naval buildup toward Formosa Strait as Nationalist China warns the Reds may target the mainland if Quemoy comes under massive bombardment. No new shelling was reported through Friday, after two weeks of Red bombardment.
Chinese Premier Chow En-Lat urged the United States to resume ambassador level talks to defend peace. He reaffirmed China’s claim over Formosa and the Pescadores, calling it an internal matter. Western and Soviet officials warned of potential hostilities as tensions rose in the Formosa Strait.
State Police at the Corry sub station describe an afternoon crash on Route 89 five and a half miles west of Corry. A 1050 Chevrolet driven by Bert Watrous of Ri g. 4 Union City struck a 1946 Ford spray truck operated by John Robert Di Lill of Union City. The spray unit was damaged on the road shoulder while Di Lill was repairing a boom. Damages were estimated at 600 to the Watrous vehicle and 100 to the spray truck. No injuries reported.
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