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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1952
Page
3
Readable items mention a crash, costs, and various names in a jumbled historical text. The fragment suggests a local incident with financial figures and multiple individuals, but precise details are obscured by garbled OCR.
Erie judge designate Samuel J. Roberts denies a Pittsburgh paper claim that Gov. John S. Fine secured his Orphans Court seat through a deal at the Chicago Republican convention. Roberts says appointment followed careful consideration of candidates and his Republican service since 1938, with questions remaining on a full 10 year term.
A four year old orphan girl Diane Brishenko died from burns suffered when her dress caught fire while playing with matches in the yard with friends. She lived with her grandparents in Stowe Township after the death of her parents in an auto accident last November.
Ned Morrill and Frank Rogers attend a private funeral for their 11 year old son Robert Eugene Morrill who died after his 5 year old sister Janet also died from polio in Scottsbluff Nebraska. Both children were treated in the polio ward of Scottsbluff hospital as their parents kept to their family farm in seclusion amid mourning.
Gov. John S. Fine states Senator Joseph McCarthy has done some things with which he disagrees but his efforts helped push subversives from Washington. He uses a barn rat trap analogy while addressing the Pennsylvania Republican Women conference in Wilkes-Barre.
A Lock Haven State Teachers College groundskeeper, Kemeter Kemerer, died after a fall from a second floor window. His body was found at the campus elementary school where he had been cleaning windows. police noted a wide open second floor window and suspect a fall from residence. The college remained closed for the fall semester due to a polio outbreak.
United Nations negotiators won a seventh straight week long recess in the Korean armistice talks with no progress on prisoner exchange. The next session set for September 20 at Panmunjom as a Communist surrender incident near Pyongyang is noted by Lt. Gen. Harrison. A separate crash near Butler, Pennsylvania kills two men and injures a truck operator.
Erie city and county registration officials expect final totals to exceed the 1951 high of 91 122 by more than 7 000 as hundreds more voters rush to the bureau before noon Saturday. Alexander MacIvor, chief registrar, cites televised conventions and party activities driving the surge.
Union locals reach a tentative agreement with True Temper Corporation after wage increases of 16 cents and an added cent in some cases to remove inequities. The contract, retroactive to July 1, includes three weeks of paid vacation for workers with 16 years or more service and requires approval by unions at four of six company plants. About 50 Dunkirk employees gain an extra week of paid vacation once the contract is slowed.
Stevenson argues Democrats share blame for corruption in Washington and markets his party as the progressive choice. He asserts a national duty to clean public life and vows to root out wrong doing, noting private industry also malfunctions and government should reflect moral standards.
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