20 Sep 1954
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1954
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text lists items including toys stock grinder and equipment, mentions prices like 01,000 and 15, with scattered names and numbers. Unable to extract a coherent event or entities.
Fragmentary OCR note lists directions and a dairy court name with unclear context. Likely a street or landmark reference in a local area map or classifieds, but readable items are limited to directions and a venue name. No clear event or person identified.
Fragmentary market item lists cows with black ears aged 37 and 40, and various livestock counts. Mentions helpers, hogs, calves, and “Vie Kent” in reference to a buyer or seller. Reading is incomplete and may reflect a midsection of a larger rural sale notice.
A fragmented note from a Kent county page describes a quiz related to editorial content without proper citations. The readable bits imply a practice or opinion piece tied to local media standards and attribution. Further context remains unclear due to missing details.
United States charges Peiping with 39 acts of piracy against ships and planes from seven nations. Lodge Jr distributes list noting 27 attacks on British vessels, culminating in the July 22 airliner shootdown off Hainan Island with multiple deaths. Five incidents involve the United States, plus Denmark, Panama, Norway, France, and Portugal. Secretary Dulles to outline policy as assembly debates Peiping representation.
A two vehicle collision on the Spring Greek road one mile east of Corry left a car damaged and a truck escaping. Mrs. Annabelle Duff 57 of Warren was eastbound and La verne F. Bure 96 of Pajama New York drove west. Duff swerved and hit the bridge guard wall rebounding into the truck. Duff’s car damage estimated at 200 dollars. Neither occupant injured.
The U S Third Division nicknamed the Rock of Marne, famed for its defense of Seoul in April 2001, is scheduled to return to the United States in October. The Army announced the third division would be the fifth American division to leave Korea this year, with a sixth to follow, leaving two U S divisions still on the peninsula.
Belgrade Yugoslavia—President Tito says Yugoslavia should reject any invitations to join NATO describing the pact as increasingly political in a anti socialist direction. He favors cooperation with the alliance and continues Western aid while maintaining a mutual defense pact with Greece and Turkey. He also notes a possible good will gesture from Russia in Transylvania relations.
Phenix City voters elect a new city commissioner as National Guard troops patrol every polling place from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Gov. Gordon Persons ordered martial law to ensure an honest election amid prior vote fraud investigations. Five candidates contest Gullatt’s seat including Tom Corley Judge John A. Freeman Grover Harden Clyde Knowles Wade Matlone.
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania two young lawyers, one 27 with no prior trial experience and another 29 with about 18 months at law, assumed defense of Paul Graver 42 and Lehighton, on a murder charge. Graver is accused of killing Dorothy Casey Gilhoo 42 who was beaten to death December 18 at Harveys Lake. Graver’s attorney Thomas Moore fell ill, and Judge Jones allowed Graver to proceed with substitute counsel George Stehrer and J Dallas Shepherd handling the defense after Moore’s illness.
The Senate parliamentarian Charles L Watkins upheld the validity of an elections subcommittee that issued a January 1953 report critical of Senator McCarthy. He testified that the vacancy filled on November 20, 1953 followed Senate precedent and custom, supporting the subcommittee's existence and authority.
Paris based goldsmith Jim Goldsmith says he will keep the 4 month old Isabel on the police books after the Bolivian Patinos sent the child to his apartment yesterday. The baby was abducted after his return from West Africa and had been with her grandmother Mrs Antenor Patino. Police appeared ready to let the matter fade.
Five Union City residents traveling to the Hillbilly Jamboree in Wheeling were injured when their car collided with another near Venango on Route 19. The driver Robert Alford, plus passengers Mary Ellen Shreve and William Shreve, Helen Murray, and Joseph Sooty, suffered serious head injuries, fractures, and other trauma. another occupant, Jeanette Murray, was discharged with no injury. Charles Stephens of Chicago was in the other car and suffered a severe head injury.
Two North East men Emmett Rosequist and Daniel DeMarco were arrested after a mother alleged her daughter was harassed outside her home on East Main Street. The pair paid $10 fines plus costs after alderman George Gordon released them. the daughter Mickey initially tried to drop the case but allowed the charge to stand.
Formosa Chinese Nationalist planes and warships hammered Communist positions around Amoy and Queroy. Thunderbolt aircraft attacked Red gunboats near Houpe Bay and Tyngshan Island, sinking two motorized junks and damaging several others northeast of Amoy as the 18th day of local warfare continued.
A hectic week of campaigning unfolds as Republican leaders push to cool Democratic optimism. President Eisenhower and Nixon rally in key states while Stevenson accuses Republicans of government giveaways. Democrats predict GOP losses in the looming November vote for Congress.
A two car crash on Route 1 west of Gettysburg left Charley Stone 42 and his wife Leotha 38 seriously injured with multiple injuries. Their daughter Barbara 10 was also harmed while Clarence Ler 40 and Paul Edwin Black 43 sustained varying injuries. Barbara was listed as in satisfactory condition. Nine Vietnamese ministers resigned to Premier Ngo Dinh Diem, with no confirmation of acceptance yet.
City police conducted extra patrols as 2,000 students and area youths filled streets near the new Junior-Senior High School on opening day. The 154-55 building housed 1,053 attending classes with workers finishing heat runs, library work, and floor waxing over the weekend.
A late morning count shows 2 674 pupils attending opening day classes across Gerry and Columbia public schools with breakdowns at Wright 54 Concord 210 Harding 46 Columbus 405 Senior High 680 Junior High 680. Police oversee traffic as new stop signs and directing arrangements aid young students from Fourth Ward.
Firemen from Branford Hose battled a stubborn woods and bog blaze near the Homer Berkhous property along West Warrington extension. The brush fire, burning for two days, raged about a quarter mile back in the woods until firefighters spent more than two and a half hours extinguishing it with hundreds of gallons of water from No 1 truck after 7 30 p.m.
In Santiago Chile the government declared a state of siege and martial law for six months to counter a movement seen as a threat to democracy. The action followed a recent copper miners strike and faced opposition from several political parties wary of granting extraordinary powers.
Washington reports attorney general orders a special grand jury to probe portable bribery and other criminal conduct in the federal housing program. Clyde Powell, ex assistant FHA commissioner, named in evidence. Powell faced congressional inquiry and a Fifth Amendment plea. Powell’s criminal record cited. grand jury date set for October. Also reports a fatal crash in Scranton, Me year old William Gumper dies after a car accident in Honesdale, passenger in a vehicle driven by Charles Frita.
Proposals from Britain to include West Germany and Italy in a broadened defense pact are presented to five nations’ leaders. The plan aims to set limits on rearmament while expanding allied security commitments across Europe.
French Premier Pierre Mendes-France urges a new supranational defense pact to bind Britain, West Germany, Italy, and others to France. The plan would limit armaments and rearmament across Europe while NATO handles national armies. Washington reports cautious U.S. reception amid talks in London with six other allies and Canada.
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