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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1954
Page
3
A 1920-ton Norwegian coastal steamer struck a reef near the Lofoten Islands at dawn, sinking with 202 aboard reaching lifeboats. A boiler explosion was heard by survivors. one man died, and Bishop Wollert Krohn Hansen was among the saved in pajamas.
Buffalo police recovered two stolen cabin cruisers valued at 3,000 each and linked them to a $100,000 ring. Chief Davis of Riverview Michigan said the boats were stolen there this summer and moved quickly among ports from Buffalo to Detroit. About 40 boats in the 1,000 to 5,000 class have been stolen this summer, with anchorage fees paid in advance by unidentified owners.
A legislative committee recommends a bold plan to abolish Alabama’s public school system and allow privatization with state subsidies. It aims to remove public schools from the Constitution and rewrite sections to permit non-state private schools and public funds for education. Strong entities include Alabama, Gov Gordon Persons, Senator Albert Boutwell, and the Senate House Committee.
Harrisburg officials warned retailers the State Revenue Department can flag those reporting below minimum sales tax remittances. Joseph Spyder, head of the Sales and Use Tax Division, said the division can identify merchants under their category’s minimum. The Pennsylvania Retailers Association meeting opened with these cautions as Snyder cited a survey of over 20 000 merchants and a classification of about 170 000 retailers by business type.
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