23 Sep 1954
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1954
Page
1
A fragment notes that a vehicle incident on the lingering drive caused injuries. Details are incomplete but indicate a minor crash with unknown parties sustaining injuries and an unclear response from authorities.
U S military and diplomatic officials study three alternatives if London talks fail to secure a German arms program. Options include peripheral defense bases in Britain and Mediterranean regions, direct rearmament of Germany with West German sovereignty, or interim arming of West Germany with political settlement still to be achieved.
Two local motorists were treated at Corry Memorial Hospital for injuries from separate collisions. Charles Files, 45, of 1 Snyder Circle, suffered head and arm injuries with scalp lacerations after his northbound car was struck by a State Highway Department truck on Hinteh Street at 4 15 p m. Damage to Files car was about 800 dollars. David Fairchild, 17, of 405 East Pleasant Street, received a sprained back after being forced off Route 6 West by a drifting oncoming car at 10 p m. He was x rayed and released when no fracture was found. Police had not yet spoken with the truck driver, reportedly named Hardinger, and indicated possible charges if the truck driver’s fault was confirmed.
Atlantic City N J David J McDonald announced the United Steelworkers will remain in the CIO with 1 200 000 members. He urged 3 000 delegates at the biennial convention to adopt a unity resolution and dismissed withdrawal rumors as imagination while noting policy differences with Walter Reuther.
U S Secretary of State Dulles opens the ninth U N General Assembly with a broad review of world affairs. He is expected to advance President Eisenhower’s atoms for peace plan, discuss Indochina, the Pacific defense pact, and rearmament efforts while the Assembly considers Cyprus and Western New Guinea issues.
London officials say Dr Standish Mastermaty a three year government missile expert has been transferred to nonsecret duties due to past Communist party membership. Security and Supply Ministry officials were convinced of his loyalty but decided work change was best given his political associations.
In a Syracuse convention Democrats halted nominating Rep. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr for state attorney general while praising his decision to accept a subordinate slot on the ticket. The move sidelines the late president's son as Democrats prepare for the November race amid Liberal and GOP maneuvering in New York.
Reinforcements rally behind Italy’s pro Western government to resist Communist pressure over the Wilma Montes scandal. Prime Minister Mario Beelba’s base, backed by Liberals and Republicans, can command 303 of 590 Chamber votes, while Beelba’s party holds 261. Police keep alert as unrest surfaces amid the crisis.
Senate leaders consider an early session to debate a censure resolution against Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin. Key figures Knowland and Johnson weigh timing as investigators prepare a report and a vote date remains uncertain.
The Illinois Supreme Court denied a new trial for William Hervens serving life terms for the mutilation slayings of Suzanne Degnan and two Chicago women. Hervens, 25, had sought relief after his sensational 1946 trial, following a 1952 Chicago Superior Court filing alleging due process violations. He confessed to mutilating the Degnan child and involved adults Florence Brows and Joseph Rasy.
Former Communist Lowell Watson testified that a government lawyer may have suggested the name of a Toledo building where he and others collected contributions for Edward Lamb. Watson, once of Toledo and now from Olathe, said he believed a commission attorney mentioned the Edison Building during cross examination. The exchange followed Watson’s earlier testimony about collecting funds at that site in 1991-93.
Harrisburg report shows Pennsylvania retailers prefer removing exemptions over raising the 1 percent sales tax if revived in 1965. The group voiced a show of hands at a one day meeting and elected Albert Coons of Lebanon president to succeed Frank Burnside. FW Delsrath of Hazleton and Karl Bekel of Jonestown were named vice presidents with four others chosen as vice presidents.
Japanese radioman Kuboyama 40 dies after dip in radioactive fallout from US hydrogen bomb test. Doctors cite radiation sickness and prior illness. U.S. offers damages and expresses sorrow. Japan faces anti American sentiment and broad newspaper coverage.
Reports say 22 people died near Bitburg Germany in a gasoline blast at a storage yard used by the US Air Force. Police cited uncertainty over the nationalities of the victims and there was no immediate Air Force confirmation.
President Eisenhower defends federal power policy during dedication of the 286 million dollar McNary Dam on the Columbia River. He cites opposition to bureaucratic growth and urges local participation while praising national responsibility and the dam as a model of federal funding. He also campaigns quietly for GOP allies in Oregon and Washington.
Translation of Premier Chou Enlai speech shows Chow Kai-shek urges the government to drive the American Seventh Fleet from the Formosa Strait. Radio monitors report harsh phrasing as Chow endorses a hard line against U.S. forces in the region.
Senator Margret Shasa Smith of Missouri says she has asked for permission to visit the Soviet Union next month on a personal, round‑the‑world trip. She has not received a reply from Soviet authorities and hopes the request will be approved. Her tentative itinerary begins October 2.
The morning started with 9 56 reporting chill as autumn arrives. Residents note rapidly increasing fallen leaves and a string of cool days with temperatures dipping to 37 degrees last night, the lowest this fall. Rain and ruin contributed to about 0.26 inches, bringing weekly totals to 1.05 inches since Tuesday.
Lt Col Harry Fleming, first American Army officer court martialed for conduct while a prisoner of war, was sentenced to dismissal from service and forfeiture of all pay and allowances. The trial of 11 colonels and lieutenant colonels lasted about 12 hours with Fleming acquitted on two other charges.
In UNTONTOWN Pennsylvania two doctors testifying for the defense say Elizabeth Betsko was temporarily insane the day Edgar Hasson was shot. They state she was not aware of her actions and unable to distinguish right from wrong amid the case. The trial also notes Betsko’s daughter’s involvement and a prior acquittal.
A six hour riot at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City left three convicts dead, twenty three injured and eight prison buildings damaged or destroyed. Heavily armed police and National Guardsmen moved in as inmates fought back with rock throwing and shouting, with damage estimated at around a million dollars.
Dr Batdorf, Bishop Emeritus of the Evan gelical United Brethren Church, died at age 89 near Nix Daytr, Pa. He served Eastern Pennsylvania and parts of New York Maryland Virginia with duties from 1929 to 1946 and led Lancaster EUB Church from 1901 to 1940 before reassignment to Dayton Ohio. He previously led the Erie Conference and held Eastern District responsibilities.
Pope Pius XII, aged 78, held his second audience in as many days at Castel Gandolfo amid fatigue. Supported by physicians he spoke briefly to about 150 pilgrims from New Jersey in the consistorial hall, delivering a concise address before rest.
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