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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1960
Page
4
An Israeli and Invention from 1962 era describes a freezing based desalting method to turn sea water into fresh water. Two plants planned in Israel would each yield about 90,000 gallons daily at a fraction of standard costs. A similar plant was planned for the American Southwest in 1962 as global water needs rise with population growth.
Holy Week notes archery class canceled for Indoor season. Junior Tri-Hi-Y 1:30 p m Senior Tri-Hi-Y 7:30 p m. Tuesday Corry Area Golden Age Club Tureen Dinner Women’s Duplicate Club not meeting Play resumes next week 6 p m FHS Wattsburg Swim Wednesday NowGhina Painting Classes this week 6 p m DeMolay Swim Party 7:20 p m Joint Tri-Hi-Y meeting by Sophomore Club Friday Closed from 12 to 3 for Good Friday No Dance this week Saturday 8 a m Teen Time WOTR 2 p m Lake Erie Council Technical Engineers
Hal Boyle surveys oddball Americana from readers mail and public quirks. He notes Spain favoring soccer over bullfighting, sky homes, a redwood tree yielding 19 houses worth of lumber, and sleep cures. He ponders migrant wages, mental health treatment, prayer, and Twain quips on ignorance and confidence.
A historical note warns that America’s land per person will shrink from fifteen to eight acres as population grows. An odd local anecdote from Oklahoma mentions a young woman seated on a man’s lap without a cushion in a town setting, reflecting period social norms.
Britain’s permanent delegate to the SH EM, Pierson Dixon, was named ambassador to France today, marking a high level diplomatic posting and reinforcing ties between the two nations.
The report notes a German attack warning on the Western Front and a war office analyst predicting possible action soon. Local notes cover the opening of a new Walgreen agency, hospital refrigeration upgrades, Red Cross garment appeals, highway improvements, and a new Atlantic Refining filling station. Hollywood anti communism debates resurface with writers Dalton Trumbo and others rehired after contempt cases.
Hollywood Highlights rounds up the unfriendly ten with notes on Dalton Trumbo hired for Spartacus Exodus and other projects Albert Malts dropped after Sinatra bought him out Ring Lardner Jr and Alvah Bessie shift to TV and novels Lester Cole and Samuel Ornitz listed Adrian Scott active in film and TV Edward Dmytryk directs Caine Mutiny and other films amid Legion criticism of producers selling artists works to audiences.
The dialogue centers on Preminger Trumbo and Nedrick Young, with Frank Sinatra facing pressure over Maltz’s contract. Sinatra defends Bill of Rights while industry leaders insist no shift from the 1947 policy. The piece notes reactions from John Wayne and Ward Bond amid anti Communist sentiment.
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