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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1957
Page
4
The Consumers Price Index climbed another half percent in June, lifting the year‑long rise to 4.8 percent since March 1956. Food prices drove most of the increase, though other goods also rose. droughts could affect crops limiting future declines. Buyers grow wary, hoping sellers hold prices to boost volume.
The article notes Prof J B Haldane a British born geneticist moving to India amid anti foreign troop sentiment in Britain. It links his stance to opposition to foreign occupations and notes a 100000 man army cut reducing September draft quota to 8000. It mentions a shift toward a volunteer career army and higher standards focusing on technical skills.
Representative Holland of Pennsylvania, a former CIO union official, argued that only a small minority in the labor movement engages in questionable practices exposed by Senate labor rackets investigators. He said a records check would show the AFL-CIO corrupt acts are not uninvestigated and warned publicity may spark backlash against union organizing efforts. He expressed confidence that honest labor leaders will distance themselves from the minority and that labor has nothing to fear in the long run.
State police rounded up youths aged 9 to 14 who looted cars and beach gear on the peninsula for two months. Troopers patrolled with bathing suits and recovered about 3,100 in goods after arrests led by Sgt. Charles Nadden.
Yesterday's Memories of Corry recounts Detroit Chrysler Corp laying off more workers amid labor disputes with the UAW affecting about 23 000 employees. Also notes a bridge project near Corry, a gasoline mishap at a water pumping site, a fatal barn fire near Spring Creek, a Corry Band concert, and upcoming local events including Erie County WCTU convention and VFW picnic.
A house in Grand Valley was destroyed by fire started by a lightning strike on a TV antenna. The Anthony Moronsixt family of nine lost all belongings. Children aged 7 to 21 escaped, but Fire Departments from Youngsville and Garland faced washed-out roads and bridges delaying response, leaving the home a total loss. Family guests relatives nearby.
Last rites were held for Saul F. Binstock 62 a retired jeweler who perished in a July 28 explosion aboard a Las Vegas to Los Angeles airliner His body was found near Daggett California and he will be buried in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Funeral service for Ivan M. Eastman was held at Bracken Funeral Home at 2 p m with Rev Cassius Armitage officiating Interment followed at East Branch Cemetery Bearers included grandsons James and Richard Mulligan Robert Richard Crane Carl and Gerald Hastman Attendees listed span Erle Spartans burg Pittsfield Kane and Sugar Grove among others
More than eight thousand members of Pennsylvania's 28th National Guard Division began summer field training at Mantown Gap, a 17,000 acre reservation. Troops practiced firing weapons of all kinds as the day's main activity.
Joseph Barletta, 65, confessed at Erie police headquarters to killing his wife Sue Barletta, 53, with a hatchet during a long domestic dispute. Neighbors heard arguing the night before. coroner said she died within one to two minutes from blows to head and throat. Barletta walked about two hours to the station after the admission, claims about being delayed by a train.
At 12:05 a m Barletta walked into the police station and told Captain DeDionisio he had killed his wife. Detectives questioned him at 2 a m about motive as officers searched for weapons. Barletta claimed constant fighting wore him down.
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