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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1958
Page
1
Crowds filled Corry streets as day wore on with sidewalk booths and displays drawing hundreds. By 9 p m parking spaces were scarce and officials predicted a bigger display in the ongoing festival with a $100 prize to be awarded at 7. Kirk Sawyer, bazaar chairman, urged everyone downtown to visit the giant bargain showcase.
Detroit area auto plants idled about 4600 workers as strikes spread over overtime assignments and grievance procedures at GM Ford and Chrysler. Walkouts affected Fisher Body Mansfield Ohio Buick engine plant Flint Michigan and Twinsburg Ohio stamping plants Chicago Heights Michigan with discontent over pay and cost of living adjustments.
Two Erie County motorists, Herbert Allen of Corry and Richard J. Michaelson of Union City, reported as unhurt after side swiping along Route 6 about 3 a.m. two miles east of Union City. Police estimated vehicle damage at 100 dollars. A Newark NJ AP item notes a Washington release announcing faster mail delivery in the New York metropolitan area.
Norway plans a hearty welcome for the USS Skate as Britain and Denmark urge keeping nuclear subs away from populated Nordic cities. US Admiral Hyman Rickover defends safety while Norway's officials and health inspectors prepare for the sub’s first landfall after Arctic explorations. The Skate will visit Oslo for two days after calls at a west coast port.
Piper Aircraft employees at Lock Haven agree to a new one year contract with hourly pay increases of 8 to 16 cents and retroactive payments of 2 cents dating to February 1956. About 1,400 union members of the International Association of Machinists AFL CIO are covered. The current two year contract expires next Tuesday. President Eisenhower begins day with golf at Burkeville Tree County Club.
President Eisenhower signed the $39.6 billion defense appropriation, blasting Congress for approving more than he sought and for mandatory Army reserve strengths. He warned rigid reserve targets waste resources while essential programs face mounting demands. The bill funds 2,580,000 uniformed sailors and soldiers, plus reserves and National Guard totals around 400,000.
Gov George Leader, aiming for the U S Senate, will stay overnight in Corry on September 29 with his entourage after a rally in Brie. He will attend a coffee and doughnut reception at Hotel Corry on September 30, inviting all nonpartisan voters to meet him.
In Kittanning Pennsylvania Armstrong County coroner recommended that 15 year old Robert Arner be held for grand jury action on involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 66 year old neighbor John W Pry of Ford City. Police say Arner admitted he may have killed Pry while hunting blackbirds with a .22 rifle near Frys home last August 9. District Attorney Harry A Hellman Jr. has not indicated whether he will follow the coroner.
In a high drama ahead of the September reentry at Central High, Supreme Court Justice Whittaker may decide on NAACP calls to lift the stay and allow immediate integration. The case centers on the Arkansas school and the stay issued by the Eighth Circuit, with filings delayed until next Thursday Pacific Time.
Nautilus arrives from Portland England to New York Harbor marking a three day city celebration. Rear Admiral Hyman Rickover will join ceremonies then board the submarine. A marine march up the Hudson to 42nd Street ends with a docking at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as ferry routes are restricted.
Sen John F Kennedy charged terrorists operating as an organized unit are behind 47 bombings in civil rights disputes. He said the bombings show an interstate conspiracy targeting free speech assembly religion and voting. He introduced a bill to let the FBI move in but noted it was late in the 1958 session.
Washington reports President Eisenhower urged a UN supervised halt to U.S. nuclear tests for at least a year and urged Soviet acceptance of a worldwide inspection system. Britain would pause tests and join monitoring plans. Congress reacts with cautious support and opposition to potential resumption if progress stalls.
Washington Little Rock students attend a Negro Elks convention near the Supreme Court as Thur o0d Marshall, NAACP attorney, files an appeal to overturn a St Louis Circuit Court of Appeals order delaying integration at Central High School in Little Rock. Students Carlotta Walls Melba Pattillo Jefferson Thomas Minnijean Brown Gloria Ray Elizabeth Eckford plan to register when they return.
Congress faced a hectic session end as foreign aid dominated the agenda. Leaders aimed to adjourn tonight after addressing debt limits, education aid, defense contracts, railroad retirement benefits, and housing measures. The House passed a 3.078 billion dollar aid bill. the Senate considered cuts and a debt limit hike.
A six year old Corry girl, Juanita Southworth, remained in satisfactory condition at Corry Memorial Hospital after suffering second and third degree burns over her left side. She was ignited when her dress caught fire while she was carrying matches and cigarettes from a car to her house for her sister. The family said they heard her scream, then found her in flames and rolled her on the ground to extinguish the fire before rushing her to the hospital.
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports sleeping sickness, or encephalitis lethargica, reaching epidemic levels in Japan and South Korea. The death toll stands at 202 with 1128 ill, most cases in Korea where only 24 recoveries are noted. No Americans are reported affected.
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