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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1957
Page
4
The piece urges thoughtful Christmas gifting, noting timing and taste. It argues gifts reflect affection and manners, warning against rushing purchases. It cites a survey of men’s gripes about gifts and emphasizes choosing gifts to suit the recipient.
The National Education Association cites a shortage of about 460000 teachers with 227500 more needed to close gaps in the school program. If math and science become compulsory through four years of high school, 25000 to 60000 additional qualified teachers will be required, potentially increasing the shortage to at least half again as many. The association warns against extending emergency certificates used in elementary schools to secondary grades and notes alternative sourcing may be explored as states consider reforms.
Representatives of 7000 school and college teachers warn that human problems cannot be solved by science and mathematics alone. The social sciences and humanities provide needed insight while technology and weapons drive power, so decisions at polls and tables require broader understanding to avoid war.
Sheriff Collins said an eight year manhunt for the slayer of teen cheerleader Muriel Baldridge ended with inmate Taylor, 35, at Indiana State Prison admitting the crime. Taylor implicated Paschal Smith and Edward Brown, claimed the killing occurred during an argument over Baldridge’s other men friends, and provided diagrams and photos of the scene.
The settlement ends a transit strike as Mayor Lawrence and mediators brokered a peace deal. Union members gain a 20 cent total pay increase over two years with retroactive earnings from September 1 and phased future raises. Fares remain at 23 cents for trolleys and 15 cents for buses, while costs loom for more wage and fare adjustments.
Yesterday's items recall a murder confession by George Weidmann in Paris and the loss of Miss Jean Dekovan. The text notes moving records for Fruit C Chapin and Sons, a jewelry sale by North Center Steel, school board committee talks, hospital board meeting, and a Golden Rule Club window display contest with a first prize won by Mrs. Charles Stewart.
Melbourne Churchill, a retired farmer from LeRoy, died yesterday at age 101 at the home of Ailewhiter in Elmira New York. The obituary notes his long life and ties to local farming community.
Morris Gilson burial rites were held Saturday at Torrey and Hays Pix Home in Spottensburg. Rev. Charles A Fuller led the Centerville Baptist Church service with psalms and hymns including Abide With Me What a Friend and The Twenty Third Psalm. Casket bearers were John Roller Raymond Earl Gilson Lowell Hamilton and Ray Ler.
Ridgway Elliott Co of Ridgway Pennsylvania secured a government contract after bidding below the official cost estimate for two generator units at the Fremont Canson Power Plant in Wyoming. General Electric Co in Denver oversaw the award with Elliott and two foreign firms also submitting lower bids, though the exact bid amounts were not disclosed.
AP Writer James Marlow discusses how Congress and the Constitution address presidential disability. Different proposals seek who would decide and how the vice president should assume duties if a president cannot fulfill them, with Eisenhower advocating the vice president decide in such cases.
MEADVILLE Grace E Craven, 76, former Meadville Drygoods associate and dress shop operator, died at City Hospital after a fall downstairs at a niece Ruth Baird’s home. Craven resided with Baird, ran a shop on The Diamond then Park Avenue, retired four years ago, and had been ill since.
A fragmentary TV lineup lists daytime and evening programs from 6:00 to 11:30 with shows like The Jimmy Dean Show Captain Kangaroo Popeye’s Playhouse News roundups later entries include The Garry Moore Show Arthur Godfrey Time Strike It Rich Love of Life Search For Tomorrow The Guiding Light matinee plays and various serials plus The $64,000 Question The Red Skelton Show and theatre entries.
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