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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1957
Page
4
The Star Spangled Banner text debate continues as the National Music Council seeks an exact standard. Library of Congress scholar Richard Hill reviews the manuscript and suggests emphasis changes before possible Congressional approval.
A reflective piece on the forty day Christmas to Candlemas season from December 25 to February 2. It notes European customs kept by immigrant communities, daily religious commemorations from Saint Stephen to Epiphany, Saint John, and Holy Innocents, and the feast of the Holy Family originated in Montreal in 1663.
Count Basie praises life’s simplicity and discusses TV appearances with Jerry Lewis and CBS Seven Lively Arts. He jokes Elizabeth II enjoyed his records after a London command performance. Basie and his band rehearse daily at Birdland and plan late starts, while television helps revive jazz’s popularity.
Yesterday a statewide safety effort announced by Gov Earle tightens the 50 mile per hour speed limit. Drivers convicted face a nine day license suspension as Pennsylvania Education Association members plan a three day conference. The move follows a survey listing high casualties during the Christmas weekend as nationwide vigilance grows.
After checking Red Cross Christmas drive accounts, a total of 3634 dollars was paid in. News includes the death of Mrs. Elmer Kincaid in New York and James Sullivan’s son Robert Sullivan becoming a U S Naval Reserve ensign. Counties discuss a proposed joint workhouse with Corry urged as site.
The year’s review notes a United Steelworkers election upset, a major walkout causing millions in losses, and widespread Pennsylvania snowstorms from two December events. It cites cinders sales fraud leading to convictions, school year extensions, and disasters including a Marianna mine blast and a Uniontown plane crash.
Lydia Devi Dean, mother of the accused Lydia Dean, faces delay in traveling from Baguio City Philippines to the United States to be with her daughter amid murder charges. She awaits clearance next month while Philippine banks ease currency issues. A fund drive by the Philippine Academy and the Baguio Mountain Province Lawyers League supports Mrs Dean’s defense.
Elmer Berry a lifelong prisoner convicted of first degree murder after a Robbery attempt at a Kabkwa Club home in 1935 has again failed in his bid for release. The jury fixed life imprisonment with a non release proviso, a dissenting juror spared him from the electric chair, but the state parole board rejected Berry’s latest commutation appeal keeping him at Western Penitentiary.
Ed mund J. Welch has been summoned to serve on both the Superior Court and U S District Court juries in Chelmsford beginning January 6. Superior Court Justice Charles E Bolster called it one in a million for a twin jury call and said he will excuse Welch if he wishes to serve in the federal court.
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