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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1957
Page
6
Corry and nearby communities discuss joint sewer facilities and water services plans, city council hires more police, redevelopment timing shifts to spring 1958, and local notices on real estate transfers, hospitalizations, and a larceny case. Also updates on school fundraising, student injuries, and aы employment pay adjustments.
State highways chief favors placing the Shortway on the Interstate system with 90 percent federal aid. Johnson cautions on impact, citing Philadelphia tolls and possible chaos if Turnpike users detour. The measure seeks to study adding the Shortway to the Interstate network amid dispute over regional benefits.
Washington reports President Eisenhower’s peacetime budget stands at 72 billion dollars aimed at pleasing many groups. It funds farmers veterans schoolchildren Indians and projects like government buildings the St Lawrence Seaway and the Smithsonian. Officials argue the test is how much the budget can withstand congressional cuts while maintaining requested programs. Humphrey signals potential cuts but advocates responsible restraint.
Crowds waited tensely as rescuers at Pontinued Trem Pare mine recovered bodies after an explosion. Pocahontas Fuel Co said 110 survivors were told earlier. The last 37 victims died under fallen slate by about 5 p.m. An official cited gas accumulation triggering the blast. a survivor suggested a miner may have cut into gas.
Former President Herbert Hoover and Senator Margaret Chase Smith warned that the federal budget and rising debt threaten economic disaster. Hoover, at age 83, cited a curled mood from 1929, while Smith pressed Treasury Secretary Humphrey for concrete budget cuts and named no specific targets.
The piece reports Arab protests urging a boycott of Israel and U S diplomatic efforts to secure a cease in Sinai tensions. It notes UN Secretary General Hammarskjold proposals, including a UN Emergency Force deployment and ships off the Gulf of Aqaba to prevent renewed blockades. It also mentions U S fiscal concerns comparing current debt service to 1998 levels.
Press representatives toured the Arnold plant of American Window Glass Co to view gray sheet glass designed for television and architectural use. The tinted glass claims to transmit light without bias to colors viewed through the pane. Pilot operations began in 1961 and development traces to 1868.
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