08 Jan 1959
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1959
Page
1
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Ronald A King becomes the first Corry Area Future Farmers of America member to receive the Pennsylvania State Degree for outstanding FFA participation leadership and farming establishment. King formerly led the Corry chapter and aided Erie County FFA activities. Clyde Ieith, Stewart Long, and Richard Farrer joined the presentation as Harrisburg trip details and Concord Township farm plans are noted.
The Corry Pennsylvania State Employment Service reports 1958 unemployment compensation totaled about 850000, up from 500000 a year earlier. Claims rose sharply in November and December with 2454 new applications and 1570 reopened, while 179 jobs were filled in the period and 533 new unemployment compensation applications since June.
The weather forecast predicts rain and sleet sweeping the region with a likely warm spell followed by a cold snap. Forecasters caution about thermometer readings while noting a rise to near freezing and a bright but chilly day ahead.
A threat to kill union and management officials in the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co strike was telephoned to state police headquarters on Wednesday. Police doubted its seriousness, suspecting a crank made the call, citing concerns over school bus service and harm to children. The company runs bus service for 81 communities.
The Soviet aviation paper described an atomic aircraft without confirming current production or testing status. It noted various types of atomic propulsion and stated that so far this remains fantasy, though early prototypes are already under construction near Moscow.
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan pressed a peace and trade message during a five city tour, urging friendly relations while protests by Hungarian refugees and other immigrant groups grew louder at airports and downtown Detroit. He focused on dialogue and broader contacts despite demonstrations and violent rhetoric.
A four room wooden house fire in Boswell, Oklahoma, kills sixteen people including fifteen children and an adult. The victims were all members of the Gardner family, with navigation from Vernon Love and reports from Tony Price of the Paris News. The scene showed one child pushed from a window, and the father, Ayoaker Gardner, away hunting, returned to a scene he could not yet process.
Washington Republicans accuse Democrats of using space policy to attack the Eisenhower administration as the new Congress opens. Senators Styles Bridges and Thomas Kuchel say the Democratic call for national leadership in space signals political maneuvering and a deficit of vigor in the White House. Bridges praises the budget balance effort and security focus while signaling ongoing partisan exchanges to come.
The International Geophysical Year ends after eighteen months of global study. Scientists report powerful winds in the atmosphere, thin crust regions, and huge electrical currents in the upper air. Observations include airglow, auroras, and a manmade aurora from a Pacific nuclear test. Further results and theories await continued work as IGY evolves into ICY-59.
Senators opposing filibuster limits outmaneuver a compromise by Majority Leader Johnson. They plan to set aside his resolution and push a broader overhaul, with antifilibuster allies including Douglas Humphrey and Jaylie asserting Nixon should not influence new rules. The battle hinges on whether only majority vote can adopt new rules or if existing constraints remain in force.
In Havana speed trials for Batista loyalists have begun with at least one thousand arrests since Batista fled to the Dominican Republic. Provisional President Manuel Urrutia says thousands will be tried for crimes against the Cuban people, while gunfire and militia activity continue near Havana’s Nacional Hotel as remnants of Batista’s forces are hunted. The rebel movement under Fidel Castro retains control amid ongoing clashes and searches.
Lorna Laverne Hazelwood, born 100 days premature, reached her second birthday weighing 17 pounds. Doctors predicted she would not survive and may one day catch up to normal peers. Her mother Mrs. Howard Hazelwood recalls her husband’s accident and that their daughter's name means Symbol of victory.
A Sunday blaze destroyed a one story building at Ruhe farm killing 56 animals including 40 monkeys. The two acre facility supplies animals to wool producers worldwide.
Soviet scientists report the Mecha snow rocket in orbit around the sun with a predicted top speed of 72,000 miles per hour. The craft will reach peak velocity near its closest approach to the sun, about 91 million miles from Earth, as Tass states. If manned, experts say it could carry a crew, but reentry survival remains the key hurdle. officials also suggest future plans for Venus and Mars missions by September.
The federal grand jury probing rackets in western Pennsylvania moves to Erie where over 20 witnesses including eight Pittsburgh police officers testified secretly. Testimony covered connections to Fayette County and potential links to rackets, with several witnesses returning for further questioning next week.
A German war bride Helene Miller is held as a suspect after her husband Alva Truman Miller 37 was fatally shot while cradling their six month old daughter Karen. The death occurred when a pistol brought home from Germany discharged hitting Miller in the chest as the infant did not suffer. Sheriff Robert Shelton reports neighbors recall a peaceful couple and that Miller was shot during a struggle over the pistol while living near Lynnville.
A December period brought record cold and heavy snow with 92 inches noted in the area through Dec 26. The first nine days produced 21 inches while highs averaged 35 and lows 11. On the 26th a record cold low and three other subzero readings marked one of the coldest days in years and the month closed with variable sun and persistent overcast skies.
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