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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1958
Page
6
A scattered Erie area report notes six deaths across Pennsylvania from traffic crashes and a fatal fire. It mentions victims in several counties, a large winter crowd at Presque Isle, a local lottery winner, police citations for license and inspection issues, weather outlook, and community notices including bank clinics and school classes.
Lima reports indicate 128 deaths from two landslides and earthquakes across Peru, with tremors also causing 12 deaths in Ecuador and panic in northern Chile. A landslide buried the Andean village of Pachuco, killing many, and another quake struck Arequipa as tremors rattled the region.
Nassau Bahamas officials warn the general strike is costing the British colony’s tourism industry at least 112000 dollars daily as the disruption shows no signs of ending.
Harrisburg two men Evans of Coaldale and McGinley of Nesquehoning pleaded innocent to false pretense charges in a 25000 dollar calcium chloride sale to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. Jury selection started, with delays due to co defendants hospitalizations and extradition issues as a broader conspiracy probe unfolds.
The Lübeck Maritime Board ruled the Pamir sank in an Atlantic storm due to wrongly set sails, shifting cargo, and lack of stability. The six day inquiry into West Germany's deadliest postwar ship tragedy found the captain unfamiliar with the vessel, the first mate inexperienced, and the ballast tank filled with grain. Captain Joseph Diebitsch and first mate Dieter Koehler died, leaving 80 crewmen dead and six survivors.
Robert E. Crowe, a famed former state's attorney of Chicago who prosecuted Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold in the Bobby Franks murder case, died Saturday at age 78. Crowe's legal career spanned decades and left a lasting mark on Chicago jurisprudence.
A dense daily TV guide lists Buffalo programming with children's theatre and classic dramas. Notable entries include Captain Kangaroo, Arthur Godfrey programs, The Danny Thomas Show, and classic soap operas like Love of Life and The Guiding Light, followed by news, sports, and late-night features such as Studio One and The Dark Mirror.
Television veteran Walter Cronkite launches Answer, Please on CBS Radio five nights weekly. The program aims to field audience questions on broad topics from government to science, with letters flooding in at about 6,000 weekly by its second week. Cronkite notes radio enables fuller answers without TV costs, while acknowledging limits on predicting future events.
Williamsp rt authorities and Pai-Pire men continued dragging the Susquehanna River today for the body of 7 year old John Baker. Civil defense called off its search due to high winds and low temperatures after the boy disappeared Thursday while playing on a dike with an other and Paul Reeder, director of civil defense, said the search was halted.
President Eisenhower sent four nominations to the Senate for confirmation. Three ICC nominees include Abp McGregor Goff of Moscow Idaho general counsel of the Post Office Department Anthony F Arpain of New Haven Conn and Rupert L Murphy of Atlanta Ga Arpain and Murphy already serve on the ICC Edwards an Oklahoma City Democrat was nominated for another term on the National Mediation Board.
In Harrisburg area coverage, religious groups including the Pennsylvania Council of Churches and the Lord's Day Alliance brace against Dilworth's gubernatorial run over local option alcohol and gambling questions. Leaders say Dilworth would not satisfy temperance groups, while political figures debate support and timing ahead of potential statewide referenda.
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