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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1959
Page
4
The Corry Journal features eye catching notices and opinion pieces on national and local topics. It discusses U S Soviet trade policy through Mikoyan's visit and Dillon's testimony, and debates school discipline with calls for legalizing corporal punishment amid public school concerns.
Hal Boyle surveys everyday quirks from doctors delaying hypertension treatment to the oddities of fashion and baths. He notes mink coats from female skins are prized for finer hair and lighter weight while Beat Brummell’s bath lore turns to harsher memories. The piece mixes social commentary, home life, and odd tidbits about engagement spans and rug dirt to amuse readers.
The piece notes Wall Street areas around Manhattan valued at about 15 million dollars and NYSE seats trading from 625000 in 1929 to 17000 in 1942. It mentions quick wealth schemes via banker loans for home renovations like a second bathroom. It ends with a Shaw quote on respectability.
Police arrested 20 year old William Coleman after Patrolmen Frank Wagner and Edward Zatynski seized a 20 gauge shotgun from him in Stanley's pool room. The youth refused to explain why he carried the weapon and was jailed on an open charge amid reports he may have been in a fight.
Six year old Douglas Wilson of Tyrone was killed yesterday when he darted into the path of a school bus. The coroner said the incident occurred between parked cars and the bus struck the boy as he ran into the street.
The National Association of Manufacturers denounces CBS broadcaster Edward Murrow for The Business of Sex on radio. NAM says the show aimed to divert Senate Labor Management Committee attention from unions to sex in business, while calling the program a possible hoax and urging fair critique.
Two YMCA archery teams competed for the Msinch trophy in the basement range. The B team won 125 to 88 over the A team in the first shoot. Pred Casler and David Magee led winners with 21 points each, while Carlton Wascuk top-scored 24 for the B’s in defeat. Another shoot is set for next Monday at the YMCA.
Washington AP notes Khrushchev exuded confidence in 1956 condemning Stalin while pursuing a friendlier Soviet image. He later boasted long-range missiles and West Berlin pressure, showing a sharpened dynamic at the party congress and anticipation of bold pronouncements.
Mrs David Meredith travels to Georgia to join her stationed husband. Fenton Chapman funeral at Sugar Grove with bear Lake Cemetery interment led by Rev Burkett Smith. Bear Lake firemen battled cellar flooding. Mrs Will Borgersting breaks hip, hospitalized at Corry Memorial. Mr and Mrs Robert Rein of Jamestown visit L Radcliffe family. Alphonso Cornish home from hospital. Carl Crosby improving at home. 1919 notes include Mary Lewis head gash recovery after school swing incident, a bold shoe store holdup thwarted, a runaway monkey at the station, memorial for Private Harold Miller, and Detroit auto pioneer George D Grant dies at 86.
Washington The Senate military committee ordered an extensive inquiry into proposed sale of about 600 American military airplanes to France. President Roosevelt said the administration had sanctioned the French deal. Mayor Frank E Hepler traveled to Pittsburgh for a conference on legislation to allot cities a share of state gasoline tax funds. Mrs B G Barnes returned from Harrisburg after attending a Pennsylvanian Federation of Women's Clubs executive board meeting.
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