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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1958
Page
4
Ezra Taft Benson’s push for reduced government interference faces criticism as 1957 net farm income hits 11.9 billion dollars, just 200 million below 1956. Senators question his belief that removing price controls will boost prices and farmer initiative, urging a longer, broader trial.
A study of 400 shows nine of ten drivers rate themselves above average and two percent see themselves as below average. The President's Committee for Traffic Safety favors praising good drivers to boost safety. Detroit is highlighted for its strong safety record as evidence.
ABC TV presents Bold Journey Goes to School a report on using Bold Journey travel programs in classrooms. Two million students in 50,000 classrooms access printed guides with discussion topics while teachers note not a strict school program but a learning opportunity.
President Roosevelt warned Congress that national defense was inadequate and urged an $800,000,000 long term program. He called for immediate construction of two additional dreadnoughts and two naval cruisers as part of the defense build up. A measles outbreak in Spartansburg state that over 200 cases have been quarantined with the death of Don Stratt aged 41. Victor Dempsey of West Smith Street was named sealer of weights and measures for Erie County with February 1 effective date.
Mrs Leon Cable was in Jamestown Thursday shopping. Harvey Martin attended a course on lighting at Nela Park Cleveland. Mr and Mrs J C Manwaring visited their daughter at Corry Memorial Hospital where she and her husband Hiram Beckerink welcomed twin boys. They called on Will Evans a patient there. Alton Crosby visits Spartansburg and wig family. Warren awaits oil well drilling report. Morton attends Sturdevant farm operations and State Teachers College. George Gibbs and son from Ashville were Sunday relatives and churchgoers.
Announcement from Camp Hancock states Company A will follow a 20 weeks training schedule delaying departure to France until May. Pressley Shuss from this city has arrived in France. Local bakeries are complying with the food administration request to increase corn bread usage with weekly baked stalls. Wilbur Hull departs tonight for Washington D C to work with A A Williams in government projects.
Jamestown police report Charles D. Arnone 20 was fined 25 dollars for being disorderly after driving through a sliding area where children played. Authorities consider a hearing to revoke his license following a January 9 collision that fatally injured Richard A. Fred 5 during sledding on Turner Road.
Corryite witness Donald Cady and Jack Gadsby testified in the fire loss suit of Wilbur and Alfreda Kifayle against Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance. The plaintiffs seek the full $12,000 on a house and contents destroyed by fire in 1956. The insurer contends denial of liability.
Edwin J. Ritenbaugh, 62, famous as Leck Hawkins, author of a Pittsburgh Press children's column, died of a heart attack after collapsing in a downtown theater lobby where he had been supervising a group of 50 youngsters. He led the paper's young people's club for 27 years.
Erie coroner Warren W. Wood ruled the death of Mae Morton an accident after a personal investigation. The 39 year old Exie mother died when her late model car was struck by a New York Central train, suffering a fractured skull and multiple injuries as the train carried the wreckage for about a mile. Police continue to investigate and will confer with the district attorney.
Agnes Mary Schibrel of Miller town admitted taking groceries worth 54 dollars from a Tarentum supermarket and was placed on one year probation after county court testimony about prior thefts. She said she needed food for her three children and planned to call a taxi to transport the goods home.
Nellie Wiltsie Nelle Mae Wiltsie was held at Edwards Chapel Morrs Corners yesterday afternoon at 1 oclock Rev Leo R Hansen pastor officiated burial in Holland Cemetery A solo was sung by Jerrold Harmelink bearers were vaigh Willink Roy Cragcutt Bruce McCray James Gibbons Delbert Tenbuckle Lee Tressler
Penn State presents a decade long expansion blueprint to meet state needs in a space age. The plan calls for 35 000 students 10 000 off campus centers a 100 million dollar annual budget by 1970 a 12 year 160 million building program and year round operations with a major relocation of Beaver Field.
An 11 year old high school senior, Anne Mitchell, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital with brush burns and multiple facial and leg lacerations after a traffic incident near Villa Maria Academy. Rescue workers applied a traction splint and she was transported by ambulance. Authorities have not determined if a bus struck her or a hit and run driver. The collision occurred as she crossed the intersection to catch a bus after school.
The university would keep its traditional self help funding stance, aiming to cover about half of total expenditures and preserve the same percentage of the budget as in 1985.
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