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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1957
Page
6
Community notices from the region report Penn State University affiliations and local civic items. Mentioned are hospital visits, real estate actions, charity plans, a potential church merger, and probate filings, with several names and places tied to Erie County and surrounding towns.
Marion Skidmore’s service was held at Bracken Funeral Home at 4:30 yesterday with Rev Paul Bayer officiating. Interment followed in Pine Grove Cemetery family lot. Attending were Mrs. Franklin S. Babbitt, Miss Bessie MacLary, Brig Myers, Mrs. Donald Swanson of Rochester Pa, Mrs. Lewis Swanson, and Mrs. Floyd Anderson of Harborcreek.
Senator Mansfield of Montana urges broadened hearings on a Middle East arms control plan. He proposes a United Nations mission to monitor shipments and a dedicated committee to push an Arab-Israeli settlement.
The plan seeks a temporary UN backed withdrawal and troop redeployment to ease Middle East tension. It involves Israel and Egypt and would place UNEF units on both sides of the Gaza Strip and Aqaba coast, with Western nations pushing for a quick Assembly vote.
New Delhi reports a sharp fall in foreign exchange reserves triggering a grave economic crisis. The Nehru government curtails imports especially luxury items. Indians planning to go abroad face money restrictions. Several key five year plan projects are set aside for the time being.
In Leechburg Pennsylvania Emily Foster, 30, was found unconscious in a Diamond Alley behind an apartment garage last night and died minutes later from undetermined causes. Police Captain Ivan L Mateer said her husband Elman L Foster reported her missing purse and a possible weapon. An autopsy was ordered as investigators pursue whether foul play was involved. Mrs Foster had attended bingo with her in laws in Apollo and Vandergrift prior to the death.
Report recalls 1956 industrial output with iron and pig iron gains and high production in steel and ore. Iron production reached 35,800,000 tons, 107 percent of 1955. Soviet steel output hit 48,600,000 tons, 107 percent of prior year, while Tron ore rose to 78 million tons at 109 percent. Cotton goods output fell eight percent from the goal, totaling 100,648,000,000 yards. a poor cotton crop in 1955 is blamed.
Hal Boyles Americana recalls a small sorority house where two sisters Kathy and Amy constantly dispute territory and attention. Their parents try to mediate while each girl asserts strict equality in small matters from counting peas to choosing idols. The piece highlights enduring sibling rivalry and parental disconnects.
Eleven year old Titusville resident Belle Spanagie and her father James Spanagie helped extinguish a chimney fire that damaged their Richmond Township home on Route 77. Firefighters arrived to control the blaze in about 20 minutes with estimated damage around 200 dollars.
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