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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1958
Page
4
Publication details list editors and staff roles for the Corry Journal along with advertising agency, AP news rights, mailing options, and display ad deadlines. Rates appear for mail and carrier editions, with price figures and wait times.
Looking ahead one or two decades the military service academies push for higher quality appointments. The President, Vice President and Congress currently control nominations, often turning them into political plums. About 20 Congressmen show the way by listing ten boys per vacancy, then selecting the top-rated by tests, character and motivation.
A government trustees report shows Social Security payments exceeded income for the year ending June 30. The fund peaked at 23.0 billion dollars last June 30 and will drop about 428 million by month’s end. Over five years the fund could fall to 3–4 billion dollars, yet long term balance remains, aided by interest and the recession’s impact on unemployment.
Hal Boyle humorously interviews fictional plant president Alonzo Q Quagmire of the Acme Tiddywinks Co. He describes pressures from stockholders and government, the absurdities of executive life, and the paradox of reward. The fictional Q notes hot letters to authorities, mixed feelings about workers, and the lack of conversation at the top.
CIA America’s Silent Spies analyzes the agency’s budget managed by a small congressional panel and its secretive operations. It notes spending on Washington facilities, a two minute President’s brief, and mixed accuracy on Cold War forecasts including Sputnik, missiles, Latin American unrest, and the Indonesian revolt.
Erie city officials reopen talk of creating a municipal authority to operate the Erie Coach Co as a potential remedy to the ailing bus business. Attorney Plate proposes transferring ownership to a city authority funded by bonds, with Myron Proser buying the bonds to free the firm from taxes. Mayor Gardner and Solicitor Weber indicate legal and practical hurdles, but agree to study the option.
Jack Benny writes as a guest columnist in New York about money's impact on society. He muses on the hammering of coinage and how money reduced the burden of carrying heavy goods that once required fourteen stones in value.
A 1938 reminiscence notes fading hopes for peace as Loyalist resistance in Spain stalls the insurgents near Villareal while Shanghai and European tensions rise. Corry residents face WPA transfers and upcoming projects with Pennsylvania’s large recovery funds awaiting presidential action. Aero Supply Corp reports a brighter outlook from a board meeting.
40 Years Ago June 18 1918 report notes L W Olds and D Warren DeRosay attending Erie War Industries Commission meeting at Otto G Hitchcock invitation. Also mentions CIA forecasts and outcomes on Hungary Suez and other events, plus Ringling Brothers first advertising car at Corry and Findley Lake road completion to Little Corry.
The text discusses avoiding capricious buying and not paying restaurant or club checks. It warns neophytes about merchant guile and emphasizes practical rules for handling purchases, checks, and social spending without ostentation. It notes strategies to dodge paying when confronted with unexpected charges.
Explorer TIT has a dead transmitter with no signals since Monday. Its companion transmitter failed June 5. Explorer T stopped May 24. Navy Vanguard 1 continues to function, while Army satellites show no signals.
The Keystone Shortway project advances with nearly two million dollars in design contracts awarded to Michael Baker Jr. Inc. Rochester PA and Buchart Engineering Corp York. Baker receives 455000 for preliminary design of 88 miles White Deer to Tannersville and 471000 for final design of 16 miles White Deer to Route 54 Montour County. Buchart gets 500000 for preliminary design of western 90 miles from Ohio line to Sandy Valley and a second contract for final design of eight miles Corsica to Brookville. Baker has eight months for preliminary work and a year for final design. Buchart has 14 months for both phases.
MERGE Pa Police Chief Albert Timpare was acquitted of gambling charges by a Mercer County Jury. The case stemmed from an alleged gambling event at a Shenango Valley Fraternal Order of Police stag party in Farrell on April 16. Hours after Timpare was to testify, Farrell Police Captain Edmund J Zabrowski, 43, was found shot dead in his home. The coroner ruled death by own action.
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