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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1959
Page
3
Fragmentary text outlines a labor theme with mentions of wage indus try, court action, strikes, and figures resembling financial data. Names, places, dates are unreadable, yielding an oblique, partial glimpse of a historical labor or economic notice.
Harrisburg AP report details Gov Lawrence's spending plan for 1959-61 and proposed taxes. Republican leaders debate trimming fat from the budget before endorsing new tax measures. House action expected on highway safety, billboard control, and constitutional amendments including voting age 18. The Senate weighs pay raises for county officials and a major reform for justices of the peace and aldermen salaries.
AP reports Lois Janet Piercy, a 21 year old from Delaware County, was chosen Miss Pennsylvania 1959 from five finalists. The Springfield resident attends Penn State and will compete for Miss America in Atlantic City in September with a $3,000 scholarship.
NY AP column lists brisk trivia about aging women, heart and circulatory systems, shark diets, teen earnings, encyclopedias, piano versus auto miles, rock n roll, teen trouble, earth rainfall, elephant drinking myth, and a Paula Flynn quip about a woman preferring a man with will.
A miscellany of notes on social trends includes Italians preferring American nationality, low odds of disease from a kiss per the American Medical Association Journal, the rise of gift giving, a playful quip about spouses, and a vending machine selling worms for fishermen as U.S. schools grow more crowded and life enters an automation era.
A two-vehicle collision at an uncontrolled intersection near Loguille Saturday night sent Marian Fitch 42 of Wattsburg to Union City Memorial Hospital with a possible right ankle fracture. Stanley Stepnowski 46 of Erie escaped injury as both cars entered the intersection simultaneously. Damages were about 709 dollars to Fitch’s car and 250 dollars to Stepnowski’s.
The article discusses steel industry tensions amid a 43 day strike history and government pressure after the 1956 contract. It cites President Eisenhower opposing price increases and notes union support from United Mine Workers United Auto Workers and Teamsters. Negotiations are stalled with potential concessions seen as a path to avoid a strike, while McDonald faces labor movement opposition.
A brief assertion on private school attendance suggests about one percent of American children attend private primary schools. The remark about marital dilemma and a humorous quote by Alexander Woolleau adds a social observation on frustrations and ambitions, illustrating everyday contradictions in pursuit of better outcomes.
Babson argues most people should choose small cities or towns over big city suburbs for family life and cost of living. He warns against locating near major cities due to risk of war destruction and missiles, and prefers college towns with strong communities, good schools, and lake or river access. He advises visiting subdivisions, ensuring drainage, termite-proof homes, and buying modest homes with extra land in growing areas, near amenities.
A Titusville driver received three motor vehicle code violation charges after a Saturday crash half a mile west of Riceville on Route 77. Max Proctor of Titusville allegedly failed to stop, failed to identify at the scene, and drove without the owner's consent. The car involved was owned by Donald Paliz of Centerville and struck a vehicle driven by Donald L. Reynolds of Meadville.
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