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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1958
Page
3
Washington officials discount a sharp June unemployment jump as seasonal and not indicative of a broader recovery. They note May factory job losses persist, summer job seekers rise, and projected June figures show a seasonal rise in both employment and unemployment, with May unemployment at 4.904 million and employment at 64.061 million.
168 construction projects in western Pennsylvania were shut down by 45 Master Builders Association members. The move idled about 6 000 building tradesmen and affected projects worth 118 million dollars. Cement Masons Local 626 harassed contractors and disrupted jobs leading to the shutdown. Local 526 had been on strike 18 days. An offer of 37 cents more per hour over two years was rejected. the unions previously earned 3 45 dollars per hour under the old contract.
Charges filed in Robesonia name William E Norma an United Steelworkers official held on 2000 bail for transporting corrosive material with intent to maim disfigure disable or harm. Acid was thrown at Schern in a car as it left Marco Industries Womelsdorf plant after a strike began April 15. Also notes actress Randolph Scott’s mother died in Charlotte after five days of illness.
For the second time in three months a superintendent of the Erie Soldiers Home has been dismissed. Carl W. Onda Jr., 92, of Erie, was fired effective July 21 for low morale at the home. He had followed Roy T. McDonald, 65, who was asked to retire last March after 18 years, with the home described as rundown. Arthur M. Jackson was named acting superintendent until a successor is chosen.
Thompson, a Clymer native born August 4, 1884, died this morning at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk. He is survived by his Fredonia wife. Bracken Funeral Home will handle arrangements for a 2:30 Friday service, Bear Lake Cemetery burial. Friends may call starting tomorrow noon.
Elizabethtown girl Tony Madeira, 13, who finished runner-up in the national spelling bee, received congratulations from Gov. Leader. The governor praised her brilliant performance and thanked the schoolgirl for bringing recognition to the state in a letter written during his vacation.
Convicted killer Minet Davis faces a retrial motion filed after his May 28 second degree murder conviction in the fatal shooting of his former girlfriend Donna Di Bello. Davis, 46, is held in county prison as co counsel McClelland and Carney await trial transcript review before presenting arguments to the common pleas court en banc in August.
A Dunkirk steelworker, 36, indicted for criminal negligence in vehicle operation and feloniously driving while drunk, pleaded not guilty and will stand trial in September. Bail set at 2500 cash. Indictment stems from a December 21, 1957 crash near Forestville, Chautauqua County that killed Mrs. Dorothy R. Summerlee. defendant was hospitalized until February and was arraigned in Chautauqua County Court before Judge Rollin A. Fancher.
In New York Harbor two ships locked in a flaming embrace as the freighter cut into the tanker's hull forming a T shape. The Nebraska, though burned and battered, reached port under its own power. A 5200 tonner belonging to a Swedish line saw its bridge singed and high tension wires burned briefly as smoke blanketed the span closing traffic until dawn. Thousands watched from piers as dramatic, heroic moments unfolded.
Patrolman Richard Gazzola and a 16 year old passerby Candido Santiago leaped into the river 200 feet out to aid two seamen floundering. They held the men afloat until a tugboat pulled them all aboard and landed them at a pier. Dozens of crew members leaped from the Nebraska onto the fireboat Eleven crewmen stayed aboard to fight the fire. The Gaynor, first on scene, rescued many aboard including three women. The fireboat Gaynor and others battled flames as the Nebraska burned and was docked at a pier, its engine room flooded to waist level.
A faulty traffic signal at Routes 19 and 0 west of Mill Village caused a two vehicle collision around 10:20. William Gaylord, 47, an airman at Schilling AFB Kaw, eastbound on GN, and Leroy Kircher, 1, Saegertown, northbound on Route 19, failed to align. Damage totaled about 850, with Gaylord's car and the house trailer towed, Kircher’s car damaged, and Mrs. Kircher treated for a left ankle injury.
The article describes a Moscow embassy disturbance with windows carded, Marines moved to ground floors, and furniture removed. About 150 Americans including diplomats' families live in the embassy building, with another 50 families and 12 American reporters housed elsewhere in Moscow. No threat to embassy staff was expected among Westerners.
Hollywood highlights survey of Miss Germany Miss Minnesota and other titleholders shows winners sustain themselves via movies TV modeling and clubs. While beauty contests aid a career some deem talent essential and advise a nest egg of at least 500 dollars to start in Hollywood.
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