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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1959
Page
3
Erie County commissioners faced criticism at their meeting over out of town trips and a proposed expense policy. Commissioner Lamberton argued past county funds were abused and urged prior approval for travel costs, though no policy was set.
The foreign exchange student committee of the Corry Teachers Association met in the Corry High School library to set a 1959 fund goal of 1200 dollars. They allocated 650 for a foreign student’s travel and 580 for a Corry student’s Europe summer program. Members include Mrs. Mary Jourdet chair, Edward Blakeslee, Miss Jean Nichols, and Ramsey Rogers.
Police and hospital staff worked over a half hour with crowbars to extract four bodies from the wreckage of the Sowers car. Lloyd Sowers drove the Sowers auto which collided on the highway after a starting attempt at the station. Sheely, who entered the nearby restaurant kitchen, collapsed and was hospitalized with shock. Trooper Peterson said Sheely testified that his car drifted onto the highway after he tried to back from the gas pump.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev said he is prepared to postpone the May 27 Berlin deadline as East West talks continue. He indicated the date might be pushed back beyond May 27 if negotiations advance.
Indiana congressman Randall Harmon has turned the front porch of his Muncie home into a district office and hired his wife to run it. She earns 4424 a year while Harmon may claim up to 1800 for operating expenses and rent.
A major winter storm swept the middle west with heavy snow and freezing winds. The system moved from Colorado and Wyoming southeastward reaching Kansas Iowa Illinois Indiana with 6 to 8 inch accumulations and temperatures mostly in the 40s and 50s east of the cold front.
U S Secret Service reports recovery of more than one million dollars in counterfeit hundred dollar notes and the seizure of 25 ring members across 22 states. Chicago agents say two ringleaders were arrested last week, with ongoing operations noted despite timing gaps.
Max Factor predicts women fifty years from now will look as youthful as twenty year olds. He cites the company’s 50 year history since 1909 and foresees extensive cosmetic use by men and a pill to prevent hair graying.
In Harrisburg AP report shows Democratic policymakers undecided between Justice Thomas D. McBride of Philadelphia and Judge Michael J. Bagen of Lackawanna County for the State Supreme Court's May primary. County chair William J. Nealon touts Bagen's organization backing while McBride eyes state support. Republican figures edge toward Blair Gunther or J Colvin Wright for the Superior Court seat.
The article describes a $500,000 Wattsburg Dairy plan to integrate dairy operations by growing silage and selling feed to a central herd. Dairy farmers would sign three year cow contracts and choose roles from wages, feed production, or veterinary and nutrition services, with 80 to 100 dairymen expected.
About three dozen miners testified before a legislative committee in Wilkes Barre seeking details of the Knox mine flooding near Pittston in which 12 men remain trapped. Lawmakers plan hearings at least twice weekly and have subpoenaed around 40 witnesses including Knox Coal Co and Pennsylvania Coal Co officials as rescue crews pump billions of gallons of water from the flooded mine.
NASA officials announced Pioneer IV sped past the moon about 41 hours after launch and will slow to a solar orbit. The 444 foot long stage shell lacks radio guidance and tracking. it deviates 27 000 miles from the moon, below the hoped for 20 000.
President Eisenhower weighs public reluctance to invest in government securities and the rush into stocks. Officials pursue a balanced budget and consider longer term borrowing to reduce inflation risk while avoiding a hard debt ceiling fight. The plan includes potential Fed price pegging of Treasuries to stabilize bond prices and curb bank credit inflation.
Erie County public relief applications fell to 424 in the past month from 457 the previous month, while on roll counts rose to 106,543. Total county aid amounted to 241,115 with distributions to dependent children 86,300 general assistance 66,010 old age 58, aT 320,070 to 393 blind pensions 8580 to 168.
The Treasury opposes the plan as Anderson and aides push for a solution to avert drastic steps. They express optimism the problem may not become acute enough to require such action.
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