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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1959
Page
4
The notice outlines exclusive use news and AP dispatches, post office mailing classifications for Corry Pa, rates for mail subscriptions with yearly and half year options, carrier copy price, advertising rates on application, and display deadline at 9 pm from the prior publication date.
Governor Lawrence highlights that the state funds about 40 percent of public school costs while 2,450 districts bear the rest. A district sampling shows wide variance in state aid, from 12 mills to 417 mills, with many districts above 90 mills and an average near 220.2 mills. The message argues that many districts are too small and uneconomic, hindering fair statewide educational opportunities.
John D. MacDonald, a young former lieutenant colonel turned writer, has produced 15 million words since 1945 and sold about 14 million copies worldwide. He rose from OSS service in Ceylon to a one-man fiction factory, writing stories, novelettes, and four books in quick succession while living in Sarasota Florida.
Lisa Larsen, award winning photographer, died Sunday after battling cancer. The New York native built a renowned freelance career with Life magazine, while her husband Nils Rasmussen works as a news film editor for the American Broadcasting Co, born in Germany.
Warren engineers report on proposed Allegheny River diking in Warren finds costs around 5 million dollars. They say current conditions do not justify the project economically. Contingencies and associated work bring total near 4.9 million with federal aid unlikely due to the Kinzua Dam funding. The report urges focusing on a reservoir on the Allegheny as a more feasible fix to reduce floods.
The County Commissioners named Stephen Aradas of Youngstown to the junior planner post with a yearly salary of 5600. He joins a four person county planning office and will start April 1. Aradas is a Youngstown City Planning Commission member and a New England School of Art graduate, studying sociology at Youngstown University.
Washington reports Democrats and Republicans spar over balancing the budget versus growth as President Eisenhower pushes restraint while assessing tax hikes. Unemployment and defense asks mix with urgency as lawmakers clash on unemployment extension and foreign aid amid a looming national congress in Peiping to name Mao Tse-tung's successor.
A chaotic day in Corry includes gambling raid on East Main Street with 16 visitors detained, a courthouse square fire destroying Liberty Theatre near Mercer, and a look back at 40 years ago with a 1919 city purchase of a new fire engine. Other notes include officials moving and a window accident at the Antler Hotel.
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