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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1958
Page
6
Weather and health notices fill the page with events in Breedtown Erie and surrounding towns. A free vaccine clinic at Cherry Tree Grange, a food distribution at State Armory, a Mead Park board meeting, a barbershop singing society gathering, hospital injuries, a fryer prize, and traffic citation are listed with dates, locations, and basic details.
Republican National Chairman Meade Alcorn accuses Democrats in Congress of delaying Eisenhower proposed three year aid for areas hit by unemployment. He urges action without sowing panic as Eisenhower plans a speech to 1,700 women at a two day conference with Nixon and cabinet members at a reception.
The Welfare Department cleared Nesbitt Williams of Benton after an inquiry by investigator Charles Tapman found no grounds to support the patient's claim that Williams hit him with a broom. The patient, a 29 year old Danville State Hospital ward, had said he was injured March 10 during a fight with another patient.
Frank Sinatra failed to appear at a hotel night club last night due to a sore throat. Patrons demonstrated in disappointment while hotel officials hoped he could perform today, with potential ball room seating to accommodate both last night and today’s audiences. Rumors of a marriage to Lauren Bacall have kept Sinatra in the news.
The State Supreme Court ruled today that Francis X. Ballem is legally sane in the Delaware County murder case. Ballem had been convicted of first degree murder and death in the electric chair after insanity was raised. a sanity commission and lower court found him sane, and his defense had appealed the lack of a hearing on the commission report.
The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Erte visited Emmanuel Church for a 11 a.m. confirmation service. Rector Rev. W. C. Seitz presented Madeline Jolley, Linda Tarbell, Daniel Taggart, Agnes Taggart, Carleton Wassik, Thomas Rothrock, Pern Rothrock, John Xander, Albert Xander,.Toa Xander, Nancy French and Richard Cook for confirmation. After vows, they were welcomed as communicants and received laying on of hands. The bishop preached on Christ’s titles. A reception followed in the church Undercroft. The confirmands will commune together at the 8 a.m. service next Sunday.
Snow and cold weather spread across the nation after a weekend of storms. Heavy snow fell in Colorado and Wyoming, with flurries in Kansas and the Ohio Valley, while New England faced violent winds and power outages. In California, flooding followed five days of rain, and Charlie Kunz, the American pianist beloved in Britain, died at 61 in Beaconsfield England.
A Cleveland i A letter from a group of high school pupils to the Cleveland School Board has President Charles A. Mooney reacting to its errors. He notes a single long paragraph with many commas and multiple misspellings such as pupies for pupils and wait for where. Mooney plans to ask at today's board meeting about the spelling tests used. The petition carried 122 signatures and Mooney declined to reveal its subject.
Mrs Blanche Thompson discovered a World War I German artillery shell in her doorstep given by a brother after 38 years of use. A painter urged inspection and the National Guard confirmed it alive and detonated the shell.
The Journal will publish five pieces during National Library Week March 17 to 22 written by a teacher two students a housewife and an industrialist. Lead article by Miss Antoinette Baresi discusses reading ability and needs of pupils highlighting growth in silent reading and the need for more discriminating self reliant readers.
The RFC may be revived on standby to act during economic strain after going out of business last year. Since January 1992 the agency loaned over 50 billion dollars to banks and industry, with lawmakers debating public works and jobs measures to bolster the economy amid recession worries.
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