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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1959
Page
3
Uffi Atin announces Rusting Volunteer Week with community service push. The event seeks volunteers to support local projects, coordinate curbside cleanup, and assist with neighborhood improvement efforts across the city. Community leaders urge participation.
SEU, facing a civil contempt hearing with the International Union of Electrical Workers and the Erie Resistan Corp, awaits a ruling within about a week after OWL rested its case. Nineteen company witnesses testified earlier as a court injunction remained in effect against mass picketing and line disturbances.
Hammermill Paper Company plans to invest about 20 million dollars in new growth program facilities at its Erie mill by 1959 end. President Donald B. Leslie told Erie area stockholders the large borrowing funded capex aims to boost pulpmaking capacity and lift paper sales, with full earnings potential materializing after the Oswego mill purchase comes online in early 1961.
Harrisburg report on Gov Lawrence’s 489.2 million highway budget, seeking higher gasoline tax from five to six cents, $15 tag, and tripled operator fee to lift two-year state funds. Senate Appropriations and Highways panels quiz Highways Secretary Martin amid GOP concerns and chamber criticisms. Rep Helm calls the gas tax hike "completely wrong."
A joint plea by the Chamber of Commerce and Civic Development Committee to install penny slots on Ridgway's five and ten cent meters was ignored. Borough Manager William Seachrist said changeover would cost 1348 dollars for materials and 1954 dollars for labor. Council decided funds are unavailable and the proposal unnecessary. Original nickel and dime meters replaced a year ago amid criticism from individuals and civic groups.
Soviet leader complains ministers haggle over table size and details while the United States Britain and France press for a workable summit. Andrei Gromyko pushes for East and West Germany and Poland and Czechoslovakia as full participants drawing West objections before the talks dissolve.
A midair crash near Wirpout leaves a2 passengers dead as a 2-year-old stewardess Nancy Marshall helps evacuate survivors after the fiery wreckage. The incident occurs amid tense Geneva talks where Soviet diplomat Gromyko delays Bus Four demands, stalling Germany discussions.
A late afternoon thundershower preceded a fatal air crash near Baltimore. Walter Bevans, 10, and others fled as debris and bodies rained down over a wide area. Police and volunteers toiled for hours to recover remains of the Viscount wreckage scattered beyond a mile.
A fragment reports that four engines were located within a few hundred yards and that the propeller of one engine was missing. The terse note labels a discovery by a crew or investigation section, implying an aviation mishap or wreckage search.
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