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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1951
Page
6
Workers at a local veneer and plywood plant approved a three cent per hour cost of living increase and ratified a job evaluation program to assign definite rates. The action ends about three months of union negotiations and affects some A30/union members who had received a higher raise in May 1960.
Associated Press reports weary workers sift tan rail steel near Evanston as six teen bodies have been recovered and one man remains missing. Union Pacific officials fear 17 deaths, with Dr. Robert Thomson of Fitchburg among the missing. his wife lies in a hospital, among the most critically hurt survivors.
Oakland county Probate Judge Arthur E. Moore ruled to reject all adoption offers for 11 orphans from the Murray Moore group. The children were ordered kept in the care of relatives and two court appointed guardians after a hearing. The ruling delays adoption pending further consideration of the cases.
The Custom Tailors Guild of America lists ten top dressed men across fields led by Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bob Hope. Others include Winthrop Rockefeller Leo Durocher Freddy Martin Fred Vinson Herbert W. Hart Lauri Melchior Vincent Impellitteri and Robert Taylor. Guild president Ballieta calls it a move toward a dressier era.
Harrisburg reports Butler County leads Pennsylvania by establishing a local health unit under a 1951 law shifting public health duties to local control. Dr. Russell E. Teague says the unit will begin next week with Dr. Clarence D. Barrett directing a full staff including nurses inspectors and engineers.
The Metropolitan Opera began its second season under Rudolph Bing with a new Verdi production directed by Margaret Webster and a modern staging. The plush Diamond Horseshoe audience included Rex Harrison Lil Palmer and Lowell and B. Thomas. Gloria Swarthout Jeannette McDonald Blennor Steber Faye Smer son Tona Massey attended along with Sir Oliver and Lady Franks. Janet Collins starred in a topical ballet scene, the first Black dancer featured at the Met.
Edward Walkin of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to 06 counts of passing worthless checks. Police testified he formed a bogus company and used a mechanical check writer to make the checks look authentic. Judge John J. Kennedy deferred sentence. Walkin said he netted about $2,500 from bogus checks passed between November 1950 and April 1951.
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