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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1957
Page
4
The Hungarian government hints at removing Cardinal Mindszenty from Hungary. The Cardinal resides in a three room suite on the third floor under constant guard by the legation staff. If he leaves, it would ease the legation’s burden more than political concerns.
A column argues that Aneurin Bevan’s planned talks with Communist China and the Soviet bloc could steer Britain toward recognizing Beijing and broadening dialogue with Europe’s communist states. It warns that a Labour victory might redefine NATO ties and German reunification within a five power framework, challenging U.S. policy and free world aims.
Corry Junior High School athletic field was formally dedicated and named Loveland Field in ceremonies Saturday afternoon. Dr. C F Bennett, president of the Board of Education, announced by unanimous board action that the field is named in honor of F A Loveland marking the culmination of the Corry Titusville football cooperative event and related activities.
Forty years ago on October 11 1917 members of the Signal Corps who enlisted from this city departed last night for their camp at Columbia 5 6 local manufacturers urged to meet at the Board of Commerce to plan concerted action to relieve the local coal shortage The Ajax Tron Works shipped two pumping engines by Wells Fargo express to New York City for export State Fisheries Commissioner BR Buller and his brother the Curry hatchery superintendent visited yesterday.
Westinghouse Electric Corp hourly workers will gain at least five cents hourly and salaried staff three percent under a 5 year contract. The third raise under the pact will lift costs at the East Pittsburgh Division by about 2.675 million dollars annually. Hourly staff get back pay in October. salaried employees receive the extra pay at month end.
TV highlights overview for the coming week across NBC CBS and ABC including NBCs Thursday night Green Pastures season launch and a Madison Square Garden event with Elizabeth Taylor. CBS previews a party with Mike Todd and Elizabeth Taylor for 18000 attendees at Madison Square Garden. ABC plans Metropolitan Opera star Patrice Munsel in a new weekly half hour variety program while Frank Sinatra hosts his own show. Sunday features Wide World of News with a Russian satellite glimpse from Climax Colorado and University of Colorados Connagmaph Station.
In a New York Times interview Khrushchev alleged the United States sought to push Turkey into a war with Syria. Senate Republicans and Democrats dismissed the charge as unfounded and false. The State Department echoed the conclusion that the claims were baseless.
Suhrawardy quits after cabinet split with Republicans over West Pakistan reorganizing into smaller provinces. President Mirza asks opposition Moslem League leader Ismail Chandrisar to form a new government as the coalition collapses. In a separate incident, 56 year old Pat Joseph Walasecayk dies in a Bethlehem Steel coal mine rock fall.
A $50,000 damage suit was filed against McKeesport Police Chief James Lowes. Harry Davenport, a former Democratic pressman, claims Davenport was taken to Lowes office by two police officers and accused of criminal libel for allegedly printing a political pamphlet. Davenport denied any link to the literature and said Lowes acted without a warrant. Davenport, once a congressman aide, campaigned for Harold Bird in Nescesport’s mayoral race against Mayor Andrey Jakoma in the May primary.
Robert T. Davis, 28, was denied a new trial and sentenced to death for the first degree murder of Emily Foster in a $1.75 robbery near Leechburg. Davis, a Pittsburgh resident, had broken from Armstrong County jail weeks earlier and was recaptured near Pittsburgh before the Governor set the execution date.
Police pursue a third suspect in a Canton area robbery gang case. The gang held up a payroll heist on April 6, 1956, escaping with about $13,000. One captured member remains jailed on burglary and other charges, with another being held in Ohio penitentiary.
A Warren man bought a new truck from 4 North Warreney paying cash with 37 pounds of small change. The money, mostly nickels dimes quarters and half dollars, filled a wooden peck basket, the largest note a 45 bill. The buyer K Abell of Warren said he had saved loose change since last Christmas.
George Powell and Mrs. Powell, longtime workers in French West Africa, will address the Corry Christian and Missionary Alliance Church evening service at 7 30 tomorrow. The couple helped establish an Indigenous Baouli church of about 4000 members and ran a girls school after returning to Africa. Rev W F Christie leads concluding services Sunday at 8 45 and 1 am. services open to the public per Rev B G Docherty.
George M. Hayes, 60, chairman of Field Enterprises Educational Corp, died yesterday in Chicago. The publisher of the World Book Encyclopedia and Childcraft led a company with 80,000 sales representatives across the United States, Canada, West Germany, France, and Hawaii. Hayes was born in Gwensboro, Kentucky.
Hal Boyle notes American fathers increasingly join PTAs, with men now leading several state PTA groups. Mrs. Rolli Brown of Los Angeles heads the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, guiding a 60th anniversary organization founded in 1907 by Birney Hearst and Stevenson. Despite turnover, PTA remains nonpartisan, campaigning for better education and safety while wives and mothers remain active.
General fair weather expected across much of the United States with rain continuing in the Far West. Northern California storms caused over 9 million dollars in agricultural, road, and power-line damage, with Napa and Sonoma counties most affected. Rainfall in some areas exceeded several inches. other regions saw only light moisture as northerly winds brought scattered sprinkles from the northern Appalachians to the upper Ohio Valley.
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