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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1959
Page
4
The Corry Journal credits staff and management details and notes AP exclusive republication rights. It lists publication offices, rates by mail, and advertising deadlines, indicating weekly cost structures and distribution notes for subscribers in its region.
The Mount Pleasant Journal notes a Senate subcommittee vote to increase the federal minimum wage from 1.00 to 1.25 per hour. Economic Intelligence argues higher wages can reduce hiring for unskilled workers and impede skill advancement, a concern echoed for coverage expansion to exempt groups like retail workers.
Actress Helen Hayes will become a grandmother when her son Jaimes MacArthur reports his wife, actress Joyce Bulifant, is expecting. MacArthur telephoned his studio with the news yesterday confirming the forthcoming arrival.
A pasted retrospective from October 12 1939 recounts Corry events. British troops engage on the western front while Pennsylvania tests a state subsidized job program. Local welfare drives advance, a new elevator at Corry Hospital nears completion, Armistice Day plans are set, and Union and Church streets safety concerns prompt highway department action.
Millcreek supervisors order Groves and Son to repair a township road damaged during Erie Thruway construction at Appleman Road. Foreman John Hirz says heavy equipment crossed Appleman and drainage ditches, injuring the road and bordering fields near the Mill Creek Harborcreek Greene townships junction. The supervisors seek an immediate response to a letter sent to the contractor.
In New York and abroad markets mirrored last week's financial and business upheaval. Stocks paused as steel talks stalled, bonds reacted to Treasury steps, and London shares surged on a Conservative victory. Investors eyed inflation, wage dynamics, and tax policy amid mixed signals for growth and liquidity.
A Port Allegany youth Norman Strait age 19 died in a motorcycle crash on a rarely used trail seven miles south of Port Allegany. Deputy Coroner Marlin Hanson ruled the death accidental after Strait fractured his skull when the machine struck a stone while he rode along a rippled dirt road found by Albert Mantz. The wooded road, used mainly by campers and hunters, yielded the fatal scene.
Harry Winslow of Meadville received a distinguished service award from the American Cancer Society at the Pennsylvania Division annual banquet. He started a cancer control program in Crawford County 30 years ago. Dr Clarence McCullough of Washington County II was cited for outstanding cancer control work in 1958. The division also thanked volunteers on its board and noted Pennsylvanians contributed 1 59647 to the crusade in 1959, a state high. The three day meeting ended yesterday.
Dr. Arthur Compton, a key figure in bomb development, spent a good day yesterday and is doing very well according to Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was flown to the city on Friday after fainting at his summer home near Gaylord, Michigan.
New York column sketches a mix of Odds and ends from mail, tastes, and trivia. It notes Voltaire’s coffee habit, earthquake leaders Japan and Italy, humor about weddings and labor, and playful lines from actors and comedians. The piece surveys curious facts and light anecdotes from daily life.
Danville Va. James E Strates a Greek born immigrant who rose from a shoeshine boy to owner of a major entertainment empire died yesterday after a stroke. The long profile notes celebrities and California real estate quips as part of a broader feature on money and homes.
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