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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1959
Page
3
A partial readable item reports a weather related accident on a 10 mile route involving an individual or vehicle near New Island. Details are fragmented but indicate a collision with serious injuries or disruption. No further names or exact locations are identifiable from the text.
A string of local events includes a woman injured after falling in a Crawford home stairway and a man charged with a crash on West Main Street. Police logged a serious altercation at Opal Birr’s residence, thefts near hotels and schools, a bicycle theft misreported, and social security benefits rising over 1958. Additional notes cover weather outlook, vandalism, and a high school accident with a student injuring his forehead and cheek.
Secretary of Labor James Mitchell had promised to eat his hat if unemployment fell below three million in October and will dine in a fedora next month. The Jobless total dropped but not below three million due to layoffs from the steel strike. Officials at the Commerce Department advisory council meeting indicated unemployment around four million for November with potentially a rise in employment above sixty seven million later, contingent on strike resolution. The advisory group, including heads of major firms, held a closed session with Secretary Mueller to assess the economy and predict a gradual recovery as the steel strike ends.
In Silver Creek yesterday, two women were injured when the floor of a store collapsed, hurling them about seven feet into the basement. Mrs. Strafe De Pasquale of Silver Creek and Mrs. Knowp Pierce of Gowands were shopping at the time. both workers at the nearby Van Ruske Co. plant. The store, owned by Carmen and Joseph Oliver, has been undergoing extensive renovations. Injuries described include contusions and abrasions with possible fractures. The damaged floor area measured about five by seven feet.
The steel strike will pause GM production, idling about 200,000 workers as auto plants close across Flint Michigan Willow Run Kansas City and Oakland. Shutdowns depend on steel supplies, with a likely three to five week gap before lines resume.
Harold Stassen, seeking Philadelphia mayor as a springboard to influence the Pennsylvania GOP, pivots from anti Nixon stance to backing a Nixon Rockefeller contest. He faces scrutiny over back taxes claimed paid with receipts lacking, amid questions about migratory worker policy and wage tax records.
The disaster left at least 33 known dead and hundreds missing after a 100 ton freighter Stratoa Wow reported missing crew. Emergency appeals for food clothing and medicine persisted as round the clock relief drops continued. Officials said 10 bodies buried in Minat Ionian and up to 60 more may be found in rubble. The hurricane hit Manzanillo routing westward then eastward toward Acapulco.
The fragment notes a person who worked for Uncle Sam in Washington and a statement that he will sue in court for the money, leaving the decision to the courts. No clear dates, names, or locations are provided to specify a fuller summary.
Former Undersecretary of State Robert D Murphy urged the United States and allies to build military strength not only for defense but to secure leverage in negotiating with the Soviet Union. He said Khrushchev has shifted but communist aims remain, expressing hope for better U S Soviet relations and stressing the need for renewed high level exchanges between Eisenhower and Khrushchev.
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