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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1957
Page
4
President Eisenhower vetoed $850 000 in pay raises for 1 500 000 federal postal and white collar workers though Congress approved them. He called the raises unfair and inflationary, warning Congress to avoid actions that worsen the debt limit and urging restraint in future adjustments.
President Eisenhower urged mayors to rely on local and state resources for aid, citing high defense costs and deflation of federal budgets. The Conference of Mayors received the message coolly as larger cities organize resistance to shifting programs and revenues back to the states amid rural-dominated legislatures.
Yesterday's Memories of Corry's 20 Years Ago recalls the September 20 1937 North York Pa event where the Ku Klux Klan backed Senator Hugo L Black as U S Supreme Court justice. It also notes Corry Rotary's Fall and Hobby Exhibit at the Armory October 8. New York stock market commentary discusses industry forecasts for 1958 with leaders from steel, oil, chemicals and machinery noting cautious optimism and varied projections.
SAM DAWSON reports a projected 21 percent growth, with Ethyl Corp executive Malcolm Murdock citing a 39 percent annual gate for 1959-61 and Robert H Perlit of Consolidated Foods estimating dollar food sales around 8.4 billion this year, rising to 29.4 billion next year, with prices possibly lifting total beyond 9.1 billion.
Four decades ago Cassius L Alexander won the mayor elect post in a landslide, with 865 votes. Opponents were William C Murray and Chris Christensen. Christensen, an U S Radiator plant worker, survived a near-fatal fumes incident while cleaning an oil tank.
A school bus carrying Richmond Township pupils collided with a car about five miles west of Townville. No injuries were reported. the bus, owned by the township school district, was demolished. Ralph B. Edminster of Union City Wisconsin drove the car. Theodore Ervin of Cambridge Springs drove the bus to pick up students. State Police noted no stop signs at the intersection.
A Coast Guard man from Erie died in a high speed crash on the Garden State Parkway in Somers Point, New Jersey. Died with him were two companions, Jerry Bennett and Eric Bennett, both 22 from Texas. Three others were injured, one critically. The car overturned after leaving the roadway, striking a guard rail near Ocean City. Gross, 23, was a Coast Guard Receiving Center recruit at Cape May, Erie native, educated at St. Michael's and Cathedral Prep, class of 1954.
Local church notices list service times and events for multiple parishes including M. Cray Methodist, Blue Eye Wesleyan Methodist, Clymer Methodist, North Clymer Methodist, American Sunday School Union, Wheelock Union, Harbor Ridge Wesleyan, Bear Lake Evangelical United Brethren, Edwards Chapel Evangelical United Brethren, Our Lady of Victory, Anbe Reformed, The Bokensthaw Parish, Serbs, and Gospel Tabernacle. Entries cover Sunday School, morning worship, evening services, midweek prayer meetings, youth groups, and special sermons across Spartansburg area congregations. Names of pastors and meeting locations are included.
Rev Gasius Armitage conducts worship service at 11 1 Sunday School led by Mrs John Muickersim superintendent Classes for all ages Monday at 8 pm Young People's Tuesday at 7 pm Cottage Prayer meeting Service every other Sunday evening at 7 pm
The notice lists weekly services at North Clymer Evangelical United Brethren Church led by Pastor Burkert Smith. Includes Sunday School at 10:20, Worship Service with sermon, midweek service, and a youth fellowship event.
The American Eastern Ortlocon Catholic Mission, two miles west of Youngsville, holds liturgy Sundays at 10 a.m. Rev. Stephen Kanyan leads the service with English and Slovene variants.
WERC-TV seeks Channel 66 as Erie broadcasting firms apply for a television permit on Channel 66. Erie's WSEE and WICU already operate channels 35 and 12, while WJET and WLEU also pursue UBF channel access. Atomic test at the Nevada site is postponed due to wind with a tentative reschedule for 5 39 p m tomorrow.
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