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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1958
Page
6
Erie County voters see a higher estimated total for the 3085-89 school year as attendance grows in Millcreek and nearby districts. Details include transfers, the Bible Club announcement at Conewago School, and service measures by the county board of elections for absentee ballots.
ALGIERS AP authorities say 410 to 500 mutilated bodies of Algerian nationalist rebels were found in a ravine in the Akfadou Range east of Algiers. Official notice said all victims belonged to a rebel unit accused of treason and plotting against the anti French rebellion.
Washington report says John L. Lewis moves toward a major pay rise for soft coal miners and a higher Welfare Fund royalty while the government forges a 50 cent per hour wage boost for producers selling coal under federal contract. The aim is to lift non union costs and press unionists toward concessions. Lewis, 78, heads the United Mine Workers and is said to have secured a tentative deal covering about 180,000 members plus a 10 cent per ton increase in the Welfare Fund royalty and other gains.
A 50 cent device from 18 years ago could drop to 25 cents unless government restricts spending. The warning, issued by William A. Burkett of the National Association of Supervisors of State Banks, came at the opening day of the American Bankers Association convention in Washington.
Southern governors faced confusion over a pro desegregation stance at the regional conference. proposals ranged from gradual integration plans to federal court skepticism and local commissions to ease disputes. Arkansas Governor Faubus signaled reopening Little Rock schools with private segregation, warning of federal litigation if challenged.
Henri Maillot, cousin of Gen. Charles de Gaulle and founder of the Corsican Public Safety Committee, was slightly wounded by a revolver shot while putting up De Gaulle election posters in Ajaccio Corsica. The attacker fired from a doorway and fled.
AP report details how Pennsylvania communities face a clock shift as DST ends. Eastern towns mostly stay on Daylight Time, while several central regions revert to Standard Time on Oct 26. Western counties align with major industries, keeping Daylight Time through Oct 26 in Pittsburgh and Altoona Johnstown Erie areas.
Residents struggle with daylight time shift as Daylight Saving extends longer in October. Many area towns will remain on Daylight Time until October 26, causing confusion for workers and students who rise before dawn and return after sunset.
Mrs. Don ado Vacht of Delaware Ohio, a 36 year old housewife, won the $25,000 first prize in a national baking contest with a spicy apple twists pie. She shortened cooking time to 20 25 minutes and created a flaky pastry twist around quartered apples brushed with butter and cinnamon sugar, sponsored by Pillsbury Mills in the 10th annual bake off.
Mrs. Frieda Schiff Warburg died September 14 leaving a 9.5 million gross estate with about 3 million in philanthropic bequests. The will provides residue to family members. In Indonesia a smallpox outbreak in Bu e fan stand East Indonesia has killed 15 people since dawn, per PIA News Agency.
United Auto Workers chief Walter Reuther warned Chrysler to reach a contract by noon or risk shifting focus entirely to General Motors negotiations. Reuther indicated Chrysler talks could be shelved as GM talks proceed, with a strike date looming if new agreements aren’t reached for GM and Chrysler. Annie Reid Knox, 82, widow of former Navy secretary Frank Knox, died in Miami after a recent coronary event.
In a county court petition filed by Inés Thomas, the sister of Bert Starbird, Judge Samuel Roberts is asked to declare a man legally dead based on a January 2, 1915 letter from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The letter, sent to Mrs. M. E. Porter of Erie, described West and Mexico work, travel plans, and employment difficulty. Starbird holds one third of a house in Erie and the ruling would transfer his share to his sister. A hearing was set for 10 p.m. on November bit.
The Internal Revenue Service will publicly disclose all approved exemption applications for nonprofit educational charitable and religious groups. The move, under new law, covers applications and the agency’s reasons for granting exemptions, with sensitive supporting documents withheld to protect trade secrets or defense information.
Richard J. Stefel, a 1year old McKeesport man, faces an Allegheny County coroner inquest tied to a traffic death. He was released on $10,000 bond after police arrested him hours after 47 year old Mark Huff was found lying on a McKeesport street. Huff had been struck by a car that fled the scene.
William L. Ryan notes hints from Communist informants that Peiping could seek to push a Far East crisis onto a summit including Red China representation. Peiping would control the spigot on crises, using concessions as bait to win recognition and deter open war risk.
A California car passing through Nogales Ariz bore a rear bumper sign reading Dont follow me Im lost. The playful message drew a chuckle from onlookers as the vehicle rolled through town.
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