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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1960
Page
3
The passage discusses mental health, veteran care, and financial pressures from consumer loans. It suggests on the job treatment and point out small employer costs, mentioning a Way point and an installment plan as part of life.
AP reports church business leaders and political figures urge negotiation to resolve South Africa s racial crisis with Negro leaders. Government pushes police drive to crush the Negro boycott and fast tracks a bill to outlaw Pan Africanist Congress and African National Congress. Opposition figures call for softer policy as violence and arrests continue. two dead and many injured.
Widespread floods across the East forced evacuations of hundreds in New York and New England as major streams crested. Connecticut and Merrimack river basins faced minor flooding while New York areas along the Susquehanna Mohawk and Hudson saw elevated water but avoided major damage. Estimated statewide flood losses reached 7.9 million dollars with 990000 acres flooded in Kansas City district estimates.
Carl B. Jansen writes to Sen. Hruska denouncing the proposed diversion of Allegheny River flood waters to New York’s Conewango Valley. He claims the Conengango plan delays Kinzua dam construction and is self-serving. He says Pittsburgh area leaders have studied the issue for years and finds the other plan deliberately designed to confuse the matter.
The Grand Council of Pennsylvania condemns the use of Mafia terminology in film and TV especially The Untouchables. Ernest Borgnine supports the protest while recounting a protest letter from a New York editor over his portrayal of Joe Petrosino. He argues for accurate ethnic portrayal without overdoing stereotypes.
The House debates a measure aimed at high ranking officers who retire from the Pentagon and join defense contractors. Backers seek to curb influence on the 41 billion dollar defense budget. Penalities are limited to loss of retirement pay within two years of retirement, with Rep. Hebert pushing broader criminal penalties for officers and contractors. Hebert vows to renew the fight on the House floor after defeats in committee.
Franklin faces a tax delinquency problem with about 125 of 449 listed business establishments failing to pay city mercantile taxes for 1960. Finance Director James Kinz told council that efforts to collect have faltered, prompting a firm plan to crack down on non-payers and ensure fairness to compliant taxpayers.
With 3 385 of 9 416 precincts reporting Kennedy led with 463 466 votes to Humphrey 363 115 and Nixon 334 521. Kennedy carried six of ten congressional districts and won 20 of Wisconsin’s Democratic delegates to the national convention, Humphrey 10. Nixon had no opposition and limited campaign activity. City tax notices showed 126 delinquent accounts with 25 replies. clerk L A Arnold pursued collection.
Richard Marks of Oil City Pennsylvania is in Hillsdale Michigan custody facing Wheeling warrants for automobile theft and robbery after allegedly entering Chester Gates home on March 29 and binding Mrs Gates before fleeing in the family station wagon. Gates identified Marks from FBI photos. Ohio County sheriff’s office handling the case.
GREEN BANK West Virginia AP science writer says Dr Frank Drake head of the listening project at NRAO explains the aim to detect signals from intelligent extraterrestrials. The team tunes a radio telescope to hydrogen related frequencies hoping to hear structured messages or universal mathematical facts.
Pittsburgh police arrested seven ball owners on charges of operating chewing gum machines that pay cash and prizes. Lt Joyce said the devices dispensed either real or fake gum balls after a 10 cent stake, with players drawing for cash or prizes.
Lehigh County jury on Tuesday indicted Ruth L de Urdanivia widow of a Peruvian consul on murder and voluntary manslaughter charges in the deaths of her five children aged four to twelve last October. She allegedly gave sleeping pills in orange juice as cough medicine then tried to take her own life. Her husband Jose died in 1857 in San Francisco.
A 91-year-old editor in Georgia has sold the newspaper he received as a wedding present to a group of local businessmen. The sale preserves the paper, The Herald, and the editor plans to continue his occasional column dictated from a tape recorder.
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