21 Apr 1962
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1962
Page
1
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Seattle readies for the first US world’s fair since 1940. President Kennedy will touch off the six month event from Palm Beach, with a tolling telegraph key at noon. Gov Rasellini and Mayor Clinton lead dignitaries as 100000 guests expected on opening day.
The Rev. Calvin H. Cole of Gardners, his parents Thomas and Elsie Cole, and grandson Russell Cole were killed in a two car crash near Hanover York County on route 9 at Red Hill. Angela Staub of New Oxford was critically injured along with another Cole child injured.
The YMCA will launch an eight week charm school for high school girls starting Tuesday at 7 pm. An Erie department store expert will lead the first meeting with Miss Amy Prehler of Erie directing. Sessions cover makeup clothes and hairdos culminating in a style show. Fees: $1.25 for Y and Tri-Hi-Y members, $3 for non members.
Marcia Compton 19 of Clymer died of carbon monoxide poisoning after a car, recently purchased, with a defective muffler ran for about a half hour at the Lakewood Drive-In near Jamestown. The group, including two Findley Lake youths and a Albany resident, fell asleep as fumes filled the back seat.
Grover A Whalen longtime official greeter for visiting celebrities in New York City died yesterday of a heart attack at age 75 He retired in 1953 after a public career that began in 1918 as mayor Hy lans secretary He later served as police commissioner and president of the 1939 40 New York Worlds Fair
The Pennsylvania labor market areas show no changes in classifications per the US Department of Labor. Of 12 major areas, 5 remain in Group C moderate unemployment, Philadelphia stays in substantial but not persistent, six in substantial and persistent, with Scranton moving to Group P. Four smaller and three very small areas are unclassified. 11 very small and 20 smaller areas remain categorized.
Senator John Stennis says the Army must decide the Maj Arch E Roberts case. He notes the inquiry will pause until Army completes its review and determines if Roberts violated military regulations by giving an address without prior clearance. Roberts, connected to Major General Edwin Walker, spoke without Pentagon authorization to the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Debra Sue Kelly, 4, died after being struck by a car driven by Julie Van Eman in Erie. Another 6 year old girl, Deaae Cooper, remained in critical condition at Hamet Hospital. Police traced the vehicle's 80 foot move. autopsy planned. charges unlikely.
Richard Schiller, 26, of Pittsburgh is jailed on a murder charge after autopsy showed his wife Lillian was beaten. He initially said she fell at home, then admitted striking her with his fists, police said.
Albertson, New York resident Mead recalls a hijacking during a pilot flight for American Aviation Corp in Miami. He describes two men demanding a demonstration flight, forcing a southbound move along the coast to Seven Mile Bridge, and threatening him with a pistol before the radio was silenced. The incident led to arrests for kidnapping and hijacking a week later.
McInnes Steel announces officers and directors as well as plant expansion. The East Main Street facility, employing about 160, plans to boost production with a new hammer, four furnaces, and a manipulator. Shipments to auto makers and defense programs steady. future year looks promising with new facilities expected in July.
A 2 year old Corry boy admitted stealing a mailed silverware parcel the mailman left at a South Center street home. The youth hid the box under a chair, hoping to see its contents before surrendering it to police who then contacted the owner Mrs. Gibas. The case led to unofficial probation and weekly reporting.
Thousands of worshippers are expected for Moravian service centers in Bethlehem and Lancaster County while Pittsburgh hosts city sponsored memorial rites. The Easter Peace Walk in Philadelphia runs from the Franklin Institute to Independence Hall with a rally at City Hall.
In Jerusalem the Easter rites fill the Church of the Holy Sepulchre with candlelight and incense as clergy remove nails from the crucified Christ. The procession moves to the Stone of Unction and burial tomb as services unfold in seven languages amid crowds of over 6,000 visitors and pilgrims entering via the no man’s land dividing Israeli and Jordanian sectors.
An overhead door spring fell at 11 15 a m at Fox Key Stone Station injuring William Hadvers of Lakwood N Y an employee of Overhead Door Sales of Jamestown He was admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital for multiple facial cuts a dislocated shoulder and ankle He was on a ladder on North Center Street and Columbus Avenue when the spring struck sending him to the ground Corry Atbilake Bervie responders aided at the scene and rushed him to the hospital.
Grass fires sent Elgin residents scrambling as three runs were made to two blazes at West Washington extension and West Main Street. Fire crews answered calls from Mrs. Don ald Houser and Mrs. Harry Norton reporting children’s campfire and matches. The first fire rekindled after extinguishment, prompting a second response, then a third alarm near West Main Street.
Rexford A Weed a Corry native died from injuries after a Wednesday car crash on Glenwood Park avenue Erie. His wife Thelma 36 is in fair condition at St Vincent’s Hospital Erie County Coroner Merle Wood said a possible involuntary manslaughter charge against driver Clayton D Kilgore 28 of Erie will be discussed with investigators. Kilgore pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated and was released on 500 bond with a May 4 hearing set.
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