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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1961
Page
2
Local Line O Ad listing invites readers to a pancake supper at Spartansburg Methodist Church on Tuesday April 25 from 5 to 8 pm with adults 1.00 and children 50 cents. Also mentions a Monday meeting at St Edward's at 8:05 pm and a comfort message line.
Erie County FFA swept the state potato contest with four gold medals and top honors to a Lehigh County winner. Medals went to Warren Herminger Northwestern Joint High School New Tripoli and Richard Graham Wattsburg Area Joint High School Erie County along with Raymond Osborne and Harry Dewey Fort LeBoeuf Joint High School. David Wimner Lakeview Joint Consolidated High School won the silver medal and Gary Hoover Harborcreek Township High School Erie County earned bronze.
Philadelphia AP report notes health insurance for seniors is inadequate. James M. Quigley of HEW backs Kennedy plan to fund medical care for the aged via Social Security. Francis R. Smith agrees with a proposed $10 daily charge for the first nine days of hospitalization for those over 65.
Two Canadian pilots returning from Cuba described a landscape where almost every civilian carried weapons. Capt Ron Lippert and copilot Guy Larose said the scene resembled a concentration camp with guns seen everywhere during their stranded wait since last Monday's rebel action.
At The Hospital is unable to summon a physician in case of emergency. Call 2820 for Corry Memorial Hospital.
A hospital list shows admitted and discharged individuals with addresses in Corry Union City Spartansburg and nearby towns. Entries include infants and adults such as Robert Marion 15 months at 134 East Frederick street Clyde Ross 248 Marion street Miss Mario Kazimaler 181% North Center street Christina Louise Tin kp RD 1 Columbus and many others. No discharges or admissions for some zones are recorded and several residents are noted as transferred or relocated.
Indonesia's neutralist President Sukarno arrives in the United States and receives full military honors, including a 21 gun salute, during an informal overnight visit with President Kennedy. A four hour meeting is planned at Andrews Air Force Base after Sukarno flies from Los Angeles.
An explosion followed by a fire at the Columbiana Boiler Co in Columbiana eight miles east of here injured at least ten workmen. Eight were sent to Salem City Hospital and two to Columbiana Hospital. condition not yet known. Victims include George Cannon Stewart Orr and James Bartow vice president of the firm. Fire Chief Marcus Hamm said a spark from an acetylene torch ignited gas escaping from an apparent remote tank.
Dr. Sara Witt Mayer Baron testified that Nazi rise wiped out twenty years of Jewish progress in Europe and set back emancipation overnight. She noted the period 1919 to 1933 as Europe’s high point of Jewish freedom. The court also heard Captain Avner Less describe Eichmann’s tape testimony and questions about undue influence and consistency in statements.
France faces a crisis as President de Gaulle proclaims near unlimited authority under Article 16 to counter the Algiers junta. He urges loyalty from forces in Algeria while warning of court martial for disloyal elements. Reports from Algiers claim new support but remain unverified. The junta seeks to block self determination in Algeria. A rebel Tunisian government warns of a broader North African crisis if the coup succeeds.
Firemen found the charred bodies of a mother and two children near the front door as a large frame house burned in North Beach Maryland. Police identified Bill Bowden 35 Marie Elizabeth Bowden 33 and six children plus Xenia Farr 60s as victims. Bowden worked as a communications engineer for Page Communications Engineers Inc in Washington DC.
The State Real Estate Commission issued new regulations to curb panic selling and customer harassment. Brokers or salesman fostering panic selling may be charged with incompetence and bad faith. The rules prohibit using tactics that frighten owners or others into selling property.
Mrs Merle Cutting hosted a Sunday afternoon party entertaining 44 guests for her sister Mrs Joseph Cywinskt and infant daughter of Eric. Faye Slada won the door prize as bingo and refreshments followed. Numerous local families and students from Clymer Central School are mentioned in visits, birthday tributes, and Juniors class activities with trips to Washington and other local engagements.
Mrs. Helen Goettler Moyer, editor and publisher of the Souderton Independent for 21 years, died yesterday at her home in Souderton, Pennsylvania.
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