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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1961
Page
2
Fragmented OCR lists names and addresses from a local paper including hospital contact, residents, a social club message, and community ads. It mentions emergency numbers, a Ritz Ladies Day, Elk members room closure, a reunion, and various scattered names and street addresses. The garbled text preserves place names like Corry, Loveland, Pittsburgh, Bear Lake, and West Bead Street.
Workers at a local plant face wage issues as the government allowed continued operations for two church project installations but warned closure is possible. Attorney David Gifford of Erie and company directors pursue back pay under new law permitting double wages due. Department of Labor and Industry involvement expected to enforce owed compensation.
LONDON AP The House of Commons opens a likely stormy debate on Britain joining the six nation European Common Market. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan hopes for a vote in favor to clear the path for negotiations with France West Germany Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. He vows safeguards for Commonwealth trade and seeks consent from Commonwealth governments before any entry. Opposition from many Conservatives and Labor MPs features abstentions or conditional support while a Labour amendment seeks no steps without Commonwealth and EFTA accord.
James Marlow reports on a Soviet Communist party program released in Moscow that predicts a twenty year span of revolution and struggle worldwide. It outlines peaceful coexistence as a tactic to gain time while aiming to replace noncommunist governments with communist control, by methods ranging from parliamentary gains to nonpeaceful actions, backed by continued Soviet unity.
Admiral George W. Angerson Jr., 54, takes over as chief of naval operations at the U S Naval Academy. He succeeds Admiral Arleigh Burke, who retires after 42 years and three CNO terms. Burke, 59, praises sea power while Angerson vows to keep the Navy on course.
Wah Kiu Man Po reports a cholera outbreak in Taishan Kwane tung province, a hometown for many overseas Chinese in the United States and Southeast Asia. The article notes a surge of cases and public health concerns across the region.
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