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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1960
Page
4
The Corry Evening Journal announces staff positions and multiple advertising and distribution details. Displays advertising deadlines are 9 a.m. the day before publication. The paper lists publishers managers and sales staff, with notices about postal and subscription rates.
A group of Corry merchants publish a public appeal to residents to spend locally. They argue that buying at home boosts civic finances, increases stock variety through volume, and strengthens services, while warning against shopping trips to Erie that drain local resources. The ad notes retailers’ shared duty to community welfare and cautions about poor stock, management, and customer relations harming small-town business.
Titusville authorities dropped charges against a man and a Titusville woman accused of dunking a boy in a service station toilet three weeks ago. Alderman Love set costs on the defendants as witnesses testified for the case, while defense testimony was not heard.
Funeral services for Mrs Georgia Lyons were held at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev William Sturdevant presiding. Interment followed at Beaverdam Cemetery. Bearers included Leon Proctor Charles Swan Paul Smith Ora Gibbons Harold Tanger and Floyd Marsh. Attendees listed from Union City Cincinnati Buffalo Edinboro Syracuse Sherman New York Youngstown and nearby Beaver Dam Union City Corry areas.
Academy winner Frank Lloyd, a Glasgow born filmmaker who shaped early Hollywood, died yesterday at St. John's Hospital at 73. His directing credits include Divine Lady 1929 Cavalcade 1933 and Mutiny on the Bounty 1936. Survived by widow Virginia Kellogg.
Mrs Vincent N Fralantomio at St Ann Hospital gave birth to an 8 pound 5 ounce girl Tuesday night. This is the mother’s fifth child. In recent months she has spent time at Mount Sinai with her two other daughters Bernadette 3 and Venita 3. Bernadette and Venita have both fallen ill with mysterious ailments not yet diagnosed. One moment the child may be awake, the next asleep as periods of sleep vary.
The article notes postwar full hotel rooms in New York with rare vacancies during conventions and World Series periods. It states 135 major office buildings added since 1947, with projections toward 147 and about 51.307 billion square feet of rentable space under construction or planned, expanding the city skyline.
The hotel industry expands with New York leading a construction surge as office growth and corporate relocation drive demand. Hotels eye modernization, new builds, and nationwide motel competition, with Theaters Inc. proposing a 21 story East Side project and a 50 story West Side rival to claim the world’s tallest hotel, while financing delays stall another major project.
Washington The Veterans of Foreign Wars say Vice President Richard M. Nixon, the Republican presidential candidate, will address the 61st annual VFW convention in Detroit on August 24. Nixon, a World War I Navy veteran, is a VFW member.
Pennsylvania lawmakers heard testimony on expanding higher education amid rising costs and labor demand. Advocates including J Cullive McSparvan urged targeted junior college systems to feed skilled workers, with debates over governance by colleges or public schools and loan support. Tomorrow financing discussed.
Fragmentary lines mention Honor Hall C, Odd Fe, and various names including Pelley, Mixe, Spartansbur, and Erie Counts. Several references hint at anniversaries, lodge activities, and district roles, with scattered mentions of Detroit and Sylva. The text is garbled and lacks clear events or dates.
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