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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1961
Page
10
A woman angler escaped by pulling herself from a tar pit after sinking to waist level. Esther Huhne, near Picola, reported the incident to police. she was aided by others nearby before reaching safety and hospital treatment was pursued.
The Corry Journal classifieds column lists local listings with ads and notices. Hard to parse due to OCR errors but shows typical rates and categories for announcements, services, and personal notices.
Various 1950s to 1960s cars listed with makes models colors years and options. Inline entries include Ford Chevrolet Plymouth Cadillac Mercury Buick Oldsmobile and Willys with engines transmissions and features noted. Open Monday and Friday until 6 or 7 o clock and contact phone 7452 for inquiries.
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President Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk address the Berlin crisis and refugee flows. Rusk critics Communist claims of peaceful competition and notes the young refugee population voting with their feet against communist rule.
The report cites U S Secretary of State Rusk in Berlin noting West Berlin’s status as a key escape route from East Germany and rejecting Communist claims. It describes heightened tension amid Soviet warnings and Western responses ahead of a major Soviet-East German move.
AP reports a bandit robbed Geraldine Ashbaugh, a 21 year old savings and loan employee, of more than 13000 in cash and checks at Norwin Shopping Center. She was left unconscious in her car, driven to Larimer, then found slumped against the horn at Jeannette Hospital in satisfactory condition with a head wound.
A crowd of about 4 000 West Berliners demonstrate at Borough Hall calling for a union of East and West Germany. East Berlin tightens controls, West Berlin traffic ban worsens refugee flow as U S Army watches closely. Mayor Willy Brandt hints at actions against Communist offices and railway management. In New York, composer and singer Thomas Jefferson Scott dies at 49.
Legal notice announces sealed bids from small business concerns for interior painting masonry and cleaning at the WU. 8 Post Office Corry Pennsylvania Project YOwU2-460. Bids due 2 00 PM BST August 28 1961 and opening follows. Bid documents available from GSA Business Service Center 280 Hudson Street New York NY or from the custodial building manager in Philadelphia field office and from PBS stores and chestnut street Philadelphia PA.
Two million dollars worth of borrowed paintings by Paul Ceminne were stolen in southern France. Police acknowledge limited progress as the Pavillon Vendome, displaying the works, fears the thieves may attempt private sales to a collector. The works, many lent from American sources, were part of an exhibit in Aix-en-Provence where Cezanne once lived.
Meadvoc Enes region supervisor of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission said charges probably would be filed in a week or 10 days in connection with a two boat collision on Conneaut Lake Wednesday. James Henretta, 20, Mendville, hurt, remained in critical condition at Mendville hospital. authorities planned to question him before filing charges. The two boats sank after the collision and were raised the next day.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a plate, Sept date, and a person named Apent Fox. Readable items suggest a brief notice or market snippet with limited context, no clear event, location, or organizational anchors. Further text needed to establish concrete facts.
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