Child tied to bed left family in distress
A distressed report describes a child bound to a bed by Mrs Bray as authorities investigate. The excerpt notes nine children in the Bray family and mentions the restraint causing extreme immobility.
16 Aug 1962
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1962
Page
1
A distressed report describes a child bound to a bed by Mrs Bray as authorities investigate. The excerpt notes nine children in the Bray family and mentions the restraint causing extreme immobility.
George M. Humphrey former secretary of the Treasury testified before a Senate subcommittee that the government and his M. A. Hanna Co benefited from an eight billion dollar nickel stockpile contract. He disputed prior accusations of excessive profits and said Hanna’s contracts used the least government money with repayment plus interest.
Charles Johnson 17 of Lake City drowned while skin diving in Lake Erie at Girard Township. He was employed at the Lake City IGA Store and had only three weeks of skin diving experience. A rescue search continued after witnesses said Johnson dove from a rented rowboat in 20 feet of rough water.
A shopper in a department store asked a man she thought a floor walker where to find fat hats for governor candidate Dilworth. The man, campaigning with Richardson Dilworth downtown, replied he had no knowledge and noted she was from New Jersey.
A Wisconsin licensed driver on Route 20 was stopped by the state Patrol at Ash tabula after a man reported a hair pulling incident. He said he was gripping her neck from the rear to keep her awake as she drove. no assault charges were filed.
Robert C Stelene twenty from Philadelphia and Leroy Reid nineteen from Cleveland were sentenced in U S District Court for an April robbery of Citizens and Souther Bank. Stelene received six years in prison and five on probation. Reid was fined two hundred dollars and placed on five years probation.
A police estimate puts 1,000 Teamsters in a wild melee at Front and Spring Garden Streets. Officers and guards separated factions as bricks, bats, and bottles flew. two officers and 12 Teamsters injured, windows broken, cars overturned, two suspects arrested for disorderly conduct. The clash followed long-running dissension in Local 107 with a dissident group allied to The Voice.
Corry state police responded to a report of a real looking grenade on Wilson road near Union City. Trooper Krupa found the object had been picked up by its owner, 8 year old Ester, who said he dropped it from a farm wagon. the item is a hollow plastic toy with a removable cap that can squirt water.
AP reports General Douglas MacArthur, one of America's most decorated soldiers, travels to Washington to receive a congressional tribute. The resolution praises his leadership in World War I, service in the Philippines, postwar roles, and Korea. Kennedy aides arrange flight from New York and a Capitol ceremony with Speaker McCarthy.
Washington reports say US space officials and President Kennedy express confidence that the first man on the moon will be American. Eisenhower predicts continued Soviet lead but sees American progress, while NASA officials caution about a possible gap in timing. Continuous updates follow pages of coverage.
Blacksburg Virginia AP Wernher von Braun head of the U S space program rejected calls for a space plan shift after the Soviet dual orbit. He argued for sustained public support over years not a crash program and outlined tests of the small Latin booster intended to launch an Apollo spacecraft into Earth orbit.
Huntsville Alabama AP The moon program could be delayed by a strike at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center involving 150 AFL CIO Local 354 electricians. Picket lines at Redstone Arsenal posed disruption to Saturn booster projects and risked the Apollo mission timeline. The NLRB urged a court order. union rejected the request despite government pressure.
West German authorities report a third shooting along East German borders in 48 hours. A border patrol leader fled into West Germany seeking asylum as a fellow guard opened fire, killing the comrade.
Chrysler Corp ends a three day exhibit of 1962 models in Tamiment Pennsylvania with a Dodge lineup designed to avoid competing with Plymouth. The display features three wheelbase variants: the Dodge Dart on an 11 inch wheelbase the standard Dodge on a 19 inch wheelbase and the Dodge Wai on a 12 inch wheelbase.
Soviet twin astronauts Nikolayev and Popovich rested and underwent medical tests after landing northeast of Moscow. Novosti says they will be observed to study effects of prolonged spaceflight as Red Square celebrates with a parade and leaders at Lenin's tomb.
The Reading Buccaneers of Reading, Pa. won the top award in the senior drum and bugle corps division at the Holy Pageant of Drums in Minneapolis.
A Boston caper involving a Brink’s job across Cape Cod to Boston has five men and one woman sought by the Post Office Department. Investigators, led by Henry B. Montague, head of postal crime, switch headquarters to Boston as Washington pledges full inspector support. A burned sedan and stolen cars link the group to the massive holdup, with detours and ambushes traced along Route and in Mattapan.
Harrisburg state health officials urge all parents to vaccinate children against polio diphtheria tetanus and whooping cough before school opens. J Thomas Millington director reports many children have not received booster shots and some have not been vaccinated for smallpox.
A brush fire in the hills above Claremont was started by an arsonist and contained after burning about 1200 acres. About 400 residents were allowed to return home to the Pitmer Canyon and Budah Firs areas yesterday.
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