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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1964
Page
6
Corry State Police report Miss Mary Higgins of 84 East Park Place was eastbound when Ralph Martin of Union City attempted a left turn and drove in front of her vehicle six miles west of Corry on Route 6. Damage totaled about 250 dollars.
Surplus dried milk marked for cool storage was found in a pig barn after overheated hospital storeroom conditions reached 90 to 100 degrees. Officials say some unspoiled milk may have been fed to pigs by mistake while inspectors pursue the storage issue and a probe.
Twelve persons from the Corry chapter of the American Red Cross will attend the regular meeting of the Association of Red Cross Chapters of Northwestern Pennsylvania at Forest Hill Inn in Tionesta. Albert Cole notes attendance by Mr and Mrs Ralph Kimmy, Mr and Mrs Cole, Mr and Mrs Frank Dodd, Mr and Mrs Lawrence Anderson, Mr and Mrs Calvin Swarm, George Maloney and Mrs Helen Davison. Kenneth Kramer, national labor liaison representative of the American National Red Cross, will be guest speaker. He has long worked on textile unionism issues and community service programs and has influenced urban suburban population planning and labor’s community service efforts.
Gallitzin area witnesses report a car struck a tree along a rural road about eight miles north of the community. Driver Thomas W. Bowser 35 of Duncansville and passenger Sheldon Coffman 52 of Altoona died later at Mercy Hospital. The incident prompted local officials to discuss audits of a Surplus Food Program. A hospital purchasing agent denied giving an order to dispose of the car or its contents by feeding to pigs. Brueckman had delivered milk and faced questions about disposal. The audit and political tension involve County Controller Byron Clapper and County Treasurer A J Gehrtlein with a proposed private firm at about 5000 dollars.
Rev. James W. Miller will become pastor of the Corry Assembly of God Church, replacing Rev. LeRoy Wiley, in early September. He moves from Honesdale where he served seven years as pastor and is district secretary for the Assemblies of God. A Green Lane native and Eastern Bible Institute graduate, he is active in youth work and is married with two children, James 13 and Joyce 11. He will preach for the first time on the first Sunday in September.
Police sources said Mrs John F Kennedy will fly back to the United States on Thursday. She and sister Princess Lee Radziwill have been staying at a rented villa on the Argentine Peninsula since Aug 11 after driving from Rome following a five day cruise along Yugoslavia's Adriatic coast.
The YMCA calendar outlines daily swim programs and events for the week of August 17 including boys and girls swimming lessons, competitive camps, adult instruction, youth sports, day camps, dances, and family swims. Highlights include daily competitive swim instruction, mixed adult programs, 4 H events, and multiple basketball leagues across mornings and evenings with beaverdam and miracle mountain sections mentioned.
Police theorize the carburetor iced over a light single engine plane forcing a crash landing in Plum Borough. Pilot David Sakerak 17 of Pittsburgh sustained a broken jaw and was hospitalized at Citizens General Hospital New Kensington after the Piper Cub took off from Monroeville Airport.
Heberlein Motor Sales offers cars and trucks with contact. Frank's Auto Service provides general repairs and inspections with phone. Corry Bakery proclaims Split Top Bread and lists a contact. Hair Fashions by John operates at 6 South Center Street and offers appointments. Johnson Brothers and Remington Chain Saws are advertised alongside Myers Water Systems with contact numbers. Phoenix Hotel advertises rooms meals beverages and party catering.
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