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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1962
Page
4
An editorial from Chambersburg Pa reports attorney Lawrence Zeger of Mercersburg suspended for three years for misappropriating client funds and later returning the money after discovery. The piece notes his recent state employment role, suggesting a political critique of public trust and qualifications.
The FBI statement by J Edgar Hoover cites 1961 crime totals at 1 126 000 up three percent and notes youths under 18 accounted for 43 percent of arrests for major crimes. Hoover calls for public responsibility and tougher juvenile laws while urging home based restraint to curb the crime wave.
Three teenage boys aided by a younger youth admitted painting the community red with large BR initials during early July 9 in Youngsville. The suspects, local youths aged 10, 17, and a one year old Brie student, were identified after a tip from Rex Agnew of the ideal police department.
Police report about twenty locations including private homes and businesses damaged by a juvenile gang. The bright red paint was sprayed on algae fences and Java ornaments along with other structures.
Pittsburgh records show August as one of the coldest on record with temperatures near 50 degrees. Thermometer readings around 54 degrees mark a sharp contrast to typical late summer highs and underscore an extraordinary cool spell.
The Corry Evening Journal presents its masthead with the publisher, general manager, advertising manager, and other editorial staff. It notes Associated Press content and local news services, reflecting standard newsroom staffing and operation details of the era.
George Sokolsky analyzes Justice Douglas and Chief Justice Warren in the Supreme Court prayer case. He notes concerns about funding religious exercise with public money and the tension between religious concepts and secularism, citing New York and federal practice and the opening of courts and Congress with prayers.
Paul Harvey notes Hoffa is due in Federal Court in Nashville on October 22 charged with taking a million dollar payoff from a Michigan employer. The column critiques unions and cites concerns about anti trust immunity, political connections, and the potential impact on national transport.
A bundled corral of Corry items notes Richard Parver thanking locals for fund raisers for a Philmont trip, civic leaders like D Armor Hillstrom and Charles Bracken writing on heritage and banking, 4 H Club events, school and building authority updates, Peeping Tom rumors, and plans for a new poolroom. Plus graduates, fellowships, crafts prizes, and travel detours featuring Corry residents and institutions.
In World War II era dispatches, Soviet troops reportedly pushed Germans back toward Stalingrad, recapturing several miles of front near the Volga city as Allied prospects rise. Local items note Corry Public Schools electing three new teachers Charlotte McKelvey Elizabeth Cuthbert and David L Gatehall and Leed's store preview plus scholastic athletics updates.
Corry residents may show appreciation for the American Legion band with an ice cream social and pavement dance in the city park next Thursday under the Chamber of Commerce. Also reports of a car yelling murder and help on Smith street, an investigation by Officer Foley found no car or occupants. The Independents play Northeast tomorrow while Ajax faces Spartansburg on East Washington street grounds. Mrs. Julia Tsette, 72, wife of Pemberton Higley, died last night. Frank Keleher’s condition is slightly improved but serious.
Reader chatter hints at a federal backing possibility for a 250000 bond issue for city taxpayers. chatter swirls about a Pittsburgh newspaper folding and a shift to multiple editions. talks of a Route 6 shopping plaza near Columbus and unclear fate of the old Fourth Ward high school site. downtown agitates for a Center Street building razing to create off street parking. a tale about a mean woman ends with a kinder note toward local children.
A basement fire at a property owned by a prominent local figure sparked amid allegations of mistreatment of children. The person described as a chronic troublemaker has a history with city police, reportedly more than any other single woman in the city.
Thursday sale offers good and choice hogs 18 to 20, sows 15 to 16, beef cows 14 to 164 percent, canners and cutters 12 to 13 percent, beef heifers 47 to 30, bulls 16 to 21, veal calves 30 to 344, heavy and medium calves 20 to 25, lambs 20 to 23 percent.
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