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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1960
Page
4
A Corry Journal page excerpt recalls events from August 20 1940 and August 20 1920. WW2 era plea from Churchill to allies appears alongside local notes on fishing contamination investigations and Guard units. Also mentions bank expansion and local civic hires.
A Corry Area school aides meeting signaled rising academic expectations for athletes as jointure approval in September would require team members to carry passing grades in more subjects. The town buzzes about a billboard at Main and South Center streets and the Hastman Shows carnival as locals debate their impact.
An editorial urges citizens to inform themselves and elect a president who combines toughness, kindness, and restraint. It argues that the next leader must bear heavy responsibilities, weigh Cold War issues, Latin American ties, and Red Chinese power, and be willing to act decisively without arrogance.
YMCA calendar lists events for the week including Coin Club Monday at 7 30 p m Corry Area Golden Age Club Tuesday 1 p m Teen Time Hop Wednesday Movie Day The Passage showings at 10 8 a m and 3 p m Friday 7 10 p m Junior High par Saturday 0 11 a m Teen Time WCTR Also includes a quoted editorial note about responsibility loyalty integrity and God’s mercy from Iron Age Magazine.
Geoffrey Arthur Mott-Smith, 68, New York lexicographer encyclopedist and authority on contract bridge and chess, died yesterday.
Reports from Union City police describe a driver removal and chain of hazards after a traffic stop. New use for polyurethane foam emerges from Cory Foam Products at Firestone plant. Art Metal acquisition rumors stir Jamestown investors as TBM purchase claimed. Bob Grice nets a big muskellunge near Findley Lake, sparking local chatter. Cor’y Chamber of Commerce seeks homes and apartments to aid new residents. Erie County Plastics Co. starts producing plastic trestle toy parts for Louis Marx Toy Co. Meaville’s Charles Mattocks lands a 23 inch walleye at Sugar Lake, biggest in years.
The mother of 15 year old Merle Russ reported to police that her son was beaten and robbed of about 16 dollars in collect ions by two unidentified boys around 9 30 last night. Merle, a Tech Memorial High School student, usually returned home from routes around 9 p.m. A caller told Mrs Russ at about 10 p.m. that his route was attacked. The youth was pulled between two houses, assaulted, and had his money taken.
Pravda yesterday devoted nearly all six pages to the conclusion of Francis Gary Powers' trial, with extensive coverage in the six page edition while the Soviet space ship The Powers received substantially less attention in party newspaper columns.
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