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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1962
Page
1
Partial OCR fragment mentions names Liam Servini Joy and related phrases. Details are unreadable. no clear event or context emerges.
Gov Lawrence urged careful driving for the long holiday weekend citing a potential surge in traffic fatalities. He announced a road safety plan with 90 radar units, turnpike interchanges spot checks, and 11 speed minder vehicles to reduce deaths and injuries. He stressed that only drivers can prevent crashes and noted the weekend will be the sole long break of the summer.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will increase spot inspections over Labor Day weekend to curb tire related crashes. More than 30 percent of this year’s toll road fatalities stem from blowouts or bad tires. inspections will run 6 pm Friday to midnight Monday at 38 interchanges with state police advising motorists to replace worn tires.
A powerful tornado struck Cameron Louisiana a coastal town killing at least two people and injuring several as heavy rain and floodwaters hindered rescue efforts. Deputies organized search parties while residents sought shelter in the Cameron Parish Courthouse where about 1200 people gathered amid the disaster.
Corry public schools schedule staff briefing to cover procedures and policies for the new year. Two teaching positions remain to be filled before September 7. sabbatical and retirement requests are pending board action. Remodeling at Corry Ave High School to add two homerooms is complete, but arrival of equipment and lockers awaiting. On September 4 teachers gather at the high school for a full staff meeting to review objectives for the 626% year.
Washington AP reports Attorney General Robert F Kennedy told 50 college students in his office that having a brother in the White House is a great advantage and he does not knock such a situation. The remark came during an informal chat about political success and family ties.
In Geneva, Soviet first deputy foreign minister Vasily Kuznetsov proposed a universal test ban starting next January, covering all nuclear tests. Western envoys Charles Stelle and Joseph Godber rejected the plan as unacceptable, stating they would not endorse a moratorium including underground testing. The West favors a ban on atmospheric, underwater, and space testing with strict controls but rejects underground limits, while Kuznetsov pressed for a comprehensive ban and reiterated opposition to Western drafts.
Rev Dr John M Swomley, Kansas City theologian, warned that racial prejudice in America serves as a main tool for the Soviet Union in influencing global opinion. He urged Americans to stop treating Negroes Asians Latins as inferiors and spoke at Lycoming College during the Pastors School. Peace Corps volunteers will depart for overseas assignments next month, planned to double field staff.
A Mississippi mother, Jean Rouk, 38, claims she would exchange her six children for money or goods, including her infant daughter Jacqueline, in a desperate plea reported in local news. Police warn such statements may indicate an unstable or unsafe situation for the child and caution against exploitation.
City council meets to decide curb and sewer work on White street. Mayer Bros Construction Co. bids $2.55 per running foot for concrete curbing after state cycling between asphalt and concrete. Sewer delays loom, as approvals and planning push paving later to avoid rework. Continued on Page Eight.
A House subcommittee disclosed that a $275 million contingency fund, controlled by the President and spent by the State Department and AID, has financed odd uses. Through April, withdrawals topped $228.4 million for various aims including gift payments to Greece, Algeria study travel, Indonesia road work, and support for fragile regimes in Africa and the Middle East amid political crises.
Reading resident James Easley helped wife Dovolly Marie deliver a six pound six ounce daughter at their home yesterday prompting an ambulance call. About an hour and a half later Mrs Paster delivered a second daughter at Reading Community General Hospital weighing four pounds one and a half ounces. Mother and infants reported in good condition.
A 20 year old man with spina bifida survived after surgeons at the University of Minnesota Hospitals cut the body in half at the abdomen to remove legs and pelvis. The procedure, first of its kind, left him alive with a catheter and internal changes to waste outlets. Six surgeons and supporting staff conducted the four and a half hour operation, which aimed to relieve a deadly cancer arising from an ulcer.
Red China shuts its frontier with Bone Korg after a domth exploded at a border station near Shieh. Britain closes its side immediately. The blasts target border stations near Hong Kong and Macao in recent weeks, blamed on an organized terror group linked to Red China.
Soblen lawyers press the appeal of a lower court ruling after the high court refused habeas corpus relief. A team of four attorneys argued at the Appeal Court on the first Friday, seeking to block deportation and overturn the decision under review.
Large wildfires swept through Southern California torching timber and brush, threatening hospitals and storage facilities. More than 30,000 acres burned. evacuations saved dozens of patients from Olive View Sanitarium. Planes targeted two Nike missile sites as crews battled flames near Sylmar and the San Fernando Valley.
An Erie County driven Sabin oral polio vaccine education program plans to begin after Labor Day. The effort seeks broad protection by vaccinating 2 months to 100 year olds, with three vaccine drops on sugar cubes at Sunday dispensing stations. Dates planned include September 30 and October 28 for Type T doses, November 4, and December 2 and 4 for other doses.
Chaves Ayers, 23, of Corry pled guilty to drunken driving after a chase in Erie County. He refused a blood test, was fined $1 and $77 costs, and placed on two months probation. The case, tied to ongoing probation and testing procedures, reflects broader delays and state bureau oversight in motor vehicle enforcement.
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