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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1962
Page
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The fragmentary text references city penalties, police office, residents, and legal processes. It mentions fines, jail terms, and a court provision with numbers like 300 and 100, plus names such as Sherman. The garbled OCR suggests a historical legal notice or municipal ordinance excerpt.
Gasoline prices rose again with regular at 31.9 cents and premium at 50 cents in local stations. Experts blame market practices, while a migrant camp crackdown advances with state and county health and labor inspectors set to inspect Perry Troyer potato farm facilities Tuesday. If camps fail sanitation and housing upgrades, camps may close and migrants sent away, impacting potato harvests.
Fire of probable electrical origin damaged the rear wall attic and roof of Kenneth Nichols’s two story seven room home south of Britton Run. Loss estimated at 1500 to 2000 with Nichols family remaining in house and insured. Firefighters from Spartansburg Bloomfield and Centreville battled the blaze using booster lines and tank trucks, bringing it under control in about 30 minutes. The alarm sounded at 2:45 pm. Separate note: Pennsylvania volunteers to start 962 Dollars-for-Democrats door to door drive led by Kathryn Vanderslice.
Communist guerrillas shot down two U S Army helicopters near Saigon wounding four Americans evacuated later. US spokesman said they were not seriously wounded and names were not released. Helicopters were airlifting troops into central South Vietnam. MORNING NOV. SEASON HARRISBURG The first 1962 63 hunting season opens in Pennsylvania tomorrow for morning doves. Hunting runs noon to sunset daily until Nov 9. Daily bag limit is 12 with a possession limit of 24 after day two.
In New York a 17 year old boy Walter Think confessed to fatally harming his girlfriend Susan Griskovic by stabbing. He led police to the body hidden in weeds near her home after she failed to return from a neighborhood dance.
Four large steel firms Bethlehem Republic National Armco defy subpoenas from Senate Antitrust subcommittee. They refuse cost data claiming confidentiality, prompting Kefauver to seek contempt sanctions. Subcommittee may move to cite them for contempt. penalties include fines or imprisonment.
In London the Court of Appeal denied Robert A. Soblen a habeas corpus writ and upheld deportation to the United States for a life sentence on war secrets disclosed to the Soviet Union. Soblen, 61, a psychiatrist, remains a potential appeal to the House of Lords as lawyers seek further steps.
Pittsburgh superintendent Calyin E Gross says the district will continue Bible readings and Lord’s Prayer as schools reopen. He notes Pennsylvania law encourages such practices, despite a recent Supreme Court decision affecting New York Regents prayers. He also proposes pay increases up to 1200 dollars yearly for teachers pursuing post graduate study, without changing minimum or existing maximum salaries.
President Kennedy signs the satellite bill creating a framework for a privately owned corporation to handle messages and pictures for global communications. He says the system will benefit people, promote world peace, and ensure public safeguards against monopolies. Controversy surrounds the action as Congress debates the details.
The Chicago area and nine Midwestern states faced major disruption as a major railroad strike halted freight and passenger movement. About 25,000 daily commuters lost service, with 40,000 freight cars and 750 diesel locomotives idle, causing jams on roads. Revenue losses reached $600,000 daily and payroll losses $3.17 million weekly.
Justice Department renews civil suit in Los Angeles to stop General Motors from pressuring Chevrolet dealers to limit prices. The case parallels a prior October indictment naming GM and Chevrolet dealers associations. Defendants deny any unlawful agreements or actions.
George Rupprecht and Carl Gerg were fined 6000 dollars each and received one to two year prison terms after pleading guilty to financial practices that caused 3.7 million dollars in investor losses. Rupprecht, former president of Industrial Finance Co, and Gerg, secretary treasurer, were sentenced by Visiting Judge Paul Campbell in Elk County Court. The judge ordered commitment to Western State Penitentiary’s diagnostic clinic, stating no embezzlement taint and that personal misappropriation was minor relative to total losses. The pair had been charged with selling securities without registration and issuing false financial statements linked to St. Marys Finance Co Elk County Consumers Co and Industrial Discount Co.
Emil Schnep, a transient, was mistaken for a woodchuck and shot last night on the M Reeves Cole farm west of here by David Cole. State Police identified the victim through a letter to him and a World War II Army discharge certificate found in his pocket. Trooper David Carr said Cole had been hunting woodchucks on his father’s farm and fired when movement was seen near stacked posts. the shot struck the victim’s left side. The Chautauqua County Coroner Ralph Wallace withheld verdict pending further investigation.
A blue and white parakeet was spotted by residents near North Center Street and Irving in Norio Center. Rev Eugene Westley reported the sighting and noted the bird appeared content as it moved about freely despite escaping its cage. A comment suggests the bird may follow sparrows south with approaching cold weather.
Erie city garage worker John Carlson died after a tire on a road grader exploded while he was at the municipal garage. He was taken to Hamet Hospital where doctors treated him but he died at 4 55 p m. Fire officials said a tire safety rack was not used because he was not inflating the tire. The fire rim damaged his skull and caused brain injury.
Los Angeles Woman sues the estate of Clark Gable for 100000 claiming an agreement to pay the sum was broken. Jill Winkler Rath, widow of Hollywood publicist Otto Winkler, alleges Gable induced her husband to accompany Miss Lou Hard and pressured Mrs Ball to settle for a small sum.
In Algiers, troops backed by Soviet and Chinese weapons moved toward the capital as Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella pressed for power. Army chief Col Boumedienne said units would obey the political bureau. Guerrilla bands in Vilayas 3 and 4 urged resistance despite machine guns.
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