06 Dec 1960
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1960
Page
1
A partial OCR fragment mentions a sports event with unclear terms and names. The readable portion hints at a basketball or similar game, but specifics like teams, scores, or dates are unavailable in the fragment.
Inheritance matters and notices appear muddled and partially unreadable. The fragment references the state of Pennsylvania, wills and probate, asking for claims to be filed by a deadline, with references to executrices and administrators and central city offices.
Corry substation notes November totals include 49 criminal arrests by state police, a monthly record over three years. The figure reflects charges against persons, with three and four charges per individual, and tops August’s prior high. Auto accidents fell, injuries rose slightly, one fatality noted, and November property dining reached $14,855. Officers logged 15,820 patrol miles over 183 patrols, answering 56 complaints, 83 criminal and 22 traffic calls, recovering two stolen autos valued at $400 and $100, plus $262 in other items from camps, stores, and service stations.
The Salvation Army begins taking requests for its annual Christmas baskets today through December 14. Applicants will have personal interviews at the Salvation Army citadel on East Washington Street with Capt. and Mrs. Richard Bosh in charge. Interviews run 10 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Parents must provide birth certificates or other proof of their children’s ages.
Charles W Wilkinson, 49, chief bookkeeping clerk at the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, surrendered to FBI agents in Philadelphia. He admitted embezzling $30,000 over three years and was arraigned before U S Commissioner Edward W Furla, held in $2,600 bail pending further hearing.
Corry City Council weighs releasing a $1,000 bond tied to a sign for Atlantic Refining Company at the North Center Street East Park Place corner. Officials cite curb cut, zoning, and future plans as factors. a service station at the site would be prohibited and a study with Dr. N Troy Gillette is planned before action at the December 18 meeting.
Corry School Board chose Paul Meerdink as president succeeding Dr Archer Tate who led last year. Meerdink and Tate named to join Corry Ave Joint School Committee with Barry Bile and De Jot Mohr. alternates include Robert Tunnel Lyle Chase Martin Keppel. Barbara McCray and M O Baldwin named officers on joint committee from Concord with Rexford Webb, plus Rocky MeCray as alternate. Robert Jowell elected board president with Frank Kasper as vice president and Ronald Proctor and S Hollis Upperman elected on the same day.
Washington AP Secretary of State Christian Herter issued an order to require countries receiving U S aid to spend more of the funds domestically. The move, part of Eisenhower administration efforts to curb outflows of gold and dollars, bans purchases with foreign aid in 18 nations and Hong Kong, listing Australia through the United Kingdom as restricted.
Charles Linsky, a city mechanic, died from monoxide gas while working alone in his garage on Ruymoikl Avenue. He was found by his wife after a car project, ventilation limited, with a resuscitation team and physician pronouncing him dead at the scene. Born March 16, 1990 in Braddock, he lived in Corry most of his life and worked in several shops including Aero Supply during WWII. He married Eleanor Graceykowski in 1997 and is survived by a sister, Christine Deane of New York City. The body rests at Bracken Funeral Home with visiting hours scheduled. Funeral time to be announced in Thursday's paper.
Twenty people escaped injury when an Allegheny Airlines plane skidded on landing at Scranton Wilkes Barré airport due to collapsed landing gear. The craft carried 17 passengers and a three man crew en route from Newark to Detroit via Bradford and Grip. Walter Teague dies in Flemington New Jersey at 77, head of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
Four hunters were shot to death yesterday as Pennsylvanias deer season opened. Three other hunters died of heart seizures as thousands of hunters braved springlike temperatures. Schools and businesses closed for the day as crowds joined the opening hunt. Initial field reports showed a good turnout, with early notes that little snow hindered tracking. The season runs until December 16 with a one day antlerless deer period afterward.
President elect Kennedy flies to Washington after vacation for a high level changeover meeting with President Eisenhower at the White House. The leaders discuss defense reform plans including abolishing the Joint Chiefs of Staff in favor of a single defense chief and a new planning staff as the new administration prepares its military blueprint.
City Council debated a new ordinance to exempt year end bonuses from the wage tax, amending an old rule. Mayor Kinley cautioned there remains time for changes before final reading. The measure targets earnings subject to the wage tax, likely reducing tax receipts by a substantial amount.
The Corry Centennial Committee offers two color stationery and envelopes printed in red and blue with patriotic art and scenes of Corry. Packages sell for 69 cents or two for $1.29, distributed today as a Christmas gift option for residents and former Corry residents.
A 1956 manifesto urged Communist parties to unite with like minded groups in popular fronts to pursue peace through nonviolent means and popular front alliances. It argued war is not inevitable, promoting coexistence with the West and gradual socialist takeovers while warning capitalism drives conflict.
AP report alleges Hillcrest Park Cemetery in Springfield refused a Korean American soldier’s fiancée burial, claiming color. The state attorney general tasks Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination to probe alleged race based denial at the private Hillcrest cemetery, with cemetery president citing private status and ownership limits.
U S agents searched for counterfeiters estimated at 200000 dollars in 320 IMIS and 50 peso notes with 8 million in fake bills alleged. Frank Wood, Newark office chief, said the Cuba link and prints from City printing shop were involved in the investigation.
Two men injured in a one car crash on Route 27 south of Garland at 8 p m yesterday. Robert I. Kircher 18 of Guys Mills suffered a fractured jaw head injuries and remained in Warren General Hospital in unknown condition. John T. Hubert 44 of Meadville was treated and discharged for facial lacerations and body bruises. The car was driven by Donald L. Kircher, brother of the injured youth. the driver was not injured. State Police noted loss of control caused impact with a concrete bridge abutment.
Harlan Taylor 29 of 803 Grand Street faces a second drunken driving charge after a Friday crash scene in which he struck Harold Hicks’s car on West Washington street and rammed into the Mites home. Blood alcohol was .28 at the time, nearly twice the legal limit. Taylor bound over to court on the first charge and will have a hearing on the new count, date pending.
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