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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1960
Page
3
Unclear OCR text describes a fatal incident or crash with references to a Wetzel streets and a pedestrian injury. The readable portions mention a police investigation and a person shot or injured, with several garbled names and actions.
A fragmentary note quotes officials saying the group needs funding. The text mentions aid and a call for assistance but lacks clear names, dates, or locations to identify the parties involved.
Ceylon proposes a neon Dronlise Peace plan for Congo before the UN Security Council. Sir Claude Corea seeks a muddle ground between Soviet bloc and West amid African crisis. he aims to win support, possibly shaping a roundtable conference and swaying the vote on competing resolutions.
President Eisenhower’s Washington blizzard delayed his scheduled departure and extended his Augusta National golf outing by a day. Weather in the capital shifted plans from morning to early afternoon, as rain interrupted the first round and weather reports influenced timing.
A powerful winter storm slammed the Midwest and Northeast causing widespread disruption. Snow and sleet snarled New York traffic, closed Newark airport, and left over 1,000 Kansas City area homes without power. Heavy snow reached Kansas, Missouri, the Dakotas, and the Great Lakes, while temperatures plunged across the Rockies to New England. The storm swept toward the Atlantic seaboard with frigid conditions, and a rare high reading of 72 in Montana contrasted with subzero wind chills elsewhere.
The National Bank of Corry offers parents a chance to have a Santa letter mailed from the bank. Mrs Ernest McMichael and Clifford Taylor pose with letters ready to mail to an Indiana city for return postage. Last year the bank handled over 2,000 letters and may surpass that total again.
Hal Boyle surveys quirky mail bag items from New York and beyond. The column jokes about unnecessary head holes, multiple job holders, and four day workweeks while noting New Yorkers rarely visit the Statue of Liberty or the UN. It ponders sleepwalking, budget sizes, and a sly remark on a British Columbia prison gift packets.
An Argentine airliner crashed about 50 miles north of Buenos Aires during a flight from Lima to Peru, killing all aboard. The victims included Mary Levitt Wells, the pilot, and Thomas Cunningham and his wife, with cause undetermined amid stormy weather. The American Society and others mourn the victims as officials investigate.
Edith Redmond and her three daughters from Johinsonbury Pa were in critical condition with multiple fractures and lacerations after their car hit a bridge abutment on Route 219 eight miles south of Kane. Barbar, 9, shows little change while Cecelia, 10, is improving. Geraldine, 13, was moved to St Marys Hospital for specialist care. State Police continue the investigation.
Harrisburg, Ar. Gov Lawrence plans special news conferences for broadcasting media starting this month. The press secretary said conferences will be held at least once monthly with no embargo, allowing unlimited access to his meetings with the press for radio and television reporters and associations.
Washington observers warn Congo operations strain UN finances and prestige. With $85 million spent and $65 million more needed, member nations face a voluntary funding challenge. troop withdrawals from four Arab Republics and others threaten UN effectiveness amid Western Sino-Soviet tensions.
Police report details a suspected burglary ring linked to a staged hold up involving a fake cab company. Detective notes indicate a polygraph and interrogation of suspects Anthony Ar none, aged 21, and Thiyid Colnwraney, aged 18, who are free on $2,000 bond. A hearing is set for Thursday at 4 p.m. before Alderman William Heister.
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