Fragmented local notice yields sparse OCR fragments
Readable OCR mentions obits and electronics items but lacks clear names, dates, or locations. The text hints at boxes and dryers, with missing context about events or notices.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1962
Page
9
Readable OCR mentions obits and electronics items but lacks clear names, dates, or locations. The text hints at boxes and dryers, with missing context about events or notices.
The Robena No. 3 mine near Carmichaels Pennsylvania suffered a deadly blast beginning December 6 as rescuers battled poisonous gases. Over five days 97 men died underground, with crews racing to reach the coal face amid deteriorating conditions and gas danger.
A photo shows a hose cart used by the Union City Volunteer Fire Department 62 years ago. Harold Maynard, current president, holds the nozzle while Lyle Showers, a Corry resident and Hunter Running Team member, holds the cart tongue. Showers, the department’s oldest active member, helped set world-record hose pulls in 1900. The cart, one of a few remaining, is kept in a city shed as the department seeks display space. Maynard works as a linotype operator for the Corry Evening Journal.
Jimmy Rinaldi the United Nations bootblack has served 16 years at the secretariat building. He chats with diplomats, names capitals of all 110 member states, and notes global events affect his 60 daily shines. He diversifies languages, studies economies, and lives in Brooklyn with his mother.
Hal Boyle recalls how his cat Lady Dottie brightens Christmas. The feline turns from a cool companion into a playful, curious kitten as gifts arrive, boxes are opened, trees are set up, and the season’s lights transform her mood and behavior.
A visitor returned 299 overdue books he had kept in a truck after the library announced it would forgive fines. The librarian asked how many, and the man admitted the large number before delivering the items.
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