Fragmented OCR Note on Weather and Time
Fragmented text mentions water, timing and numbers but is garbled. It references a Wy and five, with unclear units or locations. Unable to determine a coherent event, place, or person from the legible words.
19 Dec 1960
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1960
Page
1
Fragmented text mentions water, timing and numbers but is garbled. It references a Wy and five, with unclear units or locations. Unable to determine a coherent event, place, or person from the legible words.
Erie County volunteer firemen formalized two new radio use rules at a Green Township meeting with over 20 companies, including Corry's. Police will escort ambulances only in life or death emergencies, and messages will be kept concise with simple terms for uncoded duties. Some debate over restricting codes to two due to varied usage. potential inclusion of outside departments to avoid confusion.
In Evanston Illinois services are set for 11 year old Stephen Baltz the sole child survivor of a New York plane collision that killed 127 people The boy died Saturday from critical injuries after arriving body from New York on Sunday His parents William and his daughter Randee 8 traveled home from New York by train Stephen had been aboard a United Air Lines jet one of the two planes involved in the crash The father described the tragedy and the outpouring of help from strangers who offered blood or skin to aid Stephen and others in his family
Two sons of Anielli Mate Smith, a 44 year old Pittsburgh woman and mother of six, found her dead in Elk County while hunting weekend. State police believe she was accidentally shot by another hunter who mistook her for game. Authorities say the killer likely panicked and fled after the fatal shot as the body was found about 45 feet from the shot position. Mrs Smith left a husband John 46 and four younger children.
U S successfully sent aloft an unmanned Project Mercury suborbital capsule on a Redstone rocket from Cape Canaveral reaching about 130 miles high before descending to the Atlantic about 235 miles downrange. The test, aiming to prepare for a manned flight within four months, used parachutes markers beacons and a flare to aid recovery.
Merle A. Jones, a 6 year old from She nanoo, died Saturday at home after seven and a half years in a coma following surgery to remove a blood pick. He was fed through a tube and survived several attacks of pneumonia during the prolonged condition.
Ernest Buelikofer, a hunter from Corry R D 4, disappeared while tracking a wounded deer near Grand Valley Friday evening. Civil Defense, state police, fire crews, and volunteers conducted a long night search costing about $30 in fuel and hundreds of man hours before Buelikofer reemerged at a farmhouse about 9:30 Sunday morning.
In Youngstown Ohio three masked men invaded bank teller Robert A Macaulays home and escaped with over 50000. Loot from the night depository could reach 100000 as pre Christmas receipts from Boardman Plaza are involved. Macaulay says this is the third big holdup at the branch and he was involved in each one.
Two CAB teams interview at least ten people who claim to witness Prilay airliner collision with a Trans World Constellation over Brooklyn. Investigators examine whether the United Air Lines jet overshot its holding pattern before landing at Idlewild. Death toll fluctuates with 135 believed dead. flight recorder sent for analysis in California. Weather and visibility hampered early sightings while CAB pursues witness accounts.
In Paris NATO ministers discuss a planned medium range ballistic missile force under joint control. Some members push for a spring summit as allies weigh the US proposal while nations like Britain maintain plans for independent nucelar programs. The debate centers on funding, legal changes, and how to proceed before a May meeting.
Harold Hammond a 42 year old Frewsburg man died in a woodlot accident on his farm when a Caterpillar tractor rolled back on him on a steep incline. He left with a power saw to cut logs and was found crushed near the right-hand tread by his tractor. The coroner ruled accidental death. He is survived by his mother four children two brothers and an estranged wife.
LULUMBUD Va four persons watching a drive in movie with their car heater going died of carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday night. The victims include Helen Crook 19 of Columbus Estelle Ratliff 18 of Griffin Tack Sumner 22 of the 58th Infantry Fort Benning and Gene M Bishop 20 of Dinwiddie County Va. Bishop had recently been discharged from service and was awaiting reenlistment.
Philip L Beck er, 71, longtime leader and board chairman of the American Ghicle Cp, died Friday. He joined the firm in 1916, became president in 1950, and was named board chairman in 1988.
A historical newspaper fragment discusses Kennedy meeting with Democratic leaders as the nation debates the Electoral College. The piece notes discussions of a possible reform or alternative method to nominate and elect the president, with references to constitutional ideas and past proposals.
President elect John F Kennedy holds strategy talks with Lyndon Johnson Sam Rayburn and Mike Mansfield at his Palm Beach home on plans to push an administration budget and legislative program after inauguration June 20. Discussions cover minimum wage unemployment aid health care for the aged school aid and other reforms as Kennedy finalizes his cabinet and postmaster general pick.
Report reviews financial scandal over money allegedly offered to keep open segregated schools. Funds meant for public education tied to private efforts, with editors and officials debating use. Legal actions loom as courts weigh required releases and control of school funds.
Dr. Jack Steele piloted a Cessna 170 low on fuel and in trouble from snow and freezing temperatures. Rex Harrison, flying a TWA Constellation, heard the rescue call and guided the plane to Allegheny Airport after locating it about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Steele was en route from Baltimore to Dayton when fuel dwindled and Morgantown was blocked by snow and poor visibility.
At least 200 workmen were reported trapped aboard the unfinished aircraft carrier Constellation in the Brooklyn Navy Yard as fire and explosions spread from a flammable liquid within the ship. About 40 workers were burned. 20 were taken from the dock and 26 more waited for ambulances. Navy personnel were all accounted for.
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