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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1962
Page
1
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IRS agents seized 112 machines and other gambling devices from restaurants bars pool halls and clubs across several Pennsylvania cities including Philadelphia Pittsburgh Wilkes-Barre Scranton and nearby suburbs. The actions align with a nationwide wave tied to a Kansas court ruling that lacking a 250 gambling tax stamp makes machines illegal. In Pittsburgh area 51 machines were taken. Philadelphia area 27. Wilkes-Barre Scranton 34. No arrests reported. names of specific establishments were withheld.
Two crashes yesterday and today caused total damages of 875 dollars. Norman Cressley 27 of Spring Creek and Mrs Lloyd Sherlock were involved, with one minor injury reported to a passerby. A second crash on Washington Street damaged a utility pole and a parking meter. John R Saxton 82 of Fifth Street sustained front end damage and a minor cut.
Nine patients burned to death in a fire at a home for mentally disturbed women near Orstérsund in northern Sweden yesterday. Hospital personnel labored through darkness and a snowstorm to rescue 30 women patients.
U S Surgeon General Luther L Terry and a vaccine advisory panel urge continued use of Sabin Oral Vaccine with a warning of a very small risk of paralytic polio in all ages. They report 11 compatible cases linked to Type II Sabin virus, eight of them adults over 30, as 15 million people have received the vaccine in non epidemic areas in 1962.
The Eleanor Free case grips Erie as Deputy Chief Chester Miller reports detectives scour the city. A male friend of Mrs. Free is questioned for seven hours after cards signed with an x are found at the scene. Authorities say the 40 year old was beaten and strangled with stockings, discovered near a radio clock shortly before 11 PM Monday.
A Norristown Pennsylvania state hospital received a $10 Christmas gift from a man who admitted stealing 34 ears of corn from a hospital field last summer. He said he paid 25 cents per ear and included an extra 25 cents to ease his conscience.
Russell Hills Bemis, 24, of Corry and Youngsville, drew three Erie County sentences after forgery and false pretenses convictions. Judge Samuel Y. Rosaiter allowed two sentences to run concurrently for a total 23 months in jail plus five years of probation, noting little hope for reform and limited effect of probation on chronic offenders.
Teo Mleczko of Dunkirk, a WWII veteran and father of 10, faces a first degree murder trial for the 1961 shooting of Dunkirk Lt. Mark Elfman. After delays and two venue changes, the case went to a jury in Ontario Cayuga County Court amid defense claims the gun fired unintentionally.
WASHINGTON Senator Hickenlooper urged the Kennedy administration to inform Congress of any commitments during the Cuban crisis that could affect future actions toward Fidel Castro. He said no excitable inquiry is needed, but Congress must know what promises or agreements were made. Senate Leader Manefield suggested committees should review actions without rehashing all details.
New York attorney James B. Donovan, chief negotiator for the Cuban Prisoner Families Committee, plans to fly to Havana then Miami to seek release of 1,114 Cubans held since the Bay of Pigs invasion. Castro demands about 53 million in sypthites before freedom, with donations of medicines to the Red Cross already submitted. Donovan's arrival in Miami followed a Havana stop as reporters awaited the prisoners.
ELISABETHVILLE Katanga Congo. About 150 students African and European burst onto the U S consulate grounds shouting Down with Kennedy Bash the consul fiend. They ripped down the flag burned a shack damaged a car and broke windows. Tshombe guards dispersed them and police briefly contained the scene.
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan prolong talks in Nassau to seek a compromise on Skybolt amid broader NATO defense issues. Officials say no deadlock, but the agenda for Cold War challenges including Cuba, Taiwan, and Sino-Soviet tensions remains heavy as talks continue.
Mrs. Elliott died after her car slid on a wet road near Mam moth Lakes and toppled into steaming water from Diablo Geyser. Husband Elliott, 45, said the vehicle struck a pole, the door opened, and she was thrown into the ditch. She died at Pacoima Lutheran Hospital.
Steelton police reported a general alarm fire wrecked at least 10 houses this morning, forcing many families to flee. Six fire companies fought the blaze with aid from surrounding units. one official was overcome by smoke but returned to duty. Cause not immediately determined.
Judge Roberts will be sworn in as Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice in Philadelphia on January 7 at 10 a.m. The ceremony in the fourth floor chamber will be administered by Chief Justice John Bell Jr. Roberts plans to maintain his Erie home as his term spans one year.
Debbie Reynolds made her Las Vegas debut on Wednesday night to a standing ovation from an audience that included many celebrities. Judy Garland called it the greatest evening she has seen in years. The Hotel Riviera reportedly paid Reynolds fifty thousand dollars a week, the top figure ever for an entertainer in the city.
Peking radio said yesterday that China has released prisoners captured in the recent border fighting with India. The broadcast noted the release of wounded inmates and described them as discharged from custody in a gesture toward improved tensions.
Capt Mrs Johnen of the Corry Salvation Army reports Sunshine baskets and literature were distributed yesterday to about 200 shut-ins and convalescents in the Union City Edinboro area. The effort is an annual drive by the Covey Salvation Army to bring Christmas cheer to the sick and homebound.
Wattsburg area woman Lucille Meerhoff, 24, was injured when her car was rear ended on the Wattshare-Rrie road near Wattsburg as she prepared to turn left. Rowead Stewart, 34, of Erle, struck her from behind and was cited. Damage to vehicles estimated at 378 dollars. Meerhoff treated at Corry hospital.
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