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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1959
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment mentions contact details and a phone line. content unclear but reflects a late period classified notice. No clear names, places, or dates are readable to establish a full event or person.
A damaged clipping shows a mixed sale notice listing properties and livestock. Mentions include a large parcel near Park Street with multiple rooms and kitchen details, and a Holstein herd sale. Also notes an ideal corn or ox operation with equipment and fencing, but many OCR errors obscure specifics.
A bus and a cattle truck collided on a rural Arizona road eight miles east of Tucson killing nine people. The double decker bus from Los Angeles to New Orleans carried 30 cattle, with several customers and staff among the dead and injured. The truck driver, James R. Stewart of Del Rio Texas, reportedly failed to keep right as the road divided.
Washington AP report says union and steel company negotiators meet for the first time in days as tensions rise over new union demands. United Steelworkers recently reached three year contracts with major aluminum producers in Chicago, shaping the steel talks.
Miss Edna Johnson reports being knocked to the ground and relieved of a $1200 purse by two youths around 15 years old dressed in dark jackets. Police found the purse abandoned in an alley nearby. Officers link the pair to a prior purse snatching from Nora Brady three blocks away.
In New London Wisconsin during a search under Wolf River ice for a missing 8 year old, divers Mielke Steven Austin and Cyril Besanson were using the same mouthpiece when the valve froze. Mielke died and Austin survived. Besanson perished.
Ajax Union elected Telford Bauer to lead the organization for the coming year at the lodge animmal meeting and Christmas party. The slate includes Frank Zielinsky as vice president Howard Rhodes secretary George Rhodes financial secretary and Adam Piccillo treasurer.
A pilot's successful landing at night near Lawrence Airport prompted fire crews to stand by as residents watched. Dan Rotthoff of Ecclesistion Furniture Inc said clear conditions allowed the landing, though the scene caused a citywide scare and quick citizen alerts.
Washington AP reports the government launches a drive to recruit consumers in a war on false advertising and deceptive selling. The FTC invites 47 civic and consumer groups to a two day course on spotting phony merchandising and what to do about it.
At the Western summit in Paris President Eisenhower De Gaulle and Macmillan agreed on a joint approach and extended an invitation to Soviet Premier Khrushchev for a Paris meeting in April. Adenauer helped secure French input while North Atlantic defenses remained unresolved. The summit also backed a plan for a series of future talks.
The West forms a four power framework to defend Berlin and seeks a summit with Khrushchev. Eisenhower Hagerty and De Gaulle discuss disarmament talks and a potential series of summit meetings while Adenauer attends. The report notes ongoing debates over NATO command control and future conferences.
President Eisenhower lands in Madrid amid lavish celebrations and flags as General Franco hosts the guest. The trip follows a Paris meeting of the Western Big Four and a Khrushchev invitation to summit talks on Cold War issues.
Kiwanis and Rotary members manned kettles to collect funds for the Salvation Army. Kiwanians gathered 102 dollars Friday night and Rotarians added 118.40 on Saturday during 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. shifts. Salvation Army funds supported 99 applications for Christmas 1960 toy baskets for local families. Moose Lodge plans tonight 7:30 p.m. toy handover at East Washington street. Capt Richard Dean notes Business and Professional Women's Club will manage kettles tonight from 4 to 6 p.m.
Slippery highways Saturday night and Sunday morning led to two crashes investigated by State Police. Charles Williams, 93, of Springfield Pa skidded into Prank Toth, 53, of Carry Damage to bolts estimated at 400 dollars with about 200 on each car. No injuries. A second crash near Mill Village on Route 6 involved Elizabeth Stranahan, 52, of Spartansburg driving into a Penn Highway Department truck spreading cinders. The truck, driven by Paul Blakeslee, 60, Cory, sustained no damage while Stranahan’s car suffered about 300 dollars in losses.
In Osprey Florida an unknown assailant killed Clifford Walker 23 his wife Christine 23 and their two children Jimmy 5 and Debbie 2 days before Christmas. The bodies were found Sunday after the family failed to appear for Christmas. Police say the killer may have attempted to rape the mother and drowned the young girl in a bathtub. No suspects yet.
Rien om Bemis of Corry faced four criminal counts including false pretenses theft and fraudulent conversion with sentencing postponed after his car reportedly broke down hindering his appearance. He allegedly sold two appliances from a trailer and cashed a bonus check exceeding 4000 dollars.
Mercury fell to 16 to 18 degrees as new snow blanketed highways Saturday. Police cautioned drivers to delay travel as roads remained dangerous with slick spots and limited visibility through the night into Sunday morning.
Walter W. Williams, last Civil War survivor, died Saturday at age 117 after multiple illnesses. Eisenhower ordered flags at half mast as tributes poured in from officials and citizens. Williams had endured years of grave illness yet remained a symbol of national unity across a divided era.
Mary Materasso, 27, died after nine weeks in a coma at St Misericordia Hospital Bronx. She never knew she had a premature eight daughter born while she lay unconscious following a cerebral hemorrhage.
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