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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1962
Page
6
A paragraph lists a fined shoplifting plea in Jamestown for Phyllis Ann Kolster and a child burn injury in Erie, followed by a infant funeral notice, a Beaverdam oil furnace fire, an extended local weather forecast, and a Corry doctor traffic case. It also notes a Groundhog day observation and library reading plans.
Turner aged 19 of Pittsburgh and Marine Private Joseph A. Hayes, also 19 from Pittsburgh, were tied to a $29,000 Oakland bank holdup on January 11, using toy pistols. Turner waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to a federal grand jury on $23,000 bond. Hayes waived extradition in San Diego and agreed to be returned to Pittsburgh. Stolen money has been recovered.
Two Pennsylvanians were among Tampa University students injured in a head on collision on U S 301 near here. Thomas Murtha 19 of Spring City and Dave Welty 20 of Rogersburg were hospitalized with cuts and Welty suffered possible chest injuries. Other students were from New England or New York with no serious injuries.
Erie County commissioners reduced department budget requests by about 100000 and deferred a 40000 retirement fund payment to next year. They cut seven departmental budgets by 26000 while adding 10000 to the county mobile library budget for expanded services in the 1962 plan. Several budgets were approved or deferred for wills registry civil defense sheriff and hospital still awaiting action.
Eleven demonstrators were jailed after occupying City Hall in a CORE led protest against school segregation. The mayor gave a 10 minute warning before seven white and four Black participants were charged as disorderly persons and arraigned with bail set at $10, which they declined.
Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania received approval from the Senate Republican Conference to join the Judiciary Committee. He also relinquished his assignment on the Public Works Committee.
The Algerian rebel cabinet meets in Tunis as De Gaulle gains power to push a six month transitional plan. A referendum would let Algerians choose independence while French troops stay until the new government forms its own security forces. European residents may choose Algerian or French nationality. In Oran and Algiers clashes kill at least two and injure thirteen.
Carey Wilson originator of the Andy Hardy and Dr. Kildare film series and author of 80 screen plays died yesterday of a stroke.
Harrisburg attorney general cites possible stay on a Third Circuit decision striking down the 1959 amended Bible reading law in public schools. Abington Township School Board supports appeal and stay. Governor Dewey Lawrence silent. Delaware Valley American Jewish Congress hails the ruling as a religious freedom victory.
Massachusetts newspapers face a call from the House to stop publishing parimutuel payoffs and treasury balances used for number pools. The resolution passed 162 to 82, urging editors to discontinue gambling related data as part of an anti gambling campaign.
A Buck Strong cartoon portrays a burly figure warning the public about inflation and urging sound dollar policies. The character appears in motion pictures, TV, billboards, and comic pages, backed by the Council for Economic Growth and Security, with former President Eisenhower as honorary chairman.
An Air Force transport plane crashes during a low level turn in jungle South Vietnam near Saigon, killing all three crewmen aboard. The incident adds to six week American casualties totaling 15, with other U S Army deaths and a kidnapping by Communist rebels.
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