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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1960
Page
3
Local organizer plans a broad program in New York to boost cultural activities, inviting participants and supporters to raise funds and showcase performances. Officials note costs and potential sponsors as the plan unfolds amid unclear specifics.
A fragmentary line reads as a legal or court note referencing act 205 and an alleged violation. Details are unclear due to damaged text but indicate an enforcement context and potential charges.
The Air Force withdrew a training manual after a church group protested claims that Communists had infiltrated some churches. The incident drew mixed critiques with calls to uphold the assertions and to avoid naming churches or church leaders in the reissue. Secretary Sharp said the withdrawal was for procedural reasons, not a judgment on the charges. The Air Force maintains vigilance against Communist influence while ensuring rights protections.
President Eisenhower and Vice President Kubitschek urged swift recovery as two Navy planes collided near Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro bay. Three sailors survived and were visited in hospital. two presidents sent sympathy to families and ordered ongoing investigations.
New York AP previews a leisure week of TV after Squaw Valley action. Highlights include NBC Telephone Hour with Bergen Raitt and Hamilton, CBS skating finals and Olympic ice hockey coverage, NBC Sunday showcase Secret of Freedom, Bing Crosby specials on ABC, and CBS Woman series leads with Helena Hayes. Ken Murray predicts radio DJs become tomorrow's TV comedians amid veteran TV era shifts.
In Spartansburg a local group plans the Lucy A Morris Scholarship Fund to aid Sparta Merged School students. Miss Morris, a 33 year Sparta teacher and longtime Sunday School leader, died at 46 after education roles at Edinboro State College and area churches. A $100 donation names sustaining members. initial fund goal is $20,000 with Tisville First Congregational trustee and committee including Helen Bates and Lucy Morris sisters Thelima Jackson and Margaret Morris.
Wallace Reiger of Erie, 22, was released from Farview State Hospital after officials and local psychiatrists agreed he no longer required confinement. Committed in March 1958 from Allegheny County Workhouse, he had been sentenced to a one-year term after pleading guilty to robbing plumbing fixtures at Erie County prison.
Los Angeles reporters note Carole Tregoff and Dr. R Bernard Finch face charges in the July murder of socialite Barbara Jean Finch. Attorneys hint at division of guilt with Finch possibly guilty and his young mistress cleared. The trial paused by a juror’s toothache, resuming with questions of shared guilt and alibi.
Rev Richard Miller of Corry will hold EVELINE Service every other Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Robert Humphrey visited on Saturday. Gerry Bargal of Jamestown spent Sunday with the Alkens family. Earl Thompson, 89, celebrated birthday at Findley Lake with Roger Cooper. Lawrence Dunnewold and family visited Union City area. Charles Park and Sharon of Sherman visited Hapgood. Sunday visitors included Ross Hopkins, Paul Shinko families. Charles Pettingel and wife celebrated 58th wedding anniversary on Feb 28. Dixie Carter visited with Faith Marsh and Clymer Central School. Robert Allen Lite born Feb 17 to Mr and Mrs Robert Lite at Erleason. Grandparents are Linda and Lawrence Redding. family lived in Cutting until about a year ago. Lyle Bemis and children visited Russell Merritt Sr. in Corry. Sibley Wright also noted.
Fragmentary local notices report hospitalizations and social events in towns near Meadville. Mentions Mra James Carpenter visiting at Spencer Hospital and Myron Wallace learning his wife Margaret Benink is hospitalized with flu. Also references a knife slaying case with Anne Eaton and Willan Eaton, plus a Hamot hospital surgery for Minor Green.
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