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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1961
Page
3
A clipped obituary style note lists names and events from the era including Mrs J P, a patient athospital, a Memorial, and a Clyde Mor, with scattered references to Jones, Jamestown, and Wheeeler.
A fragment listing supplies and venues including heating, metal, electricity, television, street and hotel. The text reads as a procurement or facility service note with items and locations, but details are incomplete. Entities include Heating, Electric, Television, Hotel and Street.
The Susquehanna and Delaware rivers eased after cresting earlier, with levels near flood stage in Harrisburg and Wilkes-Barre. Minor road flooding and evacuations occurred along the riverbanks, while Pittsburgh's underpass area buffered by dykes. Forecasters warned against a new rain spike, expecting gradual declines to continue.
Four troopers from the North Warren substation receive new posts as shifts move across troops. Leonard Straple, brother of the wounded trooper shot near New Castle, is relocated from Girard to Warren. Additional transfers include Stephen Timatolya, James Gallagher, Verne Straple and others from Erie and Lawrence Park to reinforce Troop 5 and Corry stations.
President Kennedy outlines a plan to finance 41,000 miles of express roads by shifting costs to highway users rather than new gas taxes. He argues for higher truck and fuel fees, maintaining treasury funds only in recessions, and seeks to finish the program by 1972 with annual revenue increases. He urges delaying a scheduled gas tax cut and warns that without heavier levies, the project could be delayed by five years.
In Rambouillet, French President Charles de Gaulle and Tunisian President Habib Bourgiba voiced guarded optimism for a rapid and positive settlement of the six year Algerian war after four hours of closed door talks. Bourgiba departs to Rabat for King Mohammed V's funeral and to brief FLN leaders on the discussions, signaling possible direct negotiations that could end the conflict and ease France's economic and military strain.
Funeral services for Nellie Rogers will be held at 10 a m Wednesday at the H Richard Hays Funeral Home in Spartansburg. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Spartansburg.
Burning diesel fuel would pay a tax of 7 cents a gallon instead of 4 cents. The biggest effect on average motorists would be the higher tire tax an extra 10 cents on a typical 20 pound tire.
Butler County plans two financial aid programs for high school graduates to attend college. Freshmen and sophomores can receive up to 1000 dollars annually from a trust fund, while juniors and seniors may get additional support from institutions with interest paid by another trust. Funding includes a 50,000 dollar gift from Harry Weiss and a 100,000 dollar anonymous fund. Investments will cover loan interest. no repayment required from students. Board approval slated for February 16.
Lenten meditation by Rev Elmer A Ortner urges prayer in Gods house referencing Matthew 21 12 and portrays conversation with God as central while noting Gods response Thou art my son Then reports a Canonsburg PA crash killing baker John Lezia 22 and injuring his brother in the same night.
Edward C. Boots Young faces a challenge to his 30 to 65 year sentence for second degree murder following a November 1960 plea. The State Department of Correction questions the maximum term, while defense lawyers contest the minimum of 40 years. The case arises from the May 7 1960 beating of Hallge A. Nelson, the victim and father-in law, who died two days later.
Police from Erie and surrounding towns hunted two suspected thieves after they abandoned two stolen cars on Route 3 near the wooded area between Lake City and West Springfield. The cars were reported stolen in downtown Erie the previous evening, with owners George Adams and Harry Zatkoff noting theft times around 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. respectively. Patrolman Donald Spears of Millcreek police chased the vehicles to the Route 6 area before the suspects fled into the woods.
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