29 Feb 1960
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1960
Page
1
Fragmentary sale notice listing several properties with prices and codes. Mentions 3 bed s, wood, priced items around 9 500 and 132 Ons, strange codes like st2e fe 81 and H15 tf. Incomplete data obscures full details and locations.
Squaw Valley saw the United States rally in the final period to defeat Czechoslovakia 9 4 and claim its third gold of the Games, finishing third overall behind Sweden and the Soviet Union. Coach Jack Riley led a historic win as the Americans, once doubted, delivered a Cinderella moment.
A 29-year-old Erie woman, Mrs Mary Jane Resinger, died in a Route 20 head on collision five miles west of Westfield. The truck driver Norman Willard Algoe, 43, of Buffalo, charged with driving while intoxicated. Resinger's husband Richard Dwight, 30, escaped injury, their daughter Merle Ann, 9, hospitalized with a compound fracture and other injuries. Algoe to be arraigned before Justice Clifford Abbey in Ripley.
Auto dealer Eddie Shuler found Leroy Hensel 5, his wife Dora 53, and their six children aged 7 to 17 dead in a four room house near Thomson Illinois. Deputy coroner says the eight likely died of asphyxiation eight weeks earlier from an oil burner and empty tanks. Shuler had been due at work since Feb 9 and reported the discovery after snowbound delay.
Dr Bars Jaco Krqus, a world renowned plant scientist aged 74, died yesterday in Corvallis Gre. He began his career as a plant physiologist at Oregon State College in 1908.
Admiral Robert Lee Dennison, known as Bob Dennison, is named commander of U S and NATO naval forces in the Atlantic. The Warren, Pennsylvania native rises to chief of the Atlantic Fleet and supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, bringing engineering training and strategic expertise to the role.
The Soviet Union lends Indonesia 250 million dollars to spur industrialization and agriculture, with a seven year credit at 20 percent interest repayable in 12 years. Sukarno pledges non-alignment while Khrushchev also offers a 200 bed hospital and clinic gift.
The Senate opens around the clock sessions in a high stakes fight over civil rights legislation. Leaders urge noon start for a nonstop battle to force a yes vote, while Southern lawmakers led by Richard Russell vow to talk the bill to death. The outcome hinges on the uncommitted bloc as overtime work and war-room tactics fill the Capitol.
President Eisenhower arrived in Santiago for a two day stay, the first by a U.S. leader. Chilean President Jorge Alessandri greeted him at Los Cerrillos Airport as crowds lined Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins. He toured the capital by car, planned a private embassy lunch, a wreath at the O Higgins monument, and a formal call on Alessandri at the Presidential Palace.
Corry voters face a deadline for withdrawing from petitions as party leaders weigh up options for the April 26 primary. Waterhouse, Waterhouse backed by leaders, faces Erie attorney John Held for state senate seat once held by Blass. Peiffer runs unopposed for the Democratic General Assembly in the fall. Kinley contests the Republican incumbents Blasi r and O'Dell.
Miss Diane Beardsley, 31, of Buffalo and a Buffalo physician, Dr Roger Mesomer, escaped serious injury after a tobogganing crash near Corry around 9:30 Saturday night. They struck a barbed wire fence. Beardsley suffered multiple facial and limb lacerations, Mesomer a facial cut. Both were treated at Corry Memorial Hospital and released.
Wayne Brown 21 confesses to killing his grandfather Frank Brown 73 and uncle John Brown 49 in Lost Creek Pennsylvania. He said he felt resentment toward them after threats of burning the house and other mistreatment. Brown turned himself in after phone statements and is jailed pending further proceedings.
A COSY woman, Mrs Clarence Proper, 45, suffered fractured ribs and a sprained ankle when the car she was riding in with her husband collided head on with another vehicle about two miles north of Lowville on Route 8. She was treated at Gary Memorial Hospital and released. She blamed blowing snow for reduced visibility. Estimated vehicle damage was about $200. The other driver's name was not available as Corry State Police handed the investigation to Lawrence Park authorities.
Corry State Police logged six separate accidents near Union City and Waterford during the last weekend of February causing 94460 in vehicle damage to 13 cars. One driver suffered a minor knee bruise. no serious injuries reported.
Snow swept across Pennsylvania making roads hazardous and causing accidents and traffic jams. State Police log varied amounts from Greensburg to Pittsburgh with several cities reporting 1 to 3 inches. Forecasters warned of blowing snow reducing visibility and NW winds reaching 20 to 30 mph, tapering later but sustaining slick conditions statewide.
Pia-Al Lang, known as Mr. Baseball of Florida, died Saturday in St. Petersburg. Lang, who arrived in Florida in 1910, earned his title for promoting major league clubs to set training camps in St. Petersburg and other Florida cities.
Corry property owners received tax notices by mail showing 140 345 in real estate levies. The notices reflect a three quarters mill increase approved by City Council, bringing the new millage to seven and one half mills. Remittances by April 30 grant a 2 percent rebate, with payments due in May and June. Afterward a 5 percent penalty applies.
Charles R. Hubbard, 59, was jailed on vagrancy charges after allegedly stealing a Sunday paper from Croscut's Confectionery on North Center Street. The incident involved local merchants, with Hubbard held until police verified his recent activities and awaited a magistrate’s review.
James Rutherford, president of the Cuntherland Petroleum Co., dies in Kentucky after an oil production career. His leadership guided crude oil ventures and company growth in the midwest region.
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