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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1962
Page
1
In Algiers European settlers and Moslem guerrillas suffer continued violence as the underground Far Right Army Organization calls for mobilization to resist French plans for Algeria. In three days at least 37 people killed and more than 130 hurt, with handbills and a pirate radio signaling renewed hostility.
Canadohta Lake boosters form Canadohta Association to boost East Coast vacation trade. Willis Mall urges Union City merchants to back a regional advertising push with a national agency. Lure families to cottages around the lake and boost summer business for nearby towns, including Corry and Union City, as tourists from eastern areas are targeted.
James Hammond, president of the chamber, presents a savings bond. Dennis Northrop, RB. D. 1, Corry, receives his bond. Howard Miller, B. D. 4, Corry, stands second from right as the ceremony proceeds.
Dennis Northrop of Corry R D Northrop and Howard Miller of Corry R D 4 received Keystone Farmer awards plus $25 savings bonds in a ceremony at the Chamber offices. Northrop, a PSU agriculture freshman, earned the state honor for a poultry business and crop quality. Miller, a CAHS senior, ran a 20 cow dairy herd. Both are active in FFA and CAHS agriculture. They depart Monday for the State Farm Show in Harrisburg and return Thursday.
Mary Elizabeth York, 18, sworn into the Women's Air Force, saying she will be a Sergeant York before long. Her grandfather, World War I hero Alvin York, who won the Medal of Honor after killing 25 Germans and capturing 132, is partly paralyzed from a stroke but proud of her enlistment as the family continues its wartime service tradition.
Cape Canaveral AP An Atlas fueled Mercury mission to orbit John Glenn will be postponed from January 16 to January 23 due to a fueling problem. NASA officials say the extra week allows a full system check before the first American orbital flight. Glenn, 40, was reportedly disappointed by the delay as preparations continue at the Cape.
A 16-year-old from Corry pled guilty to larceny and forgery in Evie County Court before Judge Burton R. Laub. He received an indeterminate term at Camp Hill Reform School near Turrisburg. He admits stealing a church check on December 11, forging Rev. Paul P. Bauet’s signature, and attempting to cash it at Citizens National Bank of Corry. Bank scrutiny halted the plan. police were notified.
Sugar Grove remains without a mayor as Dr Alfred A Grant, elected last November, refuses to serve. He skipped swearing in, cited prior instructions to council, and stated he would not assume office. The organizational meeting noted his absence and the council tabled the issue for 30 days.
State Police will assign local troopers to the Pennsylvania State Farm Show with Commander Frank G. McCartney inspecting a Corry substation detail. About 200 troopers from across the state join a week-long event featuring a riding exhibition with 50 troopers and 40 horses, plus 10 police dogs.
George D Bush a retired banker and financial education instructor died Tuesday in Chicago. He devoted decades to teaching personal finance and served in community programs. Survived by relatives and former colleagues, his death ends a long chapter in local banking education.
President Kennedy focused on shaping the State of the Union as Congress nears reconvening. He may depart Palm Beach for Washington Friday to meet Democratic leaders, with Sorensen assisting on the message. Vice President Johnson returns to Washington Saturday after talks with defense officials on Army restructuring.
Rep. Richard Bolling withdrew from the race for majority leader amid rising dissension among House Democrats. The move clears the way for Cass Adelbert of Oklahoma to likely lead the party, with John W. McCormack’s looming election as speaker. Halleck’s path for speaker remains unlikely. Bolling said he had 70 to 80 solid votes and 30 to 40 possibles, not enough to win, and blamed liberal defections. The party eyes a possible new policy committee to give liberals more voice, possibly meeting with White House influence.
Jakarta steps up arms buildup off West New Guinea as reports say Sukarno may offer the Netherlands a compromise. Veterans of Independence fight against the Dutch are being armed on Amboina and other Molucca islands, with plans to move toward stopping a Papuan state and raise Indonesia’s flag.
Moscow faulted over a government distributed photo alleged to show Nazi troops burning a Russian village. Officials refused immediate comment, admitting the image had previously circulated as Japanese soldiers burning a Chinese village. The error sparked embarrassment in Soviet propaganda circles.
City police report two sightings of an unidentified wildcat type near Worth Street and a local homeowner. Officers described the animal as larger than a house cat with a long tail and attempted to corral it from the Stokes residence, but the creature fled. A tame crow continues to dive bomb bystanders, recently observed near the same area.
Stephen Zolatsko, 35, of Wellaville Ohio, fell 60 feet at Sharon Steel Corp Rae mer Works while aiding installation of furnace frame work. Beam contact on his hand caused a rapid fall from a platform to the ground, officials said.
Ten year old Wilfred Slavedw White and Mr and Mrs Louis Fahrian display emotions after Judge Louis Schneider denied habeas corpus for the youth. The parents, shown at rear, are Mr and Mrs Wilfred.
In Warren the fluoridation issue remains unsettled as the Warren Water Co has not announced a final decision. Council first passed an ordinance Jan 9, 1961 requesting fluoride addition and in Feb 1961 the company sent copies to Pittsburgh division for review. Officials say a decision may come in the near future but that any implementation would occur at least six months after a ruling, with equipment costs around 3000 dollars to be borne by the water company.
All tourists, especially children in bikinis, will be barred from the Lowestoft fish market next summer due to complaints that bikini wear distracts workers and drives up prices. The measure targets bikini clad sightseers amid reports of disruption at the fish wharves.
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