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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1962
Page
1
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Subzero arctic air froze the Midwest and pushed toward New England. Fargo hit -40 F at 6 am, Bemidji -30 F tying a 1943 date record. Boston warned of a cold wave as Maine and New England lingered in subzero temperatures. The belt stretched across Dakota to Texas and the Gulf Coast with readings around -40 to -80 in select towns. Continued on Page Six.
A Corry meeting of about 25 civic leaders at the YMCA discussed the future of the United Fund UF. They posed three questions on UF goals professional help and year-round publicity. UF has repeatedly fallen short of its campaign targets and debated realistic goals and fair share support. The UF board plans to discuss recommendations and set plans in the near future.
Philadelphia AP report says police broke into a locked home and found 64 year old Mrs. Mabel Theodore seated beside her husband’s body after neighbors had not seen them for days. She was hospitalized in shock. The husband’s cause described as natural.
State Police from the Corry barracks investigate a shooting on a night route near the city. Jack Almon Foster, 20, was shot by a companion when he tripped crossing a trestle while carrying a .22 rifle. Foster, who was rushed to hospital, had the slug puncture his bowel and lodge in an abdominal muscle. Foster’s companions Melvin Carnicke, Harry Bemis, and John Foster are being questioned for details of the accident.
Chicago 1958 Our Lady of the Angels fire case resurfaces as a 13-year-old boy allegedly confesses, prompting the state's attorney to take over and seek a delinquency petition in Family Court. Authorities withhold the youth's name. The Tribune cites a claimed confession but officials do not confirm.
Professor Richard Henry Tawney, 81, British socialist and noted scholar, died yesterday. A renowned economist historian, he was appointed professor of economic history at London University in 1931 and was widely regarded as the leading English economic historian of his generation.
LONDON AP Overriding American objections Britain will proceed with sales of six Viscount jet airliners to Red China. U S officials warned an American firm supplying navigational radar equipment to the planes against supplying parts, asserting strategic control. British sources say gear could be procured from other suppliers and that the airliners are not embargoed for sale to the Communist bloc.
Rescue teams hunted for Larry Husted and Were Lowe after two boys disappeared since Sunday. State mine inspectors David Millward and Richard Reid examined tunnels about 19 miles south of Clearfield, recovering wallet fragments and clothing remains from the mine after a rock fall. They planned to shore the pit with timber and resume the search once safety measures were in place.
Washington AP report says an inter American peace committee will condemn Cuba for acts of intervention and human rights violations and for ties to the Sino Soviet bloc. The nine member panel chaired by Am bassador Francisco Lima plans to seek sanctions at the Punta del Este foreign ministers conference.
The Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association reports total circulation of its 808 members at 8,076,307 for 1862. Included are 16 weeklies, 121 dailies, and 10 Sunday papers, plus 30 nonprofit affiliate members supporting the industry.
Charles Maher, a longtime columnist who began in 1926 at the Philadelphia Public Ledger, died yesterday. He built a career shaping editorial voice and comment in a now-defunct era of Philadelphia journalism.
Fire Chief Jerome Davis reports Corry's 1961 fire losses totaled 973,275, down from 1960's 9126,155. Manufacturing plant fires dominated, with key blazes at Raymond Morris handle plant, Corry Concrete Block Co, and Paul Kundrack barn. Out-of-town mutual aid fires cut losses to 287,05 compared with 288,000 in 1960. Residential losses were 3551, and calls for fires in cars and misc blazes numbered 18 and 16 respectively.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Mortimer M. Caplin warns that while bona fide gifts to museums schools and other charities aid the nation's cultural resources many donations are used as tax dodges enriching the donor. In Lycoming County Pa a 10 year old boy was killed by a car while waiting for a school bus on Route 220.
Charles J. Schmitt of Girard, a Pennsylvanian gubernatorial hopeful, broadens his campaign with two new planks. He leads the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association and the U S Lottery Committee, says he remains unaffiliated but courted by major parties. He proposes legal horse race betting on closed circuit TV, a state lottery, free county licenses, and unemployment verification by mail, critiquing current job office sign‑in rules.
In Santo Domingo Balaguer resigns amid violent riots as a four civilian and three military junta assumes control after tanks and troops withdraw. The move follows pressure from the riot marathon that killed at least four. tension mounts over generals and the future of elections after 31 years of tight rule.
Firefighters from Corry and volunteers from East Branch and nearby stations drove 14 miles after 2 p.m. to a Warren County house on John Thomas residence grounds only to find the blaze already out. Damage estimated at about 150 dollars with no contents loss. Fire started when a Thomas son used gasoline to clean airplane parts near the car and house. a cigarette may have ignited the spill. The fire spread up the house side to the eaves before extinguished by local crews.
Approximately 100 elementary students from grades 1 through 6 were evaluated after an oil-fired furnace exploded at the 55-year-old Abe Warren County school. Firefighters isolated the blaze to the turbine room and began casualty checks.
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