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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1962
Page
2
Classified notice notes the Deer Head Inn closing during February and lists a contact line 2-2422 for a comfort message. S Staal appears as a byline or signer.
Admitted Emma J. Arnink and Grace A. Callaghan. Discharged Peter J. Oppewal. Listings include Mary Farver, Harold Carr, Thomas Testi Jr., Max Bemis, Jack Armitage, Jacqueline Marie, Gay Nichols, Mrs. Harry Richards Garland, Mrs. Glen Knapp, Carol Davis, Herbert Weed Jr., Lisle Inman, Mrs. Glenn Knapp, Leland VanTassel, Mrs. Paul Smith. Union City notices for residents and teens killed in a Pittsburgh area crash: Gary Lindner and Pawick Conley died after a tractor trailer collision on Ohio River boulevard in Leetsdale. both pronounced dead at Sewickley Valley Hospital. Classified ads preview rates and community notices follow. Also mentions director meet for Off the Hook and Elk club dinner on Sunday.
Rafael Bonnelly a 57 year old lawyer professor who succeeded Balaguer is cited. Balaguer refused resignation citing fears of a military takeover. The United States praised events and promised aid including purchases of 335 million dollars of sugar over six months to aid the island economy. Unemployment runs high and foreign reserves are depleted. The Seventh Day Adventist leader Owen A. Troy, 62, died after a long illness.
John Coates, known for difficulty collecting trucking fines, was paid twice for a single overweight truck fine arising from a Girard Township arrest by State Police. The 1980 fine prompted a sheriff's sale after 60 days. owners from Dallas and Cincinnati asked him to pause the sale until the duplicate payment is resolved.
Pentagon plans a special Reserve pool to be recalled ahead of others in future crises. McNamara outlined a budget of 54 billion dollars and explained the aim to speed mobilization while screening out unavailable or burdened servicemen. No firm decisions yet on the pool's creation or size.
Robert T. McCracken of the Norristown Times Herald is elected president of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, succeeding James M. Driscoll of the Connellsville Daily Courier.
Rescue efforts continued as Gov. Lawrence orders directed action. Evans instructed drag lines off until daylight and only with mine cleared. Billy Webster, a classmate of the missing Husted boy, led rescuers to a club house location. Workers drilled with a 36 inch auger into tunnels 25 to 30 feet below the surface. The shaft area proved unsafe with potential roof falls and flood pools hindering access. A skin diver, Francis Utsch, assisted in exploration.
The Bureau of Unemployment Security reports a weekly rise of 70 366 in jobless claims in Pennsylvania despite a drop in new claims. Total claims carried over reach 246 116. new claims fall to 48 472. Secretary A Allen Sulcone notes 30 028 claims under federally supported temporary compensation, with 28 793 from exhaustees. Most state increase tied to construction, trade and service sectors.
A Coast Guardsman from St. Louis, 19, died near Linesville when his car left a rural road and struck a tree six miles south of Linesville. Russell Smalley was pronounced dead at the scene from a fractured neck. State police said he was en route to the Chesterland Ohio Coast Guard station after visiting an uncle in Linesville.
Erie County officials met with township and borough leaders to review a $367,000 Liquid Fuels Tax refund for 1961. The anticipated $400,000 drop is blamed on the federal ban on gas stations along the 41 mile thruway, reducing fuel tax receipts and county road maintenance funds. Townships will share about $108,000, boroughs roughly $250,000, with Lawrence Park receiving a flat $5,000.
The article notes a yearlong dispute over the thruway WBS and construction costs. A key figure, Ryémek, provided no further explanation beyond a vague insistence that the explanation existed. The agency retains the right to refuse gas stations along the roadside.
In Harrisburg the Public Utility Commission upheld Bell Telephone’s decision to deny a telephone line to Philadelphia woman Isabella Ballow. The body said evidence showed restoring service would be used for gambling operations and other legal uses.
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