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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1962
Page
2
Classifieds list Thursday night specials at Spot Line with roast beef or pork dinners for 1.25, plus auto service ad. Local hospital admissions and discharges shown for Corry Memorial Hospital and nearby Union City residents, with several names and addresses.
The Associated Press reports temperatures moderated across most of the nation from the central Rockies into northern New England while a light snow and rain pattern persisted in scattered areas. Extreme lows included Idaho Falls minus 14 and Pocatello minus 10, Salt Lake City minus five, with readings generally 10 to 20 degrees above zero in much of the Midwest and Rockies. Florida stayed warm with Key West 75 and Miami 69 as a cool front lingered from Georgia to Alabama.
Cape Canaveral AP reports a Thor Able Star rocket carrying five payloads failed 20 minutes after ignition. The 55 ton rocket could not achieve thrust, plunging into the Atlantic and ending the United States most ambitious multiple payload test to date.
A blaze in Edsburgh Ross Township claimed the lives of 86-year-old Mrs. Alice Haney and her 63-year-old mother Mrs. Alvina Johns. Officials said Haney suffered fatal burns when her robe ignited by a cigarette, while Johns died of smoke inhalation in another room.
East Germany's parliament passed a military conscription law with no votes against. Youths aged 18 to 26 will be drafted for 18 months of training. Defense Minister Gen Heinz Hoffmann called it a workers demand and a shield against Western aggression, noting reliance on volunteers previously and strong pressure on youths to enlist.
In New Delhi AP report states Mrs. Satety Jeanne Michalec 41 native of Monessen Pennsylvania, wife of Charles F Michalec member of the U S Technical Cooperation Mission, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after sending away her servants. A 32 caliber pistol lay beside her.
ABANDON SEARCH QUITO Ecuador The search for Frank Rocco of Hillwood City Pennsylvania who disappeared 13 days ago while attempting to descend Gangay volcano was abandoned yesterday A companion who was rescued told authorities Rocco appeared delirious possibly from the volcano fumes.
Washington witnesses describe informational programming for children as perplexing and frustrating. CBS says it has a development fund and three pilots on American history literature and contemporary world realities. CBS increased news and information broadcasts by about 40 percent to six hours this season, about 17 percent of the network schedule.
AP reports a 21 year old Donald Jordan of Clearfield County was fatally struck by a bulldozer at the Diamond-T open pit coal operation in Beccaria Township. Coroner Robert Heath said the man was bent over seeking a piece of equipment when the accident occurred yesterday.
Federal investigators began a probe into a twin engine aircraft crash at Port Erie Airport on Monday. The Niagara Therapy Co. jet, en route from Buffalo to Meadville, killed Crawford County Solicitor Kenneth W. Rice and left pilot Rag er Counselman and passenger Robert E. Donegan in hospital with serious injuries. Rice’s services are planned for tomorrow at Ward Funeral Home in Meadville.
President Kennedy intends to spend the weekend with his ailing father in Palm Beach Florida as the White House confirms the trip. Mrs Kene perhaps accompanying them is not detailed in the notice.
A two year old Fredonia, New York boy named Fredonia boy drank shoe polish and died in Children's Hospital, Buffalo, late Monday. Robert Carroll, son of Robert H Carroll, a faculty member at the State University College at Fredonia, drank the polish last Thursday and fell ill Sunday. He was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Survivors include his parents and a brother, William Carroll.
Harrisburg AP Gov. Lawrence should explain why the FBI did not seek state police cooperation after Reading gambling raid. Republican state chairman George S. Bloom called for a shakeup, citing 100 FBI agents and detention at a Marine barracks. About 100 detained and $55,000 seized.
An elderly Cumberland County woman, Mrs. Lottie Gottshall, 81, died of a heart attack triggered by the alarm and smoke from a fire that destroyed her Springville home. She was carried from the burning dwelling by a neighbor and suffered minor burns.
Nine government employees are being held for questioning in the slaying of an 8 woman found Sunday in a creek near Pittsburgh. Donald Carroll, 49, a temporary worker at the U S Army Ordinance Depot, has been arrested. The victim was tentatively identified as Gertrude Carroll, 29, of Moon Township. Two youths found her body in Montour Creek in Robinson Township. Police said the scene included bloody bed clothes and a bloody mattress. Carroll’s warrant was issued.
The piece notes a growing Soviet Chinese split as editors claim China is building an anti American campaign while Khrushchev promotes peaceful coexistence. It cites Kennedy and Kis ik benefiting from perceived Western optimism, and government experts doubt a real weakening of the Communist bloc amid Moscow Peiping tensions.
Workers reopened a mine near Mitte to locate two boys, Larry Husted and Wesley Lowe, missing since January 14 after a cave-in. A clam-type power shovel and a drag-line earth mover aided by a three-inch drill face rock and empty tunnels while investigators bring in cameras and seismograph gear to map the area.
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