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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1961
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR cites a location in Lake Ohio and a person named Jamesson or similar. Details about event, date or organization are unclear. Reading suggests a local item referencing a race or activity near Indlay Lake with a personal name involved.
The Brok sestraw Valley DAR chapter sponsored a essay contest for fifth through eighth graders from private and parochial schools. Judges chose 98 winners with themes including The Allegheny Rover and The Erie Canal. National awards will be sent to state chair and then Washington for final judging. grand prize is a $25 bond awarded at the Continental Congress in April.
Stores nationwide report January sales as libraries promote browsing. Junior sections with miniature furniture and picture books invite young readers while reference rooms host encyclopedias and dictionaries. Shelves are thinned of outdated volumes, with removed titles sold for a dime. Browsers may borrow nothing now and pay nothing if they choose to take a book.
Rev and Mrs Richard Miller prepare to return to Liberia after a 20 year mission with Baptist Mid Missions. They will lead Missionary Day at First Baptist Corry with talks in morning and evening services and a radio broadcast at 11. The couple will board the African Dawn from New York for Mouravis and then Monrovia, where Miller becomes superintendent of Mid Liberia Baptist Missions overseeing 23 missionaries and multiple schools and outposts in 25 villages. Their family includes son James and three daughters studying in Wheaton and Johnson City.
Sunday January 29 lists women groups meeting in Union City, YMCA, and church events with sessions, dinners, and open pair championship play. February 1 and 2 feature Methodist circles and dinners, Steel Age Club talk by John Metcalf West, VFW bridge, and DAR. Carol Michelmore, longtime Chicago newspaper woman, dies in Evanston.
Dr Leslie J Nason USC education professor with 40 years of study methods introduces a practical lesson series. A single afternoon correction in study habits can boost math grades from F to A as explained in the new newspaper feature. A booklet You Can Get Better Grades is offered for $1 with the series.
The Steel Age Club will host speaker John Metcalf of Erie next Wednesday at 7 30 PM at the Clubhouse on Route 6. Metcalf titled All America Must Know the Terror That Is Upon Us and will discuss current practices of Un American Activity Organizations during the Community Service Night program, with invitations extended to school administrators public officers news reporters and others.
A son was born yesterday at Union City Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Samuel Rizjan of R D 1 Union City. A daughter was born at Corry Memorial Hospital early this morning to Mr and Mrs Neil Stutzman of R D 1 Bear Lake.
Catholic Daughters of America plan a Valentine's Day card party at the Moose home on February 14 with a children and a sub teens style show by G. O. Murphy Co and Evans. Proceeds benefit a convent room for the Sisters of Mercy. Prizes include a $50 bond and two $25 bonds. Miss Higgins and Mrs. Wotus oversee the prizes.
New York briefing reports the Kennedy administration ordered stiff controls on tough policy speeches by military leaders. Adm. Burke speech text was largely rewritten after White House and State Department opposition. The Times cites Defense Department scrutiny of Air Force chief Gen. White remarks while other lines drew review. Infant birth noted at Corry Memorial Hospital.
Richard Lindsey, a 30 year old man with a history of mental hospital stays, was sentenced to death for kidnapping, raping, and murdering Rose Marie Was Kinaped from a farm labor camp near Bakersfield. He received a life term for kidnapping in addition to the death sentence for first degree murder. Lindsey’s wife Die Lindsey, 23, was detained on suspicion of murder and kidnapping. Police found the child’s body about 55 miles north of Bakersfield after the Jan 12 crime. Lindsey’s mother Frances testified as a witness.
University of Pittsburgh urged the State Legislature to postpone a proposed probe into Communist influence until Pitt finishes its own inquiry. Chancellor Edward H. Litchfield sent letters to legislators arguing the university should examine and report on faculty allegations before any legislative investigation or public trial. Rep. John T. Walsh had proposed the probe citing Dr. Robert Colodny's alleged connections with pro Communist groups.
Samuel Roman, about 10, was struck and killed by a pickup truck while crossing the main street in Burgettstown. Police said the driver did not stop. Roman died on the way to Washington Hospital.
The Pennsylvania Motor Federation AAA opposes a proposed two cents per gallon gas tax increase. The AP reports the call for public hearings and questions the need for extra money and alternate revenue sources to fund highway costs. The Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania also protests the plan, calling it a tax giveaway and warning it could buy lawmakers’ votes. The administration says the plan would yield about 74 million dollars in 13 months starting next June. The House approved related borrowing capacity increases, with a Senate vote possible next week.
The luxury vessel Santa Maria, seized by self styled revolutionists with 70 armed men aboard during Caribbean stops, nears dock as Galvao and Dennison promise safe passage for passengers and no interference by the authorities. Talks center on freeing hostages with no political commitments while protecting lives and property.
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