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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1960
Page
4
Publication information for the Corry Journal includes staff titles and offices, advertising manager, and national advertising representation. It announces postal entry, mail rates, carrier rates, and display advertising deadlines, reflecting standard early 20th century newspaper boilerplate.
The piece surveys political slogans from 1840 to the mid 20th century, noting famous lines like Tippecanoe and Tyler Too and A Chicken in Every Pot. It traces how campaign cries reflected era concerns and candidates, ending with hints of future slogans.
Mrs Edna Bennett 62 of Hast McKeesport was killed and three others injured when a car driven by her husband C D Bennett careened from a stopped vehicle and hit a utility pole in Wilkinsburg. Police said brakes apparently failed on the Bennett car yesterday.
Television critic notes CBS game show Video Village hosted by Jack Narz and Joanne Copeland will air daily at 10 30 am EDT from July 11 with a Friday 8 pm windup, calling it a grotesque yet enticing spectacle. NBC’s Moment of Fear features Conjure Wife and The Golden Deed with Macdonald Carey. the review finds the promised danger failing to materialize in the first episode.
Bradford man Thomas Humes, 32, locked in borough jail on a hit and run charge, woke to a fire from his smoking at the cot. He suffered burns and smoke inhalation, moved to Community hospital, out of danger, arraignment delayed until after his release.
County planning board set salaries for two new draftsmen David Church and John Karpinski. Karpinski to earn 4200 dollars yearly while Church as a temporary employee will be paid two dollars an hour. Also approved a contract hiring Richard Be ment as resident engineer for a new Erie County wing at 130.25 dollars. It notes ships take about 10 hours to pass the Panama Canal.
Last rites for Sy Gladys Mae Ross were held yesterday afternoon at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev. Richard Hostettler officiating. Interment followed in Pine Grove Cemetery. Bearers included Richard Stutzman Dean Klopfenstein Cecil Reynolds Merle Blakely Ralph Ross and Paul Ross. Out-of-town mourners came from Meadville Wattsburg Jamestown North East and Wattsburg.
George R. Prowell aged 85 of Camp Hill was struck and killed yesterday in Lemoyne when he stepped from between parked cars into the street. Police reported the auto driver remained at the scene.
About 1 681 youngsters attended six city playgrounds last week with arts and crafts, plant ers making, croquet contests, pet shows, and games. Notable events occurred at Harding Fairview Washington Mead Park and Concord with daily attendance figures, several contest winners, stunt day, and a mural project.
Hal Boyle collects remarks from American travelers reacting to foreign savors of life abroad. The quotes show Americans mocking local roads plumbing language and ice shortages, while judging natives culture and prices with humor and irony. The piece captures travel patter and ethnocentric banter of the era.
Party platform talks at a Pennsylvania California gathering touch issues like medical care for the aged and farm aid. AMA spokesman Dr Edward R Annis warns physicians may oppose a social security funded plan. Delegates list puppet contests and schoolyard events amid focus on foreign policy questions.
In New York radicals are rounded up after a bomb killed two police detectives and injured five. In Corry a 9 year old boy was seriously hurt by a passing auto during a reception for his sister’s wedding. North Center street resurfacing finished in hours. Corry Republicans plan to raise funds for Wendell Willkie. Driver license examiner upgrades to July 15. Eleven Corry youths depart for Citizen's Military Training Camp at Fort Meade Maryland for a month.
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