15 Jul 1961
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1961
Page
1
An eclectic, damaged OCR fragment covers rental offers, real estate open houses, farm stock sales, household items, and notices. It references a Brick Ranch home, multiple rooms, water heat, and nearby listings, plus a livestock sale and probate language about an estate with debts and claim deadlines.
Waning centennial celebration winds down with United support from state and local groups. Oldsters and kids enjoyed Rotary headquarters registrations, Pioneer Homecoming picnic at Mead Park, carnival fun at City Park, and a Centurama tour. Seventy plus attendees joined afternoon games and 16 prize events led by local volunteers. evening events featured a Grace Slow reception and a meal at Mead Park House with discounts offered to residents over 60.
Goodwill, 34, faces a hearing today on charges of taking 13 ducks this season and possible additional counts. He was arrested at his home by Elmer Simpson of Union City and lodged at the city jail awaiting a late hearing. A game official will decide further actions today.
Newburgh New York launches a stringent welfare program amid protests from state officials led by Nelson Rockefeller. City Manager Joseph Mitchll defends legality and rights to curb costs as welfare outlays reach 983000 dollars of a 3 million budget with major funding from federal and state sources.
Centralia Pennsylvania state police questioned suspects in the murder of 13 year old June Benfield. Officials released two suspects last night while more await questioning. Troopers and local police searched the desolate mountain slope between Centralia and Aristes where the girl’s body was found. A rock recovered at the scene was sent to technicians for blood stains and fingerprints.
A Franklin man, George V Lindsey, died instantly in a foggy dawn crash when a car from Route 22 turned onto a rural road and struck a stone wall. Two other Franklin residents, Laverne Wenthworth, 31, and William Smith, 18, were admitted to Franklin Hospital. Police said Lindsey was the driver. The crash occurred about five miles west of Venango County.
Lonnie Parker, 50, died at Hamot Hospital from injuries after a crane hook struck his head at Max Silver and Sons scrap yard in Wesleyville yesterday around 1 30 p m. Gene Davis operated the crane. the hook became lodged and snapped loose striking Parker. Parker had worked for eight years at the yard. Coroner Merle W Wood ordered an autopsy. Police continue the inquiry into the accident and previous injury at the yard two years ago.
Donald Burke 35 of Syracuse survived a fall from the fourth floor rear of the Gage Hotel and was admitted to Hamot Hospital for observation with fractured ribs and possible back injury. Burke, who remained conscious, reportedly escaped from a New York State mental institution Thursday morning and was linked to a parked car hood incident. Police head Detective Sgt Joseph Pagay said Burke carried ID under the name Richard Peluso, nephew of another Syracuse man, and the hotel desk clerk Maurice Foley identified the hood damage and the car involved.
A head on collision on Route M9 in South Greensburg killed David Weber, 28, of Youngstown, and injured five others. Weber's car veered into the oncoming lane, crashing into a Greensburg driver Tol Woutward’s car, authorities said.
Virgil Grissom and John Glenn entered final prep for America's second manned space flight scheduled Tuesday morning. The crew tested high energy diet, medical checks, and training routines at Cape Canaveral. NASA will announce the chosen astronaut 24 hours before launch.
President Kennedy spent a quiet day at Cape Cod with family and documents on Berlin as tensions rise. Press secretary Salinger indicated Berlin concerns dominated the president’s study list while bad weather limited any planned yachting. Back in Chicago a day of racial violence left several injured and police mobilized. a suspect list and a wider patrol buildup followed a staged bombing near a neighborhood, with numerous youths detained or questioned.
Dennis Kline. 15, who left home Tuesday after helping a neighbor, was traced by his father to the family hunting camp near Spring Creek and then into Corry. He was last seen Thursday at Main and South Center streets in Corry. Police and state teletype alerts are active. The youth is described as five feet four inches, 130 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair, crew cut. He wore brown jacket, black trousers, tennis shoes.
The text reports Adlai Stevenson’s former wife, once married to a TV ambassador, sustaining an eye injury while exercising at an AA bar. It mentions a domestic incident involving a bathroom door and a person named Brevenson, with scattered references to political figures including a governor and a presidential candidate.
Two GOP Senators Cooper of Kentucky and Kravits of New York urge full congressional briefings on U S military readiness for the Berlin crisis and support taxes if needed to fund extra military and foreign aid. Senate Foreign Relations chair Fulbright plans night sessions on foreign aid while Kennedy leads White House discussions with lawmakers to advance the aid measure. Goldwater calls for tougher action, including resuming tests and a clear aim to win the cold war.
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers completed its new control demands at General Motors and plans to wind up wage and benefit talks at Ford and Chrysler next week. GM said the union’s package could be the most expensive in 25 years, while UAW leaders argued the costs are not yet calculable. The union seeks wage increases tied to economic growth and broader pension improvements, claiming GM profits could cover the cost without harming executives’ pay.
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