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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1960
Page
4
The editorial critiques a new National Science Foundation program that will start with 2.9 million dollars in federal funds given to universities with no strings attached. It questions the legality and proper use of federal revenue, predicts program growth, and warns private gifts may shrink as universities rely more on federal support.
A 1940 note recalls Italian raids on British forces near Egypt and in Kenya, while All American Aviation seeks Civil Aeronautics Authority approval for a new air mail pickup and delivery service. Erie County shows population rise by 2,800 in the decade, with Corry dropping from 7,152 in 1930 to 6,933 in 1940.
Frederick W. Parkhurst Sr arrived with wife and daughter to visit his father in Corry, while son Frederick Jr returned on Navy leave from Key West. Corry Jamestown personnel toured the Ohio Chair Co plant in Youngstown as part of a furniture line launch. Local notes cover public safety, retail outlook, and community happenings including a chess of civic figures, street cleanliness, summer enrollments, and a police impersonation warning.
Dr and Mrs Foulk of Meadville spent last evening with friends in the city. They abandoned their car near Cambridge Springs due to muddy roads from heavy rains. The Mohawk Company is expanding its Corry plant development with over 40000 dollars in expenditure. Phillip Blakeslee has enlisted in the U S Navy and leaves for Buffalo to report then to the Great Lakes Training Center. Miss Lillian Murray returns from a two week vacation with sister Lucile Murray who is at the University in Ithaca, New York. A humorous note mentions fictional universities and debates on federal control of university funding. Novelist Edna Perber was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Landscaping and all kinds of tree service offered by Tony Tomassoni Nursery at 24 South South Street Warren Pa. Wholesale and retail shrubs evergreens shade trees available. Phone Randolph 3-833.
A boy recounts being dragged to a restroom, threatened with a long improvised weapon, and menacingly told they would pretend to call police. One assailant claimed he could kill him with the weapon while the boy described injuries and escape. The mother learned of the incident.
Two Titusville service station attendants, ages 18 and 20, face simple assault and battery charges for allegedly dunking an 11 year old boy’s head in a station toilet after the boy asked if a vending machine would take two dimes to buy cigarettes. The boy’s mother provided the account through Alderman W. Allen Love. The incident began when the boy tried to use two dimes in the machine and one attendant suggested flushing him. The boy was grabbed and dunked by one attendant as the other aided the act.
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