11 Jun 1962
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1962
Page
1
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Robert Marsh represents the class of 1412, noted as the largest attendance group. The record highlights the class as the most populous in the event, emphasizing robust participation and enduring school spirit.
Seven people were injured and 3850 in damages after a series of highway accidents over the weekend. Corry State Police reported incidents on Route 2 near Centerville and Route 277 near Concord Township, with multiple injuries and hospitalizations including Susan McCombs and Sherry McCity.
Two people escaped injury when a small plane crash landed in a Pittsburgh town. Pilot Kevin Boel of Pittsburgh, a student, was treated for minor injuries at Columbia Hospital and released. Instructor Thomas Ga-Heille of Indiana, Pa, was unhurt.
Daley receives the Virgil G Curtis scholarship award at the 1962 Albany High Alumni Banquet. Alumni from Powan California Prescott A Dayton Beach Florida Muskegon Grand Rapids Chicago and many other cities gathered at Aves High School for a banquet and business session. Miss Lena Cohen announced the Curtis scholarship fund now stands at 9680 dollars and will rise from 250 to a larger amount. Daley will attend Penn State next fall. The event also honored longtime organizer Miss Cohen with a citation from President Bracken.
Police report a former Sugar Grove driver bypassed a lowered railroad gate near Maple Avenue, driving in front of a westbound train. Witnesses Merle Capwell and LaVerne Miller identified the vehicle and urged testimony for charges. Authorities are pursuing the suspect, listed as Matye, with registration tied to Sugar Grove and Cory to the inquiry.
A parachutist leaped from an airplane and struck high tension lines between Zelienople and Envang City, burning on impact. He was airlifted to a Presbyterian Hospital in Tita with injuries described as satisfactory. Local authorities are tracing the incident to a training exercise near Cincinnati.
George W. Grant, 82, a Delos Pork potato firm laborer, was stabbed multiple times after a drinking brawl with Willie Edward, 61, in Harborcreek Township. Grant died soon after at Hamot Hospital. Edward faces aggravated assault charges and is jailed on $2,000 bond.
An error filled AP dateline from Seattle describes stock market tensions and a major Republican National Committee meeting in Alphis as part of a broader campaign narrative. It notes optimistic mood for election results and cites concerns over grain storage and cotton acreage manipulations, with references to Kemp and Maine figures.
Reports from Honolulu indicate the United States plans a major nuclear test in the Pacific near Johnston Island. Officials, citing unofficial sources, expect a weapon 50 to 500 times as powerful as Hiroshima, with a cloud rising about 20 miles high and visible from Hawaii. The Defense Department says the danger area around Johnston Island will extend to 60 nautical miles from sea level and 290 nautical miles at higher altitude, expanding the test zone by Tuesday.
ERIE Jamies Mulligan 8 and the brother of two Corry residents were killed Saturday night in a motorcycle collision with a car. Coroner’s autopsy at Hamot Hospital confirmed the death with investigation continuing alongside Millcreek Police and pathologist John Fust. Mulligan, a longtime employee of Erie Forgeard Steel Co. and member of Romanian Club and Kingsley Methodist Church, left a wife Mary Jackson Mulligan and three sons James, Thomas, and David. He also leaves his parents and several siblings in Millcreek and nearby communities.
Enrollment hits a record with about 1 million students. The program begins with tryouts tonight and continues through the week with instrument signups and late registrations. Out-of-town students can pick up instruments from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight and tomorrow.
In western Montana a Northern Pacific luxury train derailed after leaving Missoula, killing a child and injuring 219 passengers. Reports indicate possible air brake failure and a speed record tape discussion. Investigators note the accident occurred over a trestle with most travelers asleep or awake during the wreck.
A fragmented local report notes 1354 residents contacting Titlavile police about a decorated site with toilet tissue and disturbed streets. Investigators find teen attendees at a slipper party and the disturbance appears resolved with quiet afterward.
Representatives from ten northwestern Pennsylvania counties will hear talks on community industrial development at the Northwest Removal Industrial Development Conference to be held at Cross Creek Country Club in Ott City on Thursday. Thomas J. Monaghan, Pennsylvania Secretary of Commerce, will discuss industrial conditions in Corry with Corry area officials. A panel on banking, selling, and financing programs follows the talks, with a state level financing panel to close the event. The conference is co sponsored by the Department of Commerce and the State Chamber of Commerce, among others.
Fragmentary note references Lidice, Czechoslovakia, and a remembrance event for adults and children. The garbled text makes exact details unclear but signals a memorial or anniversary context linked to the Lidice massacre. No clear date, place, or organized group is identifiable.
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