14 Jun 1961
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1961
Page
1
Partial OCR shows an apartment listing with room counts and an address fragment. It mentions 7 rooms and reference to a phone contact, but key details are garbled. The readable items include a 70 meter house, avenue and room count, with a blurred name and number.
Unclear text notes an apartment related item with a small loan and mention of a person named Jay wry in connection to a hate ling context. No coherent events or dates readable.
An old classified-style notice lists items for sale including a Tosca base, gold indicators, musical instruments, a and an automatic fan. Contact details and partial descriptions suggest a wide array of studio equipment and tools available.
Dr William E Rodemeyer urged Cory Area Joint School Committee that switching from per pupil payments to a union district based on market value would reduce tax inequities. He cited 1961 State Tax Equalization Board figures for Corry and four other districts, showing total school taxes under the union plan and comparative tax efforts, with several districts expected to see tax decreases while Corry would rise to fund the system.
Dr F Miller 55 died yesterday at Millard Fillmore Hospital Buffalo. Funeral from Bracken Funeral Home Friday at 2 PM. A noted osteopath, he served in WWII with the U S Navy and worked in Corry since 1941. Surviving wife, two daughters, a son, grandson, and his mother. Interment Pine Grove Cemetery. Contributions to American Cancer Society.
A Hydetown girl was injured late yesterday when her mother’s car collided with a second vehicle on Route 8 in Crawford County. Catherine Guy, daughter of Mr Mary Guy, was treated at Titusville Hospital for an injured scalp. The other driver was Joseph R. Spence Jr. 37, of Slalion. Damages were $490 to the Guy car and $500 to the Spence auto. Possible charges are pending.
The Corry Chamber of Commerce received 600 dollars for the statewide community development contest winners. The Corry Area Industrial Corp. joined in the presentation at the Wincheon meeting in Hotel Corry with Melvin Zurn and Royal Pickup announcing the cash awards. The program has helped raise substantial funds for local community improvements in Pennsylvania over six years as the city plans its next phase of beautification and civic projects.
The White House said President Kennedy kept his back injury secret from Jacqueline Kennedy. Press secretary Pierre Salinger said she learned of it from newspapers in Greece. She offered to return to Washington to be with him, but he advised her not to.
Chilean leftists stage a protest during a South American tour by Stevenson. About 30 demonstrators paraded through Santiago, shouting Cuba st, Yanquino, smashing office windows of a U S ink agency and leaving a banner calling to go home Stevenson. One protester was arrested as police limited a wider confrontation.
Gasoline prices edge lower as Atlantic cuts two cents a gallon to 20.9 cents with premium at 34.9 cents. Keystone and Standard Esso dealers attend meetings in Warren to decide further reductions while Sunoco and Esso already move in other areas. Local Sunoco and Esso dealers in Titusville expect follow‑ups soon as major firms drop fair trade pricing.
A massive power failure blanketed five square miles of midtown Manhattan on June 13. The city endured a 44 hour blackout with high heat and traffic chaos as Times Square and Broadway theaters went dark. Con Edison cited an overloading fault from a transformer fire at a West 19th Street substation and a subsequent breakdown affecting East Bird Street, delaying power restoration into the evening.
President Kennedy shows improvement in a back strain as White House physician Dr. Janet Travell continues a regime of rest swimming and ultrasound heat therapy using high frequency waves. He remains on crutches and attended a late afternoon advisers meeting and NATO talks amid questions over a New York specialist.
Corry Area High School opens summer band program registration in two sessions in the school music room tomorrow. Ronald Rairie, instructor, says an after-registration period from 1 to 4 PM for students with or without instruments. Beginning students may register to rent an instrument on a trial basis in the evening session. Evening registrants need not attend the afternoon session. The program offers weekly group instruction five days a week and is open to public and parochial school students grade 5 onward. No band activities during Centennial Week.
Freedom Group to meet Fidel Castro in Havana for talks on exchanging 500 tractors for 124 prisoners held after the April invasion. The American delegation, led by Osvaldo Dorticos and Agrarian Reform Institute officials, reported guarded optimism after the first day of discussions.
Panama City Florida reports two halfstarved brothers, Eric and LM Richards, rescued 90 miles southeast of Panama City after drifting at sea for ten days on a raft. An Air Force helicopter ferried them to Tyndall AFB Hospital, then a civilian hospital. Their single engine plane had developed engine trouble over the Gulf of Mexico after repairs in Cross City and a fuel line incident. The men, from Melbourne and Linona, had set out for Guatemala when the incident occurred.
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