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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1961
Page
6
Corry Area High School marching band members and supporters will rehearse tonight ahead of the Centennial Parade. Ronald Raine, the instructor, urged students to arrive promptly with required tools for full review. Weather tomorrow through Monday calls for near normal temperatures with scattered showers and possible thunder.
The Beaver Club reported profits of 150 from a circus at Thompson Tamngrounds on Shady Avenue. The group sponsors a youth basketball backstop project to be installed behind the YMCA on North Center Street, replacing older backboards with supervised new ones.
Four damage suits have been filed in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court after a 110 foot pole collapsed during an aerial act at West View Park Injuring four. Plaintiffs include Martha Bollmin 60 Celeste Farnsworth 9 William 11 and Pennor Carlson 46. Kay Burg the central aerialist and West View Park Corp are named defendants. Mrs Martha McCoy died Tuesday from injuries suffered in the collapse. Burns known as Kayletta posted $2500 pending an inquest.
Helen Keller marked another birthday yesterday at Chip Chop, Martha’s Vineyard, the summer home of actress Katherine Cornell. Keller, deaf and blind since infancy, attended with traveling companion Mrs. Winifred Curbelly as Miss Cornell hosted the simple gathering for the longtime friend.
President Kennedy authorized construction of a trillion-dollar Army-Navy Reserve Training Center in Erie. The facility behind the Veterans Hospital is to be a two-story brick building likely to be built this fall. Commander Sheldon Potter calls it a boost to the city's economy.
Hal Boyle reports Anatole Litvak says Hollywood is losing ground overseas due to lack of progress and overreliance on stars and gimmicks. He cites Italian cinema as thriving with daring, starless projects and urges real risk taking and fresh subjects for films.
In his seventh day on the witness stand Adolf Eichmann testifies that he did not arrest Jews in Austria and that he only organized emigration rescues as chief of Jewish affairs. A defense document shows Heydrich ordered arrests of Polish Jews in Austria, while Eichmann says he was subordinate and not the real boss on Jewish matters.
James Marlow reports from Washington that President Kennedy adds General Maxwell D. Taylor as military adviser amid a large group of aides including McGeorge Bundy. Taylor, former Army chief of staff, opposes the Joint Chiefs system and advocates a balance of forces approach, signaling a shift in U.S. defense thinking.
Taylor, veteran Berlin commander, urges readiness to defend Berlin with firm determination. He cautions that the city, amid Soviet pressure and Kennedy’s policy, must be defended if necessary by any military means.
Patsy Perry obituary lists visitation at Bracken Funeral Home on Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon and evening with funeral at St Thomas Church Friday at 1 a m. Interment in St Thomas Cemetery. Lula Jones, 60, reported dead in a blaze that destroyed her bedroom above June sari office in Pittsburgh.
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