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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1962
Page
1
Algiers dispatch reports a roughly hour long clash as French troops stormed the Casbah quarte r targeting Moslem shooters from rooftops. Casualty figures unavailable. Troops restored order while Ramadan observances shade tensions ahead of hastened peace talks.
Erie County officials and city leaders weigh sharing the five cent per person hauling bill for surplus food from Erie to Corry. Mayor Zalzneck will present the issue to the City Council as the county seeks help with transportation costs while warehousing and other expenses are covered.
Emergency crews battled icy Jamaica Bay waters to recover victims from Thursday’s American Airlines jet crash and search wreckage for a second by second flight recorder. Capt James T W Heist and 96 others were aboard the 707 which plunged after takeoff from Idlewild en route to Los Angeles. President Kennedy sought swift, thorough investigation to prevent a recurrence.
In Jamaica Bay crash coverage, Stephan A. Shan of 48 Macatee Place Long Island dies. A longtime inventory controller for G R Kinney Corp he is survived by Ruth wife and two children Emily and Stephan Jr. Neighbors recall his kindness and willingness to help, sharing grief as they cope with the loss.
Washington AP The House Armed Services Committee urged continued strategic bomber production and the B70 development angering Secretary of Defense McNamara who refused to spend the funds. Congress previously approved over 500 million to extend B52 production and move the B70 forward as a combat aircraft. DIES OF BURNS BUTLER Evans City man dies from burns after a car gasoline tank exploded while he worked with an acetylene torch.
In Salyersville Kentucky Big John Hank known as the town handyman braved flood waters to pull a motorless boat through five foot waves and rescue about 40 people stranded by the swollen river. Hank worked nonstop for hours in the perilous rescue effort.
Members of the Central Labor Council last night elected Barton president at the labor hall on North Center Street. Also named to serve for the coming year were George Maloney as vice president and Mrs. named to the Board of Trustees: Byron Nichwix Frank Barbbski Arthur McQuis om and Robert Boe. Four Cornell members.
President Kennedy will speak tonight from the White House at seven o clock local time. The prepared address is expected to last about five minutes and will be broadcast over radio networks nationwide.
U S command rejects East Berlin ban on Maj Gen Albert Watson and affirms no entry into the Soviet sector without civilian aides. East Germans report gate closure as retaliation amid a broader U S Soviet dispute.
President Kennedy is expected to reveal plans to resume atmospheric tests next month if the Soviet Union quickly accepts a reliable test ban with strict international inspection. The broadcast will urge renewed Soviet cooperation while negotiations in Geneva proceed.
A man fatally shot his fiancée in a Bronx hotel room during an hours long narcotics dispute over who would buy heroin. The victim, daughter of a retired city policeman, was attacked in her room early Wednesday.
State police report Thomas Harnett, 30, of Houston Texas, died when his wagon ran off the road near State College. It marked Centre County’s first fatal accident of the year.
A 15-year-old Corry youth, awaiting juvenile court action on prior car thefts, received an indefinite term in a George Junior Republic institution after being found delinquent for stealing a car. He admitted stealing the Monroe auto and two others in Erie. The youth and cousin Ronald M. Klasch were caught siphoning gas from a car in Erie to fuel a theft in Meadville.
Temperatures plunged across northern and western Pennsylvania with Corry at 9 below and St. Marys reporting minus 15 as a brutal cold wave set in. Turtle Point Port Allegany logged seven below Philipsburg four below Bradford two below Warren one below Brookville zero at Johnstown Blairsville, while Pittsburgh tied a new March low. Titusville marked eight below.
Temperatures rose in the north central region after a week of subzero weather though much of the nation’s mid sections remained frozen. Readings in Michigan and Wisconsin fell to the subzero range with Traverse City at 23 below and Green Bay near 20 below, while Minneapolis dipped to 4 below as colder air moved into New York and New England. No heavy precipitation reported.
The body of 18 year old Diane Stues was found hanging from a tree in the Buffalo suburb, 16 days after her sister Mary Ann, 23, was found dead near the same site. Both were discovered by their brother John who worked in a nearby boathouse owned by their father.
AP reports a White House commission proposed a railway labor plan to avert 200,000 jobs losses. Some unions fear concessions and language on pay, hours, and severance. Rival leaders greet parts of the package with skepticism yet some see potential benefits for workers in transition.
Pittsburgh police seek an arsonist believed responsible for a Brentwood apartment fire that swept through two buildings causing about $900,000 in damage. Investigators say the blaze started Wednesday night amid freezing weather and are reviewing possible connections to a similar incident in the area.
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