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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1961
Page
8
A chaotic school scene reports a mentor area event with six favored members in a student group. a first time statistic notes only one girl among the six. Charges arise in a separate jail-area case as Rathbun pleads not guilty to orderly wandering.
Actress Elizabeth Taylor was diagnosed with pneumonia and reported seriously ill by Dr. Ch Goldman and two other physicians at her hotel in London after a period of lung congestion and influenza. An oxygen tent and hospital precautions were in place as delays from illness affect the Cleopatra production and related insurance negotiations.
A truck loaded with antique guns and ammunition overturned and burned on U S 40 near Washington Pennsylvania. Passenger Anthony Philips aged 42 from Bridgeport Connecticut died from asphyxiation and burns while driver John Richardson 54 of Trumpet Conn was soon reported in good condition at Washington Hospital. Some ammunition exploded but no others were hurt. Estimated damage total 21200 dollars. The crash happened three miles west of Washington.
District Game Protectors William E. Lee and Donsid Parr of Tidioute report a deer found by Grand Valley woodcutters Frank and Willy Johnson on February 23 was killed by a black bear. The deer was in weakened condition, suggesting easy prey for a predator.
A devotional reflection exploring Judas Iscariot's betrayal, the temptation by Satan, and the consequences of yielding to greed. It cites John 13 and Matthew statements, portraying Judas as treasurer tempted by thirty pieces of silver, and calls readers to confront personal weaknesses in faith.
UMW reports 52 dependents for victims including Chester B Gummere 53 master electrician and Jack Gummere 31 who worked together as inseparable duo. Viking mine near Terre Haute eight miles northwest and 200 yards from the Wabash River closed to one deep shaft with 200 workers evacuated after blast. most workers away from blast escaped. mine output moved by conveyor to nearby Public Service Co. of Indiana power plant.
West Germany revalues the mark to boost export competitiveness and curb dollar demand. The Deutsche Bank and the economics ministry confirmed an immediate shift to four marks per dollar, replacing four marks twenty pfennigs. Details were to be released at a Bonn news conference Sunday amid market speculation and prior denials by Bonn officials.
Judge William Cercone in Allegheny County awarded temporary custody to Mathisen Poesant of Pleasant Halls for three children while Edward Baugh of West Mifflin faces charges in the fatal shooting of his wife Anne Baueh after a May quarrel. The decision credited the caregiver’s support over the past year as a principal factor.
AP report: Doris Johnson, operator of Cruella's Toddlers Inn, becomes first to be shut under 1959 Pennsylvania child care act. Judge Milne orders closure after finding the center overcrowded with 24 to 42 children in one room and multiple moves. Assistant Atty. Gen. Levin testified violations included two to three children per nap cot.
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