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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1962
Page
1
A wave of 135 plastic hazardous devices exploded or failed to detonate in Algiers before dawn, wounding twelve and leading to thirteen arrests. EUO claimants say the operation aimed to frighten Muslims, with crowds cheering from windows as explosions rang out. No public buildings were damaged.
Police charged Allen E Phelps of Titusville with leaving the scene after his car struck a parked 1962 Edsel in Corry. The vehicle belonged to Peter M Petracco of 18 First Avenue Corry and was unattended. Officer William Gilson witnessed the crash and Phelps stopped a block away. He will face three summons for an alderman hearing. conviction carries a $25 fine.
Saturday evening sessions before the Willow Council of the Pennsylvania Farmers Association discussed the sun00l merger and its pros and cons for the Corry Area Jointure. Speakers included Thomas Shupe superintendent and Merle Van Cise Louis Ball of Columbus plus Dr. John Mohit of Corry. Opposing the plan was Charles Kennedy of Wayne Township. The two hour session was part of a series ahead of the May primary ballot on school changes.
The Democratic State Chairman Otis B Morse planned a Harrisburg meeting with gubernatorial hopeful Richardson Dilworth to survey the organization and shape strategy. Republicans set a county leaders meeting to ratify William Scranton and James Van Zandt as nominees, with Scranton attending. Morse expects Dilworth to campaign widely, especially in the West, and notes Bill Green will work hard for the organization banner.
A Columbus driver, Donald Southworth, led police on a high speed pursuit through Corry early Saturday, reaching speeds up to 85 mph. The car was abandoned on Route 6 west of the city after a smoke screen attempt failed, five citations issued, and officers pursuing into multiple streets before stopping at the Bulkley-Dunton plant and leaving the scene.
Washington reports a sweeping Pennsylvania unemployment relief measure has cleared both House and Senate and goes to conference to iron out differences. Rep Elmer J Holland and Sen Joseph S Clark express optimism that final passage and Kennedy signing could occur this month. The bill, aimed at automa tion era layoffs, envisages a wide training program and hearings exposed industry job displacements.
Fatal two car and single car crashes on Chautauqua County highways claim five lives in 1962. In Ripley Mrs. Jean Hawkins 51 died from head injuries after her car struck a utility pole on Route 20. In Cherry Creek Route 83 southbound killed Jack Lee Arp 29 of Kennedy and Herbert G. Johnson 19 of Ripley. Arp born Warren July 28 1932 worked at Dahlstrom Corp a local bowler. Johnson born August 10 1942 served in the U S Marine Corps and was a bowling enthusiast. Funeral for Johnson set for 3:30 p m Wednesday.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev urged higher agricultural production while noting no neglect of industry. In a secret Central Committee meeting he said agriculture must be advanced as a general matter, with industry already showing solid growth. Radio Moscow released a brief summary of his remarks.
California Republican Assembly delegates endorsed its 1962 gubernatorial slate with Nixon topping Assemblyman Joseph C. Shell by 963 to 176 while clashing with Birch Society supporters. Delegates denounced Birch founder Robert Welch after pressure to distance from the group. Nixon urged disassociation from any organization taking dictation from Welch.
Rescue parties reached the wreckage near Douala and found all 111 aboard dead in Africa’s worst air disaster. The four engine DCC charter carried 42 Britons, Rhodesians, South Africans, Dutch, Germans, Danes, Australians, Italians, and others from South Africa, Rhodesia, and Mozambique en route to Europe.
Washington AP reports chief U.S. disarmament negotiator William C. Foster says the West will press for cross inspection in any Soviet test ban at the Geneva conference starting March 14. He warns without inspectors in the USSR there is risk of a spiraling arms race and world destruction.
Over the weekend three Corry residents, Mrs Ann Parks Roy Kerstetter and Mrs Warren Titus, suffered fractures and were moved from Corry Memorial Hospital to Hamot. Earlier, Mrs Dora Daye and other local patient were treated for hip and leg injuries after falls.
An eight month old girl named Dorothy Beskid died at Lee Hospital from severe burns suffered when hot water and grease spilled from a skillet at her New Florence home in Westmoreland County. She was admitted to hospital yesterday with extensive burns over much of her body.
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Corry residents were among nine injured last evening when two cars collided three miles west of Sugar Grove on Route 957. James Jackson 48 refused examination at Corry Memorial Hospital. Laurabelle Brown 19 of Jamestown was admitted to WCA Hospital with facial cuts and knee injury. Passengers Marian Brown 57 Dorothy Hough 37 and three children treated and released in Jamestown. Warren State Police said Jackson failed to yield and collided with the eastbound Brown auto. Damages were about 500 to Betts auto and 400 to Brown vehicle with possible charges pending.
About 125 Corry Area High School students, including 100 ninth and tenth graders and 25 juniors, will take voluntary annual exams tomorrow. Tests, directed by Roger Hoover with Alfred Miller, will cover English usage, mathematics, natural science, reading, and social studies. Ninth and tenth graders face the National Educational Development Test. juniors take the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
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