This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1960
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a rat event linked to market activity. The readable text mentions a split or break linked to the X axis and implies rising concerns about market conditions. No clear entities or dates are present.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Dow Wel round and Boston, with a few words cut or garbled. No clear event, people, or dates readable to form a complete news item.
Venango County law officers announced they will act on gambling complaints from responsible citizens with evidence and witnesses. Sheriff John F. Cunningham, Police Chiefs Raymond J. Brown and E G Potts, and state police captains met to declare that arrests and prosecutions will follow substantiated reports. Complainants will be subpoenaed to support allegations as authorities indicate a tougher stance on bingo banks and similar entertainments.
Hazel D. Smith of North Clymer died at Corry Memorial Hospital at 63. Born August 27, 1896, she was active in the North Clymer Evangelical United Brethren Church and several aid societies. Survived by husband Curtford and six children, 18 grandchildren. a daughter Reva preceded in death (1946). Visitation at Spitzer Funeral Home, Clymer, with funeral Monday at 2 p.m. Rev. Burkett Smith officiating. interment in Clymer Center Cemetery.
A rescue craft escorted a crippled twin engine Navy patrol bomber over the Pacific for three hours to Johnston Island. The bomber, overdue on an 850 mile flight from Kwajalein, reported extreme tail vibration from a broken elevator and feared loss of air power. The Navy pilot regained some control as the rescue craft closed in, and the craft raced from Hawaii to aid the damaged aircraft.
Unofficial readings show sub zero temperatures across western and northern Pennsylvania with Pittsburgh reaching zero and Philadelphia 12 below. Records fall in Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and several smaller towns as Arctic air dominates, with a dry, frigid weekend looming.
BiTSBURGH AP The suspended Langley High School teacher Bohdan Pashkowsky defended paddling about 30 eighth grade boys after a test on Middle Atlantic States. He says the act was voluntary and used as a quiz reward or detention alternative. He exempted extremely weak students and those with low grades. A school board hearing for reinstatement is set for March 17.
Gail Ellison, senior at Meadville Area High School, is hospitalized at Spencer with facial neck and eye burns from an chemistry lab accident Wednesday morning. Doctor reports burns responding to treatment and condition satisfactory. Dean Siverd, science teacher, says students were warming chemicals in a test tube when contents splashed her right cheek. a bromine reaction and acid left in solution caused damage to clothing and skin.
An early report describes a fire at a 20 acre sightless school where a workman notified a matron Emma King, a 17 year old Theresa Hayes relayed the alarm, and fire crews confined the blaze to the main building and dorms. The institution, founded in 1832 by the Society of Friends, serves blind pupils aged 3 to 21 with commercial and academic courses.
Hal Boyle notes a shift from blue collar to white collar lunches as prosperity grows. With expense accounts rare for many, workers now tote homemade meals in leather attache cases and encounter a gallery of locker room gourmands and quirks at noon.
An Associated Press survey shows Pennsylvania faces a sharp drop from 741,000 in 1956 to 647,974 in 1968, with 1959 figures pending. Ohio, New York and Maryland report declines, while New Jersey and Delaware rise. West Virginia data unavailable. Officials cite license cost increases, recession, pollution, and publicity of pollution as possible causes.
Robert B. Carson, 40, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Iowa, died yesterday in an auto-truck crash near Des Moines. The crash occurred as he campaigned for the June primary, ending his bid for the party nomination.
Two more Agadir earthquake survivors were pulled from ruins in Rabat bringing today’s total to 15 survivors and 35 rescued since Tuesday. Names identified include mi moun Kalfon and Mohammed ben Abdallah. The hotel Talibordja area near Hotel Saada was a focus of rescue efforts as officials warn the death toll could reach 12,000.
Rev Robert G Pier reflects on Romans 12 1 8 urging believers to realize their adequacy and boundless resources in Christ The sermon emphasizes the indwelling Christ by the Spirit bringing resurrection ascension and dominion power to believers enabling grace and steadfast faith for life’s emergencies through the church for glory.
A Quaker Indian Committee of the Society of Friends says the federal government must honor the treaty with the Seneca Indians and opposes the proposed Kinzua Dam in northwestern Pennsylvania. They urge an alternative dam in New York’s Cnoneango Valley to enhance flood control across both states. A separate brief notes a fire at Bloomfield’s fire house where volunteers fought a blaze as Chief Adol P. Jacob drove a truck through a closed door to safety.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.