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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1960
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment mentions cows and calves for sale, buckets, and a period from May 1 toward the 1960s. It includes scattered names and agenda-like phrases about engineering, bids or reserves, and city garbage matters, all from an old municipal context.
Los Angeles reports from the Minch murder trial describe clashes and threats inside the locked jury room as seven women and five men failed to reach a verdict on whether Dr. R Bernard Finch 42 and his mistress Carole Tregoff 23 killed the estranged wife Barbara Finch. Jurors Louis Werner and Genevieve Lang said a male juror threatened to throw a woman from the window and to overturn the jury table. Bailiffs calmed the scene but two jurors expressed fear and requested removal. The panel announced a deadlock 10 to 2 on conviction for Finch and 8 to 4 for the mistress, leaving a new trial likely.
AP dispatch reports Dr. Herbert F. York, head of defense research, stating the Soviet Union has more missiles than the United States but that the U S has other advantages. TV interviews also feature Maxwell D. Taylor Thomas G Labone Jr Clair Engle Kenneth Kealing Ray Glennan discussing defense trends budgets and strategic balance.
North Carolina Governor Hodges reported the snowbound regions were nearing full access as air and ground mercy missions mobilized for Tennessee and Virginia towns. The Red Cross planned to reach the remaining 1,500 stranded families amid two weather deaths and a break in the storm. Army half-tracks and Weasels joined road crews, with helicopters assisting as three feet of snow and drifts up to 35 feet challenged rescuers.
Search for a light Piper Apache continues after a flight from Bu yley to Las Vegas with five aboard. Wes Stoddard of Anchorage his wife Helen her daughter Mrs Horace Cupbie and her son Randy plus Stoddard's sister Mrs Joseph V Lee are the passengers.
In Virginia May Democratic primary observers weigh religion as a campaign issue. In a Protestant state the vote may indicate how Kennedy, a Catholic, is viewed by voters and how this could affect his presidential prospects.
LOGAN W Va AP rescue teams face thick smoke as 18 miners entombed for six days after a rock fall in Island Creek Coal Co No 2 mine near Bartley West Virginia. Rescue chief Ray Raymond Sylvati says air is not circulating, but he remains hopeful the men are alive and will be extracted.
The Eisenhower administration urged House support for a civil rights penalty provision the Senate cut from its bill. Attorney General William P. Rogers said it is essential that Congress authorize fines and prison terms for those who willfully use force or threaten force to interfere with court-ordered school integration. The Senate had removed the provision after initially broadening it to cover interference with federal court orders in labor and other disputes.
Mrs. Bessie Barber, 62, is hospitalized in critical condition with skull and collarbone fractures, a ruptured eardrum, a punctured ear, and multiple wounds after a man, George Darling of Reed's Trailer Court, allegedly forced entry and attacked her during a morning confrontation after following her home from a West Side club. Darling has admitted being in her apartment and a tussle occurred. detectives continue the investigation as the case continues.
Corry State Police arrested five youths aged 15 to 17 from Wattsburg for stealing gas from Wattsburg Lumber Company. They pled guilty at Wattsburg court, agreed to restitution, and were released on probation. names were not released.
A head on crash on a slick highway near Edna Texas yesterday killed six people and injured three others. The victims named include Farlene Batley 17 Houston Armando Pena 19 Rosenberg Paul Garcia 24 Weslaco and Jose Garza Jr 25 Weslaco.
Moscow reports Khrushchev’s trip to Paris set for March 23 to April 3 after an influenza postponement. Diplomats dismiss illness as a convenience and expect pre summit talks with Charles de Gaulle. Pravda says dates will be fixed by the two governments as the tour may be shortened amid de Gaulle’s travel plans before the East West talks.
Country Club announces elected committee chairmen and planned improvements for the clubhouse and course. George Orcutt reports new wooden lockers for the men's locker room, a pine woods practice area near hole nine, and ornamental plantings to begin with good weather. Non member attendance policy will allow fewer at club functions and dues for single non playing members will be reduced. Board members include Rob ert Ott Jr tournament committee and John Rossbacher heads entertainment. May spring dinner date to be announced.
Tony Calderone owner of the Twin Coaches night club in Belle Vernon died last night while dining with friends at a Pittsburgh hotel restaurant. Police and medical responders reported the death as sudden and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. Friends recalled Calderone's longtime involvement in the local club scene and his leadership of the Belle Vernon enterprise.
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer told an American audience that Germany is practicing democracy and that anti-Semitic incidents stem from a minute Nazi minority. He attributed hostile rhetoric to the Soviet Union and urged tolerance for Germany’s parliament while on a U.S. visit en route to Tokyo.
Police nabbed a 13-year-old boy accused of robbing a residence on Spring Street over time. The youth allegedly entered the home when no one answered the phone and took sums ranging from 3 to 50 dollars, with the elder man claiming total steals around 150 dollars to 60 dollars. The boy denied taking as much as 50 dollars but admitted 3 to 4 dollars. The case prompted police to summon the boy and his mother for follow up at the station.
Benjamin A. Sohen, a Chilean diplomat and four time former undersecretary of the United Nations, died Saturday in New York at age 69. He served on the U.S. staff until 1958 and later became Chile's delegate to the General Assembly with the rank of am.
National leaders including Roy Wilkins of the NAACP and Walter Reuther of the UAW urged President Eisenhower to deploy federal forces to protect civil rights in Alabama after a family was attacked by white men with pipes in Bessemer. The call followed recent student protests and widespread demonstrations in the South and beyond.
Corry Area High School senior girls start six weeks of on the job training in local offices to prepare for clerical careers. Seniors will work at manufacturing plants and community sites including Penelec and Cory Memorial Hospital among others, with multiple local businesses listed as program participants.
Two men from Yor, Pa. were killed when ejected about 60 feet in a crash near the southern end of the Baltimore Harrisburg expressway. Victims John B. Kissinger, 32, and Pious H. Baylar were identified after the wreck.
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