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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1960
Page
6
Mead Park Assortation directors will hold their regular monthly meeting tomorrow evening in the Municipal Building. The session will begin at 7 30. Weather notes report flurries in the Corry area with no storm warnings and temperatures hovering above zero.
Mrs. Andrew Hutton of Clymer has been named chairman of the Clymer Easter Seals Appeal. Jamestown headquarters were announced for the campaign and residents will receive Seals with accompanying printed material. Warren Wood, brother of Elbert Wood of 12 East Main Street Carry, died at Hamot Hospital in Erie shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday after a three month illness. Funeral services will be at Turner Funeral Home in North East Wednesday at 2 p.m. An Erie woman broke her left shoulder while skiing at Snow Peak near Corry. Mrs. Raymond J. McCleer, 31, admitted to Garry Memorial Hospital.
FT CAMPBELL Ky 1AP red hose transport planes carry 700 soldiers and hundreds of tons of equipment to Puerto Rico as part of Exercise Big Slam aimed at testing rapid deployment of battle ready troops and gear. Flights from multiple bases begin at midnight with manpower lift scheduled over two weeks.
Billy Graham landed in Amman marking his first trip to the Holy Land. The Jordanian government had earlier barred his entry but reversed the ban and welcomed the famed evangelist as he began his Jordan stay.
A 38 year old glass packer named Jimmy Musgrave finished a 891 mile foot race across Britain in 15 days 14 hours 32 minutes. He earned 2800 dollars and beat 700 competitors including marathoner John Grundy who finished 90 minutes behind with a limp. Musgrave plans to return to his factory job at 6 am.
Elizabeth Schwartz of Fairmont West Virginia, an eye surgery patient, stands to gain after convicts at Western State Penitentiary donate about 890 dollars. The funds, raised by inmates inspired by her plight, could cover roughly half the cost of a seventh operation, with a check sent to her parents last week.
In Belton Missouri two airmen from Richardss Gebaur Air Force Base were killed when their car collided with a bus yesterday. Two passengers on the bus sustained minor injuries. One victim was Sgt. Henry A Earlston 27 son of Mrs Susie Sevilla Earlston of Danville Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg auditors flag exorbitant fees for occupational disease examinations in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh set 175 dollar fees for exam and 175 for X rays, while other areas cap at 28 and 10 respectively. Secretary Batts says higher fees needed there, notes Public Welfare rates differ. The issue prompts an intra government study and potential reform.
Reuben B. Robertson Jr., 51, deputy secretary of defense from 1955 to 1957, was struck by a car and killed yesterday in Cincinnati. He headed Champion Paper and Fibre Co. of Hamilton, Ohio, and served as a director of several companies. Born in Asheville, North Carolina.
Washington reports Soviet demands push the Allies toward the May 16 Paris summit. Adenauer visits Eisenhower while Macmillan and De Gaulle discuss the talks. West Berlin, a flashpoint, remains key as Khrushchev flexes leverage over supply routes and German reunification.
Fire trucks battled a blaze at the Barge and Thralls auto repair shop in downtown Waynesburg causing extensive damage. No injuries were reported. seven cars and tools were destroyed. Officials estimate losses around 20000 dollars and have not yet determined the blaze’s origin.
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