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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1962
Page
1
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Warren police and state troopers captured Dale McQuiston fourteen and Richard Goodwill fifteen after a stolen car fled a roadblock and crashed near a Warren railroad crossing. The youths, linked to weeks of shoplifting at Murphy’s and Harney’s, fled Corry Area High School midday, with police pursuing to the station where parents were to be summoned.
Harold W. Cornell, 30, of Cornell was killed when his stuck auto surged onto Route and was struck by a lumber truck owned by Harry L. Burkett of Punxsutawney. The crash occurred after Cornell stopped at Bement's Restaurant and attempted to free his vehicle by rocking and floor pedal thrust. A second car, driven by Arnold DiMichael of Erie, struck the spinning Cornell auto, throwing Cornell onto the pavement where he died. The truck went off the road into a ditch blocking both lanes. investigation by Trooper Herman Cavan continued.
Jamestown officials and James town Sterling Corp. held a three hour bargaining session with United Furniture Workers Union representative J Howard Proudman reporting some progress. A verbal wage proposal was discussed and will be considered by the union committee. A further bargaining conference is tentatively set for Friday. The strike, now in its sixth month, involves about 160 workers with 70 more crossing picket lines. A hearing on halting or limiting picketing at the plant resumes next Monday in Buffalo before Supreme Court Justice William B Lawless. There have been many arrests amid the dispute.
Edward M. Kennedy, youngest brother of President Kennedy, announces he will run for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate in Massachusetts. The seat is currently held by Benjamin A. Smith who will not seek re election. Other contenders include Edward J. McCormack Jr and Republican George Cabot Lodge. Kennedy is 30, the youngest in his family, and this marks his first run for elective office.
The Defense Department issued a draft call for 6000 men in May for the Army. The figure matches March and April drafts and signals assembling forces from the Berlin crisis buildup of last August as directed by the Pentagon.
Advertising from The Corry Journal moves to Wednesday to align with Thursday through Saturday shopping days. The change affects the timing of grocery store and supermarket ads, starting today to extend continuity across major weekend shopping.
At a U N conference in Geneva 17 nations seek a general and complete disarmament treaty. Western powers see no immediate blanket accord but push for arms control with the Soviet Union and a framework for a future summit. Khrushchev attends as tensions from Berlin frame negotiations.
At noon on Route 8 a gasoline tank truck driven by Floyd Wy Brown 37 of Erie slid into a ditch near Wattsburg. A Wattsburg wrecker tipped over during recovery, then a Union City wrecker freed the tanker and righted the first vehicle. Damages totaled about 1000 dollars.
Erie County health officials join the school system and PTA to conduct tuberculin tests in early April. First and tenth graders will be tested with parental consent forms sent home. Positives will receive free x rays at Corry Memorial Hospital, funded by Christmas Seal funds.
Police at Binghamton General Hospital heightened patrols after a male call warned of a bomb as six newborns died in six days. Babies aged 3 days to 4 weeks reportedly died from salt poisoning after receiving formula with salt instead of sugar. one infant remained critical. Authorities found no bomb but checked visitors and the building.
A 16 year old Sparta girl Miss Martha Morris was admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital for observation after a one car crash five miles east of Corry on Route 957. She was a passenger in a car driven by James Halfast 16 of Centerville whose vehicle struck a telephone pole, breaking it off. Halfast was not hurt and $275 damage was reported.
A three car and truck crash near Butler Pennsylavania leaves Raymond Vin 40 of Buller dead and another man injured. Emergency responders worked at the scene as investigators began probing the crash causes.
Richard M Nixon recounts in his book Six Crises that just before his nationwide TV appearance in 1952 he was advised Eisenhower and his top aides wanted him to resign as the Republican vice presidential candidate. He says a telegram of resignation was drafted but destroyed, and Dewey urged him to tell the public via TV. Nixon notes editorials pressing resignation and resolves to leave the decision to the Republican National Committee.
A 61 year old Saegertown man, Alex G. Berrier, was killed in his home when a .22 caliber gun discharged as he cleaned it in the basement at 6:20 p.m. His wife reported he had four guns on a couch, dust-covered, and prosecutors ruled the death accidental. Dr. Gerald Brooks and Crawford County deputy coroner confirmed the outcome.
City Council met in a special session to review the master plan zoning proposals from the Planning and Zoning Commission after two years of work with Baker engineering. The debate focused on building restrictions, residential designations, and setbacks, with concerns that R-1 limits housing diversity and may hamper infill on small lots.
In a Havana University rally marking a failed December 1958 student attack on Batista's palace, Fidel Castro urged Cubans to develop a deeper communist outlook. He promised future generations a society beyond egotism, aiming for a stage of communism, not socialism, though he gave no date.
Washington AP reports the $495 million three year manpower training bill passed amid concerns over job creation in a changing economy. It aims to prepare workers for automation driven needs, with unemployment above 4.5 million and a growing labor force. The administration seeks a clear answer to training for what as it faces the challenge.
Corry property owners owe Erie County 1903 dollars in delinquent taxes at a time when city treasurer Carlton Smith prepares to close 1961 books. He notes typical delinquent ranges of 500 to 1000 dollars, with penalties added after a county transfer. Third Ward leads with 699 dollars unpaid, followed by Second Ward 361, Fourth Ward 542, and First Ward 105.
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