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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1960
Page
1
A fragmented clipping notes a party ring Box 382 and a Pennsylvania election event unfolding around a set time. The readable text is sparse but indicates political activity and an official opening or meeting related to ballots or polling.
Plane crash investigators used a large power shovel to search a southern Indiana farm for remains of a Northwest Airlines turboprop that exploded killing 63 aboard. Authorities weighed bombs, turbulence, or other causes as possible factors while officials and relatives prepared memorials and investigations continued.
Four seniors and two juniors from Corry Area High School serve as United Nations General Assembly mock session delegates in Gannon Auditorium Evy. They represent Jordin’s viewpoint on disarmament Algerian independence UN charter changes and Germany reunification. The event includes 70 schools and 420 students. Senior delegates are Robert McVicker Kenneth Gates and Davis Davism iors.
A Northwest Airlines strato cruiser with 72 aboard made a sharp dive to miss two military jets over Lansing Michigan. Passengers Margaret Higgs and Shey Carte of Minneapolis sustained neck injuries. pilot William Smith and crew continued to New York.
A scrawled license number on bloodied paper and car keys led Chicago police to two men Friday night who admitted killing two postal investigators seized for mail theft. George Wilson, 37, claimed he was high on dope and unaware he killed anyone. He said another man urged him to shoot repeatedly. William Perkins, 36, was also arrested. Alan Wick Goulson, 42, remained at large. The victims were John McAuliffe Jr. and Ben Spizaltir, killed after investigators stopped three men near the Loop. Witnesses described the capture and confrontation as a car moved two mail sacks before a fusillade of shots. Continued on Page Three.
Willie Richardson a New York cabdriver was held without bail on a homicide charge after admitting he struck Robin Joyner a four year old girl in Harlem three weeks ago. He initially carried the child to a hospital then drove away and hid the body under a parked car. witnesses identified him after eight hours of questioning and detectives excluded 400 other taxi drivers before confirming his guilt.
Washington AP secretary of state Christian A. Herter proposed to Chancellor Konrad Adenauer that any presummit plebiscite in West Berlin be held with international observers present. Adenauer urged a plebiscite conducted by the Western powers amid talks with Britain and France as Paris summit nears.
Pleasant weather prevailed over much of the western two thirds of the nation on the last complete day of winter. Eastern areas saw cloudy skies with scattered precipitation. The Weather Bureau noted heavy rainfall and floods in Florida near Pasco and Tampa areas, while spring began at 4:43 a.m. Easter Standard Time Sunday.
John J. Babe longtime chief trial attorney for the U S Department of Labor died yesterday after a heart seizure He was 57 and specialized in Wage Hour Act cases since the law began in 1938 He expired at a Washington hospital with colleagues noting his work on labor compliance cases
Eight Roman Catholic hospitals plan to withdraw from Philadelphia's Blue Cross at month’s end over the insurer's formula for hospital costs versus autonomy. They demand reimbursement based on actual charges rather than a uniform schedule, arguing costs and services vary widely. Blue Cross officials caution that tying payments to individual hospital charges would require audits and risk unequal treatment among subscribers. Archbishop O'Hara endorsed the hospitals' decision.
The United States will file the strongest possible protest to Red China over a 20 year prison sentence for American Bishop James Walsh. Secretary of State Christian Herter said he would instruct the American ambassador in Warsaw to press the issue at an upcoming meeting with a Red Chinese representative. Cardinal Spellman dismissed espionage charges as absurd and said Walsh would not survive the sentence.
In Corry the Salvation Army would offer its facilities manpower counseling and equipment to the Civil Defense unit under Capt. Richard Dean. If activated the two agencies would merge and be coordinated by CD officers led by Clifford Holcomb. OCDM director Leo A Hoegh described the plan as leveraging the Salvation Army programs for national non military defense.
The State Game Commission logs show 1959 hunting fatalities fell to 17 from 27 in 1958. Injuries rose to 496 from 453. Six deaths were connected to personal safety risks, with deer, small game, and trapping seasons cited. Causes included accidental discharge, stray bullets, carelessness, hunter slips, and shelling mistakes.
Ottawa reported police planned to question a truck driver after three socialites vanished Monday from a Starved Rock lodge. Twine found in his truck and the park lodge tied wrists of two victims, with matching twine sent to the state crime lab. The victims Frances Murphy 47 Mildred Lindquist 50 and Willian Oetting 50 were Chicago executives’ wives visiting the lodge. Actress Clara Kimball Young, 69, recovering after surgery in Hollywood.
Local officials report 17 bidders showing interest in a three year city garbage collection contract as of noon today. Bids close on Monday night March 28 with potential for further inquiries as firms from Pittsburgh Erie Waterford and nearby towns submit specifications and prepare bids.
Bear Lake officials press for a highway improvement to connect Freehold Township and Columbus. State and local leaders warn that Erie Railroad underpasses along the route are too low for trucks, risking closure of the freight station at Heath Lake and forcing longer routes for deliveries. Delegations will urge Harrisburg for funding to widen about 1.4 miles of road, with a possible extra half mile to bypass the underpasses if funds allow, while no summer schedule is set.
In Geneva the Soviet Union offered a partial nuclear test ban if all world powers agree to an immediate moratorium on testing. Soviet Delegate Seymon K. Tsarapkin said Moscow would accept a Western plan excluding small underground tests but tied it to a three power moratorium on tests not banned by the treaty. There would be no international control. The United States has said it will not accept policing limits and Washington and London were cautious about the proposal.
Law enforcement alerted for sit down demonstrations in Tallahassee while a Virginia store opened its cafeteria to all races on a standup basis. Demonstrations spread to Georgia Maryland Virginia and West Virginia with picketing in North Carolina and court moves in South Carolina and Florida.
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