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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1960
Page
1
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Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev lands at Orly on a one day trip to discuss East West problems and disarmament with France's Charles de Gaulle. He references clearing remnants of war while de Gaulle pushes France's nuclear program amid tense security at the airport. Continued on Page Eight.
A United States attempt to orbit a radiation study satellite failed when the four stage Juno II rocket could not ignite the upper stages. The Explorer Vilas payload faced an uncertain fate after launch from Cape Canaveral. NASA officials and Dr. Wernher von Braun cautioned no confirmation of third and fourth stage ignition. A second Juno II was available if the mission was reordered.
Widespread support from Northern college students boosts anti-segregation demonstrations in the South as Yale divinity students plan a protest march. Brown University boys and Skidmore College girls continue picketing stores while a U S senator helps form a Connecticut group to aid expelled Negroes. In Alabama new attacks on segregation occur as sit ins spread to Tennessee and police arrest scores in Memphis, with over 150 students noted.
The City Planning Commission met at noon in the Hotel Corry to discuss the future city plan with Michael Baker firm as the consultant. They considered property improvements, replacing four resignations, and forming steering committee subcommittees, while noting disruptions from bad weather and absences.
Lawrence's Education Study Commission will hold public hearings next month to gather data on Pennsylvania's school problems. Dr. Robert A. Christie, executive director, said the hearings will feed eight task forces as they appraise the statewide education issues.
Corry State Police report a two car crash two miles west of Car on Route 6 shortly after 4 p m yesterday. William Fetzner 36 Bem Point NY followed a car that skidded Petaner tried to pull off road but collided with Floyd A Cady 83 of Clymer. Petaner's wagon sustained 200 damage Cady's sedan 400 with no injuries.
Twenty four sixth grade students in the Corry area schools won prizes in a National Wildlife Week poster contest on the theme Water-Wealth or Worry. Prizes of 1.50, 1.00 and .50 were awarded and money will be given at the Corry Rod and Gun Club Friday evening. Winners include Sandra Bailey, Linda Jewell, Samuel Fralick, Judy Lindholm, Eula Middl e ton, Sandra Bensink, Leah Daley, Judy Darrow, William Klomp, Kathy Sprovers, Catherine Weldon, Richard Brigham, Roberta Jolley, Mary Robbins, Dorothy Mikesell, Frank Moliwa, Regis Donibrowski, Martha Nichols, Sue Moyer, Vicki Lindsty, Christine Picerrillo, Diane Bosak, Suzanne Swinknd, John Boutwell, with first prize going to Sandra Bailey, Roberta Jolley and Diane Bosak. Frank Mokwa received honorable mention.
Five month old Patten Girard died in Children’s Hospital after burns from a $6,000 fire that gutted the family home on Spring Street. Father Aime Girard Jr., about 25, is listed in fair condition at Citizens General Hospital New Kensington with burns to the arm face and chest. He did not escape with other children as flames spread up the stairs.
Kenny Barnes a five year old from Palmyra New Jersey born without bile ducts remains in critical condition in Philadelphia after recent hospital moves. His mother Jean Barnes and doctors discuss his fragile state and the rare liver function mystery. Kenny weighs 33 pounds and has endured years of hospital care with limited prognosis yet strong faith and family support.
Corry tax receiver R Elwin Puller plans to gather income data for 1955 1956 and 1957 by mailing questions to residents who filed 1958 returns but not the three prior years. The questionnaire asks if earned income existed during those years and if the resident lived in Corry then. If still owed, later questions will determine amounts due.
Lawrence C. Nichols was elected post commander for the coming year by FOV last night. Other officers elected include Raymond Grabowski as senior vice commander Irvin Sherwood junior vice commander Robert Ottaway chaplain Russell Mallory quartermaster and Leo Dolan and John Chilto ck as trustees. The post voted to retain its insurance setup with Mallory noting payment for the year is required for coverage. Buildings Association members then approved a bowling committee plan to study adding four new alleys and will hold a special meeting with about 80 members to hear a TV pork from the committee.
A family of Kenneth Perry and his wife plus six children lost their farmhouse and furnishings when a chimney fire sparked flames on a hillside road near Sugar Grove. Neighbors sheltered the family as Fire Chief Scott Stuart Jr. noted gale winds hampered efforts. Salvage was minimal with only two small items saved. Fire crews from Sugar Grove and North Warren battled the blaze around 4:20 p.m. The house was leveled and the family became homeless.
A high pressure system moved into the area today reducing precipitation to scattered snow flurries over the eastern Great Lakes and Appalachians. Corry State Police warn roads are extremely hazardous as hard packed snow melts to ice at night. State highway officials report area roads are open and being widened after the recent storm, with some Erie and Crawford County schools dismissing early yesterday and conditions gradually returning to normal today.
Pat Arthur Michaels, 47, of Ellwood City died in a two car head-on collision yesterday on Route 488 near Portersville. George Matthews, 49, of Detroit, Michigan, was injured and taken to Butler Memorial Hospital with possible fractures and bruises.
Violence appeared to ease in South Africa yet militants turn to strikes against pass laws. Negroes stay away from work in Cape Town and Vereeniging coal and steel belt as police gunfire kills at least 67 and wounds 182. U.S. State Department condemns actions while crowds burn buildings in Langa near Cape Town. Police enforce tense truce with armored cars.
Dunkirk voters rejected a sunallh six million bond for a new junior senior high school by 2,201 to 2,018 amid a 4,219 turnout of 7,500. Board president Mrs. Robert R. Dew said another vote will be held soon and thanked the Citizens Committee. The five unit plan would have served about 1,900 students.
The Titan completed a 5,000 mile intercontinental flight, marking a second long-range test in a month. After a series of explosions and mishaps since last May, the Air Force plans to speed up the program to recover lost time and fix the missile’s problems.
A freight train struck a car on a crossing near Plant City Florida killing a 19 year old mother and her three young children. The victims were Mrs Edward A Williams Valerie 4 Vicky Jane 9 and Eddie Linn 1 who were dragged about 200 feet after the collision.
Witnesses in a CAB inquiry link the 34 fatalities to a bomb planted inside the National Airlines plane as investigators reveal bone fragments from Julian A. Prank and explosive traces on wreckage 20 miles from the main site. The flight from New York to Miami was routine until the blast.
At the 10 nation disarmament conference Valerian Zorin stated the Soviet attitude on controls is close to Western positions. He urged staged controls from start to finish and insisted inspections must not become espionage. Western delegates seek concrete Soviet proposals on how the control system would work. The talks on a partial test ban were postponed again to allow further study.
Pittsburg school superintendent Calvin Groxa said a social science teacher Bohdan Pashkan should be dismissed for paddling pupils who did not know their lessons. The action cites unsatisfactory service and violation of rules as reasons.
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