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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1960
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text lists items like a 7-foot disk, baler, corn, grass, and various rental or sale notes from mid century. Mentions Pa and Evans, addresses blurred. Likely ad-like farming equipment and housing notices with unclear dates.
Two large trucks collided on East Columbus Avenue and Wayne Street in Corry. Henry Milner was hospitalized with a severe scalp laceration and leg injuries while Herbert Braley, trapped for about 30 minutes, was treated and released after an X-ray of his left foot. Firefighters used jacks and crowbars as gasoline leaked and civil defense aided traffic control for over three hours.
Members of the Area Industrial Development Corp met with representatives of a newly formed local group to explore CATDC aid for expanding production. The CATDO arranged further discussions to locate a suitable local building and to secure engineers tracings of potential industrial sites for an on site visit.
Eight Negro students face shunning by white classmates in integrated Little Rock high schools. School board president Everett Tucker Jr. cites lingering intolerance despite progress since 1957. Separate reports note cross burning at Albuquerque radar station and a White House protest by college students backing civil rights legislation.
County assessment appeal hearings begin Monday in Evie with Concord Township the only area community scheduled. About 1300 appeals will be heard, with six hearings for that township and 26 cases per day on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. Most hearings concern Erle and Millcreek property owners, and Corby cases may be added after talks with local owners.
South Africa's Nationalist government prohibits public meetings of all races in major cities including Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town until June 30. The ban comes as tensions rise after this week's riots, signaling a tightening of political rights amid unrest.
The United States formally rejected Russia's claim that Berlin is part of East Germany. State Department documents in English and Russian show Berlin designated as a separate jointly occupied area. The texts, signed by Soviet, American and British reps in London on September 12, 1944, predate Berlin's capture.
Waterford banker John Henry Behringer, 42, former manager and assistant vice president of First National Bank, pleaded guilty to embezzlement and false entries. Judge Wilson ordered 30 months on six counts to run concurrently, with a total 30 months. Bank fully reimbursed by National Surety Corp. no loss to the bank. Also notes the artist Katherine Hood McCormick died in Philadelphia.
Doris McLaughlin Daily admitted willfully taking and concealing 14 month old Donna Mare Paoli from her Ridley Park home. The child was returned unharmed eight hours later by former private detective Joseph Keenan who said he helped involuntarily. McLaughlin Daily was jailed for grand jury action at Broadmeadows Farm and faced further proceedings.
The House votes 295 to 124 to send the five point civil rights bill to the Senate. It would appoint court referees to verify and supervise eligibility of qualified Negroes and other minorities at the polls. Southern opposition aims to delay or block passage with possible Senate amendments.
Robert Rivera 25 of Temple Texas, one of two convicts who held 16 to 19 hostages at gunpoint in the Tennessee Penitentiary since Wednesday, comes out at 12 20 p m CST. He says he will surrender if partner Farra agrees or if Farra is released. Farra remains inside with the hostages. Rivera cites grievances about parole procedures medical care and paddling. Police report three hostages are women with no injuries.
Police say three 15 year old boys confessed to a string of thefts at several downtown shops. They stole bracelets from Taylor’s and Grice’s Jewelers, a pocket watch, pipes and cigarette lighters from G C Murphy, and items from Widmann Service and Health Store. One engraved bracelet could not be returned. Parents and suspects to meet with police on Saturday morning.
Richard B. West of Dunkirk New York confessed to passing between 400 and 500 counterfeit checks across eight states. He admitted posing as a psychiatrist minister journalist and hypnotist during his scheme and police found a check writing machine and blank checks. West was held on an open charge after trying to pass as a doctor in a drugstore Tuesday authorities said.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev held a private two hour talk with French President Charles de Gaulle in the Elysee Palace as both leaders sought a Paris Moscow axis. Interpreters attended. no formal agenda was announced. Khrushchev aims to woo France from West Germany and build a French Soviet understanding.
AP reports plan to seek an extra half billion for expanded patrols against sneaks from Florida to Cuba. Investigators doubt Cuba inspired the downed U S private plane. two Americans, Roudquist and Shergales, were involved with Cuba's authorities in Matanzas. Roudquist wounded, Shergales detained. both claimed fishing trip. Senate Appropriations Committee to consider 50,000 for expanded enforcement against Morida-Cuba crews.
At a 10 nation disarmament conference in NEVA delegates tentatively agreed on six initial principles for an East West treaty. The points call for an international disarmament organization, staged and verifiable control, post treaty safeguards, universal participation including Red China, and an international inspection staff.
Noted mystery author Hermafi Latdon, famed for the Gray Phantom series of detective novels in the 1920s, died Tuesday in New York. Latdon, 77, gained broad readership for her intricate plots and atmospheric storytelling.
Timmy Salamone 54 of Erie was sentenced to one year and a day in prison and fined 1000 dollars after pleading guilty to evading 3619 dollars in taxes in 1954. Charges of evading income tax in 1954 were dropped by U S Attorney Hubert I Teitelbaum of Pittsburgh without comment.
In Platte a rattlesnake loosed aboard a two place plane caused alarm during a hunt. Pilot Clyde Baskin Baskin and H D Lile nearly lost control as the snake moved in flight. They landed, removed the reptile, and found the largest snake still aboard coiled under a pot. nerves calmed and flight resumed.
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