14 Nov 1962
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1962
Page
1
The readable portions mention land and address fragments such as an NB-tt house S884, a land parcel, Columbus reference, and several street or lot hints. The OCR is partial and not fully decipherable, but indicates real estate or land ownership notes with vague street names and numbers.
Recovery teams sift through a massive junkyard on Guam after Typhoon Karen as officials warn of more victims. The disaster, deemed the worst in Guam’s history, damaged most civilian buildings, with six dead and 100 plus injured. Red Cross and civil defense set up recovery offices. Judge Paul D. Shriver leads efforts. Schools and businesses closed. security forces deployed.
The Lawrence Airport has been found steeptable in meeting National Airport Plan requirements for a general aviation airport. FAA clearance from New Cumberland, Pa follows an on site inspection by an FAA engineer. The letter notes no federal guaranteed development funding and no airspace utilization review yet. Corry Airport Authority aims to blacktop or hard surface one runway, enabling spring use and possible winter operation with maintenance. Local financing remains uncertain.
William A Michiel of the Pennsylvania State Employment Service announced a holiday hiring drive and urged area employers to inform the office of their job needs year round. The agency notes many college students, unemployed workers, and housewives will seek short and long term positions including clerical, stock and delivery roles.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr 35 year old Air Force major will pilot the next U S manned space mission a 24 hour orbital flight planned for next April The selection makes him the first American to lead a full day in space within the decade long Mercury era crew data shows he backs up Schirra and becomes the seventh Mercury pilot not yet in space his backup role previously behind Alan Shepard Jr Grissom tile John Glenn and Scott Carpenter The mission will yield more data on human response to weightlessness and space phenomena The seven Mercury pilots who have flown are cited and the article notes the Soviet cosmonauts plan to fly a twin circumnavigation later
In Bahiussurg AP report Democratic incumbent Genevieve Blatt slimly leads Republican Audray Kelly for secretary of internal affairs. Blatt gains 1,506 votes in a Montgomery County recount, widening her margin to 3,517. County boards begin Friday counting about 50,000 absentee ballots. final verdict not expected until November 26.
India asks Parliament for an additional 199.5 million dollars to cover rising defense costs amid the border war with China. Nehru, 73, closed a six day debate on a national resolve to drive out the aggressor, as Shastri announces general mobilization and border district armament plans.
Rogers Structural Steel Co. police respond to a February morning burglary at the Eagle Street plant. Thieves forced a northwest door at the draftsmen’s area, unlocking a desk by breaking a window. About $12 in cash vanished while other desks were left undisturbed. police note drawers in the drafting room were opened.
Taipei Formosa the spokesman for the Chinese Nationalist Defense Ministry said the Chinese Communists are stepping up naval training activities off the China mainland coast opposite Formosa.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on May 1 set a trial standard for when a bowling alley operator is liable for injuries from a visible foreign object on the run. Dolores Davant of Jeannette sued after a September 1888 fall blamed on a sticky substance. The decision emphasizes duty to keep lanes smooth and clear before play.
At Guantanamo Bay a mass meeting warned about punishment for refugees trying to flee abroad. Fourteen detainees arrested aboard a merchant ship are in the Navy brig and refusing food. About 440 refugees remain, with 200 opposing Castro and 100 having escaped previously.
Corry s Blood Program reached its 1962 quota with a 70 pint donation from a Bloodmobile visit. Donors included workers from Corry Jamestown Aero-Flow McInnes Ajax Corry Instrument and others. Five State Police officers donated in honor of Mrs. Mary Irvin, mother of Ret. C W Irwin, head of the local substation, with two more residents also giving in her name.
Scranton salesman Richard Pohanish, 23, of Van Nostrand Book Publishing Co., may have contacted a meningitis patient in College Park Pennsylvania around November. Police urge medical consultation and warn agencies from Erle to Rochester to inform any potentially exposed individuals.
ATYANNIS Mass Philip Boney Askell 76 who came to the United States from Finland at 15 devoted much of his life to Finnish cultural work died yesterday He edited two Finnish publications in this country Toveret in Astoria Oregon and Tyomies in Superior Wisconsin.
President Kennedy and West German Chancellor Adenauer meet to assess how the Cuban missile crisis affects East West Berlin policy. Uncertainty lingers as Soviet withdrawal effects and future U.S.-Soviet actions remain unclear while plans for coordinated Berlin strategy are emphasized.
New York special reports Erie County residents paid about 90.74 million dollars in personal income tax for the past year with 37.203 million spent domestically and for national licenses. The article notes deficits and a 298 billion national debt with Erie County bearing about 415.959 million of it and discusses potential federal tax cuts tied to spending reductions. It also covers Westinghouse's atomic powered booster rocket feasibility and its projected role in space program by the mid 1970s.
Miami Beach Pia reports an Oklahoma City physician says mothers who let children contract measles to avoid missing school risk serious harm. Dr. Harris J. Riley Jr. notes red measles cause fatalities and warns against permitting infection.
United Nations reports indicate new Soviet Cuban demands may link U S withdrawal from Guantanamo to ending the Cuban crisis The proposal echoed Castros five points and was discussed with Adlai Stevenson as U S negotiators sought verification that missiles and offensive weapons would be removed from Cuba and that a naval blockade would end The report notes Mikoyans influence in Havana and Kennedy’s no invasion pledge tied to Soviet action
Pittsburgh CT clarifies that Clara Good, 46, of Wilkinsburg, died from injuries after a car truck collision in Plum Borough Saturday. She passed away in Pittsburgh Hospital yesterday.
A Wright School group tours the Carry Public Library during American Education Week to see a large children's books display. The youngsters also sample "Boaulie" the Joe Turtle, to be awarded to a boy or girl by Friday drawing.
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