17 Nov 1960
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1960
Page
1
The readable parts reference a 1960 Pennsylvania court matter with mentions of Pennsylvan ia Erie and a sheriff, pleas, deeds, mortgages and a date near June. Names and full details are garbled but indicate an official record of a legal action and court proceedings.
AP reports film icon Clark Gable died at 59 after a heart attack at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. He suffered a first attack 11 days earlier at his Encino ranch and died quietly as wife Kay cared for him. He had just finished a dinner and was about to sleep when death occurred. The star leaves behind an expectant child due in March and a 30 year reign as Hollywood’s top box office draw.
The Mond Park board notes Mead Park activity from June to August with 14 000 attendees, 300 Boy Scouts at Camporee on May 20 and 22, and plans for a new fireplace at the Mike Pavilion and a fountain at Berry’s Sprite.
Conrad Shields 18 of 12 Chenard Verve was arrested after admitting numerous obscene phone calls to teenage girls. He faces a hearing before Alderman Cobbett and may be committed to Norily Warren State Hospital for psychiatric examination.
An Indiana University expert cautions that serving tea or coffee after a party can give a false sense of security to drivers. Prof Robert F. Burkenstein says the best remedy is for hosts to control liquor flow to prevent drunken driving.
London reports that Winston Churchill, recovering from a back injury, is bearing up well as the nation wishes him a speedy return. Doctors examined him after an incident in his residence and described the injury as not serious.
President elect Kennedy and Vice President elect Johnson planned meetings with Texas leaders including Gov. Price Daniel to outline power transition and social events after their victory over Nixon. Sam Rayburn eyed travel to Bonham while discussions touched on the LBJ Ranch Pedernales River area and scheduling for Palm Beach talks.
Police say Harriet Smith 42 was electrocuted when she tried to plug a vacuum cleaner into a socket. a short circuit caused the fatal accident as her husband returned home from job hunting yesterday.
Uniontown report says four escaped convicts from Huntingdon State Prison remain hidden in the east mountain woods as state police and deputies fortify roadblocks. One escapee, Donald Davidsin, was captured near Dinnerhell Road. other fugitives include Straty Robin et al, Raymond Wade, Robert Harn, and Norman Keller.
President Eisenhower directs a seven point cost saving program by reducing overseas dependents. January will see about 24 000 wives and children brought home. The policy aims to save about a billion dollars yearly while not cutting military manpower abroad.
In New Orleans on Wednesday, clashes between white and Negro youths erupted across three neighborhoods. Police and firefighters battled demonstrations, with 34 additional arrests at night and 4% daytime arrests including three Negroes. A white man was wounded by a gunshot and a Negro stabbed. a police officer was beaten. Federal judge Wright ordered integration halted as tensions spike.
Weger confessed to beating and disfiguring three women in a park near Ottawa. He claimed robbery was motive and that the women were sexually not raped. he described abducting and tying them before the murders. Authorities noted discrepancies in the scene and ongoing interrogation.
The Kohler company treasurer was killed in a UK linked explosion at a northern Wisconsin hunting lodge. Sheriff reports the blast occurred several days earlier at the secluded lodge and investigators are pursuing leads.
Local shoppers can enter a Christmas season contest with a Mix N’ Match frame game and a Preview Night round. The Retail Division of the Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event and announces a grand prize.
Chattanooga report notes a woman failed in her bid to pursue missionary call and instead left instructions about her large estate. The letter describes her belief that God called her to mission service but she remained at home to care for her mother.
President Eisenhower plans a morning meeting with the National Security Council at Augusta to review a drive to cut overseas spending by a billion dollars annually and to discuss a confidential foreign policy review focusing on Algeria and the Cuban area with Herter Gates and Dulles. A separate incident reports an Eastern Air Lines jet aborting takeoff at Boston Logan after a collision with starlings.
A 28 year old mental patient Leon Clifford Webber confessed to kidnapping a child and is linked to six child murders in Chicago's northwest and southwest sides over recent years. Police tested the suspect with polygraph results that were inconclusive and noted erratic responses when Gloria Kowalents's name arose.
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