19 Nov 1960
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1960
Page
1
An OCR fragment lists items offered for sale and names connected to the sale. The readable lines mention a mower and assorted tools, with stray words suggesting vendors or buyers such as Oliver and Surge Aunts. The text is incomplete and lacks clear dates or locations.
Readable fragments hint at an adoption or assembly topic with numbers and symbols. Specific people, places, dates, or organizations are not clearly identifiable in the text.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a municipal tax levy and related actions in Elgin Iowans mention a 1961 assessment and collection period with officials urging compliance and tax handling statements. Details are incomplete but indicate a local levy, receipts, and voting or collection context.
President elect Kennedy held a Florida briefing with Stuart Symington on Defense Department reorganization aimed at trimming inefficiency and cutting administration costs in the vast program. Kennedy supports a military buildup while seeking efficiency and economy. the plan will go to Congress after January 20.
Nine men alleged to take part in a $200000 extortion attempt targeting Raymond F. Talbert, manager of the Washington Pennsylvanis branch of Melvin Nations Bank & Trust Co. Mrs Talbert was held captive briefly as others tried to coerce a $200000 ransom. Police staged a decoy drop on Route 19 near Donaldson's Crossroads, but the package was recovered and discarded. Indonesian socialist move consolidates power as Sukarno expands one man rule.
AP reports full honors planned for Clark Gable with a color guard and servicemen escort. Pallbearers include Robert Taylor Spencer Tracy and others. crypt to share vault with Carole Lombard. Widow confirms private farewell and simple rites at Forest Lawn as wishes.
Vice President elect Lyndon B Johnson promised the nation that the incoming Democratic administration will offer the fullest possible freedom of public information. He cautioned there are matters like national security that cannot be publicized, but asserted government secrecy will not be used to hide embarrassing errors.
After eight hours of talks into the morning, negotiators for the Metropolitan Transit Authority and 900 striking mechanics approved a new 21 month contract, pending ratification by each union member. The four day walkout disrupted bus and trolley service across Los Angeles.
Washington AP report on President Eisenhower's order to reduce overseas dependents of U S military personnel. Air Force sets deadline next Sept 1 for overseas travel orders. exceptions for humanitarian, ship, and unit needs. Navy and Army plans discussed. totals show thousands of dependents overseas across services. Also obituary: Dr Laurence D Redway, 10, longtime editor of the New York State Medical Journal, dies in North Tarrytown.
A Corry youth, 18, linked to a nationwide scam, is placed on a wanted list after involvement with counterfeit checks and a postal theft inquiry. The report notes checks for up to 2145 dollars and a Dayton, Ohio, incident, with references to a local CAHS pupil and various names appearing on a page eight montage.
The Post Office Department ordered remodeling of the Clymer store for a new post office location. Works include a new front, northeast door, acoustical ceiling, asphalt tile floor, two lobbies, a rear service platform, and parking for postal staff. A. H L. Russell of Buffalo oversaw plans. lease runs ten years. formerly Red and White Store.
In Havana reports suggest Moscow advised Fidel Castro to moderate Cuba's stance toward the United States while Kennedy gains ground. Soviet hints of rocket aid fade as Cuban press eases attacks on Kennedy, focusing on coexistence and domestic strength amid regional tensions with Guatemala and Nicaragua.
U S officials say Castro's Cuba has imported 28 000 tons of Soviet bloc arms including tanks guns and eight MIG fighters plus about 6 000 tons of ammunition and 46 million rounds. Total rifles reach 99 000 with 45 000 from Czechoslovakia and 10 submarines? no. Previously obtained arms and 200 000 militia and 40 000 regulars. Soviet union and Red China aiding to inflate Caribbean tensions. disclosure aims to burden Cuban economy.
A vacant rural home owned by Mike Moketa of Bedford Ohio burned entirely early morning hours. Fire crews from Columbus and local volunteers responded but the frame structure could not be saved. Damage valued around 5000 dollars with partial insurance. Investigation ongoing. a nearby child saw a person near the building when the blaze began.
A federal court jury awarded $20000 to Mrs Hazel Meerdink of Lockport N Y who sued Mrs Robert Ott Sr of Corry over an April 1959 automobile collision in Los Angeles The jury deliberated nearly four hours before reaching the verdict at 345 p m The case cited alleged hearing loss and earning capacity as elements of damages under federal jurisdiction due to disparate residences.
Republicans dispatch operatives to Illinois New Jersey Missouri Texas Nevada New Mexico Pennsylvania South Carolina to assess potential recounts. Party says Kennedy leads with 300 electoral votes and slim national margin. complaints about voting irregularities prompt review of recount viability and possible late shifts.
Double house fires within hours destroy the Luther Johnston home five miles west of Cochranton as the Johnston family, away visiting a funeral, lose everything. Fire chief Maynard Turner says the first blaze began while they were at Fleming Funeral Home for Joseph Halterman. A second alarm triggered when Johnston returned to find the skeleton of the house a furnace. only the basement is saved. Cause unknown, Turner cites a coal furnace and electric clothes dryers as possible origins.
Several hundred people gathered around a department store in Providence as Brown University students protested the Santa Claus display. The pickets said they oppose the merchants December display and suggest moving the event after Thanksgiving.
Lewis Nkosi a 23 year old African journalist flies to the United States to study at Harvard under a Nieman fellowship. He cannot return home as South Africa’s white government granted exit but not a passport. If he tries to re enter he faces prosecution.
Official Crawford County returns show D Kearns of Farrell gaining 360 absentee ballots in the battle with Titusville Democrat Chester C Hampton for an eighth term. Final Crawford tally 39,699 for Kearns and 31,? Hampton, a 8,110 plurality, with Erie and Mercer still unofficial. Kearns widened lead through absentee and military ballots reaching about a 3 to 1 margin across Crawford County.
State Police said 24 year old Robert H. Cole of Shawville was fatally shot by his brother James Cole Jr. during a turkey hunt yesterday. James, 17, also of Shawville, told police he believed he saw a turkey and fired, striking Robert in the back of the neck.
Moscow AP reports the Communist summit ended with no public communique on ideological issues. Tass noted Czech President Antoine Novotny's departure by air, seen off by Soviet President Brezhnev. The conference began November 9 after the U.S. election and has run since, last evoking a 1957 gathering on peaceful coexistence.
In Qochester Minnesota a pastor Rev John Eastman 28 and the six children in his care Pamela 7 Mary 5 James 4 Carol 3 Thomas 2 and John 10 months were killed when his car struck a concrete bridge abutment on a county road near Dover while en route to Plainview to visit another pastor's family. An autopsy was ordered to determine if a heart attack or other seizure contributed to the crash.
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