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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1950
Page
10
New York November 5 American females show greater survival tenacity than males at every age group according to Metropolitan Life Insurance statisticians. Death rates favor women especially in late teens to early 20s and again in the 50s, with childhood and old age showing smallest gaps.
Frangen Moore president of Penn Hotel interests accepts the state chairmanship of the 1951 Heart Fund announced by Dr Andrew Fuller of Pittsburgh. Moore has led the Pennsylvania Hotels Association 1936 39 and the American Hotel Association 1940 41 and served as Inter American Hotel Association president. He is a past Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce and Rotary member active in Red Cross and Community Chest.
Two American teachers arrived to open the first US school in Iceland at Keflavik airport. About 500 to 600 Americans reside in Iceland with families joining, 100 plus children live at the airport with American parentage. Several locals have married Americans. more families expected as the school begins. In June 1959 Mr. Moore received an honorary doctor of science degree from Gettysburg College.
The National Safety Council released tests showing winterized tires provide limited safety gains over conventional tires in snow and ice. Ten of 22 tires improved 10 percent or more, two were worse, and 10 improved less than 10 percent, not enough to replace chains. The best winter tire stopped at 141 feet on glare ice versus 72 feet with chains.
Vernon Bruce of Chico California and Capt Bert Perkins of Los Angeles, aboard a Corsair, intentionally flew through 380 foot high Han River lines at dawn. The high tension wire wrapped around the wing then cut gashes on the right wing tail and engine cover. A bullet hole appeared in an auxiliary gas tank. Bruce noted the tank was empty and the plane seemed to fly fine.
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