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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1961
Page
2
Fragmented notice lists events at the American Legion hall 2125 Union City with food shifts and a big powwow at Canadahta Skating Rink. It mentions residents and addresses in Union City and surrounding towns and a Saturday night event on November 25th with games and prizes.
Funeral services were held in Chelsea Oklahoma for Alton Rogers a native of Spartansburg who died in Oklahoma City on Wednesday born June 28 1885 he moved to Oklahoma to work in the oil fields about 45 years ago survivors include his wife two sisters Mrs Florence Amy Corry and Mrs Gertrude Johnson of Trotwood Ohio and a brother Wayne of California burial was in Chelsea Cemetery.
In Indianapolis Indiana police guarded Rev Martin Luther King Jr during a fund raising speech after letters signed KEKK threatened him. Police reported no incidents as King continued his tour for civil rights.
Moll y Woolah Comedian Red Buttons and his wife Helayne Buttons have separated after 12 years of marriage. They deny divorce plans and say they will work out their differences apart with Red in New York and Helayne in California. They emphasize they still love each other and have no children. A separate note mentions a conference raising over $3,000 with about 900 attendees.
Harrisburg AP reports the 1961 law allows taprooms to stay open until 2 a.m. Sunday instead of midnight. Licenses for beer only were not included, affecting about 1 075 beer licenses. clubs retain 3 a.m. liquor hours. The reform, signed Sept 19 by Gov. Lawrence, becomes effective last Sunday with statewide 16 500 liquor licenses in existence.
Two Grove City men died when the car they rode in collided with a truck two miles north of Barkleville near Franklin. James Kelly 41 and James A. Best 38 died on arrival at Grove City Hospital. Best drove at high speed and failed to negotiate a turn into oncoming traffic. Driver of the truck Robert Rodgers 41 of Pittsburgh suffered minor injuries. Coroner Cyril T. Reinsel ruled accidental death.
A church leader warned that unity among World Churches is in peril as factions close ranks. He said the danger risks driving youth away and into despair, stressing the need for clear, present church manifestion of shared Christlike values.
Paul Harvey critiques U S and UN policy in Congo noting Belgian exit, UN peacekeeping, Katanga crisis, and pro Communist leanings with Dag Hammarskjold under fire. He argues for withdrawal and Belgian return as chaos grows.
An interview with a Soviet newsman quoted by Nikita's Kin reports that Kennedy appears hopeful about a policy idea. The piece notes three American reporters Walter Lippmann Drew Pearson and C L Sulzberger have interviewed Khrushchev this year and their columns were widely reprinted in the United States. Kennedy’s remarks are described as likely to spread similarly in the Soviet Union.
Police found the body of a door to door salesman on Buffalo’s East Side Friday night. Samuel Yoodelson, 46, of Buffalo, was identified by a neighbor. Cause of death undetermined, face battered, money not found, last heard from wife Friday morning prior to leaving for work. His car was searched. a man and his son were seen binding rope, body burned, identity obscured.
Dorothy Lesphander Beck, 67, wife of Dave Beck Sr. former Teamsters president, died yesterday of a heart ailment in Washington. She was born in New York City.
A Meadville man and his 13 year old son escaped unharmed as their hunting cabin burned in Mead Township Meade County fire chiefs from Clarendon and Sheffield used booster-tank water to douse embers after the blaze started likely from a chimney.
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