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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1961
Page
2
Miscellaneous items list residents and children with addresses, a car service ad, a club notice, and two restaurant promotions. Names include Roberta, Michelle, Thomas, Debbie, and local families. businesses feature Turben’s Auto Service and Reed’s Steak House with Jimmy Johns entertainment. Weekend dining specials and fish fry prices noted.
President Kennedy proposes to end silver certificates by replacing all $1 $2 and certain higher notes with Federal Reserve notes. Congress must approve. Treasury to halt silver sales. The plan shifts silver from monetary metal to a freely traded commodity, reducing political battles over silver and affecting prices in jewelry silverware and photography items. The stockpile of free silver has fallen sharply, prompting the shift.
Requiem Mass for George J. Hanlin at St. Teresa's Church Union City at 9 a.m. Thursday. Rosary at Glenn Funeral Home at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Friends may call at the funeral home any time.
Union City residents Tamar Mangol of 46 Second Avenue and Gerald Thompson of 7 Atlantic Street are listed with no discharges noted.
A report from the Mercury control center says Enos the chimp operated normally during the early spaceflight. Officials from NASA noted the craft reached a satisfactory orbit and expected a roughly eight minute per orbit flight with landing planned about 800 miles southeast. Recovery planes and ships were en route to the impact area as signals from the capsule came through clearly.
Enos signals from the West Coast of Africa report successful task completion as the two ton capsule nears final approach. An automatic clock on board will trigger reverse rocket firing over Western North America, slowing descent for a parachute landing 90 miles off Grand Turk Island. A large recovery fleet, including 18 Navy vessels, monitors the 61,000 mile flight. If all goes well, an astronaut may earn a seat on the next Atlas. Pennsylvani a Turnpike Commission schedules a 5 percent pay increase for 1,400 held personnel effective December 8.
Rockefeller arrives homeward after a perilous search in Guinea waters. Nelson A Rockefeller was aboard a Dutch airliner from Manila, bound for Amsterdam, with plans to reach New York tonight. The search, once supported by thousands, covered land air and sea units for weeks, after Michael was last seen Nov 14 trying to reach shore from a capsized raft off the South New Guinea coast. Dr Rene Wassing, his Dutch companion, was rescued next day.
President Kennedy visited the Central Intelligence Agency to bestow the National Security Medal on outgoing director Allen Dulles. He met with the new director Riley W. Bulls and spoke from the White House before helicopter transport. Dulles departed his post today after long service in intelligence.
An interior fire engulfed a three story apartment building in New Castle in the early hours. One occupant, a local resident described as a New Castle woman, was affected as crews fought the flames. Authorities investigated the incident for cause and extent of damage.
Meadville plans show a 962 budget cut of about $9,000 from $801,882 as revenue falls. The measure, prepared by outgoing Mayor Corze Sinanetty, retains a 12 mill tax rate and covers a $12,000 rise in wages and related Social Security costs for roughly 100 city employees.
James Marlow notes Kennedy’s Moscow interview yields subtle shifts. It confirms Western openness to Berlin arrangements and possible peace with NATO and Soviet allies, while stressing American reluctance to supply West Germany with nuclear arms. Khrushchev’s Izvestia counterpoints temper the view. Dr. Joseph Willetts, 101, clinic founder, dies in Los Angeles.
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