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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1962
Page
6
The Greater Erie Eye Bank seeks 5,000 donors this year led by president Richard E. Carroll. Since 1959 the bank, founded by the Lions Clubs in Erie County, has supplied eyes for corneal transplants vitreous implants and research.
Junior class at Wheeling Hospital School of Nursing received a surprise telegram from the President and White House staff saying if they are ever sick they will go to Wheeling Hospital. The girls waved as Kennedy visited Wheeling for a political speech last Thursday night. Also, a Baltimore and Ohio freight train struck a car near Wheeling, killing William Golden and his wife Frances of Claysville, Pennsylvania.
Republican candidate Jim Scranton descended 540 feet into Lan Lancashire No. 15 mine to shake hands with 150 miners as part of a county tour. He met 300 dressmakers at Cay Artley Apparel and visited a construction project at Westwood Shopping Center near Johnstown.
A 12.9 million federal penitentiary for Fayette County Pennsylvania is announced with capacity for 700 inmates and 200 jobs. U S Rep Thomas E Morgan says site not yet chosen but will be in Fayette County with an annual payroll of about 1.75 million.
A symposium on cigarettes and health features teen smokers, a tobacco researcher, Kentucky’s governor, and a Royal College of Medicine official. Evidence links heavy smoking to cancer. public belief remains mixed while warnings spread in England.
President Kennedy moves to curb the school crisis by invoking federal authority and issuing proclamations and an executive order. He plans a nationwide radio and TV address. He attends Mass, walks the south lawn, and chats with Attorney General Kennedy amid last minute speech revisions.
A reported scene describes Meredith in a school context where officials barred registration and advised students in Mississippi to comply with the law and close the matter, with appeals to acceptance and closure amid Sunday remarks.
The incident unfolded as the speaker paused and violence broke out on campus. Federal troops were ordered to Oxford while the President and the attorney general awaited updates on the developing crisis.
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