07 Oct 1961
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1961
Page
1
OCR fragment mentions names, places, and items such as dairy, lamps, and vases. It references people including Corry, Jac, Barnes, and DeBoet and hints at a funeral or obituary context. Details are unclear but indicate a local notice or sale with multiple names and items listed.
Worth Hammond, a longtime Democrat, was dismissed from his $6 718 a year post as Warren County highway superintendent after pressure from Warren County Democratic chairman Frank Page and the county party's executive committee. State Republicans in Harrisburg condemned the action as politically dishonest while Gov Lawrence faced calls to reject the move. State Highways Secretary Park H Martin confirmed the firing at the committee’s request.
At a Civil Defense meeting in Corry Area High School Harold A. Gilbert of the Corry Water Supply assured residents that Corry wells sit deep underground and cannot be contaminated by fallout. In a shelter plan, he advised running a water line from the source and warned against bottling water at home as it could introduce contamination.
In Coatesville Pennsylvania a car rammed a utility pole on a country road killing four itinerant Puerto Rican farm workers. The victims Ernesto Reyes Valentino Mojica Maximino Valluz and Maximido Peorazs were identified from social security cards by Chief Edward Masterstefone. The car reportedly failed to negotiate a curve, struck the pole and rolled over, also hitting a parked vehicle that was pushed back about 50 feet.
A 1 year old Corry youth Lloyd Stockton Jr is in satisfactory condition at WCA Hospital Jamestown after an auto crash while fleeing pursuing officers. Police say two cars fled a scene near a city supermarket around 3 am leading to a fiery crash at a tree. A second driver escaped and a possible gang involvement is suspected in auto thefts linked to a Jamestown car recovered in Pennsylvania.
Franklin police officers have petitioned City Council for a 17 percent raise or $6 monthly, a shorter 40 hour work week, and 21 days vacation after 10 years. Oil City officers join in seeking higher pay to match third class city salaries. most Franklin officers signed the petition. The group asks to meet with city officials before the 1962 budget is adopted.
Soviet radio announced recognition of Syria's revolutionary government by Moscow and indicated Bulgaria would also acknowledge the regime. The broadcast described the Syrian leadership's rise as bloodless and noted Egypt’s Nasser era in the United Arab Republic context.
The United States considers sending troops to South Vietnam to defend against rising Communist attacks with a potential Diem government collapse. SEATO plans, including other nations, may join to bolster Viet Nam's pro western government as North Viet Nam rivals loom after the rainy season ends.
Washington reports Kennedy and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko held a two hour White House talk but remained far apart on a peaceful Berlin settlement. Officials warn the East West dispute is dangerous yet hope for a nonmilitary solution persists. Gromyko said the talks touched several matters including a German peace treaty and highlighted the Soviet position.
Prince Norodom Sihanouk, neutralist Cambodian chief of state, says U.S. troop dispatch to aid South Vietnam would not trigger a wider Southeast Asian war. He supports possible intervention only if North Vietnam interferes in the south, and he denies Viet Cong activity using Cambodian areas as bases.
Prominent Chicago architect Hugh Nagkie Gordon, a leading figure in Chicana design for decades, died yesterday at age 68. His work shaped many high profile projects and his loss is mourned by the local architectural community.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev Deputy Premier Mikoyan and East German leader Ulbricht signaled a softer approach ahead of any Berlin deal. They avoided pledges for a 1960 peace treaty and emphasized urgency of a resolution while noting Western powers share a stake in Berlin.
Forty five Warren Area Junior and Senior High School students escaped injury when a Warren City Lines bus crashed into a dump truck on Conewango Creek bridge. A light pickup was involved. the bus sustained $1500 damage but no one was hurt.
Elton Della Hoy of Sinclairville, a Local 48 delegate, claims no NYS Labor Department complaint about out-of-state steel workers on the Jamestown Community College project. The filing notes eligible local members draw unemployment while outsiders work, with investigator Roland W Irwin from Buffalo expected to arrive to probe the complaint.
City Planning Commission will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 20 of Zorry Area High School with Michael Baker Jr. Te engineering sign to discuss public hearings on the Master Plan. J. W. Pribble of Rochester will attend with nearly 50 Steering Committee members to organize hearings and provide technical guidance.
Henry W. Lewis assistant fire chief of the Scranton fire department was elected yesterday as president of the Pennsylvania Firemen's Association without opposition. He had been vice president of the group.
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