14 Oct 1961
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1961
Page
1
Fragmentary readout notes a sports item with terse results and limited details. Readable names include Iutrs and Vashi with a mention of Tatty Rocks, a rare minute reference and a sale line, all lacking clear context.
A damaged OCR fragment lists various items, numbers, and partial phrases. It mentions hay and clover, a phone, a 70 city reference, electrical metal, a baby section, a radio, and an address clue near K seventh, with unclear names or dates.
The World of Science approach to drunk driving uses the Intoximeter to measure blood alcohol by breath, enabling on the spot testing in Corry and elsewhere. Troopers will carry the device, sending samples to Harrisburg for exact content, aiding charges when alcohol impairment is shown. Harold Johnson plans to defend the NBA world light heavyweight title against Doug Jones in Miami Beach on December 2, with national TV coverage.
A female sex criminal on the FBI most wanted list was tracked to St Paul and arrested. He confessed to killing three women including Carol Rowan in Spokane and the Minneapolis assault. Morse, a former serviceman, was arraigned and held without bail after police found weapons in his room.
Pittsburgh officials led by Mayor Joseph M Barr will urge the State Milk Control Commission to approve a plan for large families to buy milk at discount prices in the city marketing area. They seek lower prices for gallon containers and home delivery. The Cleveland model offers a one cent per quart discount for 50 to 80 quarts monthly and two cents for higher volumes.
Police chief and fire officials report two distinct and unconnected fire spots inside a vacant Titusville dwelling owned by Mrs. Anna Wakefield. Fire started in separate areas of the kitchen, burning curtains, chair cushions, a window shade, door casings, and a pile of papers. No water was used. tenants left September 30.
The United States accuses the Soviet Union of threatening to wreck the United Nations unless it accepts demands to revamp the UN secretariat. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson criticized Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin’s warning of collapse and called for maintaining the organization against bloc-style divisions. Cordier and other UN officials denied any overreach by undersecretaries.
At Camp Grayling Michigan an antitank rocket exploded among two men and a boy collecting scrap on a National Guard firing range. One man died and two others were critically injured. The dead man was unidentified and a 4 year old boy suffered severe injuries. Leo Sokolowski of Muskegon, 21, was hospitalized in critical condition. The blast decapitated the man and severely injured the boy and Sokolowski. Major General Ronald D. McDonald noted warning signs and roving guards with no fences at the site. Army demolition crews were sent to clear the area.
In Rotterdam New York an 11 year old boy, Paul Berrian, shot and killed his father Harold after he threatened his mother Rose and the children with two shotguns. Police say the boy, intelligent and calm, took the gun to stop his father. No charge was filed against the boy, with assistant district attorney Bradt saying he made a horrible but decisive choice.
In Berlin US commander Gen Albert Watson II protested to Soviet commandant Col A Solovyev over reckless East German police fire along the Berlin border. Refugees broke through a barbed wire fence into West Berlin as gunfire erupted injuring no one, prompting Western allies to demand restraint and halt further incidents.
Washington reports Sky Shield 1 opened at noon with hundreds of jet interceptors and antiaircraft launchers active over four million square miles of North America. Gen Laurence Kuter directed the exercise from Colorado Springs saying it was not a contest, with bombers and fighters simulating defense against potential Soviet routes.
Elgin woman 24 pleads guilty to shoplifting an transistor radio from the Davis store on October 2. Police report two men and a woman brought a TV for repair and a radio was taken. Proctor paid a $25 fine and costs, released by Alderman Gordon.
U S surplus Saber jet fighters sold to Yugoslavia drew criticism from senators Passman Tower and Jackson. The deal, costing about 1.6 million, trained eight Yugoslav airmen in Texas and was framed by officials as a cash business sale to keep Yugoslavia free of Soviet influence. Senators urged cancellation and embargos amid claims Tito aligned with the Soviet bloc.
Police say a lead points to an arrest of the hit and run driver whose car struck a parked vehicle on West Smith street at 3 45 am. The car damaged the rear fender and quarter panel with about $175 in damage.
The Army identified Chief Warrant Officer Joseph A. Slefland of Pitstown as one of six victims in a helicopter crash in Upper Bavaria on Tuesday. His widow Mary Ann and five children survive, and the family is in Pats tory.
AP reports a major blaze in the Silver Dollar Hotel in the French Quarter near Canal Street. More than 90 fire units responded as flames spread to a Whitney National Bank branch. two believed dead, five firefighters injured, damage pegged near a quarter of a million dollars.
In Portsmouth England AP report Blackie a large black poodle saved his twin Rex from a declared dangerous dog order. The twins testified to deny a dog sums claim by owner Albert Brown. Mrs Lashmore said one dog bit her but could not identify which twin bit her. magistrate discharged the case.
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