Grim River Search Continues After Norwegian Tanker Crash
In Lutcher Louisiana the search for missing crew members continued after a collision between a tanker and oil barges on the Mississippi River. Nineteen sailors were believed killed with twelve bodies recovered from the river and the burnt hulk of the Motor tanker Boheme. Firefighters extinguished the final blaze aboard the beached ship as salvage operations began and Coast Guard prepared an investigation.
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Lutcher
Mississippi River
Here
Coast Guard
Four Corry area women injured in Corry auto crash
Four young women, three from Corry area, escaped serious injury when their car went out of control and overturned near Leeper, Pennsylvania. Driver Miss Constance Dahl, 20, and passengers Miss Madeline Dundon, Miss Mary Capwell, and Miss Diana Haseley, all 20, suffered minor injuries or shock as the vehicle, a 1964 model, was declared a total loss valued at $200.
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Corry
Leeper
Tionesta
State
Constance Dahl
West Main Street
Madeline Dundon
West Smith Street
Mary Capwell
Columbus
Capwell
Corry Man Cited for Drunk Driving After Crash
A Corry man was cited for drunken driving after a crash at East Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Albert A. Amordso, 30, of 1327 North Center Street, allegedly turned left from Pennsylvania Avenue on a green light as Carl Zunich, 42, of Corry RD 2, ran a red light on Fast Main, colliding with Amordso’s car. Police collected a blood sample from Zurich for testing and a hearing was set for Saturday before Alderman Norbert Bacheluer.
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Couy
East Main Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Albert A. Amordso
North Center
Carl Zunich
Corry
Zurich
Atordso
Erte
Alder Aman Norbert Bacheluer
Zunch
Jon Graham Killed in Crash Near East Liverpool Ohio
East Liverpool Ohio authorities report Jon Graham 21 of Hookstown Pennsylvania was killed yesterday around noon when his vehicle struck an 8 bridge abutment about 12 miles east of the city. Investigators are reviewing details of the fatal accident.
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Liverpool
Ohio
Jon Graham
Hookstown
War Rages On In India Front Lines Tense In Himalayan Border
In India the war with China continues with tanks on the western border and a fresh attack in the east near Burma. The Indian spokesman reports Chinese forces advancing, capturing four posts in Ladakh and threatening deeper into the northeast amid sporadic fighting along the disputed frontier.
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New Delhi
India
Burma
Himalayan
Ladakh
Nehru
Peiping
Self
Hsinlin- Kung
Hatalinkung
Chayal
Tibet
Thagla Ridge
Bhutan
Red Chinese
Dorji
Sikkim
Maharaja Ku
Jigme
Crawford County OKs Districts In Redistricting Push
Pennsylvania school officials face a December deadline as counties redraw districts under Act 561. Crawford County plans three administrative areas and Erie County studies plans with Corry merging into the Corry Jointure or remaining separate amid state pressure. Five plans exist, including a Corry-Union City alignment, as districts shrink toward 4,000 pupil minimums.
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Corry Union City
Crawford County
Erie County
Pennsylvania
Department of Public Instruction
Leary
Sparta
Corry Area
Kolpeth
the Journal
Corry
Union City
Lay Off Kennedy: Eisenhower warns against campaign attacks
Former President Eisenhower urges political leaders to refrain from campaign sniping as Kennedy handles a foreign policy crisis. He defends Republicans right to discuss policy and says race against Cuba and the Bay of Pigs era should be debated without rancor. He also declined comment on an immediate Cuba invasion.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy
Eisenhower
ABC
Politics
Cuba
Boston
Hisenhower
Bay of Pigs
Retailers Award Side of Beef Draws Winner in Corry
Waiter Cneyguards of 26 West Bend Street won the Harvest Day side of beef drawing held on North Center Street at 4 pm. Jackie Castor drew the winning ticket from thousands submitted in Corry. Reynolds wins 200 pounds of prime beef, cut and packaged for the freezer after registering at Rossin's during the fall sales event.
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Waiter C
Neyuards
West Bend Street
North Cener Street
Jackie Castor
Corry
Reynolds
Rossin's
Debate erupts in Scranton between Dilworth and Scranton
In Scranton Pennsylvania the gubernatorial race intensified after a second debate. Democrat Dilworth accused Republican Scranton of deception while Scranton labeled Dilworth hysterical. Scranton spoke at a Delaware County rally and criticized Dilworth’s post debate performance.
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania School Directors Association
Pennsylvania Association of School Secretaries
Richardson Dilworth
Philadelphia
Chelsea
Delaware County
Dilworth
Beanie Own Big Share Of Wealth Of The Community
New York special dispatch reports Corry residents with owner occupied homes hold a large share of local wealth. Census housing data show 1 657 owner occupied farm dwellings valued at 12 252 000 with about 9 583 000 mortgage equity. Nationwide figures include a total housing market value over 400 billion with 117 billion mortgage liability. In Corry, owner occupied homes average 740 in market value with total mortgage debt around 2 679 000 and equity near 4 583 000.
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New York
Corry
University of Michigan
Iin Anmioneas
United States
Brakes Failure Ties Fatal Union City Crash
Bertha M Curtis 16 headed to a garage near Arbuckle when brakes failed at Route 8 intersection. Her car collided with a southbound Socony Mobil Oil gasoline tanker, severing the car, injuring Curtis and a passenger Lucy L Dillon. Dillon treated and released. tanker cab damaged. car a total loss. Oil company to send tractor from Pittsburgh to recover the trailer.
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Union City Area
Union City Memorial Hospital
Corry
Bertha M. Curtis
Union City
Arbuckle
Wattsburg
Miss Curtis
Socany Mobil Oil Co
Curtis
Lucy L. Dillon
Three Hurt In Two Area Auto Accidents
Three persons were hurt in two area auto accidents over the weekend. Mrs. Donald B. McWilliams, 2, of Union City, suffered a lacerated leg, cuts and bruises, and a nondisplaced fracture of the right tibia. The crash occurred on Route 6 near Union City when a car skidded and hit a slow vehicle’s rear, then struck a utility pole. McWilliams was hospitalized briefly, her husband Wells driving. A second accident west of Corry on Route 6 injured two men from Connecticut, Miller and Daley, with bruised ankles and minor cuts. both were treated at Union City Memorial Hospital and released.
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Corry State Memorial Hospital
Donald B. McWilliams
Union City
Wells
McWilliams
Mden
Conn
Miller
Route 6
Corry
Seek 3 Men In 4000 Dollar Store Robbery
Police hunt three armed men who robbed James Noble, department store manager, of more than 4000 dollars after closing at Kings Department Store Union Two. Hooded suspects used a sawed off shotgun and revolvers and fled in an old car toward Ohio.
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New Gaciun
EU. i
James Noble
Noble
King's Department Store
Union Two
Ohio
Corry Woman Dies After Rare Kidney Transplant
Mrs Morris Wickwire of 603 North Coate Street died after a rare kidney transplant at Petey Brot Brigham Hospital in Boston. She had entered four weeks ago after transfer from Corry Memorial and Hamot Hospitals. A World War II electrical inspector for the U.S. Army Signal Corps, she married Mortisa Wickwire in 1924 and leaves two daughters Barbara and Toni, plus parents Harold L Brown and wife from Venice Florida, a sister Barbara Hanck of Venice, and brother Robert H Brown. She was active with St Thomas Roman Catholic Church and the local Girl Scouts. The body lies at Bracken Funeral Home with calling hours. Requiem Mass at St Thomas Church next morning. Rosary at the funeral home Wednesday evening.
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Morris Wickwire
North Coate Street
Petey Brot Brigham Hospital
Boston
Mass
Boston Institution
Wickwire
Corry Memorial Hospital
Hamot Hospital
Erie
Born i Corry
Corry’ High School
Providence
R. I
U.S Army Signal Corps
Mortisa Wickwire
Barbara
Toni
Harold L.brown
Venice
Fla
Barbara Hanck
Robert H. Brown
R. D
Corry
St . Thomas
Girl Scouts
Bracken Funeral Home
St. Thomas’ Church
Despondent Youth Foiled After Roof Jump Attempt
Charles Sturtale a 17 year old youth in Brooklyn New York leaped from a three story building roof in despair over an impending chest operation. Police and firemen in position below with a safety net pulled him to safety and he was taken to Maimonides Hospital for treatment.
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Charles Sturtale
New York
Borough of
Brooklyn
Sturtale
Maimonides Hospital
Kennedy to address nation amid dire emergency
President Kennedy asked time on television to speak to the nation on a topic of the highest national urgency at 7 pm EDT. The White House said Kennedy would meet the National Security Council, the Cabinet, and congressional leaders in the afternoon. Press secretary Salinger declined to detail the subject while networks were asked to allocate a half hour for the address.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Salinger
Deen Rust
Robert S. McNamara
Europe
Berlin
Llewellyn Thompson
Prussia
State Department
Soviet Union
Martin Hillenbrand
Cuba
Sparta Boosters host Dem hopefuls meeting at high school gym
The Sparta Boosters Club will hold the first meeting to acquaint Eastern Crawford County residents with Democratic candidates for public office. Speakers include Peter J. Joyce for Congress Melvin C. Blair for State Senate David P. Thomas and Charles C. Mitchell for Assembly. Roland Putnam will MC. Republicans may be invited for a similar event.
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Spartansbury Pursers Club
Crawford County
Sparta
Democratic Party
Questtons
Peter J. Joyce
Congress
Melvin C. Blair
State Senate
David P. Thomas
Assembly
Charles C. Mitchell
Roland Putnam
Boosters
Hearing Set On Route 6 Bypass Project
Harr isburg today notified that a Department of Highways hearing on the Route 6 bypass around Corry will be held November 8 at 10 a.m. in the Municipal Building. The hearing aims to assess the economic impact on communities affected as the bypass runs from North Center Street and Columbus Avenue westward about one mile to meet the existing highway near the State Fish Hatchery. Park Martin, secretary of Highways, urged all interested persons to express views.
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Os Ewes
Harrisburg
Department of Highways
Aroud Corry
North Center Street
Columbus Avenue
Park Martin
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William Scranton
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