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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1960
Page
3
The 1960 Ere United Fund campaign ended with $1,319,718.75 pledged, 689 percent short of the $1,417,576 goal, reaching 94.11 percent. Final meeting host Mace Hy Levin announced the result. last day volunteers raised $181,145.45 to cover city and county prospects.
AP dispatch reports Britain reducing the bank rate from 6 per cent to 4 1/2 per cent to revive faltering industry. The move follows prior rises from 4 to 5 per cent on Jan 21 and 5 to 6 per cent on June 23, aimed at curbing instalment buying and lifting consumer sales. Maj. Gen. William H. Wilson, 82, a long serving U.S. Army officer, dies in Altoona after a career spanning over four decades.
A blast at the Marcus Houk refinery near Philadelphia, blamed on a welding torch igniting escaping gas, injured 50 workers. Nineteen were hospitalized with burns, while 41 others received treatment at the plant. Witnesses describe chaos as flames shattered windows and workers fled.
Secretary Park H. Martin said a state car cannot legally pick up three men on a protest march and drive them to Harrisburg. Mrs. Elmer Lauer had called, noting the marchers were exhausted near Lewistown. he cited law and safety as reasons for not sending a department vehicle. The trio left Cambria County Monday after three girls were killed by a runaway truck.
Discoverer XVI attempted orbit from Point Mugu California with a Thor booster and Agena B upper stage. Stages failed to separate and the satellite sank into the Pacific. Agena B planned to carry Samos and Midas instruments, with potential for monkeys in later tests.
The Red Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University received a Navy contract for developing a new triple threat missile system. The award followed a competitive bidding process and names the contractor, the project scope, and funding details.
Senator Kennedy tours Philadelphia suburbs and several Pennsylvania cities Friday through Monday. He plans speeches in Bethlehem Allentown Norristown Pottsville Nanticoke Plymouth Wilkes-Barre Scranton and Philadelphia. Nixon and Lodge attack Kennedy’s foreign policy and tout GOP prestige on the campaign trail and TV.
Articles summarize a prestige survey on U S leadership in world affairs. Results show Britain and France expressing varied confidence in United States ability to provide wise Western leadership amid Cold War tensions, with percentages allocated to very great, considerable, not very much, and very little confidence.
A television review notes audience confusion over how computers work while examining early Nielsen ratings for the season. It highlights programs from CBS ABC and mentions experiments with talent shows and new electronic aids, emphasizing viewer curiosity and industry shifts.
A new poison control center in Titusville is described with a four cubicle emergency wing housing 82 drug supplies and 36 equipment pieces. It includes a quick reference guide for antidotes and remedies for poisons. The article notes the first state center opened in Harpisbve Macy 1955 by the Lae Commission of Chil Healt for the Dikuphin Counts Medley.
President candidate Lodge draws large crowds in the daxentown area of Philadelphia with friendly scenes and applause though he faced boos in Bethlehem and a tense moment at a University of Pennsylvania crossing. He defends a cabinet promise while a lone heckler demands civil rights action.
Marlow looks at today’s news as Kennedy gains ground while Stevenson’s refined style contrasts with Nixon’s blunt cadence. Lodge criticizes Kennedy’s Cuba position and foreign policy, while Stevenson’s literary phrasing draws mixed reactions from voters and reporters.
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