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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1962
Page
2
A Corry Journal page lists Hotel Corry Saturday smorgasbord from 5 to 8 pm and ads for Radios and TVs with layaway options. It also contains hospital notices, admissions and discharges, a Line-O-Ad rate, a Sisters Tea event Sunday at the convent, a Halloween dance in Sparta, and details for daytime bowling leagues at Bowl-Aire with contact number 3-3722.
Funeral service for Melvin J. Parkhurst was held yesterday at 2 PM at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev. Richard A. Bodey officiating. Burial followed at Pine Grove Cemetery. Attending from away were numerous Parkhurst relatives and friends from Youngsville, Corry, Sherman, Warren, Milwaukee, Conneaut, Chautauqua, and Morrisville, Pa, among others.
Nehru warned India is at war with Red China in every sense though not declared, claiming 30 000 Chinese troops joined fighting on the northeast front from Tibet. Reports from Tezpur say China moved through high mountain passes into newly conquered areas as heavy equipment is transported. The Indian army is estimated at 500 000 to 600 000 strong.
A reflective aphorism contrasts spoken and printed language, noting that speech vanishes while writing endures, suggesting permanence of the written record as a lasting cultural artifact. The quote hints at the power of literacy and documentation across time.
A Trans World Airlines jet making a Newark to San Francisco flight was forced to swing sharply right over Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to avert a midair collision with an F106 fighter from Olmsted AFB. The aircraft came within about 1000 feet of each other at 31 000 feet. Passenger count and pilot name were not released.
Demonstrators gathered across several floors around the Soviet embassy with 200 initial protesters, later reinforced by 100, while police managed crowds with walkie talkies. Younger participants clashed less, a group of schoolchildren climbed near the grill barricade, and signs reading Shame America appeared. Ambassador Kohler drove away as crowds dispersed, families were moved up, and a prior 1958 ink assault was recalled. Separately, Union City livestock sale lists hogs, sows, cows, calves, lambs, and prices.
Cistercian monks near Atlanta plan to craft stained glass windows for two Negro Baptist churches burned by arson in south Georgia. The act, pledged before Rome council, expresses Christian unity and neighborly love as a lasting commitment. The project awaits church architectural design before glass work begins. The Mont Mary and Mount Olive Baptist churches near Dawson will receive the windows. The monastery draws hundreds of visitors monthly, highlighting a region-wide interest in reconciliation.
An explosion near downtown Harrisburg set off a civil defense siren that wailed for about an hour, frightening residents amid Cuban crisis fears. Hundreds phoned City Hall as newspapers, radio, and TV stations reported the alarm. A demolition crew was razing a concrete coal loader at the nearby Pennsylvania Railroad yard.
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