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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1966

Page

3

UNICEF Halloween drive aids millions through trick or treat

Corry children join national UNICEF program to raise funds for vaccines milk and antibiotics. Local chairman Hurbert Earle notes a Nobel prize award to UNICEF and urges supervision and orderly distribution. Cartons shaped like half pint milk containers will be used from 6 to 6 30 p m at six centers with an 8 p m return after siren.

Corry Unicef Hurbert Earle Unicef Drive United Nations Children's Fund Corry Council of Churches Earle Johnson

Emergency $30 Million Grant To USPS For Christmas Rush

The Post Office Department funds 150000 temporary workers in an emergency $30 million loan to clear clogged arter ies ahead of Christmas. The money comes from next spring’s budget and will require congressional action in January. Third class mail volume rose nationally about 10.4 percent, with larger offices reporting up to 20 percent increases. The program targets hiring by November 1 to begin processing jobs originally slated for December.

Washington Post Office Department Post Office Chicago Lawrence F. O'Brien O'Brien

Deaths Mr. Rathburn of Mayville 78

Mr. Rathburn a Mayville resident died yesterday after a short illness at his home. A retired machine operator from Kling Furniture, he was born January 8 1888 in Corry and married Eva Graves in Ripley on March 19 1910. Surviving are four sons Carl Harold Lawrence Louis and a daughter Bernice Chatfield and several grandchildren. Final rites set for 2 p m tomorrow at Freay Funeral Home Mayville. Burial in Mayville Cemetery. Visitation today 2-4 and 7-9 p m. KILLED IN CRASH LAKE TROBE Pa Edna D Dillon 56 of Derry Westmoreland County was killed yesterday in a car truck collision three miles east of Latrobe. A passenger William E Dillon of Derry was injured.

Mr. Rathburn Mayville N. Y Kling Furniture Company Corry Eva Graves Ripley Harold Lawrence Carl Union City Louis Nashville Latrobe Edna D. Dillon Derry Westmoreland County William E. Dillon

Long lasting bulbs priced higher spark debate

A Housewife column summarizes a hearing on bulb longevity. Westinghouse GE and SylvanIa offer premium “eyesaying” and “extended service” bulbs with longer life at higher prices. A committee found lives of standard bulbs too short and urged doubling life for higher wattage lamps, noting manufacturers resist adding long-lived lamps to standard lines.

Westinghouse Sylvania Cos Edison General Electric

Turn on the lights and get to work crusade

The text hints at a movement for economic relief led by women, urging action with lines about choosing a preferred type and questioning value in buying electric bulbs. It ends with a nudge to check the Classifieds for a house for sale.

Local man labeled prime suspect in Shady Avenue burglary

Police investigated a break in at Shady Avenue where a check writer’s book with over 200 blank checks and $11 were stolen from a register. A second suspect emerged guiding officers to a 19 year old named as the prime suspect. a 17 year old informant tied to the case was later placed in New York. Corry rumor discounted by investigators.

Shady Avenue New York Corry

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