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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1960
Page
1
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President Eisenhower energized Republicans in Philadelphia as he endorsed Richard Nixon for president. He attacked Kennedy on leadership and foreign policy, praised U.S. strength, and urged rapid, wise action while stressing foreign policy successes from Korea to Suez and closer ties with American neighbors.
Kennedy campaigns through northeastern Pennsylvania amid heavy unemployment and steel coal regions. He arrives in Philadelphia in rain and late to Aronimink, noting a 18 hour start from Friday morning. Eisenhower backed Nixon as Kennedy faced large crowds and tense motorcades in Scranton and Wilkes Barre.
On Route 426 east of Corry shortly after 6 p m a third auto crossed the center line to avoid a pipe left on the highway causing a collision with a preceding car. Martha Jaquith 22 and Sam Lemme 58 were eastbound. Claude Hoffman drove the oncoming car. No injuries. damages placed at 125 and 15 dollars. Police investigation pending.
Ul Jaxopol is the defendant, Walter J. Goodpaster, a 47 year old Herrin optometrist and brother of a White House aide, was found guilty of murder in the Christmas day rifle slaying of Margaret Strunk 52, mother of twelve, near his Carterville home. The Massac County Circuit jury deliberated 2 hours 40 minutes. He faces 199 years, with 66 before parole eligibility under Michols law. His attorney was given 30 days to file a motion for a new trial. His wife, son, and secretary cried as the verdict was read.
A blast at Trojan Powder Co in California shook the Bay Area as 2,500 pounds of nitroglycerin exploded. About 60 workers inside the demolished building, warned of the explosion, fled unharmed. Fire Chief Manuel Rodriguez cited defective wiring in powder drying machinery igniting the nitroglycerin. Two workers were knocked down but uninjured.
Nixon tours Illinois with Eisenhower praise shaping momentum. He calls his campaign a surge as he appeals to a small Davenport audience and recalls the president’s televised send-off while Kennedy’s criticisms loom.
Catholic bishops in Puerto Rico issued a second pastoral letter accusing Gav. Luis Muñoz Marín's Popular Democratic party of being anti Christian and saying voting for it is a sin. The pamphlet disputed by Jesuit backed weekly America and explained the earlier warning, with Archbishop James P. Davis and bishops McManus and Aponte Martinez reiterating that disobedience would be sinful.
Donald Riefer, 24, a Rochester sailor stationed at Bainbridge, allegedly killed his wife Geraldine, 24, in Port Deposit Maryland and shot state trooper Stanley Jezewski, 22, six times after a domestic quarrel. Riefer fled toward Harrisburg, was chased south of Williamsport, then captured near there. He admitted the killings and described a hammer blow before firing seven bullets into his wife. The couple's two children, aged five and two, were with him as he drove toward Rochester. Police said the port, car, and bags were checked, and charges were filed.
Five teenagers died when a car missed a curve in a park and crashed into a tree in Omaha. Investigators identified the dead as Robert W. Grexs 17 Gus George Braun 19 Eileen Marie Micek 17 Carol Hollars 16 and Joan Janousek. Jo Anne Eyman 17 was injured in critical condition. Merrill Putnam, a traffic investigator, estimated the car was going about 70 miles per hour.
US Marines at Guantanamo base are reported to land for rest and could trigger new charges by Fidel Castro of an invasion. Cuba accuses Washington of planning armed aggression as the UN and OAS weigh Cuba’s charges of Soviet arms and technicians aiding an invasion. KhrushchevAffirms rocket support while urging no aggression, and Cuba vows to defend itself.
CAHS plans a simulated student election four days before the real presidential vote. The Beaver staff will distribute ballots and two members from each party tally results, broadcast over the school’s PA system to gauge civic interest and reflect parental voting leanings.
Investigators studied a Northwest Airlines passenger plane that overturned and plunged into a mountainside in cloudy weather. Eight passengers, three crew members, and a stewardess died in the burning wreckage as engines tumbled downslope and a door was tossed into trees half a mile away. The Minneapolis bound flight from Portland with an instrument approach was near Missoula, Montana, less than 20 seconds before the crash.
The article describes a community effort where children will collect pennies for UNICEF. Students from Wrigh School Harding School St Edward's and First Presbyterian Church along with St Paul Lutheran will distribute and collect boxes, supporting relief for needy children.
A three-vehicle crash one mile west of Corry on Route 277 left all drivers uninjured. Police accuse the Lawson and Disistrom vehicles of minor negligence after a stop signal failure near the Sherman scene. Damages include 8500 to pickup, 275 to another, and 19 to a third.
Readers reminded to set clocks back one hour to Standard Time with the shift affecting Erie Lackawanna and Pennsylvania Railcourts departures tomorrow. Timetables show specific westbound and eastbound trains under Standard Time with slight arrival adjustments across routes.
Hunters in Pennsylvania today begin the 1960 season as state officials predict a stellar year with excellent nesting and breeding conditions. The State Game Commission cautions good weather could boost populations while urging safe and legal hunting practices statewide.
Three top Carpenters Union officials from Indianapolis were convicted of bribery and conspiracy in a long running highway graft case. O Blater, Minklee A. Hutchinson, and Frank M. Chapman faced sentencing set for Nov. 28. The jury found they paid $15,000 to a state highway official for advance route information and profited about $91,000.
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