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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1961
Page
3
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A tract in Harborcreek Township sold to the city of Erie for 20000 dollars, deed filed with the county recorder. The First National Bank of Erie acted as executor for A G Schelenheim. assessments near 42000000 for 1862 rolls are expected by month’s end.
New York City faces a bruising mayoral primary as Tammany Hall battles for control with Mayor Robert F. Wagner and State Comptroller Arthur Levitt backed by the Manhattan organization. Insurgent forces led by Lehman and Mrs. Roosevelt push to disrupt the party. Letkoowitz seeks Republican gains in a GOP sweep. Weather predicts cooler, clear polling hours from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Franklin officials plan periodic sampling of French Creek tributaries to guard future water supply from pollution. Councilman James E. King urged regular tests and record keeping to provide the Sanitary Water Board with proof of stream contamination, with other council members concurring.
Miss Minnesota Nancee Ann Parkinson won the swimming contest and Miss Texas Linds Jacklyn Lotuis took preliminary talent honors at the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City. The prelims run with 55 entrants as judges assess poise, charm, and evening gown segments ahead of the semifinals. The 1962 Miss America will follow 1961's Nancy Ann Fleming of Montague Michigan.
Washington AP The House approved two year extensions of the Defense Education Act and the impacted areas program by 378 to 22, signaling end of broad Kennedy school aid efforts this year and likely next. The measure funds 600 million for two years and 400 million for the affected areas program.
Former President Eisenhower collected two more prizes at Timonium Maryland in the senior bull calves and junior champion bull events representing Eisenhower Farms Gettysburg Pa. Earlier this week his entries had won six other ribbons.
Washington AP analysis traces Soviet testing decisions and a pattern of Communist Party flip flops from 1930s to 1950s. It notes American Communists often echo Moscow lines after line changes, citing Browder era shifts, wartime alliances, and Khrushchev denouncements as part of a broader pattern shaping U.S. party membership and stance.
Walter Reuther signals confidence as UAW presses for a national economic settlement with GM and outlines a tentative fringe benefits compromise. GM extends deadline to Monday to avert a strike while Ford and Chrysler agreements move toward completion.
The article notes the party membership around 10,000 and 80,070 in 164, mentions new leader Gus Hall succeeding Denials, who has stayed quiet while digesting Moscow’s demand to resume nuclear tests amid Allied threats.
Famous painter Grandma Moses celebrates her 101st birthday at home in New York with family including two sons one grandchild and several great grandchildren. The gathering features cake gifts and gestures of affection as she enjoys the day in familiar surroundings.
Navy ships stationed at Key West and other bases are ordered to sea as precaution as Hurricane Carla advances northward. Chief Storm Forecaster Gordon Dunn warns on rough winds and possible heavy rain with several days of storm activity ahead.
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