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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1961
Page
2
Community events feature dance nights at White Swan Ballroom and Sparta Hotel with organ music and live bands. Also listed are hospital admissions and discharges, local business ads, charity posts, Elks and Polish Club events, and library children’s story hour.
Police investigate a persistent prowler reported near 34 Marion Street over about two weeks. Mrs. Clazente Hutchinson says a heavyset man with a round face has repeatedly approached the home at 2 a.m., including attempts at the front door yesterday after earlier incidents.
Union members in Corry rally behind Hammond urging a united political push to replace entrenched Republican control. A Democratic candidate accuses long GOP rule of rut and promises a pro progress mayor. Labor council plans early campaign support for the endorsed state ticket.
The United States Air Force has missed its summer target to place the first Titan intercontinental missiles. Officials say the nine Titans are now expected to be in firing position at a Colorado air base.
Jessie E Peck of 406 Jamestown Street Wattsburg died at 3 20 am at her home aged 84. Born February 18 1877 in Shamburg Crawford County she moved to Wattsburg as a child and lived there. She married Ernest A Peck February 23 1898 who died in August 1949. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Charles Patterson Corry and Mrs Charles McMillan Wattsburg one sister Mrs Sadie Whitford Lake City Pa seven pride children and 15 great grandchildren. Burial will be in Wattsburg Cemetery after services at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev John Graham officiating.
New York voters delivered a record Democratic landslide in a contest that dismantled Tammany Hall leadership led by Carmine DeSapio. Insurgents backed by Warner and Wagner captured key posts including state comptroller and mayoral nominations, signaling a shift in party control and a fracturing of the old machine.
Craig Mitchell, 15, was rescued after four hours on Adirondack Mountain terrain. Silo Police and Forest Rangers dropped a rope 200 feet to reach him and lowered him safely to solid ground.
Washington columnist Jamer Marlow analyzes Khrushchev pressure over Berlin and East Germany, arguing it aims to erode Western alliance and force recognition of East German state. He suggests Western reluctance to sign treaties signals acceptance of Soviet influence and questions U S response to refugee flows and traffic controls.
Funeral notices list May of Forest L. May to be held Saturday at Bracken Funeral Home with callers Saturday and Thursday and Friday viewing times. Burial planned at East Branch Cemetery. Jessie Peck of Waltsbury also at Bracken with calling hours Friday and Saturday. last rites Monday at 2 p.m. and interment in Wattsbure Cemetery.
W Averell Harriman is slated to travel to Southeast Asia to confer with Prince Souvanna Phouma and Prime Minister Prince Boun Oum in Vientiane. Gen Phouma Nosayan states discussions will hinge on future financial support, while noting resistance to any unification of Germany.
Philadelphia officials from the University of Pennsylvania and 11 other Philadelphia colleges told a State Senate committee there is no discrimination in admissions or transfers. They defended tuition policies and said financial constraints affect all schools, with further hearings planned in Harrisburg.
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