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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1962
Page
5
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Miss Carol Ann Chiricuzio, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Chiricuzio, returns to Clarion State College to join the annual student leadership workshop as a junior majoring in English and social studies. Meanwhile families travel and visit across the region with students resuming studies at Edinboro and Baton Rouge, and gatherings noting marriages and relocations among local residents.
Members of the Navy Mothers Club of America and families visited Hawaii after their national convention in San Francisco to honor World War II sites. Mrs. Charles Thompson of 151 Maple Avenue and Mrs. Halo Van Dresar of 1203 West Pleasant Street participated in ceremonies at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and Pearl Harbor Naval Base where a plaque was presented to the Navy to become part of the USS Arizona Memorial.
Stanley Anderson will present a talk and Alaska trip photos to Cony Area Golden Age Club members at the YMCA on Saturday at 1 30 PM. Mrs Maude Barnes invites members planning a bus trip to Corning New York on September 25 to arrange reservations this week with the trip committee.
Final plans for the Warren Flower Show place the event in the Women's Club auditorium Thursday from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sponsored by the Woman's Club and the Garden Club, the accessible show invites the public with free admission.
The 30th annual EPK Club reunion for former Corry residents took place yesterday at Mead Park. A 1:30 picnic dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Bruce Thomas preceded hours of visiting and reminiscing with out of town guests including Mr and Mrs Robert Dole of Pittsburgh and others from Youngstown Titusville and Kenmore.
Linus King, a prominent TV director and producer for major Hollywood studios, died Friday night at age 62. He recently directed the television series The Deputy and had a long career shaping several era films and shows.
The Coury Memorial Hospital Ladies Auxiliary meets this evening at 8 in the nurses dining room to outline plans for the coming year and appoint committees. A full card party is listed on the agenda and the Northwest district meeting of area hospital auxiliaries is set for October 10 at St Vincent's Hospital in Exeter. Harrisburg report notes a survey by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission on nonwhite employment in the state, not aimed at government discrimination but to guide future studies.
Engagements, birthdays, and society events fill this period’s notes. Anita Briggs announces her engagement to Clinton McGee at a Washington Street party while Barbara Boland and Mildred Dai receive awards. Navy service honors, birthday celebrations, and college plans appear alongside church society gatherings and community dinners.
A police officer was shot and killed last night while trying to enter a house where sounds of furniture were heard. The victim, Wil Uim Hyde, 36, from Lower Pons Neck Township, died. Clifford Newkirk, 63, was taken into custody and identified as the shooter, a laborer at Salony for Atlantic City Electric Co. He was held in a jail cell for questioning.
In Philadelphia a 28 year old wife, Anns Strain, says she fatally shot her husband Robert Strain after years of crime, abuse, and moving the family 11 times. She reported handling a .12 gauge while arguing in their living room as police report he had a long record and had been released from prison recently. The two children slept nearby during the incident. The motive cited was fear and his life of crime. She was held on murder charges.
Police identify Herman R. Deisinger as the victim found in a Philadelphia area home after a wind storm. He deserted his family fifteen years ago. The body bore neck and shoulder wounds. Hotel employees report he checked in August 15 and paid one week’s rent, then vanished. A suitcase and clothing were found in the room.
Jamestown N J AP The Morning Star tabloid starts publishing on weekdays at 10 cents a copy with Edward Byrne as editor and GM after the Jamestown Sun, once a 11000 circulation paper in a 43000 city, ceased operations due to mounting costs.
New York police say they smashed a ring supplying indecent color movies to major East Coast cities. Jerome Tartakow 38 and Gloria Mair 25, both linked to Queens, and Robert Peters 26 from Allentown were arrested in Whitestone and Queens locations and held on various bail amounts as investigators described Tartakow as the ring leader. Police seized hundreds of market ready film reels and two studios and charged the trio with possessing indecent literature and film.
New York reports poet Robert Frost returned from a 10 day Soviet trip and teased a secret from Khrushchev to President Kennedy. He refused to disclose the message and said he would wait for the President. Frost noted Khrushchev’s fear that liberals would not fight and spoke of socialism as a future path.
Two young men, Russell E. Kinsey, 22, Crystal Springs, Fulton County, and Gene B. Kerk, 20, RD 1 McConnellsburg, were recaptured by State Police after escaping Pullen County jail during trial on burglary charges. They now face prosecution for prison breach.
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