12 Sep 1959
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1959
Page
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Fragmented text appears to describe a farm sale or dairy market entries with items such as heifers tractors and hay. Readable names, places, or exact quantities are absent, making precise identification impossible. The snippet hints at livestock and equipment listings from a rural trade page.
Franklin County police reveal Calvin B Bell 31 confessed to stabbing his 22 year old wife Edith after entering Barkeyville home through a kitchen window. He describes using a bread knife and shotgun, placing the weapon at a Tas Coal Co property, and awaiting arraignment today on murder charges.
Bobby Lee France a 29 year old Black man was given life for raping the young wife of a white neighbor in an incident at Anville North Carolina. He pleaded guilty to a burglary count and the state accepted the plea and dropped the reported incident charges. Mrs Leonard Matthews 18 testified that France entered her home July 6 while she was alone and assaulted her in bed.
New Delhi AP reports opposition members urged Nehru to use force to dislodge Chinese troops from Indian land while he accused them of reckless bravado. The border dispute with China stretches across about 35,000 square miles as Moscow calls for peaceful resolution.
Warren County reports two districts announcing 1959 tax mail dates. Ostergard says Warren Borough bills go out October 4 with county, borough and school levies and personal property taxes. Youngsville bills mail September 30 with 60 day discount. Borough millage totals given. Youngsville millage stated. Discount periods and penalties outlined. three installment option in Warren Borough, none in Youngsville.
Nikita Khrushchev signals a hard line against the United States as he eyes a visit to America. He says the ruling circles and middle class will feel pressure from Soviet economic warfare. The timing and impact on the world Communist strategy remain uncertain as a possible Page Two continuation.
A light plane crashed and exploded in flames yesterday near here, killing four people including a Maryland college student. The victims were Mark Thomas Walter of Middletown MD, his father Roy Henry Walter, his mother Doris Katherine Walter, and pilot-owner Dwayne B Keller of Frederick.
The Senate faces a big $3.69 billion funding bill covering foreign aid and a separate civil rights rider. Southern senators resist extending the Civil Rights Commission, while a dispute over an antisecrecy clause in the aid measure could trigger further clashes as Congress aims to wrap up by Monday. The House has signaled readiness to observe Senate actions closely.
State police investigate theft of 25 to 40 auto radiators from Corry Dink and Auto Wrecking Co on East Main extension owned by Samel Holtzman. Theft occurred between Thursday night and yesterday morning. Investigators released no results. A 100 pound yearling cow was stolen from Neil Stutzman's farm near Bea Lake late Thursday, with evidence suggesting the animal was killed and dressed.
Soviet tests near Key West claim success as a cosmonaut mission proceeds. The named crew member is T/Sgt. Jimmy Graves of Harriman Tennessee, reported as the surviving participant who endured three days adrift at sea after the test.
London AP reports Moscow said a multi stage cosmic rocket has launched toward the moon. The broadcast notes the craft is not yet at the moon but moving toward it. By Sept 12 it will be 78 500 kilometers from Earth and over the region north of New Guinea. The rocket weighs 1 511 kilograms without fuel and carries a sealed gas filled container with scientific equipment.
Federal judges in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh issued temporary restraining orders delaying enforcement of the strengthened Sunday blue law. Philadelphia merchants and others across Allegheny Lehigh Lebanon and York counties challenged the law as unconstitutional for favoring one religion and imposing harsher penalties. Several panels restrained prosecutions while others declined, awaiting a three judge court decision.
Warren's Dragons crushed Corry area Beavers 26 to 7 before a capacity crowd at Corry Area High School. The visitors built a commanding lead, capitalizing on a defensive lapse as Corry allowed seven points in the first quarter, then tied in the second, scoring again in the third, and pulling away. Beavers fullback Reach had Corry's lone TD on a line plunge.
Corry pair, Robert Foote and Walter Foster, were sentenced to eight days in jail for furnishing liquor to teenagers during a July 18 Wiener feast in the Picetdiill Hill area. They pled guilty before Justice Fred Berry. Judge Alexander C. Flick later imposed eight more days and one year probation. Trooper Edward Pasquale testified about the investigation.
New York report says the 11 day steel strike may trigger White House involvement as the National Governors Conference plans to poll key governors on meeting with President Eisenhower. Officials say health and safety concerns could justify invoking Taft Hartley Act to resume production. The strike idles about 500,000 steel workers and risks national economy as allied jobs fall and inventories near depletion.
Boris Pasternak appeared publicly in Moscow at a New York Philharmonic concert. He greeted musicians, embraced conductor Leonard Bernstein, and discussed living in seclusion after his Nobel prize winning Doctor Zhivago. He said he is well and working on a prose play about serf emancipation.
Atlantic City Miss America pageant concludes tonight at Convention Hall with thousands watching in person and on TV. Contestants seek a $10,000 scholarship and about $75,000 in appearances as prelims wrap up. Friday results give Miss Michigan Ann Penelope Marston archery talent, Miss Wisconsin Mary Alice Fox swimsuits, with earlier ties and wins by Miss Pennsylvania Lois Piercy Miss Connecticut Diana Klug and Miss DC Virginia Noble Pall es.
A vehicle left Route 208 one mile east of Barkeyville, struck a tree, killing Kenneth T. Vogan and injuring three others. Injured were Gary Michal, David Mackel, and Gary Mackel, all from Harrisyne. The vehicle’s driver was Gary Michal, admitted to Grove City Hospital.
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