13 Sep 1961
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1961
Page
1
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West Berlin officials report Communist East Germany may block air corridors into Berlin and plan to infiltrate crowds at Tempelhof and Tegel airports with East German agents. The move is contested by the United States Britain and Berlin officials. Refugees still wait for air transport as barriers ease for some escapes.
The Chamber of Commerce board accepted the resignation of President James Hammond and installed uk-Dye-doseph Purst. Optimism rose as enrollment reached 169 and retailers praised the savings from the citation control program. Incoming workshops for directors and a delegation to Jamestown on October 25 were approved.
Ten Corry Area High School teachers begin an evening psychology course titled Mental Hygiene in Schools. Ernest E. Fryer of Behend Campus Erie teaches for graduate credit, limited to upperclassmen and grads. Attendance included ten staff members and names listed. course boosts pay under the current salary schedule.
Cape Canaveral reports a Project Mercury capsule launched aboard an Atlas rocket at 1:04 am. The two ton craft completed a 10 minute rise and an orbital path from 3 to 150 miles, with parachute deployment and recovery ships en route near Bermuda.
Mishawaka police faced delays in locating a stolen 1962 model car. Description remains classified until next week as dealer Hammes allegedly hid the vehicle behind a billboard near his agency. last night the car disappeared.
Hurricanes Carla devastation lingers along 250 miles of coastline with 15 dead and hundreds of millions in damage. Flooded towns strain water supplies and health services while millions displaced move inland. President Kennedy and Governor Daniel discuss federal aid as Texas City and Galveston seek relief. Remnants shift northeast toward Missouri. search for more victims continues.
Navy warships head to hurricane wrecked Texas coastline with doctors helicopters and emergency supplies for a peacetime mercy mission. Task Force 135 ships Shangri la Antietam Compton Gainard and Francis Marion sail from Pensacola carrying 30 physicians 4 nurses 40 helicopters and hundreds of diapers bottles and baby food to aid hurricane Carla victims.
President Kennedy welcomed Sukarno of Indonesia Modibo Keita of Mali and other neutral leaders on arrival in Washington to press for direct negotiations with Khrushchev to avert nuclear war while the Atomic Energy Commission announced a new Soviet nuclear test. Kennedy signaled no imminent summit and planned to urge Soviets to pursue peace through negotiations.
Turmoil in Ciudad Trujillo escalated as tanks and troops restored order after clashes between opposition protesters and security forces left four dead and more than twenty injured. The violence followed arrival of an OAS delegation examining sanctions on the Trujillo regime.
Street department moves curb back five feet on the south side of East Main Street from Concord to King Street. J R Dearing notes curved section will be cut deeper and curb extended to permit blacktop. Work will extend into next spring with related improvements on Avenue A and Wright Street completed earlier.
A French Caravelle jet from Paris crashed into a ravine near Rabat on Tuesday night. Seven aboard died on impact, including three U.S. citizens, an Arabian prince, the Australian ambassador to Cairo, a Moroccan diplomat, and two Soviet citizens. The 71 passengers and 6 crew members were lost as flames rose from the wreck.
Troopers nabbed Myron D Solinger 34 of Pleasantville after he drove erratically on Route 8 north of Union City. He was intoxicated and taken to Erie County jail for pending action. He was to appear before Justice Arthur J. Wimmer this afternoon on a driving while intoxicated charge.
Dr Edward Teller, famed nuclear scientist, argues nations can avoid atomic war or prevail if necessary by three steps: build shelters against blast and fallout, stockpile food, and maintain defenses. He says 90 percent of Americans could survive a holocaust and that a well prepared nation could launch thermonuclear war if needed. This is the first of a three part AP series with Alton Blakeslee reporting from New York.
Corry Jamestown Corporation unveils its new Sun Coalr Lines and a refreshed look at the National Stationery and Office Equipment Association Convention in Chicago. The display includes Dorie and Correlation furniture lines and a new chair line. About 200 CJ dealers attend the luncheon to hear presentations on product developments. Representatives listed include Armour Hillstrom Bilstrom Fuller Wilma Mama Swink Galbreath Chesley MacKendie Nichols Robbins Kafferlin Sorenson Guth.
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