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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1961
Page
6
A house fire near Findley Lake destroyed the interior of a small home while flames spread and caused damage to adjacent areas. The Linker family was identified as residents. Police report ongoing investigation and related property concerns.
A damaged OCR report describes a Electra crash that killed 37 at an airport area. Witnesses say the plane did not fail due to engine or sabotage and that it lost altitude after a brief climb. The right wing dipped as it turned and the aircraft struck wires and a railroad embankment before crashing into a field west of the airport.
Bonn reports indicate Chancellor Adenauer’s grip on West Germany may be weakening as talks begin before the October 17 meeting. Opponents include West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt and the Social Democrats or Free Democrats, who oppose his continuation.
State crop prospects show high corn yields and improved hay output. The State Crop Reporting Service estimates the state will harvest about 69 million bushels of corn, with an average yield near 68 bushels per acre, and a hay yield around 3,989,000 tons, though weather could trim corn.
News reports state U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold died in a plane crash near Ndola in the Belgian Congo region while en route to Congo ceasefire talks. Unconfirmed details describe a missing unarmed aircraft, unclear landing intentions, and international officials including Maurice Barer and Lord Lansdowne reacting as rescue efforts and search operations continued amid forested terrain and night conditions.
Dozens of Clymer students head to or back from colleges this year. Betty Worrismuns heads to Syracuse University as a freshman while several others plan study at Hope College Houghton College and Thiel College. Parents accompany students to campuses in New York Michigan and Pennsylvania as part of a busy college orientation season.
After the Soviet Union ended its three year nuclear test moratorium on Sept 1 Soviet explosions boosted radioactivity readings in Connecticut New York and Michigan. Officials cite a shift in high altitude winds as the likely cause and note ranges of test yields from 20 000 tons to under a megaton.
Evangelist Billy Graham told about 83 000 in Philadelphia Stadium that America has spoken too much and acted too little against communism. He urged total spiritual and moral mobilization to lead the free world, noting global watchers demand deeds over protests. The crowd of 83 000 marked the largest crusade gathering amid a four week Greater Philadelphia Crusade drawing an estimated 700 000 attendees.
Senator Smathers joined Dr. Graham in urging daily national prayer and praised Kennedy. Graham urged moral renewal and a broader crusade effort led by Charles Riggs to solidify decisions for Christ through Bible classes and personal interviews. About 7,000 people reportedly came forward in four weeks.
James G. Palmer, 73, former president of the Guild of British Newspaper Editors, died yesterday in Penzance. Palmer served as editor of the Western Main News in Plymouth for almost three decades before retiring in 1948.
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