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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1962
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a public notice with names and events. Seems to reference a judge, committee, and a prize of $25,000. Includes scattered phrases about a chair, three members, radio, and an event time around 7:30. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
Erie city engineers report a major hole and erosion inside the Millcreek tube near 23rd and State after a jeep plunged into a deep 15 inch concrete chasm. A rubber drift will be used on a second through run in days, with repairs costing hundreds of thousands and water diversion required. Given the potential for buckling and flood risk, extensive through-tube exploration and costly engineering work are planned.
An Army helicopter crash near a mountainous forest area about 270 miles north of Saigon injured four Americans and seven aboard. Official sources say guerrilla fire likely downed the craft near the tri border region of South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Names of those aboard were withheld.
The sixth U S Tiros weather satellite launched from Cape Canaveral captured clear cloud images as meteorologists prepare for hurricane monitoring. Tiros 5 accompanied it, enabling dual weather-satellite operation for the first time. also noted is a Minuteman missile launch. 33 hurt on Greyhound bus collision near O'Fallon, Missouri.
In Lebanon Pennsylvania a 61 year old woman, Mrs Helen Nelson, remained in critical condition at Good Samaritan Hospital after being shot by her estranged husband Alfred Nelson 69. He then killed himself with a German Luger. Richard Mease 5 was nearby and narrowly escaped harm as the weapon misfired when he attempted to aid the victim. District Attorney Alvin B. Lewis Jr. said Nelson had moved out August 5 and waited in his car for his wife to return from work.
Arthur B Belfer, who arrived from Poland with no assets in 1939, donated 2 million dollars to Yeshiva University for its Gramays School of Science. He built a vast business empire, starting in feathers then foam rubber, later expanding into oil and gas with Belco Petroleum Corp. now listed on the NYSE.
The United Nations opens its 17th annual session as Tunisia pushes to shorten speeches and streamline debate procedures. A 21 nation steering committee examines the agenda while Soviet opposition and other members weigh potential changes to ground rules amid a growing list of 92 debate items.
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