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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1962
Page
6
Stockholders approved a merger of the Clymer State Bank with the Bank of Jamestown subject to state and federal regulatory approvals expected early next year. The consolidation would add about 2.51 million dollars to the Bank of Jamestown deposits.
A 50 year old grandmother died attempting to move her daughter's stalled car from a railroad crossing in Jacksonville. Marjorie E. Smith of Road house Tennessee, her daughter and granddaughters were in the car when it stalled on the crossing. The others fled as Mrs. Smith tried to restart the car and jumped from the vehicle as the passenger train neared. The train struck the car and the car struck Mrs. Smith.
A violent lightning storm struck Abilene Kansas causing about 1 million dollars in damage as winds ripped through the town felling trees and power lines and damaging numerous buildings. Nearby Emporia Concordia and Hill City reported heavy rainfall totals while Holt Missouri saw 4 inch hail.
A joint meeting of Page Cne committee, and the House Foreign Affairs Committee, prepared a working draft joint resolution asserting the United States would use any means, including arms, to prevent Cuban aggression. Leaders Russell Sparkman and Saltonstall advanced language calling for U S action to deter externally supported bases near Guantanamo and to protect strategic interests. A second item notes East Germany’s call to save scraps and keep pigs as shortages rise while a youth suffers a shoulder separation in a football injury.
Former Gov George H Earle says Richardson Dilworth lied when he denied being forced to resign as deputy attorney general in 1939 Earle claims he fired Dilworth for neglect of duty after Dilworth went to New York to represent she Dilworth later showed in Cuba but Earle avoided discussing the matter Dilworth denies the charge saying Earle is bitter over a divorce case Flood says Dilworth resigned Scranton had charged a firing Dilworth later said he resigned to focus on law practice A Harvard Business School official questioned Dilworths Philadelphia political climate claim and urged retract or documentation The Harvard article cited Harvard Business School survey in Business Review from 1961
In Los Angeles Richard Nixon urged stronger action to prevent a Soviet arms buildup in Cuba and said he would back President Kennedy in any necessary measures. He cited reports of Soviet troops in Cuba, called Cuba a cancer in the Western Hemisphere, and urged reconsideration of how allies’ ships are used to deliver arms to Cuba.
Executives including Dilworth of Philadelphia assess Hess centers as aiming to score five goods and no bads in the largest cities.
County officials review legality of an extra voter registration drive led by Commissioner Louis Raymek at the county courthouse Monday night. More than 100 new voters registered, with 84 Democrats and 24 Republicans, plus two independent registrations. A previous dispute over an earlier deadline prompted the inquiry, while County Solicitor Lindley McClelland ruled that registration office aides could assist.
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Peiping endures its longest drought in 40 years with Radio Peiping noting scant rainfall since July. August yielded 1.10 inches, well under the recent average. Separately, Katanga’s government said Congolese army attacks came from several points in north Katanga near Elisabethville.
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