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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1962
Page
1
A 1962 listing details varied farm gear and household goods for sale including a 12 million milk pump, electric welder, chairs, tables, John Deere equipment, wagons, trailers, hay, and assorted items. The notice lists an owner and contact details with a date in late September and references to storage conditions and delivery options.
In a fragmented public notice a notice of estate claim appears. The text references a county, a person named A. rega and references to Penn and PA. The readable portion implies an executor or claimant process for an estate and a potential filing deadline. The exact actions and entities are unclear due to OCR damage.
Buenos Aires reports a dramatic shift as rebel forces loyal to President Jose Maria Guido clash in Constitution Plaza. World War II Sherman tanks fire on troops led by Gen. Juan Carlos Ongania, with six dead and ongoing political maneuvering through the night as calls for a three man junta surface.
A local dispute over livestock and sanitation was clarified as health officials reported Sarnicki cows and property were already addressed by September. O'Brien had claimed mistreatment, but a county health inspector’s notes and a local veterinarian contradicted those claims, and O'Brien faced a counterpoint about his own property. Separate item notes a fatal crash near Washington, Pennsylvania, where a convertible struck a truck, killing 25 year old Frank J. Packey Jr.
Residents will be urged to take Sabin oral polio vaccine tomorrow no matter past shots. Starting at noon until 6 p.m. vaccines are free though a 25 cent voluntary contribution is welcomed. Corry Area High School is distribution center with Drs John Brown and James Hileman leading the effort amid questions from local physicians.
Erie County taxpayers have six days to pay county taxes at face value before a five percent penalty. County Treasurer Carlton Smith reported strong collections, noting a tax duplicate total of 125,244 with 109,310 paid and 15,934 remaining.
Erie County voters hear Republican lieutenant candidate Raymond Shafer accuse the Democratic administration of crippling industry through high taxes and corruption. Shafer claims unemployment rose from 4 to 8 percent, cites doubled state taxes in eight years, and attacks Dilworth. He tours Erie County with Judge Samuel Roberts and Dr. James D. Weaver, ending with a 3 p.m. departure to Williamsport.
California Board of Public Health bans the Hoxsey cancer treatment developed by Harry Hoxsey. The action follows the Cancer Advisory Council labeling the oral remedy a phony. State officials say the move may be the first of its kind. a Dallas clinic had been closed by federal regulators.
A 36 year old Corry mother of two is flown to Boston’s Peter Brigham Hospital for a rare kidney transplant. Her husband, in Florida, joins later. kidney will be donated by her sister Barbara Hauck of Corry. The operation follows earlier tests and procedures at Corry Memorial and Hamel Hospital, Erie.
James R. Moore, a 41 year old Erie Pennsylvania resident, is charged with first degree murder in the Pamela Moss killing and faces accusations he mistreated at least 50 other girls. A nine year old identified Moore as her attacker in Rochester last July, and police say he confessed to harming Pamela and other victims while recounting the Sept assault on a girl returning home through a wooded area to a shopping plaza.
An unidentified man later named as Peter Lesh, 66, of no known address, was struck by a car in Beaver County on September 11. He died at Sewickley Valley Hospital. Identification was made by fingerprints according to the coroner.
A clipped weather note from 1962 muses on summer fading quietly and hints at autumn, Jack Frost, and changing foliage. It mentions brisk recent temperatures and forecasts from the U S Weather Bureau about October around the corner and the coming fireplace season.
Washington AP reports Soviet Premier Khrushchev may seek a meeting with President Kennedy on the Berlin crisis later this year. U S officials are cool to a meeting, fearing East West tensions. McNamara says the crisis is the worst since Korea, urges possible reserve mobilization if Congress allows standby muster. Rusk heads to New York for Gromyko talks as Khrushchev’s options loom over Berlin.
Bolivian President Victor Paz Estenssoro said the Soviet Union offered a six to seven million monetary loan with no political strings, on a state visit with Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt. He noted Moscow also proposed a power plant plan to aid mining development.
United States presses allies in UN and at home to curb Soviet Cuban arms flow. West Germany Britain Norway and NATO nations reportedly move to bar ships and merchants from aiding Cuba. House action looms as Senate backs determination to use all means to stop Communist aggression from Cuba.
The United States accuses the Soviet Union of threatening peace by arming Cuba. Gromyko and Stevenson debate at a press conference, with Stevenson warning of possible U S action if needed while Gromyko insists Soviet arms support endangers regional peace. The UN stance and frontier rhetoric frame a tense hemispheric standoff.
An Erie elderly man, Anthony Conti, 78, was struck by a car and dragged 246 feet to his death near a corey grocer store at 6 20 p m yesterday. The driver, Paul Miller, 40, was intoximeter tested and charged with drunken driving. Conti’s death is Erie’s 17th traffic fatality, with an autopsy performed at St. Vincent’s Hospital. The case may be charged as involuntary manslaughter after discussions among officials.
A Corry man, 24-year-old Thomas T. Fenton of RD 1, is cited for reckless driving after his car malfunctions on West Washington Street at 1:15 a.m. The left front tire blew, sending the vehicle across the road, into a utility pole, and into a field 24 feet from the impact. He was not injured, but the 150 model car was a total loss. Police reported the crash occurred as the car traveled at high speed before stopping.
Smith, the sole local attendee, was among 158 conferrees at the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Masonry gathering for the Northern Jurisdiction in Philadelphia. Carlton Bini of the city was noted in attendance with other Pennsylvania members including Dell, Wuurrecany A. Rene, Ere, and Mart Wothieean.
In a fatal Times Square area accident an out-of-control vehicle struck a sidewalk and plowed into Rosoff's restaurant on West 43rd Street New York City. Bodies lay beneath the bar as the crash injured three others.
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