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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1962
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text indicates a court scene with references to an arrest, a fine, and officials in an urban area. Names and places are unreadable, making exact entities and outcomes uncertain.
A fragmentary OCR item mentions soldiers injured in a northern region. Details are unclear, with names, places, and dates unreadable. The readable bits suggest a military or security incident with injuries and possible regional involvement.
An unknown man forced entry on Enterprise road and assaulted Anna M. Duncan, a 89 year old woman, while she prepared breakfast. He demanded money, battered her, and ransacked the home before fleeing. Police and witnesses described the suspect as about 30, 5 feet 7 inches, stocky, dark brown hair, wearing a dark suit. The incident prompted police to investigate after delays at the scene.
The Thormsberry family waited all day for word on Gordon, an Army private, after a plane crash. Relatives recalled James B. Garrett Jr., flight engineer, died in the incident while his father noted the worker had recently joined Eastern Air Lines during a strike period. The elder Thormsberry credited something beyond human effort with Gordon's survival.
A Corry building razed by Citizens National Bank to make way for drive in banking facilities once housed Rufus S Johnson dry goods and Cow Chamber of Commerce on the second floor. C B Porter royal alderman also had an office there and YMCA meetings preceded Woodmen of the World gatherings. The second floor later hosted the Pennsylvania State Employment Service with Doane Hardware and Cherry Hardware on the first floor.
Sally Ared High School hosted a Northwestern region Future Teachers of America meeting. Regional president Nancy Avery spoke. Ida Cardemone of Franklin attended for the student Pennsylvania PTA and FTA. Ruth Bennett and Richard Ander were also present. The half day session opened at 1 p.m. and focused on discussion groups and planning for next year.
Friday visitors from Toledo and Fredonia called on Mr. and Mrs. John Smith in Spartansburg. The Lucy A Mortis Memorial Scholarship Fund plans a musicale this Saturday at 8 15 p m in the Sparta Merged School gym. Albert Hahn attended a Harrisburg dinner where President Kennedy spoke. They are opening the Neverfiber election campaign on the state committee. Mrs Frank La visited her brother Orral Smith at East Branch. he has been ill. Frank Lay marked his eightieth birthday with a dinner at the Emmitt Young home in East Branch, guests including Darrel Lay, Mrs Fink Lay and Billy, and George Kurelowech family from Corry. Emery Albers spent weekend in Cleveland visiting his mother-in-law Isabel Rose who is improving. Buy in Corry.
The guide explains a fictional rescue capsule rescue procedure with a heat shield deployment, protective cocoon foam, and parachute deployment at 30,000 feet. It covers firing a ret rorocket, using heat roll to dissipate heat, and sending beacons and flares to alert rescuers after landing.
Congressman William W. Scranton charged Democratic policies produced a city terror in Philadelphia during a GOP rally. He linked sex crimes to police decline under Mayor Richardson Dilworth and accused Gov. Lawrence of cutting corrections funding, noting Pennsylvania's 20 percent reduction as the largest in the nation.
Washington observers warn the Berlin standoff could flare into a crisis before year’s end. James Marlow notes Khrushchev’s push for East German legitimacy and West Berlin access control while McNamara warns the next months may require dangerous military options.
Washington reports the last of three American military advisers will be withdrawn from Laos by October 6 regardless of whether Communist North Vietnamese forces have departed. The move follows the Geneva agreement's timetable for foreign troop withdrawals.
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