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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1964
Page
3
Police investigated an anonymous call to Erie Morning News claiming a bomb at Port Erie Airport yesterday. A two hour sweep closed airport facilities including the tower rest rooms restaurant and baggage lockers as Mohawk flight 403 to Detroit was kept on the ground for security.
Sydney, Australia, faced a halt in mail service as postal workers strike, leaving more than 13 million letters and parcels in 1,000 bags at the Sydney General Post Office with no mail moving out or being distributed for days.
Wallace presses Wisconsin bid as part of a four state delegate sweep for the GOP and Democratic contest. Johnson praises Reynolds and Kennedy echoes support while Republicans urge turnout guidelines. Wisconsin delegates total 46 GOP and 80 Dem votes for national nominating conventions.
Globally tributes pour in for Douglas MacArthur as he dies after long illness. Harry S. Truman reflects on past controversies over the Korean War and his dismissal of MacArthur in 1951. The article chronicles MacArthur’s rise from West Point to command in World War I, the Pacific, and the Philippines, praising his valor and leadership.
Fire officials probed a blaze at Hehman's Florists in Pittsburgh's Knoxville area causing about $15,000 damage. One firefighter was overcome by smoke and another sustained hand burns. both were treated and released.
Five children aged 9 years to 9 months died in a house fire that leveled a home in Fishing Creek Township nine miles east of TeKWICK. The father Wright Ansbach, mother Betty Ann, and grandmother Ethel Van Horn survived in hospital. Fire officials suspect the blaze started in the back of the house likely near a kitchen stove. the home was reported fully engulfed with only ashes remaining.
Fulbright expands on his March 25 Senate speech criticizing a fixation on communism abroad and disloyalty at home. He argues that Johnson's war on poverty and education welfare programs are vital to long term security, more so than national defense or a moon voyage.
The article surveys Douglas MacArthur’s wartime role from turning point battles in the Pacific to postwar governance in Japan. It notes his rise as supreme commander, his controversial presence as a local authority, and his paradoxical stance as a lifelong hater of war despite pushing major offensives. It also mentions a Japanese remark calling him a living god and his quip about serving God.
Otto Minekhime aged about 18 or 19 died last night about 7 after falling from a moving motorcycle driven by a Randolph man about a quarter mile east of here. Coroner Emmett Beckman said she suffered a neck fracture at the scene and no autopsy was performed. State police said the rider, David Fritton, 24, Randolph, reported no apparent reason for the fall and police said no charges would be filed.
Hyonunved team vice Umer Khrushchev accuses the Red Chinese of inciting Soviet people. He spoke to about 80,000 in Mis kolc, saying the accusations against him are voluntary and bring pride and honor.
Erie Cathedral Prep secured its second straight debate championship at the Pennsylvania High School Bay League tourney hosted by Penn State. 176 students from 45 schools competed over two days. Hempfield finished second. Winners also included Anea Bower and Terry Klebes in various speaking events with Cedar Cliff taking the radio championship.
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