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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1963
Page
4
The Corry Journal notes that distance to the county courthouse sidelines Corry residents from registering to vote. County Commissioners Fred Lamberton and Carl Progter pledged action to enable home-community registration by deploying a roaming registrar to Corry and nearby towns, pending final details.
A Philadelphia Inquirer survey by Saul Kohler examines the push for compulsory auto insurance amid uninsured and crash-prone drivers. Critics warn premiums rise and dockets clog while supporters cite protection for careful motorists and deterrence of reckless, uninsured ≥ drivers. States differ with New York and North Carolina showing strong reform moves and repeal efforts. Pennsylvania faces stalemate with possible alternative protections needed.
The Muncie Indiana Luminary reports on a social circle where women gather to needle others, describing a talkative scene labeled as a sawing circle and highlighting local gossip and community dynamics.
The text recalls Peck and Bancroft as top awardees at a New York Oscars night with Joan Crawford winning best actress early, and mentions technical honors. It references The Miracle Worker and Lawrence of Arabia among favorites, noting awards for Best Actor and Best Director and other technical categories.
Local fragment from the Corry Evening Journal shows a battered masthead with publisher and editor names and partial department titles. The damaged OCR hints at production and advertising staff, location Corry Pennsylvania, and Associated Press note but lacks readable events or dates.
The piece reflects on forebodings of the coming Civil War as Bruce Catton notes in Uncivil War. It recalls that before Fort Sumter, events outran leaders, slavery as a central issue, and economic interests pulled at the nation, making reversal seem impossible.
Credit lines widen across manufacturing and wholesale sectors as accounts receivable grow. Banks extend loans and factoring rises, with total credit surpassing $100 billion and past due rates near historic highs, signaling shifting risk and demand for longer payment terms.
The text notes an unannounced 1964 campaign push for nomination to Washington prompting former Gov. Knight to close a Rockefeller for President HQ in California. It mentions Goldwater avoiding statements on his stance regarding next year's primaries and Rockefeller as a possible entrant.
The piece portrays Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey as a pragmatic Republican. It argues he resists strict liberal or conservative labels, favors practical outcomes, and warns pragmatism can harm national principles. It cites Case’s support for federal subsidies to junior colleges and notes risks of centralizing higher education from Washington.
Imperial To kyo headquarters claimed Japanese naval and air forces sank or damaged 15 Allied ships and transports and shot down seven planes in an attack north of Guadalcanal. Separate reports said American armor pressed Rommel along a 250 mile Tunisian front as Allied offensives intensified. A U S Maritime Commission official presented the M pennant to Trill Indicator Co at East South Street plant amid war program praise. In local basketball action Raymond Quintet upset in Titusville semifinal chaos with a late overtime loss to Keystone Ordance 29-37.
Relatives in this city received word that B N Whitmore died Saturday in Tampa Florida. Cas sius L Alexander with Charles P Keating and Mark J Fullom as partners enters undertaki ng in Corry, purchasing the Alexander Undertaking Co from D J Alexander. Ruth Barringer of this city and William Mitchell of Cambridge Springs were married Saturday by Rev F W Troy. Hugh M DeLury son of Mr and Mrs Dan DeLury continues his hotel career as general manager of the Melbourne Hotel in St Louis. Charles Drake of C R Rogers Co at the new North Center street theater project was injured when hit on the head by a brick from an upper scaffold.
In Pennsylvania, Section 601 of the Vehicle Code forbids operating a motor vehicle without a license. The statute has no explicit extenuating circumstances provision, but officers may consider equities in extreme emergencies where the unlicensed driver poses no danger to others.
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