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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1964
Page
1
An assortment of rental and sale ads, with mentions of furnaces, basements, and multiple properties. Listings reference addresses, prices, rooms, and features like basements, garages, and large lots. Several entries indicate auctions and inquiries to brokers, including contacts and agency numbers.
Frederick C. Murphy twenty fled from Fort Meade desertion charges after sawing from Corry jail. He returned at midnight, surrendered to police, and waited in a cell for Fort Meade authorities. Murphy had es caped from a work detail, fled a stockade, and was recaptured after an arrest in Corry. The case transfers to Erie County court for action.
Hartisburg reports the State Scholarship Examination results from November 7, 1963. 10,851 seniors statewide competed with two Corry Area High School students in the top 500. Top 100 win $1,000 scholarships. If others cannot accept, next highest scorer gets the award.
Corry man is recovering at his home today from injuries after tearing down a chicken coop yesterday afternoon. Charles M. Hughes was treated and released at Corry Memorial Hospital for a cut on the left cheek a bruise on the right shoulder and probable fractured ribs. Mrs Hughes said the wall fell on him while he was pulling it down with a tractor and chain.
AP reports Charlie Cooper, a 28 week clerk, won $650,000 in a soccer pool and sent a 400 to the Bethnal Green Town Council. He told Wilmot Street residents not to worry about rent as town hall proceedings begin with neighbors awaiting word on the payment.
The Warren County Electric Co-operative cut rates for certain user classes across Warren Forest Erie and Venango counties. The average reduction is about four mills per kilowatt hour over 1500 kWh and takes effect immediately. The ice storm last month caused about $10,000 in damage to the co-op’s lines, and offices are in Youngsville.
In Chuong Thien Province near Saigon, an American H21 helicopter crewman was killed by ground fire while transporting South Vietnamese troops. Seven other U S Army members were wounded, and Vietnamese forces counted about 100 casualties. Viet Cong bodies numbered 30, with more carried away. Another clash 60 miles north of Chuong Thien, in Kien Phong Province, left 17 government troops wounded and many Viet Cong casualties. A Marine aboard an H34 helicopter was wounded in action about 500 miles north.
Columbus Congregational Community Church moves toward a major expansion after near capacity crowd viewed rough drawings. Leaders Leslie Dodd and Leonard Edwards said additions include a new entrance eight Sunday School rooms and a larger sanctuary with basement under the added structure. Construction hoped to begin this summer once final drawings and costs are presented.
A five month old baby in Spring Creek is in satisfactory condition at Corry Memorial Hospital after being brushed by her father's car in the family driveway yesterday afternoon. The driver, Craig Hyer, believed all had entered the house, backed up about a car length, and found daughter Susan on the ground. Susan has scratches and brush burns. no internal injuries expected. State Police noted soft driveway ground may have caused the minor injuries and suggested the fender touched the child.
Dazed survivors sift through rubble as tornadoes ripped eastern Kansas western Missouri and southwestern Iowa. Six people died and at least 50 were injured as two storm lines swept across the region. The dead included Mrs. Jack L. Wilson 24 of Independence Kan Warren Kenyon Sr. 43 of Neosho Mo and his wife Ella near Garnett Kan Charles Hedger 13 near Pleasant Grove Iowa Victor Kerns 50 northwest of Leeton Mo and Flora Hichhorst 90 of Yorktown Town. A tornado carried away a line of traffic on U S 59 south of Garnett killing two and injuring others. The storm was described as lifting vehicles from the highway. Continued on Page Two.
A tornado swept through the southern plains yesterday afternoon damaging Conrad Curtis’s home four miles west of Lawrence Kansas. No injuries there but 12 people were killed across the region and many more hurt. Hundreds of homes were wrecked or damaged across six states.
AP dispatch reports 34 delegates selected over the weekend with at least 73 more to be picked this week. Arizona senator Barry Goldwater leads with 108 first ballot votes from eight states while Margaret Chase Smith tests support in Illinois in Tuesday’s presidential preference primary. Forty-eight district delegates vote Tuesday and 10 at large are to be chosen next month in Illinois. Of 7%4 candidates, 4 favor Goldwater, 3 favor Nixon, and 1 supports Rockefeller. others are uncommitted or silent. States Arizona Kansas Louisiana close delegate selections this weekend, with Goldwater expected to win Arizona’s 16 votes and already holding 16 Louisiana district delegates plus four at-large to be named.
Four area residents were hurt when a tow car and a second vehicle collided on a mural road seven miles south of Union City at about 5 PM. Norman Penoyer suffered arm and spine injuries. Sheryn Penoyer was treated and released. Mrs. Norman Penoyer had a fractured left foot and right ankle. David Szuba sustained head and knee bruises. Total damage estimated at 350 to the Penoyer car and 300 to the Szuba auto.
Jackson Mississippi former cab driver Lee Swilley testified that Byron De La Beckwith was in Jackson four days before Medgar Evers was shot. Swilley and fellow taxi driver Herbert Speight saw Beckwith near a bus station and he told police after Evers murder. Defense sought to undermine the witness, amid a rapid trial with a hung jury from the first case.
Maj Virgil I Grissom and Lt Cmdr John W Young were chosen to pilot the first two man Gemini flight a three orbit mission late this year. Backups will be Cmdr Walter M Schirra Jr and Capt Thomas P Stafford. The program aims to bridge Mercury and Apollo lunar missions.
AP Movie Writer James Bacon reports Tom Jones is expected to dominate Oscar nominations with strong bets on best picture and best director for Tony Richardson. Albert Finney leads best actor chatter against Sidney Poitier and Rex Harrison while Mare, Burton, and Newman contend for supporting roles.
In Norfolk thousands queued and braved light rain to view General Douglas MacArthur's sunken crypt at the MacArthur Memorial Museum. The facility stayed open late to accommodate more than 61,000 people who paid respects after his burial there following a week of tributes.
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