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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1964
Page
2
A jumble of notices covers rummage sales at OOF Hall on April 1 and 17, local hospital contact numbers, discharged and admitted lists for Corry area residents, and an obituary for Brig. Gen. Thomas Dodson Stamus. Also included are line ad pitches for coal lighting and GLF Cooperative services and a hospital alert.
Thousands visited Glenwood Zoo and the Peninsula as warm weather drew crowds. Attendance reached about 9,000 at the zoo with 250 turned away after a 5 pm closing now extended to 7 pm and planned 9 pm opening on May 30. Civil Defense Police helped direct traffic. Presque Isle counts totaled 28,243, with 19,877 Sunday and 8,868 Saturday.
ANCHORAGH Alaska AP coastal communities facing floods from high spring tides after another quake after-shock. Sea waters rose into sunken areas from the March 27 earthquake. Officials warn April tides may reach new highs as residents protect buildings by jacking up structures or building dikes. No injuries reported though the big quake casualty list remains 114 dead or missing with damages estimated at $750 million.
Port Director Ned Collander blasted Buffalo officials for insisting the Coast Guard vessel Maple be wintered there while Lake Erie ports, including Erie, freeze differently. He noted Navy ships entered Erie without proper buoys, guided only by charts, forcing risky arrivals.
Pittsburgh Patrolman Robert Heard a 40 year old off duty officer faces manslaughter charges after a shooting at the Blue Bell Restaurant. Patrons including Charles Mushinsky 29 were involved in a disturbance and Mushinsky died from a chest wound. Heard said the gun fired accidentally as he attempted to quell the melee. Seven other patrons were charged with disorderly conduct.
The Community Services Committee of the Erie County AFL CIO Council announced a Polk State School tour for June 13. Committee chair Frank Grace said the event, arranged at members’ requests, aims to raise labor members’ awareness of community services. Transportation and a noonday lunch are provided. school staff guide the visit in their free time.
Mr Croscutt died last evening at Muswell Memorial Parke Hospital Buffalo aged 76. He owned a farm machinery store and fatty service station in Clymer for years and was a member of Clymer Methodist Church Oliver Lodge Freandee Masons and president of Clymer Water Company. He married Mawe Wallace in 1910 and is survived by a brother and 13 nieces and nephews. Visitation at Sp itz ey Funeral Home Clymer tomorrow and Wednesday with services Thursday at 1 pm officiated by Rev Reggie J Baker. Burial in Holland Cemetery.
Final rites and funeral details for Joseph Niedomys Sr Jennie Belknap and James M Crosscutt are listed. Services include masses, interments at St Elizabeths Cemetery Cutting Cemetery and Holland Cemetery with visitations scheduled at various times at local funeral homes. Rosary and multiple viewing periods are noted.
Private funeral services will be held for Charles F. Danver, longtime Pittsburgh Gazette correspondent known for the Pittsburghesque column. Danver, 65, died of a heart ailment Saturday at Oakland Veterans Hospital after nearly four decades of local writing.
Norman S Buck 72 longtime newspaper editor and former news editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer died yesterday in New Haven Conn Buck spent decades in journalism earning recognition for his editorial leadership and contribution to the Philadelphia paper his life and career were noted by colleagues and obituaries in local press.
Six Corry YMCA girls finished in the top ten at the Western Regional swimming championships held at the Pittsburgh YWCA. Linda Krupa won bronze in senior 100 yard breaststroke while Karol Kelsey placed seventh in cadet breaststroke Barb Crowell 10th in cadet butterfly Mary Summerville ninth in prep freestyle Becky Bulard ninth in prep butterfly and Marcia Stahl 10th in junior backstroke. Top ten finishers qualify for the state championships in Chambersburg next weekend amid 15 associations competing.
Funeral service for Robert A. Laurie was held at 11 a.m. today at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev. Walter W. Gilliland officiating. Burial followed at Pine Grove. Bearers were C. A. Duke Michael Lita Frank Litz and Ray Amy. Attendees included Isabelle Sullivan Rose Ann Sullivan Eric John Gregory Grand Valley Arthur Rog and Donald and Richard Laurie of Orchard Park New York.
Edgar Leo Prochnik, long time Austrian minister to the United States until 1938, died at his home yesterday. The 8th district envoy had served through years of diplomatic work and witnessed major historical changes.
Rev. Paul W. Hunter of Erie Pa argues in a letter that true progress requires returning to sound economics, reduced government borrowing, less waste and corruption, protections for workers, and a firmer foreign policy. He urges cutting bureaus, ending subsidies, and avoiding “vote getting” funding while opposing socialist encroachment and excessive foreign aid.
A sequence of tornadoes struck Leay-Jenworth Kansas injuring seven and damaging seven homes and business district windows. In Weston Missouri tobacco barns were flattened. In Yorktown Iowa a tornado killed Mrs Eichhorst and injured six others. A driver Christopher Lewis of Parsons Kansas suffered a knee injury as cars were hurled and twisted by the storms.
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