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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1963
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes suggest a local item about a road or plot near a wooded area with a large tree or marker. Names and full details are unreadable, but the snippet hints at a land or property note in yesterday's issue.
A Navy court of inquiry resumes work to determine why the nuclear submarine Thresher with 129 men aboard vanished during a test dive about 220 miles east of Boston. The wreck lies about 8,000 feet deep, with only debris and partial messages recovered as investigators seek a likely cause.
The 12th Quaum science teachers workshop opens Thursday at Behrend Campus in Erie with about 100 teachers from five counties. Lectures include Training Scientists for the Pharmaceutical Industry and Science Education Facilities in Germany. Louis W. Balmer directs the event.
A U S Latin position report says the United States holds a more favorable stance in Latin America than in years, but warns governments must win popular trust through responsive policies or risk mass susceptibility to Communist subversion and promises. The mission headed by Rep. Armistead Selden Jr. D-Ann toured five Latin American nations late last year.
Birmingham observers report 32 more demonstrators jailed as racial bias protests in the city continue. Police halted nearly 1,000 marchers toward the city jail where leaders including Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. are held. A state court injunction bans all demonstrations, yet leaders vow to persist.
Thomas L. Kuss 17, Jack Foster 21, and Ob we Bus 11 faced charges after wardens halted a dynamiting plot along Brokenstraw Creek. They were fined $100 each for dynamiting and $25 for fishing without a license plus $18 costs. Depositions named Henry Jaquith and Fred Brown as assisting wardens, with custody by Warren County and Perry Mead.
City Council plans to discuss federal aid for a northside sewer project worth 100000 dollars with hopes of half funded by the government. The session will also review state requests on traffic signals at East Columbus Avenue and Shady Avenue while David Johnson begins as the new city engineer under Streets Director Dorr Clark.
In Erie County the average resident spends about 99 dollars per year on health services, rising 5.3 percent of disposable income as hospital, physician, and insurance costs climb. Government figures show steep annual increases, with health insurance costs up 15.7 percent and private outlays up across categories. The article notes medical expenses exclude government and charity spending and references a continued discussion on Page Eight.
Sg t York ailing World War I hero from Pall Mall Tennis listed in critical condition with pneumonia and blood circulatory issues. He was transported to Johns Hopkins Hospital where his wife and seven children were summoned as his doctors reported fluctuating but improving awareness. York's Medal of Honor status and wartime exploits are noted as his long rural life on Cumberland Plateau and retirement since military service are recalled.
Harrisburg report on Governor Serwano's tax plan facing House opposition. Key supporters Taylor and Willard express cautious backing for a 4 percent sales tax, excluding clothing, with 108 votes needed and 109 available. Scranton requests include a two page continuation.
Bankrupt promoter Billie Sol Estes was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after a El Paso jury found him guilty on 14 counts related to fertilizer tank mortgages and related frauds. Judge Thomerson overruled a new trial motion, calling Estes the most gigantic swindler in history.
President Kennedy shows skepticism toward announced steel price increases as Lukens and Wheeling announce higher prices. White House and Treasury study potential impact on overall price stability and output. Lukens cites lower earnings as reason for its rise.
President Kennedy considers trimming his tax cut proposal to win support from Congress and business leaders led by Henry Ford. The Ford group seeks large rate cuts and revenue-law changes can wait, while Republicans press a budget-cut drive targeting a $45 billion spending increase. If programs are reduced, passage of tax reform and youth employment measures could improve.
Noel Volz, 32, broke into City Hall and opened hoses on all four floors, flooding elevator shafts and basement with several inches of water. He smashed windows, toppled displays, and threw debris into a fountain. He told reporters the act was a long overdue flushing out. Charged with burglary suspicions, resisting arrest, assaulting an officer, and malicious mischief.
Nurustown Virginia AP report states Fred Stamiets a 23 year old unemployed laborer from Graterford faces a hearing and psychiatric examination after being charged with assault with intent to kill in hammer beatings of two women. He confessed to attacks in November and January and told his wife to relieve his conscience. He also faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon aggravated assault battery rape assault with intent to commit rape and indecent assault following his arrest Friday when he tried to abduct two women in Norristown.
Seven Africans were killed and 11 seriously injured in weekend tribal fighting near Port Shepstone, about 80 miles southwest of Durban. Local authorities reported clashes between groups, with casualties and property damage confirmed by police. The violence underscores ongoing ethnic tensions in the region.
A Teeland four engine jet airliner carrying 12 people crashed and burned as it approached Oslo airport from Copenhagen via Bergen. All aboard were killed. The aircraft went into a wooded area on Sesorya Island shortly before landing.
A 17 year-old Georgia boy, Roger Foster of Griffin, confessed to stabbing a charter boat captain and his son, then tossing them overboard near the Marquesas Keys. He pleaded guilty to first degree murder and spent Easter in a jail cell without seeing his parents. A preliminary hearing will follow once an attorney is obtained.
The Legislative Action Committee of the Chamber of Commerce will host the final discussion of a course on Practical Politics. The meeting will include a phone hookup with officials in the Raymond division plant and appearances by Rep. James Weaver and Joseph Clark, with party leaders Neil Cougtin and Peter Seldaf present. The session starts at 7:45 p.m. and invites all previous participants.
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