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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1964
Page
4
An Our Opinion feature presents 1961 traffic death and injury data, noting 42,700 deaths and 3.46 million injuries nationwide. It highlights pedestrian casualties, speeding impacts, driver violations, and the share of fatalities among drivers under 25 or over, urging caution on public roads. The piece ends by urging readers to consider that any driver could be one of the figures.
In New York AP report, Harry E. Fuller cites rising instalment credit from 14.7 billion in 1950 to 53.7 billion in 1963 and bankruptcies from 33,392 to 155,000, while Budget Service and counseling programs aid over 5,000 debtors. many seek help but others refuse or cannot be helped.
A compact notice from Corry Journal edition notes staff and office details, mentioning city editor Allan and advertising manager Bergman. It lists addresses in New York and references the Journal’s publisher and production staff in a brief, era-tinged masthead summary.
Luther Cavender of the Whittaker Sheridan Center road pleaded guilty to a reduced felony charge of malicious mischief after setting fire to his residence. He received a suspended one year sentence and three years probation. The judge noted the blaze followed a domestic rift, later patched up.
The House Judiciary Committee began hearings on the bill dubbed The Law to Put God Back In The Public Schools as a clash over staff reports and dissenting views erupted behind closed doors. Rep Cahill pressed for reprints while Feighan denounced the staff study as biased. Chairman Celler urged calm and explained staff studies are for information. The session also touched on immigration bills and White House garden notes with social commentary on LBJ.
The author recalls training at Camp New York with the 112th Field Artillery A Battery of the New Jersey National Guard. He describes horse grooming and care, daily firing range work, and a comic incident when his horse jammed at a forked tree. He sustains injuries from a wall collision and notes the lieutenant's sarcasm during the mishap.
Joseph M. Barr announced plans to run again for Pittsburgh mayor next year. The Democratic leader won a short term in 1959 and succeeded David L. Lawrence, who began a full four-year term in 1961.
Jim Bishop recalls early jobs with horses. He describes An gelo the ice wagon horse and Apples the milk horse, noting their stubborn minds and cleverness. The piece blends humor with a portrait of horse work and one young man’s halted ambitions.
Paul F. Jones, 55, of Parker, Armstrong County, collapsed while driving in Karns City area and veered off road striking a water well and two gas pumps on a coal company property in Butler County. Police say heart attack suspected.
April 22 1944 dispatches describe Western Allied bombing from England and German front lines near Russia with Mosquito raids on Cologne and mines in western invasion waters. Moscow reports Red Army halting Nazi armor in the Carpathians east of Stanislawow amid growing violence.
A Tusville man Paul T. Brown was charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of Erie resident Otis Torry who fell from a car in Erie Monday night. Brown will be arraigned before Alderman Samuel A. Rossiter today at Hamot Hospital where Torry had died yesterday morning.
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