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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1965
Page
3
Edward R. Murrow, famed wartime broadcaster and pioneering journalist, died Tuesday after an 18 month battle with lung cancer. President Johnson and others paid tribute saying he dedicated his life to truth and public service.
Harrisburg AP The Pennsylvania House approved a resolution urging a joint investigation into hospital cost spirals and the pricing of common items. Rep C L Schmitt cited aspirin rising from 1 cent to 50 cents and said costs rose 40 percent in five years and 100 percent in ten. Speaker Hamilton to name a five member committee to study the issue.
Tributes flowed from Carl Rowan Dean Rusk and CBS chief William Paley after Edward R. Murrow’s death. Walter Cronkite and other networks also paid homage as details of his CBS career and wartime reporting were recalled. Murrow left CBS in 1961 to head USIA and underwent medical issues culminating in his 1964 death.
In Doylestown Pennsylvania yesterday an auto and a truck collided killing the car driver 83 year old Theodore P Haller of Doylestown. Truck driver Joseph Mariani 26 of Norristown was uninjured.
Alfred Crawford Jr. of Bellevue Washington filed suit in Montgomery County Court to overturn his late mother’s will. The 80 year old, who died in March 1964, left most of her 750000 estate to establish a park in Norristown. Crawford alleges undue influence by her attorney who urged the charitable bequest.
The funeral service for John 1. Skiff was held yesterday afternoon in the H. Richard Hays Funeral Home in Spartansburg with Rev. Jerry McCauley of the Dobbs Corners Community Church officiating. Interment followed at Hast Branch Cemetery with bearers Orren Smith Keith Nichols Clarence Nichols Charles Obert Floyd Brown and Paul Scauten.
Democratic backed measure extends college loan eligibility to freshmen and upperclassmen with state funds and includes a 1.225 million dollar appropriation to the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance fund. The House approved amendments and sent related bills to the Senate, addressing vehicle inspections, golf cart registration limits, bus fee exemptions for municipal authorities, anti poverty program funding, and a 40 hour work week for state police and park guards with overtime.
Attorneys for the Erie distributing firm asked for an en banc hearing in Erie to review Judge Rossiter’s decision. The move would have a panel of three Erie County judges hear the appeal and lakeport’s legal team indicated they would proceed.
The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union plans to pursue its interest as friends of the court in the ongoing case. ACLU will join defense counsel in future court hearings as amicus curiae to aid the proceedings.
A hot tire on a parked tractor trailer burst into flames off Route 62. Driver Steve Blazczak of Curtisville Pa. pulled off the road when the tire went flat and then went to Warren for help. While away, the tire burned, with Pleasant Township Fire Department answering calls. Damage to the trailer was estimated at 300.
The USW union and management outline noninflationary wage increases totaling 17.6 cents an hour with a 3 cent driver pay raise. Negotiators still far from full agreement and plan intensive bargaining resumes in mid May with continuous sessions. If unsettled by August 1, either side may issue a 30 day termination notice.
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