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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1963
Page
1
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United States Britain and the Soviet Union pursue new East West settlements after the partial nuclear test ban signing. Secretary Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Home meet Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and lunch with Khrushchev at Lenin Hills to discuss mutual interests and a possible NATO Warsaw non aggression pact.
Representatives from the Retail Division of the Chamber of Commerce asked City Council for permission to block sections of North Center Street for Sidewalk Bazaar Daze on August 1 6 and 17. The request notes blocks from the railroad crossing to Washington and from Washington to Clinton, with traffic rerouting plans and a need for state highway approval due to the street being a state highway. Eight civic groups will run booths. removal would occur nightly. A companion request sought state highway approval for additional closures to accommodate Shriners parade routes.
The old high school lot in Reus Ward remains a weed garden as city officials wrestle with legal entanglements over buying back the property sold to Associated Contractors of Conneaut Lake. City solicitor Roger Brown warned a judgment may be needed to enforce the option, leaving council stunned.
Corry YMCA youth group schedules a Saturday car wash from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the parking area to raise money for a YMCA bus fund. The $1 per car event, led by Sterling Wees, seeks stamp and book donations to boost the drive as vacations and activities slowed citywide efforts. collection will resume after school starts.
Beverly Hills AP reports Mercedes Douglas plans to marry Robert B Bichel at a friend's home in Los Angeles at 6 PM. She is 46 and recently divorced Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas who wed a 23 year old government employee in Buffalo yesterday.
Washington AP report describes joint meetings between railroad representatives and engine and train crews to settle a long running dispute over work rules. Labor Secretary Wirtz presided, with progress expected within 24 to 48 hours as negotiations continue amid Senate Commerce Committee oversight and possible ICC involvement.
West Germany agreed to purchase $1.3 billion in U S equipment and services over two years, extending through fiscal 1966. The Bonn accord, reached with Secretary McNamara and German Defense Minister Kal-Uwe von Hassel, maintains an annual U S purchase level around $650 million. The deal supports U S efforts to attract foreign money and offset overseas defense spending.
In a charged Mississippi gubernatorial race, talk of Negroes invading polls dominates coverage as Attorney General Joe Patterson warns such acts would be illegal. The contest features four candidates including former Gov J. P. Coleman and Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson, with a runoff likely on August 27 and the general election set for November 5.
South Vietnamese Buddhist leaders alleged a staged coup to discredit Buddhists and opposition figures. The high priest Rev Thich Tinh Khiet urged President Diem in a letter, warning of destruction at Xa Lai pagoda and possible killings if the plan proceeded. Rumors linked Ngo Dinh Nhu to a potential power shift ahead of Henry Cabot Lodge’s arrival.
A circulatory report claims Haitian exile forces captured Cap Haitien as Duvalier's regime braces for an armed incursion on Haiti's north coast. Dominican frontline forces and police tightened control. some exiles sought asylum in the Dominican Republic while reports of additional landings surfaced.
City Council heard a report by poundmaster Russell Mallory on the dog pound operation. Since opening, income totaled 55 with July at 35 and only 3.50 paid out, leaving a net income of 0.15. Revenue came from fines boarding and requests by dog owners, with Mallory not drawing a salary.
Washington Post reports only 55 senators would back ending a Southern filibuster against President Kennedy's civil rights bill, 12 short of two thirds. Staff writer Robert Albright notes substantial modification of the public accommodation section may be needed to gain more support.
City council faces a snag in plans for a single sanitary landfill after the Erie County Health Department urged combining junk waste with garbage and forbidding burning. Officials weigh methods to dispose of bulky items like davenport refrigerators and auto skeletons while pursuing land reclamation for industrial sites.
James Shields, 24, pled guilty in Chautauqua County Court to two counts of petit larceny for forged checks. Charges were reduced from second degree forgery. He received two suspended six month sentences to be served concurrently after returning to Pennsylvania to finish a prior sentence in the Western Penitentiary, Pittsburgh. An FBI and city police probe led to arrests of three men in a $2,000 robbery at Worth Pittsburgh Federal Savings & Loan Association on the North Side. Clifford J. Hermankevich, 28. Thomas J. Bailey, 22. Frank McDonough, 23, all of Pittsburgh, charged.
Johnson receives formal confirmation from Gov. Scranton for interim Erie County Orphans Court judgeship. The post lasts until January, with a November election deciding the permanent appointee between Republican Johnson and Democrat James Dwyer. Scarpitti poised for interim district attorney role, facing Camey in November.
The Organization of American States convened an emergency council session to address the exile invasion of Haiti. Haiti ambassador Penn D. Bagidy requested the meeting as reports say about 800 exile soldiers landed on Haiti's north coast, with the council empowered to act in defense of hemispheric peace.
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