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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1963
Page
5
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A brief report notes Lency Vered delivering a strong hit for the youth team in a recent match, highlighting performance and expected impact on upcoming events.
A Randers Denmark visitor Miss Emma Christiansen visits Mead Avenue in Meadville with the Christensen family. Arthur Pitts Jr moves from LSU to University at Buffalo as English professor. his brother Richard remains in critical care in Buffalo. Local families host guests from Buffalo and Pittsburgh during reunions and conventions. A Spoon family reunion is planned at Hillside pavilion Mead Park. The 60th Adventist convention in Somerset Pa. features Rev Gordon Creighton and sons Lenny and Michael. Other locals welcome travelers and attend WWVA Jamboree in Wheeling WV. A Junior Miss contest scheduled for Canadohta Lake with 16 entrants. winner crowned Miss Junior Miss of Canadohta Lake. A family picnic by Pomona Grange set for Canadohta Lake Park.
The Wrightsville 4-H Agriculture Club met at Miss Linds Baker of Bear Lake. Members planned for the upcoming 4-H County Roundup and refreshments were served by Miss Baker after the meeting.
Oil City native Colonel Francis X. Gabreski was named inspector general for Pacific Air Forces at Hickam AFB Hawaii. He has served since July 1962 as executive to PACAF Commander in Chief General Emmett O Donnell Jr. and succeeds Colonel Leonard J. Barrow. A command pilot with 7000 hours, Gabreski drew combat credit in World War II and Korea, credited with destroying 40 enemy aircraft.
Seventh day Adventist Harold Friesen of the West Pennsylvania Conference warned at the conference’s annual meeting that some people turn to tranquilizers and alcohol to gain a false sense of peace and security. He said the remedy for life’s problems is God’s promises, not material comforts, during remarks in SUNLROEY.
Harrisburg AP reports Gov Scranton signed two measures revising the 1961 prevailing wage act and cracking down on fake charity fund-raising. The wage act sets area as the project locale, creates advisory and appeals boards, and applies to projects of 25,000 or more. The charities act requires registration with a state commission, detailing work, finances, and custodianship. exemptions apply to small religious, educational, and veterans groups. Edgewood Grove’s 10 day meeting ends Sunday.
Washington AP reports the Ways and Means Committee has accepted portions of President Kennedy's tax revision plan. They carved about $1 billion in revenue instead of the $3 billion sought, and likely will propose a tax cut near Kennedy's $10 billion target but with higher bottom and top rates. Key offsetting proposals, including limiting itemized deductions and restricting state tax deductions, faced resistance and limited adoption. Oil depletion changes were modest, with official estimates around $40 million for the sector and up to $200 million in broader tax effects.
A Lawrence County judge sent Gayle Braddits to 18 months to 3 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and battery for giving small doses of poison to her husband over three months. She said he was too dependent and they are now divorced. Braddus remains under treatment for poisoning effects. In Pittsburgh a tractor-trailer crash on Route 19 killed Russell Keller, 52, of Ashtabula, and injured his wife Emily and two daughters Jacqueline, 7, and Lina, 12, who were hospitalized.
The Senate approved more than 5.5 billion dollars for expanding the space program by 37 to 32, defeating a bipartisan effort to cut 307 million from the current year authorization. The final figure stands about 200 million below Kennedy's request and over 300 million above the House bill. Senator Lausche urged holding to 5.2 billion, while Space Committee Chair Anderson defended the larger authorization as necessary for moon goals.
Committee and Senator Stuart Symington argued lunar projects would boost U S thrust power to overtake Russia. The motion failed as 18 Republicans and 14 Democrats supported the slash, beaten by 28 Democrats and 9 Republicans.
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