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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1963
Page
3
Harrisburg police say patrolman Willard Crossland killed a man who lunged at off duty officer Howard P. Pigeon with a switchblade in a dark alley. The victim, identified as a Black male, died at Harrisburg Hospital. Authorities call the shooting justifiable pending full facts.
Three miners remain trapped after gas and collapsed passages blocked the shaft. Officials report attempts to reach them were stopped by deadly gas and rock debris. Emergency fans were set up as responders work to clear the slope mouth and reach the trapped men. Deputy Mines Secretary Gordon Smith aided the effort.
A 51 year old man died by his own action at his home and unknowingly killed his baby granddaughter when a bullet pierced his head and the ceiling striking the year old infant sleeping above.
Police on Chicago's South Side faced bricks stones and concrete chunks as demonstrators opposed mobile classrooms for integration. Four officers and one woman were hit. one officer in fair condition after a concrete blow. Task force chief Lynsky survived a brick strike uninjured. About 50 arrests occurred on Tuesday and nearly 50 more Monday as protests continued with leaders saying integration must end.
The Franklin Area School Board committee said the Bible would not be read in Franklin schools this year. Superintendent Dr. John Haubert and committee member A. Lee Barrett noted the Pennsylvania Bible reading law is unconstitutional. If no state recommendation arrives before school starts, Haubert favors replacing Bible readings with one minute of silence for meditation.
August 29 negotiations between rail carriers and the AFL-CIO Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen stall with no new meetings scheduled. The unions accuse railroads of failing to meet bargaining responsibilities. A Congress resolution to avert a strike seems unlikely to pass, a senator says.
Mrs Melissa DuValle 24 of Lakewood Ohio is to be arraigned today on a charge of abandoning her nine day old daughter Lisa Gabriella found last Friday night at St. Patrick's Church in Erie. Police said her parents planned to travel from Cleveland to assist. The mother told detectives she did not want the child and cited inability to support her alone. She described seeking a home where the baby would receive both parents' love but said she feared becoming too attached. Lisa Gabriella is in care at St Joseph's Home for Children in Erie. DuValle, who was born Protestant, previously gave birth in Cleveland and worked for an insurance firm. She rented a car to abandon the infant and selected a Catholic church for care. She was arrested in Cleveland and waived extradition.
Lancaster school officials say each district will set its own rules on student devotional activities like Bible readings and prayers after the state allows local decisions and districts will monitor guidance from the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction. The Culmbria district board also plans to respond to state directives as they arrive. SIGNS APROPRIATION BILL Harrisburg lawmakers approve a general appropriation bill allocating 507.7 million to fund most government operations for the current fiscal year.
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