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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1963
Page
1
A chaotic OCR snippet mentions living room furniture and household items including a coffee maker a stove and a vacuum. It references a telephone number and an address fragment likely in California Ventura with a 09-7947 code and notes about chairs and two boys.
Western Pennsylvania Asphalt Co. of Franklin won bids for paving five city streets including Avenue A Essex West Irving Lemon and Wright. The contract covers resurfacing West Smith Street and White Street pending sewer work. Additional resurfacing includes East Smith Street North Center to Wright Spring Street West Main to South East Street East Main to East Pleasant. State approves liquid fuels tax funds for a storm sewer on Corry’s White Street.
Martial law was imposed in Hue and Nha Trang after another Buddhist self immolation in Hue. U.S. personnel were confined to barracks at dusk to dawn in both cities, with Hue residents ordered indoors except civil servants. An 800 year old monk burned himself to death at Hue’s largest pagoda amid the Buddhist campaign.
Ray Cordhran, longtime managing editor of the Joplin Globe and News Herald, died yesterday at age 78 after more than five decades at the paper.
Columbus Dam rebuilding may hinge on a Fish Commission meeting in Bellefonte next Monday. Wallace Dean has said the Columbus Dam is on the agenda as the General Assembly allocated 400000 for the project, though the commission previously resisted. Local residents will watch the session for signs of progress and oversight.
Minneapolis musician Meade Lux Lewis, after four decades of jazz piano, begins classical piano study. The 58 year old says he has taken about 25 lessons from a Los Angeles teacher, praising her patience. He has long loved the classical repertoire.
James Meredith rested with his family in Jackson amid reports he would become the first Black student to graduate from the University of Mississippi. The State College Board favored a nonaction report after Gov. Ross Barnett’s attempts to delay his graduation. Barnett suggested the matter was closed, while he pushed for an inquiry into Meredith remarks following Medgar Evers’s murder.
Mississippi University at Oxford ends a harsh year with graduation and a flood of faculty departures. AP survey shows 54 of 1962 63 catalog listed faculty will not return next fall, far above the usual 10 percent turnover. Chancellor J D Williams cites recurring political interference as a key factor.
Justice Golghern denied a stay of extradition for former Venezuelan ruler Perez Jimenez. He ordered the likely transfer to Venezuela to face embezzlement charges, noting assurances from Caracas. Jimenez has been jailed in Miami since December 12.
Captain Hugh Lavallee, 29, of Massachusetts Air National Guard, parachuted 20,000 feet into the ocean and was rescued by Russian fishermen. A Soviet fishing vessel, alerted by radio signals, recovered him and then handed him to a US Coast Guard helicopter which evacuated him to Otis Air Force Base. Lavallee, a Springfield resident and University of New Hampshire graduate, works as an insurance account executive and is married with two children.
Washington AP reports tighter rules on dividend taxation in a proposed tax reduction bill. It asks Congress for faster estimates and a net tax cut near $1 billion, with most income taxpayers seeing small percentage reductions. House and Senate leaders express doubts as the Ways and Means Committee drafts language for a likely House test early next month.
Five suspects including two sisters faced a magistrate near London in connection with Britain’s Glasgow mail train raid. William Boal denied involvement as police widened the hunt across London and Surrey for the 7.2 million dollar haul.
A Union City Area Regional Planning Commission delegation led by Dr. George Ledger urged county commissioners to grant 6600 for a master plan study. Total cost 11600, with 2000 from Union Township and 3000 from Union City already pledged. The plan aims to unlock progress hindered by missing zoning rules, with federal aid expected in about two years.
Representative H R Gross of Town weighs holiday decorations if Congress stays in session at Christmas. Democratic leader Carl Albert of Oklahoma says he would help designate the person to arrange decorations if the session continues through the Yuletide.
Corry's airport could receive half of a 45000 grant announced by the Federal Aviation Agency in Washington. The federal total for Pennsylvania projects is 1886480, with Erie County receiving another 959450 for Erie municipal airport electrical wiring and maintenance. Local officials await state action, fearing the Corry funds may vanish without state participation and city support.
J R Mumert of Chambersburg and Frank N Kovevar Jr of Harrisburg won the level land and contour plowing awards at the 1963 Pennsylvania plowing contest in Bernville. They will represent Pennsylvania at the national plowing contest in Van Dalla Til in September.
Officials and contractors gather for a Corry Area School Authority event. In the image Merle VanCise Columbus president honors the moment, with Meerdinkart Thomas R Shupe and others including Worth Hammond township supervisor and an architect representative identified.
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