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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1963
Page
2
A memo notes backlogs in audits across school districts, with Minehart warning some locals lack diligence. Backlog delays mean audits run 15 to 18 months late, affecting reimbursements based on prior year spending. Subsidies cover teaching units, transportation, merger costs, and closed rural schools remain funded despite consolidation.
The state wide audit program, started under Charles C. Smith and continued under Minehart, reviews about half a billion dollars in annual subsidies with a staff of 198. Violations were largely technical such as unbonded banks and unsigned checks. non technical issues included directors paid for materials or services. Follow ups explain deviations and urge compliance.
United Airlines operations in the United States returned to near normal after a federal court restraining order and union directive halted a threatened shutdown. Mechanics and other striking workers resumed duties at Idlewild Airport New York and at most major terminals with about 900 still out in Cleveland. Some union members had walked off earlier in protest of United hiring a private fueling firm, prompting the emergency court hearing in Chicago where the restraining order was granted.
DUNKIRK The city faces two suits totaling 230000. One 60000 claim alleges false arrest of Mrs Andrew Fekete after a midnight curfew arrest at Point Gratiot Park. charges dismissed as curfew hadn t taken effect. A 110000 claim by Louis Griffin seeks damages for injuries to his daughter Margaret Ann 14 from a 20 foot fall at the Dunkirk Lighthouse near Point Gratiot on July 2.
A Pennsylvania inquiry targets the Wolfe family and Nathan for allegedly receiving 3750 from New York and New Jersey and 784.50 from New York. Police describe a scheme with phony firms to claim employment across states while all three claim garment industry work. Attorney Michael Marolla accompanied the Wolfes who vowed to surrender. Photographers were met with refusal as the case links to a broader national syndicate suspected by Jack Brown after Gov. Scranton ordered a wide compensation claim check two months prior.
Nine of 66 Idlewild flights and five from Seattle Tacoma were canceled amid a union walkout. United reported near normal service, with IAM members totaling about 13,000 of 33,000 employees. The IA in Washington ordered members to return to work, though some were slow, amid confusion over a strike tied to a tentative contract deal earlier in the month.
A reader critiques the push to remove prayer and Bible reading from public schools, arguing it overreacts and that morality comes from families and personal conduct, not state religion. The letter cites the Constitution, notes varied founders' beliefs, and questions whether Christian influence is essential for morality or if prayer belongs in homes and churches.
A letter to the editor contrasts true belief with public displays of religion. It cites Christ on alms and critiques a culture that equates religion with noise and morality with shouting. A parent thanks the community group Over-Comers for support and asks blessings.
Miss Kegley, crowned Miss Pennsylvania, prepares for national competition in ten days. Her mother Mrs Loar recounts her daughter nearly ready, needing gown, wardrobe fittings, makeup and talent rehearsal. Miss Lear retains trophies, ships scholarships uncertain as Elk Lick High School graduate plans Grove City College studies delayed by pageant duties.
A Connecticut firm, Combustion Engineering of Windsor, won the contract to build two massive steam generators for the Keystone Generating Station near Indiana Pa. The project involves Jersey Central Power and Light, Philadelphia Electric, and Pennsylvania Power and Light. The 1,900,000 kilowatt plant will send power via two 500,000 volt circuits to Philadelphia and to Northern New Jersey and New York, consuming about 15,000 tons of coal daily.
The article mentions a woman with two sisters one of whom is married and a brother serving in the Air Force, outlining a brief family background.
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