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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1965
Page
6
A proposed bill would provide ten thousand dollars in life insurance for each Pennsylvania State Police member regardless of duty status. Senator William Sesler of Erie County co sponsors, with annual state cost estimated at fifty one dollars per officer. Retirees could convert coverage as planned.
President Chung Hee Park warned he may close schools semipermanently if students do not halt demonstrations against his government and the Japan friendship treaty. In Seoul violence escalated as troops and police clashed with more than 11,000 students, the fifth day of protests. Police then obtained a possible break as Harrisburg action unfolds with House approval of legislation.
Washington AP President Johnson directs the Defense Department to proceed with a $1 billion program for a manned orbiting laboratory to study military roles in space. unmanned test flights planned late next year or early 1987 and five crewed missions on the lab set for late 1968. Johnson invites the Soviet Academy of Sciences to observe the Gemini 6 shot.
A General Telephone Co adviser reports heavy traffic and very poor service at the county courthouse. About 75 incoming calls each half hour, half are slow answers, 35 extensions busy, 23 wait, 13 calls unanswered. GenTel urges a second switchboard and another operator. commissioners will study adding staff soon.
A proposed minimum initial wage of 4500 dollars and a 40 hour week for policemen in third class cities. The bill would include three annual wage increments to raise pay gradually.
Harrisburg report says Senate Republicans and Democrats press a conference table push to reach reapportionment agreement before the Sept. 1 Supreme Court deadline. Two GOP senators threaten court takeover if progress stalls. House Democrats push to keep ranks, while Republicans accuse broken promises. Speculation grows on court extension as six days remain. Reapportionment talks focus on two Bucks County seats framed as two GOP seats versus a mixed plan with one Republican seat and a swing district.
The article notes congressional plans to terminate the current overseas aid program in two years and form a committee to study its administration and focus future aid on effective countries. It reports that promises were made by both the House and administration to consider a multiyear authorization next year and to restudy the program.
Union City School District officials announce the first day of school for students will be Wednesday September 1. New district anchors include Mary Goodwin to teach second grade at Union City Elementary, and William A. Smith to teach Algebra II at Union City Area High School.
James R. Ferrese of New Castle faces charges for using counterfeit stock certificates to secure loans at five banks including Firestone Bank Lisbon Farmers National Bank Canfield Union National Bank Youngstown Poland office First National Bank East Palestine and Union Bank Columbus The scheme allegedly bilked about 400000 with 3000 counterfeit shares of Investors Stock Fund Inc of Minneapolis valued at 63300 and each loan carrying up to ten years imprisonment and fines Ferrese operated a southern Columbiana County strip mine and is free on 10000 bond.
A Pennsylvania House bill would extend Sunday liquor sales to other communities beyond hotels in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. If voters approve, sales would occur in regular and hotel restaurants from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Sundays in those communities.
Georg M. Silver becomes the first male member of the US Navy Nurse Corps as about 2,000 female nurses join the program expansion. His wife Sally, a Rehoboth Mass resident, says she does not object and will attend the swearing-in with their son Greg ory.
North Vietnam continues to mobilize amid uncertain foreign aid. Moscow had pledged $350 million in 1964, but no new figures or deliveries have been announced since U.S. bombings. Hanoi claims some price relief yet faces shortages, floods, and a squeeze on manpower for training, production, and defense for possible fighting.
J C Manwaring and Mrs Susie Finney hosted visits from Susie Pinney of Stoneboro and William Finney who returned home last Sunday. Keith Jukes, son of Disine, joins armed forces. The Legters and Lexters of Clymer visited Manwaring and Finney, while Gertrude Newhouse returns home from Celoron after visiting her sister Mrs Armstrong. Lakewood Cornish and Ivan Ayling were among attendees last Sunday.
Republicans hurriedly released a white paper after Johnson's address and rescheduled their press conference. The party backs strong Viet Nam actions yet objects to Johnson over Eisenhower era commitments. The document traces U S involvement to Truman in 1950 before the nation split.
Rules Committee in Harrisburg yesterday approved and sent to the floor a bipartisan resolution for a legislative investigation of the crumbling Erie County Thruway. Sen Willam G Lesler said the eight member committee will wait for the highways department to compile pertinent information before starting. The department has begun this work, likely taking a month, as deterioration and needed repairs have been highlighted by a summer newspaper series.
Speakers argued that Eisenhower backed economic aid to South Vietnam while leaving no crisis at his departure. Republicans charged Democratic policy was uncertain, with abrupt shifts and conflicting statements that misled the Communists.
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