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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1963
Page
6
Members of the student adult band are reminded to meet at Mead Park on Labor Day afternoon at 1 48 for the dedication of a monument at the park entrance honoring Glenn Mead. The program is sponsored by the Corry Rotary Club and dress is white shirts and dark ties for men and white blouses for women.
U S officials criticize Charles de Gaulle stance in Southeast Asia amid Viet Nam tensions. Senators debate French influence and supply aid, noting Diem Buddhist protests and U S limits on actions to avoid harming anti guerrilla efforts. France urged to share responsibility in peace efforts while resisting communism.
Tuesday Wiener on roll with green beans apple crisp and milk. Wednesday Chicken in gravy over biscuit mashed potatoes tossed salad cookie and milk. Thursday Meat loaf parsley butter potatoes carrot and celery sticks corn bread and butter apricots and milk. Friday Tuna salad choice of vegetable rolls and butter cake and lemon sauce and milk.
Uniontown reports indicate a small miners faction plans a wildcat strike to pressure the United Mine Workers to reopen the contract. John Mayo, director for Mine Workers District 4, said about 40 men will meet Sunday to organize a walkout in Washington Fayette and Greene counties, aiming for better fringe benefits but likely failing without broader support.
Corry FFA members under Richard C. Parver displayed Farm Safety exhibits at the Wattsburg Fair. Harborcreek High School won first place. Corry placed second. The Corry exhibit team included James Bennink, Arthur Dingfelier, Ronald Walters, Ronald Wettenburg, Edward Blakeslee, Dennis Edwards, Jay Blownt, Rexford Warner Jr., David Gates, Richard Skales. Harry Hickle assisted with signs. Dr. William Rodemeyer, Erie County schools official, led the judging. All county chapters prepared safety themed displays.
Federal agents raided near Irwin in Westmoreland County uncovering what authorities called the biggest moonshine operation in western Pennsylvania in four or five years. James Spivak, 24, of North Huntingdon Township, who runs a bakery and lives nearby, is involved.
Agents of the Alcohol and Tobacco Division seized from the building a 315 gallon still and a 100 gallon still along with about 2000 gallons of mash, 90 gallons of illegal whisky and 800 pounds of sugar. The larger still was in operation when the raid occurred.
Lord Mayor of London Sir Ralph Perring and his wife completed a Canadian tour by presenting a loving cup to Victoria mayor R. B. Wilson. They drank ginger ale from the cup at a hotel luncheon in Victoria. The cup is a silver gilt replica of the Guildhall glassware used before the 1666 fire.
Drebitko, owner of A and J Coal Co and partner in Jewel Ridge, described the descent into a large underground chamber near Hegins to search for missing miners. He noted the chamber measured about 140 square feet with space for standing, and confirmed the larger area via prior camera evidence. He spoke of his son Andy who survived the escape and his wife’s mixed emotions.
A compact meditation on how speech fades or endures as print, contrasting spoken memory with the permanence of the written record. It reflects on language, transmission, and the evidence of words in text versus voice.
Polio case totals reported show 24 cases nationwide last week, with 18 in Pennsylvania and 15 in Philadelphia among them. Alabama added five paralytic cases, while Philadelphia totals reach 21 for the year.
A father of three, 33 year old Jack Edward Carlson of New Castle, pleaded guilty to robbing Citizens National Bank of $16,601 in New Castle. Federal Judge Wallace Gourley sentenced him Friday to 25 years and ordered a six month study to gauge possible sentence modification after review. Carlson was arrested soon after the March 14 bank robbery as he faced debts from starting a strip mining venture near Uniontown.
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