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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1963
Page
6
Smoke odor traced to a furnace blower short in wiring. Firefighters from Engine 3 and 4 plus Emergency Truck responded with 20 volunteers. all returned to station by 1 30 a.m. No fire, just a wiring fault.
AP report cites early morning blazes across New York state killing six children and three men. In Manhattan a tenement fire killed three children found in a bathtub. In Tonawanda a caregiver’s home fire suffocated three children Peter Pitman five Timothy nine Amy two and two adults. A Buffalo rooming house fire claimed two men. The Bronx blaze killed Joseph McBride ten and two sisters. parents rescued others, burns reported.
Harrisburg AP report shows Pennsylvania unemployment climbing from 6.0 to 6.4 percent in November. Total unemployment rose by 19 000 to 294 000 due mainly to seasonal declines in construction and agricultural work. The mid November rate is the lowest for that month since 1956.
AP report from Kansas City details a caretaker, Mrs. Dalford Vansant, trying to help neighbor children when Byron Hodges, 22 months old, drank bleach. She rushed in a car with Jeffrey Vansant, lost control after dodging a car, and overturned. Jeffrey was killed. Vansant sustained severe injuries. The other two children had minor injuries. The Hodges boy suffered no ill effects.
Christine Keeler the 21 year old figure in the Profumo affair pleaded guilty to perjury and conspiring to frame a discarded lover. She received a nine month term while her co defendant Paula Hamilton Marshall got six months and a housekeeper was placed on probation. Lawyer Jeremy Hutchinson urged leniency describing Keeler as immature and a country girl misled by powerful men.
Dr. Elmer A. Ortner of St. Pauls Lutheran urges action in faith based on Matthew 7 1 12. The sermon emphasizes Ask Seek Knock and asserts God wills to grant prayers when believers act to seek and knock for answers, citing historical breakthroughs as examples and urging Americans to pursue needed changes.
The Soviet Communist Party urged Red China to end public polemics and settle Moscow Peking differences through private discussions. Pravda warned against dramatizing the quarrel yet said serious internal divisions remain. It reiterated proposals for a private meeting to lay groundwork for a world Communist parties conference.
Thomas Rohler, 17, son of Glenwood Zoo head keeper Charles Rohler, admitted shooting three Rhesus monkeys on November 1 at the Erie zoo. He said hatred stemmed from an attack on a zoo employee last summer and used a desk rifle to kill the primates. Ballistics tied the rifle to the crime. he is held by juvenile authorities.
The bond was double the original fine and costs, totaling sai. Clabbatz retained Erie attorney Lindley McClelland to protect his interests. McClelland said police found no deer meat in the freezer when entering the Clabbatz home. Simpson and Kirkland said they did not enter without a search warrant. The charge arises from an affidavit by Harvey Bachomer. No court date has been set to hear the appeal. Communist leaders claimed no progress toward resuming bilateral talks, hinting at a long wait as the Russians expect time to wear down the Chinese opposition.
Washington report notes two weeks of Johnson in office with focus on civil rights and tax cut plans. Officials assess his Congress handling, budget proposals, and potential to push Kennedy era programs. A mass miners tribute in Carmichaels recalls a fatal 1963 explosion as labor groups monitor White House momentum.
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