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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1964
Page
1
A fragmentary real estate listing hints at a two story home with a septic system and new windows. It mentions a two car garage, brick stairs, and a level floor plan. The ad notes 4 finish rooms and extra features but is incomplete and unclear.
Readable bits mention New York and hospital stock lines with unclear numbers. No coherent event or names to clarify. item appears as damaged clipping with stray letters and phrases.
Corry firemen battled a two story Ridge Street blaze with 28 volunteers. Fire Chief Jerome Davis reported the fire started on the first floor and spread to the walls, damaging about 28000 dollars with 1000 dollars in loss to contents. Neighbor Jack Malone alerted responders after 5 pm, first alarm at 5 20 pm then a second as flames grew. Firefighters laid 800 feet of hose to reach water, and newly elected Red Cross disaster chair Alph Kimmy arranged clothing for John Beek and two children whose clothing was destroyed. Store owner opened shop to outfit them.
New York reports Nielsen sampling over two weeks in mid November shows CBS and ABC tied for overall audience with 4.4 ratings each and 9.9 million viewers. ABC's top shows drew strong numbers while CBS also led in certain time slots.
The case of three slain Civil rights workers moves toward a Thursday preliminary hearing in Meridian Mississippi. Prosecutors aim to show cause to hold 21 men for grand jury action while the FBI delivers its murder case and a statewide defense fund forms for the defendants many of whom are said to be Ku Klux Klan members.
In California the Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports Mariner 4 maintains a smooth cruise to Mars. If all goes well the craft will pass within 4,400 miles of the planet with cameras ready for close photos. Earlier calculations show the spacecraft 1,506,000 miles from Earth and traveling about 7,000 miles per day.
Erie County commissioners set December 17 for a formal hearing over charges by the Erie County Board against the county hospital chief cook. The date marks about a month since the firing and follows a sequence of advisory board recommendations and legal actions by opponents.
Two Buffalo detectives posing as hired gunmen foiled a murder plot by a young housewife Peggy Jo Johns and Robert C. Pitz to kill her husband Paul Johns. The plan aimed to collect life insurance valued at 25 000 dollars but investigators said he would be killed during a nighttime drive. Johns and Pitz were arrested and charged with conspiracy to murder.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson plans to present British proposals for a NATO nuclear force to President Johnson. The talks aim to outline a core structure and delivery system with West Germany and Allies while stressing that the plan does not imply a spread of nuclear weapons. Gromyko to meet Johnson next.
Cold and hardship lingered as a severe ice storm hit eastern New York. Nearly 40 000 customers faced outages while temperatures plummeted to 10 below zero. Three deaths were blamed on the weekend storm and many schools and activities were halted. Emergency centers opened in churches and firehouses to aid displaced residents as Gov. Rockefeller toured affected areas.
State Police report only a handful of crashes despite heavy snow and icy roads. In Corry a 45 year old Mildred Mead from Bear Lake causally rear collided another car on Blue Eye road causing 300 dollars in damage with no injuries. A Branklin two car crash caused about 1400 dollars damage and no injuries. A Gloversville man Thomas Campanile Jr. 22 was hospitalized after overturning on a curve near Meadville. A unnamed motorist driven onto Route 18 near Springboro forced Allan Timko 20 of Springboro to lose control. Roads south of Meadville and east of Warren were dry.
Harrisburg Highway Secretary Henry D Harral announced that 1,000 temporary hourly workers would return to the department’s permanent payroll. The hires include highway construction inspectors formerly engineering assistants who were dismissed after winter protests ended. Harral cited seasonal shortages and the need for qualified staff to ensure construction compliance.
Military note indicates a shift toward Vietnam involvement and a notable rise in allied troop deployment since August. The report records a fourfold increase in military actions and stresses ongoing negotiations with Western allies.
U S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor and Vietnamese Premier Tran Van Huong opened talks in Saigon on possible bombing of Viet Cong supply lines in southern Laos. Officials say no North Viet Nam attacks planned, but plan details remain undisclosed as Taylor travels from Washington and meets Huong to coordinate new measures. Police crowd streets amid rumors of Buddhist demonstrations.
Rex L. Downey and his family of five including three children escaped serious harm when a Lehigh Valley freight train pushed their car 1500 feet along railroad tracks after a crossing collision in Monroe County. Downey suffered possible cracked ribs. the car was a total loss. Police said the incident occurred as the train backed up after realizing it had passed the crossing.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged a world summit on disarmament before the United Nations General Assembly. He endorsed a ban on nuclear weapons, liquidation of foreign bases, and cuts in military budgets, and backed a Cairo proposal for a world disarmament conference. He said the USSR is ready for further talks at any level to ease tensions and foster peaceful coexistence.
A East European diplomat says the Soviet Union agreed last weekend to finance arms shipments to Congolese rebels led by Christophe Gbenye and to cover part of airlift costs. China reportedly backs the rebels via its Burundi embassy while supply lines risk disruption near the Sudanese border. Soviet Antonov flights with Egyptian and Algerian registry have been seen ferrying weapons toward Stanleyville.
Fragmentary text notes some meeting or poll activity with names and places but is largely unreadable and unusable for full detail. No clear events, dates, or entities can be reliably identified from the provided material.
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