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11 Dec 1962
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1962
Page
1
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The Corry Joint Committee, urged by Schools Superintendent Thomas Shupe, moves toward a definite decision on expanding classroom space or relocating students to existing facilities. Charles Kennedy and Dr. John Mohr are named to lead the test with Shupe, with plans to involve Concord Elgin and Wayne directors. The agenda notes crowding at Conelway and the high school next fall, with two proposed solutions: a temporary plan for next year and a long term approach influenced by Act 561. The bill may repurpose Spartansburg into the Corry Area Jointure, a move contested amid statewide indecision with a 1965 effective deadline.
Boboy Randell Wilcoxson, charged with eight bank holdups totaling over 260000, including a fatal guard shooting, may be examined for mental competency. His attorney says he is mentally twisted and unable to defend himself, and asks Judge Henderson to order psychiatric tests.
Corry Area High School announces its boys basketball game against McDowell is postponed due to bad weather. Lon Hanna, director of athletics, says the game will likely be rescheduled for tomorrow night. McDowell classes are suspended today because of the weather.
The Corry school board ends lenient tax policy and authorizes legal action to collect delinquent school taxes from five property owners. It approves sending 13 agricultural students to the FFA convention January 7 to 10 with $5 per student from the district. The board moves toward a formal conduct policy for staff, reviews auditing changes, and considers a folding partition to separate gym classes for boys and girls amid overcrowding.
In a reorganizational meeting for the Corry Area Joint Schools Committee Kennedy from Wayne Township was elected president. Dr John Mohr of Corry became first vice president and Merle VanCise second vice president. Attorney Frank McKnight continues as solicitor at 450 dollars.
The city street department will begin snow removal in the downtown area tonight. Motorists are asked to keep autos off Center from City Park to Pleasant, Washington from Maple to the Ajax building, Math from Concord to First, and South from Mill to First. Towing will follow noncompliance.
CBS reports McGeorge Bundy supplied Saturday Evening Post writers with information on Cuban crisis deliberations, with President Kennedy's approval. Time, Newsweek, and Life challenged the Post account while the White House denied Stevenson favored appeasement.
Corry school officials report all classes in session as Erie County endures a severe snowstorm. Snow totals reach about 15 inches with winds over 90 mph causing heavy drifting from the Ohio border toward Buffalo. Rail service slows and roads remain hazardous though no closures reported.
City council approved the first sewer rental rate increase since 1954. Residential rates rise from 18 to 21 dollars per year starting January 1, with the aim to fund disposal plants and address inequities. The review also found club rate disparities, notably Rod and Gun Club at 33 and Elks Club at 112.50 annually.
The Dorr Clark case centers on the Corry Pennsylvania official chosen by Mayor Zalzneck to fill the late J R Dearing’s unexpired term as streets director. Clark must win the May primary and November 1963 election to keep his seat, resigning from the Sewer Authority. Clark has long served at Penelec, Kiwanis member, deputy game warden, and will join a three seat Authority with Hooks and Heberlein’s terms ending.
Survivors cope after 87 men die in a coal mine explosion as relief and resolve replace despair. Mrs Dolores Zelenski, mother of seven, vows to endure while many workers face a future of relief or continued mining. Joe Sener vows to quit the mines if needed.
A large Air Force KC-97 tanker caught fire over central New York. Ten crew members bailed out. one was killed and four of the nine survivors suffered minor injuries. The aircraft disappeared after the blaze, likely crashing in the Adirondack foothills near Romes or near Plattsburgh.
A new sewer rental ordinance approved by Lonnou shifts charges for vacant rental properties. It ends the 4.50 annual minimum on vacant lots next year and allows water service disconnection after 20 months of vacancy, with an affidavit to suspend sewer payments until occupancy resumes.
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