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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1963
Page
6
Grove City College President J Stanley Harker announced the board of trustees voted to keep tuition at 500 per year, among the lowest in the East, for the 1964 65 college year. The report also notes airline traffic at Jamestown Municipal Airport and various local incidents and public notices.
Dinah Washington, famed singer once earning up to 150000 a year, reportedly overdosed on pills at the Lane home on Detroit’s West Side. Mrs. Ethel Harrison, 67, says the overdose was likely accidental after Washington returned from a West Coast tour. Harrison, who cooks at a restaurant, noted Washington had been in good spirits and denied intentional harm. Washington, born Ruth Jones in Chicago, rose to fame as Dinah Washington. both she and O Lane are noted as Negro.
Alvaro Alcorta, once sentenced to death for his wife’s knife slaying, is released on parole from Huntsville prison after seven years. The U.S. Supreme Court reversal cited prosecutorial error involving a key witness, and Alcorta now works a 43195 an hour laborer job in Huntsville.
Wallas Texas district attorney Henry Wade said a person with substantial wealth is backing Jack Ruby’s defense to secure his acquittal on murder charges. Ruby has hired multiple California, East Texas, and Dallas lawyers and is seeking a top psychiatrist. Melvin Belli said Earl Ruby of Detroit arranged his participation, but details on payment or specific defense roles were not disclosed.
Mrs. K A Bennett notes annual Christmas seals are now on mail and urges purchases as Crawford County Pi So ciety highlights progress. Rickey Rhoades, in Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, nears Christmas with the hope of a homecoming. Sparta Grange holds a 4:30 gathering with a 50 cent exchange and a lunch to follow.
The Soviet Union yesterday launched Kosmos 23, a new earth satellite in its 21 month old series of space launches, Tass reported.
FBI accounts outline the 1963 Sinatra Jr kidnapping from Reno to Los Angeles. The ransom of 240000 was arranged, money recovered at Imperial Beach and in Los Angeles. Suspects were arrested in California. the victim was released unharmed in Bel Air.
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