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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1963
Page
1
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions a flight, pricing around 39 cents, and various scattered terms. The readable bits suggest a short market or transport note with minimal clear details. No identifiable persons or organizations are confirmed.
The YMCA faces a 40000 mortgage payoff and a projected 3020 deficit next year with 36500 income and 39520 expenses. Board leaders including D Armour-Hillstrom and Sterling Wees urge civic support, noting 2100 annual interest and 3116 per member cost offset by a 865 member fee.
Corry reports continued heavy snowfall with another inch and a half from 6 p.m. yesterday to 9 a.m. today. Roads remain snow covered but passable, while railways face delays including a derailment west of Youngstown and Pennsylvania Railroad trains delayed by connections. Low temperature around 8 degrees unofficially, with a forecast for cloudy and cold conditions and scattered flurries.
Coast Guard surface vessels and aircraft search Lake Erie near Dunkirk and Erie for a small twin engine plane believed to have crashed after taking off from Buffalo. Pilot Thomas Dickinson of Burke Lakefront airport Cleveland leased from H. W. Hosford Co. of Cuyahoga Heights.
At Paris Orly Airport a U S Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and staff narrowly avoided a collision with a civilian airliner in fog. Captain Meredith Sutton aborted takeoff after the other plane landed, tires blew, and the transport halted about 500 feet from the runway end. Assistant Defense Secretary Arthur Sylvester said no one was hurt.
Corry VFW Building Association members elected John Chillock president at a reorganizational meeting. Merle Wade was named vice president and Leo Dolan secretary treasurer. Four directors were chosen including Henry Hicks and Lawrence Nichols. Sanders resigned as director after becoming commander of VFW Post 264 in Corry.
A blaze in Cresson Cambria County destroyed three business establishments causing an estimated 125000 in damage. About 100 firefighters from Orson Ebensburg and Gallitzin battled the fire in freezing temperatures for three hours.
The Corry Area School Authority launched its 11th year at a Hotel Corry luncheon. Frank McKnight adminstered oath to two new members as the body plans another bond sale in February to fund a new high school addition. The authority has financed about $4 million in construction, upgrading facilities from Wright School to Concord and Dean, with occupancy expected for two new sites next fall. Maxwell Brown was elected treasurer, replacing Keith Henton who joined the Corry School Board.
Sprague Carlton Co acquires Standard Chair of Union City saving the plant and creating Crestline of Pennsylvania to open a Corry window plant by April. Harris Brothers of Chicago backs the project with transfers from the SBA and Area Redevelopment Act funding while the plant will employ about 28 workers at start and be housed in a 70 000 square foot facility with rail siding.
Little Miss plans a 5000 square foot Albion facility with leasing details released. The plant, to be built by April next year, aims for production by April or May 1964 with initial employment of 20 women. The Asbury Park based brand will expand from children’s dresses to early teen lines under a $515,000 act assistance.
Gareth Matt Martinis son of a New York state supreme court justice faced five counts of vehicular homicide after a fatal May crash. The Appellate Division ruled pursuing those charges would violate double jeopardy following acquittals on reckless and drunken driving. The case sparked protests and a possible Court of Appeals review. Martinis was also found guilty of assaulting a photographer covering the arrest.
Corry volunteers joined with crews from Union City Waterford Wattsburg Columbus and Elgin Beaver Dam to fight a near zero temperature blaze at Kenneth Ester’s Tarbell road two story farm home. The fire caused about 4000 damage to the building and contents with no injuries. It was the second fire at the Ester home in under a year.
Edward M Murphy of Dunmore named by Gov. Scranton to succeed Paul Rhne as chairman of the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission. Murphy, 5year-old ad, mother of three, a boxing enthusiast, sees himself guiding the commission with focus on boxing oversight and athlete welfare.
Former Journal sports editor Tom Titus says a trip from Corry to Caffornia costs $200 even if you lose $10 in Las Vegas. The travelogue appears on Page 11 while Page 1 features his trip.
Snyder Loree reports a man captured three male dogs after they attacked a love struck pair. Two dogs were licensed, one unlicensed. Owners of the licensed dogs cited under the city dog ordinance include Mrs. Virginia Devgard and Charles Bracken of Wayne Street. The unowned black and tan dog remains at the city pound as authorities seek its owner. In a separate note, Theodore Y. Houser dies in New York at 71, former Sears board chairman from 1954 to 1968.
Corry Hunter Fair remained in fair condition at Anion Gly Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack while deer hunting. Henry Davis Jr. of 238 West Frederick Street hunted with his 12 year old son Philip when the attack occurred after 1 pm. Philip sought help and returned with several men from Union City to rush the hunter to Union City hospital. The family said they had been hunting since early Monday.
In a long woods search 70 men found Waterford youth Daniel Sanders 17 with a deer but no license after being missing about 24 hours near Jackson Hill. Sanders was exposed and frostbitten but listed in fair condition at Corry Memorial Hospital. another boy, James Eingle 13, Columbus, also went missing earlier.
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