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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1963
Page
1
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At yesterday's meeting in the Sombrero Room of the Corner Cupboard the front row elected officers: Fred Scherzer treasurer, C Conrad Monroe, Lester Danner first vice president, Ronald Willifail second vice president. Directors stood in the rear row.
A 7 year-old Grand Valley man Milly D Ongly was admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital at 10 20 p m after a draft horse stepped on his abdomen in Beaverdam while skidding logs. Virgil Ongly and another logger assisted him to the hospital where he was examined in the emergency room and admitted with possible internal injuries.
The Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission approved a half cent per quart price increase to aid drought stricken farmers, with most areas seeing the raise statewide. Philadelphia and nearby suburbs will see a one cent per quart rise from Monday to March 4, yielding about 1.5 million dollars in extra dairy revenue. A Model Dairy stated it has not been advised of the increase, nor have local major grocers.
A Westmoreland County man William P. Baker 42 near Irwin was killed by auto fumes while tuning a car motor in his garage state police said He was pronounced dead on arrival at Jeannette Memorial Hospital Baker was found slumped in the car by his wife and two children after returning home from a shopping trip in Pittsburgh
Councilman Dorr Clark praised Corry streets department work in December as record snowfall nearly 90 inches strained crews. Workers logged high hours, rented extra dump truck and grader, and kept snow removal in holiday period. Erie drivers praised Corry’s conditions as a paradise. The Associated Press reports New Year hopes for peace and world leaders’ greetings.
Councilman and finance head Guy Abbey blasted Mayor Philip Zalzneck over hiring a new meter maid at $1.20 per hour before wage provisions were set. Abbey challenged the process claiming the mayor’s committee held interviews without council input, and that the council was bypassed. He noted the committee included Police Chief Harley Drake, Sgt Frank Carnegie, and City Engineer David Johnson, who said the mayor only received recommendations while maintaining final authority. The dispute raises questions about hiring procedures and council authority.
The Kiwanis Community Lighting Fund receives 1558 dollars from Corry merchants and 31 958.35 in deposits as the Kiwanis Club pledges to manage the annual fund drive for downtown decorations. Richard Chase led the effort with aides Richard Olson and Richard Hall, aided by Key Club members and Explorer Scouts in a successful campaign.
In a year end session the council passed second readings of ordinances enabling city operations for 1984. The 7.5 mill property tax and 1 percent income tax were approved along with funding for city salaries and refuse revenue pay, sewer rental rates, and two parking meter related salaries. The move starts city business for the new year.
President Johnson plans about 41 billion dollars for defense next year, far below the 60 billion sought by military leaders. McNamara says the reduction saves 1 billion without weakening defenses and that the final budget should exceed peacetime histories. Joint Chiefs will later address congressional panels to discuss the total defense plan and implications after Congress acts.
AP report from Youngstown's East Side details a fatal early morning fire in the Joshua Hall family two story frame house. Four Hall children Joshua Jr 12 Josephine 7 Brenda 4 and Deveter 2 perished after flames trapped them while father a relief recipient tried to reach them. Mother Mary 30 and three other children escaped in only nightclothes as firemen recovered the bodies hours later. Gladys 14 led the alarm and helped save the baby as the family leaped from a second doorway bedroom.
Medical men say hangover pain comes from partial dehydration and dryness. They advise taking salt tablets before going out and a liberal dose of fructose after to speed recovery. This is not a cure-all but may help this New Year’s morning.
Washington AP Congress closes the longest peacetime session with warnings of tough decisions ahead on civil rights and tax cuts. Leaders tout key gains including the nuclear test ban treaty and three education bills while leaving major aid to public schools unsettled as the 88th Congress ends.
Washington AP report says Senate Republicans expect Goldwater to enter the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Key supporters say an early commitment is likely, with a brief meeting in Phoenix and a public announcement to follow. Goldwater remains a leading contender amid Kennedy’s death impact.
Dublin playwright Brendan Behan, 40, was found unconscious in a Dublin street yesterday and remains fairly comfortable but ill. Police investigate whether he fell or was struck by a vehicle in a possible hit and run case.
President Johnson signed a river basin authorization raising the Ohio River Basin spending ceiling by 150 million to July 1965. The action ends congressional deadlock over Allegheny River dam at Kinzua and 50 other flood control projects, with existing approval for the 108 million Kinzua dam and 21.2 million allocated this fiscal year.
A two ton snowman, dubbed the Paul Bunyan of snows, rises at the Rum baugh residence 323 Finst Amith Street. Builders Jay and Shim Rumbaugh, Robert Follett, and John Tate spent seven hours on a creation estimated near 15 to 19 feet tall, touted as the largest ever constructed. It will melt gradually through July.
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