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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1963
Page
3
Letters mailed to property owners in Erie warn of sidewalk construction in 1963. About 1,800 residents receive notices, 300 as delinquents, with a radius extension from 1,000 to 1,500 feet near schools. Sidewalks to be financed, or built by the city at owner expense plus penalties if ignored.
Four MiGs were in the area near a Fort Myers shrimp boat owned by Bealood Packing Co. Crew members Paris Jackson and Benjamin Washington, rescued by a destroyer escort, said they drifted about three days due to engine failure. The Ala departed Fort Myers on Feb. 10 and suffered engine failure the afternoon of Feb. 17, per the Pentagon.
Corry Pennsylvania and nearby towns prepare a Muster Day effort by Company A First Battle Group to recruit 24 men for the National Guard. First Lt. James Narducci says 14 guardsmen will form three teams to canvass Corry Union City and Wattsburg on Saturday targeting draft register lists and interested youths. The drive promotes a six month active duty option and the Operation Buddy plan to keep recruits together through service.
The text explains a policy allowing two young men to defer six months of active duty training until after graduation. They may begin training together, with a local commander coordinating identical start dates. Non students must start within 120 days of enlistment. If both join for engineer training they may go to Fort Leonard Wood for specialized, six month training before returning home to complete service in the local unit. The term Operation Biddy refers to friends who enlist train and stay together in the Army National Guard.
Fire swept through the Miss Elsie King home on the Clymer Bear Lake road shortly after 5 PM yesterday. Chief James Ictus said Mrs. King returned to find the house full of smoke. Panama and Clymer fire crews battled the blaze for nearly three hours before control was established. Damage estimate to be set today. Fire believed to have started above a furnace, with large holes burned in the basement ceiling and dining room floor.
In Erie the Moose Lodge announced it will end its three year civic food distribution, surprising organizer Martin who praised the Lodge for its fine work. A letter from Farrington to local families indicated county commissioner cuts, spurring protests at the Armory. Distributors, unpaid, felt exhausted but hope March allotments return to normal amid a plan to channel duties through a different agency.
MIAMI BEACH AFL-CIO planners at winter meetings aim to boost labor impact on state and national politics. They will expand to a permanent year around campaign to maximize union and family voter qualification and turnout, with voting overseers in 60 000 local unions to marshal labor votes in 1944 and beyond.
In Miami Florida Criminal Court transferred about sixty cases of gin and scotch to the Children’s Variety Hospital. Judge Ben Willard recalled past orders to pour moonshine out but noted the liquor is usable. Officials intend to sell it to raise funds for the hospital.
Television Review notes Victor Borge’s Sunday ABC special taped at Philharmonic Hall with Marcel Marceau and Leonid Hambro. Fans split over his mix of comedy and music but Borge defends a logical, comfortable balance. Also recommends the Andy Williams Show on NBC tonight.
A 66 year old Mrs Mary Melnick died in Shadyside Hospital forty minutes after a collision in the Hast Liberty section. The woman driver reportedly died of a heart attack after the crash which seriously injured a boy in front of his home. The incident occurred as the car she rode in struck the boy. In other news Rome reports the UN FAO received a donation of 200000 special stamps from Ceylon for the hunger campaign.
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