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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1963
Page
1
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In Brussels the Six move to block a new trade aid treaty with 18 African states as France vetoes Britain’s entry. Italy and the Netherlands refuse signing, delaying Yaounde talks and signaling political shifts ahead of new parliaments.
Police raided the Coffee Pot Restaurant early Saturday arresting Donna Armstrong 25 on charges of corrupting morals of minors and maintaining a dis orderly house. She pleaded innocent at arraignment as investigators had questioned over 25 people for a week.
Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen announced he has evidence that four American fliers died during the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba. He plans to share findings with Sen. John Stennis's Preparedness subcommittee as part of a broader inquiry.
A six to eight inch snow cover settled over the Corry region over the weekend raising ground depths to about 21 inches. Heavy snowfall affected western Pennsylvania with Corry reporting moderate to heavy accumulation and roads cleared but slick. State police urged extreme caution while driving as crews work to resume normal operations after sickness slowed efforts.
SECAUCUS N J AP John Sully Jr 28 stood 5 feet 10 inches and weighed 650 pounds after bragging he could eat six pizzas at once and finish a case of beef. A doctor had warned two months earlier his weight endangered his life. He died yesterday of a heart attack.
AP analysis notes signs of thaw between Khrushchev and Mao at high level talks. Mao called in the Soviet ambassador in Chita for first serious talks, with Chou En Lai and Lily Shao Chi in attendance. Khrushchev also hosted Pan Tart for lunch in Moscow as relations show tentative warming.
Lester B. Ravilins, 64, longtime general manager of radio station KDKA, passed away Saturday after an extended illness in Pittsburgh. He led KDKA since 1952 and oversaw major programming and operations.
Rising state local and Social Security taxes may offset Kennedy proposed 1963 tax cuts. Expect 47 state legislatures to raise taxes this year, eroding the net $3.2 billion reduction. Local governments push new taxes while some cities seek income or payroll taxes. tax changes vary by state.
In Pittsburgh, two youths aged 45 and 17 faced arson charges after fires at Westinghouse High School forced 1 600 students to evacuate. a third suspect at Thorn Hill State Correctional Institute was named in reports. Separately in Philadelphia, a 10 year old newspaper delivery boy was charged with arson after a Clivden Hall Apartments storage locker fire left 40 people homeless.
Italian 44 000 miners began a three day strike over wages and provisions in ongoing contract talks. The strike was called by Communist and non Communist unions after weeks of stoppages. Ex governor dies in Lincoln Nebraska Robert Leroy Cochran 77 Democratic Governor of Nebraska 1934 1940 and long time public servant.
The local Republican organization announced it will run candidates for all major local offices. For City Council three contenders vie for two seats, including Dorr Clark and Guy Abbey, with newcomer Thomas Cragg entering. School board nominees are Keith Henton, Barney Bennett, and Dr. R Bruce Summerville. Carl Smith plans re election as city treasurer. GOP chair W. W. Waterhouse notes no other primary challengers.
The city invoked the sales ordinance for the first time last summer fining Luke Gianetta 18 of Erle a $25 penalty plus $9 costs after he led a teenage magazine solicitation crew in town. Gianetta pled guilty to soliciting without a permit and was released. Alderman Cobbett noted crew ages ranged from 14 to 18 and praised their courteous conduct aside from the missing permit.
A large theft at the Mel McSweeney estate in New Rochelle, New York, saw an estimated 3.5 million dollars in stocks and securities stolen. Mrs. McSweeney, formerly Theresa Nugent of Corry, lives alone amid reports she declined to discuss the loss. Authorities are reviewing forged transfer certificates and identifying suspects tied to the altered securities.
Corry Memorial Hospital reports bed shortages as influenza and respiratory illnesses fill units. Townsville and Tin Corry hospitals curtail visiting hours to reduce crowding, with restricted access limited to relatives of patients for about two weeks, administrators say.
Corry Aves High School agriculture class will tour Joseph Wetmore farm on Wednesday evening to view a new herringbone milking parlor. Wetmore demonstrates an automatic hay and silage feeder and a pipeline delivering milk to a bulk tank for up to 400 cows per hour. Public welcome to watch along the Elgin Corry road midway between Lovell’s Station and Elgin.
Light snow fell in the eastern half of the nation with a snow belt from the northern Plains to the Ohio Valley. Two inches accumulated in Springfield and Peoria Illinois. Subzero temperatures lingered in northern Minnesota and Dakota regions with readings near minus 20 in Pellston Michigan and International Falls Minnesota.
Two Corry men Bob Jaquith and Dave Johnson began a 50 mile hike from St Thomas Church at 6 30 am yesterday and reached about 37 miles before weather and exhaustion forced a halt. A third man declined to start and a fourth planned participant abandoned plans.
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