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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1964
Page
6
A jagged mix of local notes reports a robin returning early to the area amid a four inch snow blanket. Weather forecasts predict frigid days with light snow flurries and rising slush. An Erie doctor and civic leaders get attention with legal and planning updates across several towns.
AP dispatch reports Senator Barry Goldwater confident of winning New Hampshire on March 10 and California on June 2 as he aims for the GOP nomination. Richard Nixon disavows candidacy, calling himself a non candidate while noting Goldwater leads in committed delegates. Rockefeller, Stassen, Smith, and Lodge are also active in the竞 race.
In Tokyo Ary-Frank Sinatra mulls directing and starring in a war themed film None But the Bras about American and Japanese soldiers on a Pacific island during WWII. In Los Angeles Samway Cahn seeks divorce from Gloris on cruelty grounds with custody and child support arrangements. In Manchester Eisenhower aide Marty Snyder pledges campaign support for Lodge in Massachusetts. In Toronto Dr. G Williams, 81, delivers his great grandson, continuing a family birth tradition.
In a National Press Club address Surgeon General Luther L. Terry says the Public Health Service is convinced Americans have been deceived by cigarette advertising and harmed health as a result. He backs FTC actions to curb cigarette ads following the advisory committee report linking smoking to health hazards.
The Senate confirmed Carl T. Rowan as director of the US Information Agency. Rowan, 38, a former prize winning reporter on the Minneapolis Tribune and author, is described as a Negro.
Three ice fishers Charles Wasmund Joseph Muscato and Nicholas Restivo were rescued from an ice floe in Lake Eyre near Dunkirk by a helicopter from the Niagara Falls Naval Air Base. The Coast Guard said strong winds broke the ice, leaving the men about a mile offshore. all three were unharmed.
Lemuel K. Hixson founder and pattern shop consultant and Charles T. Rainesale chief engineer retire from Ajax Iron Works division of Cooper Bessemer. Hixson, a Scotts dale native, started in foundry work in Pennsylvania and joined Ajax in 1924 rising to foundry superintendent. Rainesale, born in Finland, earned a Helsinki tech masters, joined Ajax in 1997 as chief engineer and later director of research. A dinner at the Pittsfield Inn honored their careers with commemorative watches.
Bloomfield Holsteins tops the January Tri-County Dairy Improvement Club report with 1,485 pounds milk and 48.1 butterfat per herd. Top individuals include Bloomfield and Son with 99.3 butterfat per cow and Kolstee, King, Sorenson, and Bloomfield among high producers in a detailed county tally.
Incumbents Stanley Blair of Albion and Ford E O Dell of Erie face challengers Neil McLaughlin of Erie and Robert Morrison a Wesleyville justice of the peace in a bid for party nominations. McLaughlin’s petition error forced a rejection but an appeal to Dauphin County Court may salvage his bid as he collects 5 000 signatures to place a harness racing track on the primary ballot. Democrats field Gene Heuser and Mary C Reagan for State Assembly seats while Republicans brace for a crowded field as the fight intensifies.
Crow chieftain Henry Chcoyote told the Montana Highway Commission that a natural rock formation known by his people as hole-in-rock was renamed Jughandle by the National Park Service. He questioned the change and its rationale during the commission's session yesterday in Helena.
Cyprus President Makarios announced a 5,000 man special police force to bolster security and deter arms import. He vowed disarmament for armed civilians, courting Turkish Cypriots who challenged the move as unconstitutional. Britain’s Maj. Gen. Carver called the order a clever document amid mounting tensions and vigilante violence on the island.
The Birmingham City Council approved a fine cent sales tax that excludes anyone over 65 earning $2,000 or less annually. The measure takes effect March 1. City Finance Director B. R. Winstead calls the exemption “wholly unworkable.”
Incomplete OCR text shows scattered sports fragments with names like Hotchk and Tom M fielders. The lines mention Be reeze al and Don fi tops, but no coherent event, teams, dates, or outcomes are readable.
Oklahoma City officials voted 70 to urge a three month suspension of FAA sonic boom tests. Citizens oppose the flights and demand an official council copy to halt research. Five months of testing remain as groups push petitions and data requests while Tinker AFB and the FAA center loom in the background.
A brief item notes revisions to a local will and spare parts. The notice cites changes in a probate proceeding, naming involved parties and a scheduled hearing date. Details remain fragmentary but indicate amendments to the testator’s estate plan.
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