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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1965
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR lists names and places such as Pennsyl, City, Hays, and districts with scattered numbers. It mentions schools, streets, and a registry or court context but lacks coherent events or dates. The readable bits indicate administrative or legal notices amid incomplete lines.
Washington AP reports the House Education and Labor Committee is poised to approve the administration's $1.25 billion education bill with a central $1 billion plan to fund low income students. Proposals include grants for districts, supplementary education centers, and teacher training while debates over aid formulas and church state funding continue.
Pennsylvania's Council of Higher Education finished hearings in Harrisburg and outlined an immediate threefold task: elevate Temple University to state university status, broaden the state scholarship program, and create a Western Pennsylvania state university. The plan remains incomplete as the council weighs yes or no on recommendations and forwards testimony to the Academy for Educational Development for further work. Leader urged appointing a new state superintendent of public instruction as soon as possible, stressing the need for a strong educator in the post.
Al Ahram reports a government controlled crackdown on an espionage network in Cairo with some German nationals among those arrested. The report connects the arrests to a mysterious signal tied to West German elements, but identities were not disclosed.
Harrisburg officials move to shield Pennsylvania’s community college system after Judge Forrest ruled the 1963 act unconstitutional. Boards may incur debts binding on counties. If appealed or fixed by new legislation this session, higher education plans proceed. hearings on a master plan continue.
Pennsylvania faces a push for compulsory auto insurance after it passed first reading in Harrisburg. The measure, already adopted in New York, North Carolina and Massachusetts, would require proof of insurance for vehicle licenses each year. Critics warn of paperwork burdens and that insurance dodgers could still evade coverage, while supporters expect a House vote with odds favoring the bill in a Democrat-led chamber.
Fragmentary report from Homestead Park section notes an auto incident near Pittsburgh involving a senator's son. Readable details are limited. source mentions payment or duty may be involved, but exact actions and persons beyond the senator’s son remain unclear.
The GOP here adds two candidates to the slate after announcing for mayor City Council School Board and First Ward alderman Incumbent City Controller Harry Powers has petitions out and Third Ward alderman M S Cobbett has filed nominations The Democratic organization lists Gilbert Nichols East Main Street as a First Ward alderman candidate with more announcements expected per Chairman Charles Graham
Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Joe L. Brown and his wife Din were hurt in an automobile crash north of Fort Myers Florida. Brown sustained facial lacerations and a broken nose while his wife was listed in critical condition with a broken leg fractured pelvis and possible internal injuries. Both were at Lee Memorial Hospital. Police said their car struck a bridge. Brown is the son of comedian Joe E Brown.
All West German military personnel were flown out of Tanzania after Bonn announced withdrawal of military aid in reprisal for East German consulate opening in Dar es Salaam. The move follows Bonn's decision tied to the new East German presence in Tanzania's capital.
AP reports after a high school basketball game two teenagers were stabbed near Pitt Field House. Carl Morton, 18, was in critical condition at Montefiore Hospital, stabbed in the heart. Dale H. Shelton, 18, was treated and released after being stabbed in the shoulder and thigh. Gary Brobty, 18, was arrested and admitted involvement, claiming he acted while fending off attackers.
In Selma Alabama a state prosecutor obtained a signed statement from a man who said he was shot by a state trooper during racial violence last week. Jimmie Lee Jackson, 26, died after being wounded eight days earlier in Marion during a night march disruption. The case fuels civil rights tensions as a grand jury reviews evidence. mass meetings and Klan activity spread to Greensboro. Jackson, hospitalized in critical condition, reportedly told staff he was shot by a trooper during the Marion violence.
State police gathered grey hair strands from the dash area of the accused Boyd E. Jaynes car and plan to send them to the Harrisburg crime lab. Victim Myrtle Ball, 48, of Erie, had gray hair. car dusting for prints occurred with no details given. Jaynes, 82, is jailed after being charged with murder following Ball’s discovery near St Mark's Seminary on February 15. District Attorney Carey also had a local man, Donald Klaus, 42, bound over on a $1000 appearance bond for a separate preliminary hearing.
The United States published a 14 000 word white paper charging North Viet Nam with an invasion like aggression in South Viet Nam. It argues the Viet Cong are supported and controlled by Hanoi and asserts US will not abandon allies while signaling more American troops to South Viet Nam. The report notes continued bombing and the choice of peace or escalating conflict rests with Hanoi.
US and South Vietnamese planes hit a jungle area east of Saigon in Phuoc Tuy Province in the largest helicopter airlift of the war, backed by 20 Air Force B57s and 40 Skyraiders. Ground troops moved in while officials cautioned on disclosed unit details.
Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Black Muslims, warns would be avengers to fight back. He cites threats after Malcolm X’s Harlem mosque bombing and vows no silence. Security tight as MuhammadAli, Cassius Clay, and Cody Jones attend an event with police and escort details.
A Flying Hillarys trapeze act member Barry Mitchell 19 fell when a rope broke. He avoided serious injury while two spectators Mary Bennett of Topeka and Emma Moser of Marysville were hurt, with shoulder and thigh injuries treated and released at a Topeka hospital.
Dozens of police cars escorted the body of Malcolm X from a Harlem funeral home to the Faith Temple of God in Christ for a Muslim burial. More than 22,000 mourners filed past the casket as investigators linked his assassination to rival Black Muslims. Police charged two men in the slaying, with one held on homicide charges and tied to the Elijah Muhammad faction.
A vigil continued for Mary Rayborn as doctors battled coral snake venom after an accidental injection. The 24 year old was treated in a hospital near the lab where the incident occurred, while a Florida man received a separate opiate treatment yesterday after exposure.
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