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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1965
Page
1
Fragmented legal notice from Erie County detailing a sheriff sale of property to satisfy judgments. Mentions parties such as Jack W and his wife, and a town of Erie location with references to delays, deliveries, and property disposition processes. Partial names and numbers appear amid garbled OCR text.
London AP says Sir Winston Churchill age 90 lies in deep sleep amid a blood clot on the brain. Medical bulletins show no material change as anxiety rises worldwide. By his bedside are Lady Churchill daughter Sarah Randolph and grandson Winston Spencer with a vigil by the frosty streets.
Friday night doctors said Sir Winston Churchill was slipping deeper into sleep and not conscious of pain. Lord Moran reported no material change and planned another check later afternoon. President Johnson sent best wishes for a rapid recovery as Japan’s prime minister cabled support from Honolulu. Continued on page six.
In Meridian Mississippi arrests were set as federal grand jury indictments against suspects connected to the slayings of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney. Secret indictments were returned in Jackson and will be revealed at arrest. Sheriff Rainey commented on the forthcoming action and the Meridian Philadelphia area arrests will appear before U.S. Commissioner Esther Carter for bond. Continued on page six.
Two Union City area youths admitted destroying machinery tools and windows at the John Rexrode lumber mill near Union City on December 27. Corry State Trooper Edward Pass said the damage reached about $1,000 as the mill, closed for some time, held equipment awaiting future operations. Juvenile petitions will be filed and the youths released to their parents pending court.
The Justice Department filed in U.S. District Court to abolish Alabama's voter literacy test, alleging it is too hard and discriminates against Black voters. Atty. Gen. Flowers defends registrar actions and vows to take the case to the Supreme Court if needed. Gov. Wallace has not commented. The suit cites violations of the Constitution and Civil Rights Acts. Continued on Page Six.
An AP report describes a KC135 tanker crash in northeast Wichita near Wichita State University. Eyewitnesses report charred bodies, several houses destroyed, and residents crying as flames spread. The Strategic Air Command identified the aircraft but gave no crew details.
Moscow radio announced that Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko plans a March trip to London at the invitation of British Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker. The visit is to occur March 16 as announced.
American servicemen families were evacuated at Saigon's large pool after Vietnamese police uncovered a 40 pound TNT bomb hidden in a flower pot near the water. Detonator wires threaded to a magneto would have killed many. a Vietnamese policeman on patrol spotted the device.
Burundi premier Pierre Ngendandumwe was shot dead Friday outside a hospital in Usumbura after eight days in office. Reports from the U S Embassy say he was killed as his wife had just given birth. Burundi, independent since 1962, has faced Chinese influence and Congo rebel ties amid political turmoil.
Effective Monday the single copy street sale price of the Evening Bulletin rises from 8 to 10 cents. Corner newsboys and dealers will share the increase. Home delivery stays 48 cents weekly for six days and Sunday copy remains 20 cents. combined seven-day home delivery remains 68 cents.
Milwaukee obituary reports Joseph Cummings Chase, 86, a dean of American portrait painters, died yesterday a week after a stroke. Chase spent most of his career in New York.
Dowell Co of Corry fractured the John Tautin farm gas well for Ventura Oil Co of Denver on a bitter January day. The well yielded six million cubic feet after a 15 minute fracturing, with rapid gas and water show. Quoted figures describe 102000 pounds sand, 1050 barrels water, 175000 cubic feet nitrogen, and fourteen pieces of equipment used including a Schlumberger logging truck. A worker narrowly escaped injury when a heavy pulley wheel fell on his hardhat.
The Department of Agriculture announced a new credit plan for rural families to foster small family businesses and farming enterpris es in Corry. Loans up to 2500 dollars at 4 percent will aid low income residents who cannot obtain other credit, with applications now being accepted at the local FHA office. A similar cooperative program plans loans averaging about 25000 dollars for eligible low income groups.
United Nations secretary-general U Thant said he will complete his current five year term and would not resign over illness rumors. He noted he has not decided about seeking a second term, and he plans to continue in office pending his decision.
Final meeting of creditors will be held February 5 for John Harder Fenstermacher Enterprises and John Harder Fenstermacher Inc. Both firms have been out of business. Unsecured claims total 48,486 with 928 in priority claims and 621.79 to pay all claims. Trustee and attorney fees amount to 800.
An Allegheny County coroner's jury recommended that Robert Lowe, 23, of Uptown Pittsburgh be held for grand jury action on a murder charge in the death of his estranged wife Adele, 23. Police said Lowe shot his wife December 23 during a quarrel.
Minnie Churchill, wife of Winston S. Churchill’s grandson and home figure at Westminster Hospital, is expecting her first child. Doctors say delivery may not be imminent but she is in for prenatal care. She is 24, daughter of the late Sir Gerald D'Erlanger and wife of Randolph Churchill's son.
County officials faced a string of nonstandard tasks as the week ended without a state Supreme Court ruling on Nobert Ments and A. Mee. District Attorney Carmty reined in a voter fraud issue, two Erie Fifth District election officials faced charges, and the board prepared to drop hearings on pending matters. The county budget and property tax questions remained focal, with attention on the Robert Schluraff case and a 10 point property assessment plan to straighten the tax mess.
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