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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1963
Page
1
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London AP reports Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell died at 56 amid a national political crisis. He seemed poised for power, with Britain facing uncertainty over a General Election and the Common Market. His death leaves the party to choose a successor as campaigns loom.
The warm spell ends this weekend as the forecast calls for frigid air. Yesterday reached 44 degrees, but today highs will only reach the upper 20s, with tonight near zero and snow. State Police warn roads remain wet Friday and hazards rise with falling temperatures. motorists should use extreme caution.
Cranesville Fire Chief Harry Drury said a barn on the Eugene Brooks farm about one and a half miles north of Cranesville burned yesterday afternoon, causing an estimated loss of 35000. Eight dairy cows and three bulls perished, along with fodder, grain and most farm equipment. Insurers may cover part of the loss. Brooks and his wife were away at work when the fire started and the Albion Volunteer Fire Department aided in battling the blaze for over four hours before control. The state fire marshal will assist in investigating the cause.
At Niagara Falls ice remained jammed along a 13 mile stretch of the lower river despite a thaw. The Coast Guard reported pieces chipped free as temperatures neared 40 while some ice floated toward Lake Ontario. Vertical cracks appeared between Lewiston and Youngstown and small water spots touched Whirlpool Falls.
Work crews with four large cranes cleared wreckage from a New York Central derailment just west of Ashtabula station. An eastbound 27 car freight derailed after a switch left the tracks, several cars toppled and damage spread across about half a mile as investigators probe the cause.
Harrisburg AP Democratic State Chairman Otis B. Morse questions Gov Scranton about a reported Pennsylvania deficit of 32 million dollars. Morse says the budget should balance by June 30 with possible small surplus. Scranton says the deficit was inherited from the Lawrence administration.
West Germany's former ambassador to Cuba Karl von Spreti arrived in Mexico from Havana and said there are still Soviet rockets on the island. He noted many Soviet military personnel and technicians remain in Cuba as Bonn severed relations with the Castro regime.
A powerful winter storm grips the central United States with blizzard warnings in the Texas Panhandle and Kansas. Snow and severe cold lash Nebraska Montana Colorado and the Dakotas, with subzero readings from -41 in Butte to -11 in Denver and heavy snow totals in western Nebraska. Many schools close and highways become hazardous as a widespread snow belt extends from the Plains to the Mississippi Valley.
James Sullivan postmaster announces a new substation to open February 1 at the Ritz Restaurant on Worth Center Street. The former branch at Sen’s Drugs closed December 1, leaving the business district without a substation. hours will run 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. six days a week.
Corry YMCA sponsors a chess club begun by Rol Marsh after a beginner class. Meeting Tuesdays at 6 PM, with a $2 membership for nonmembers and free for members. In archery, classes for ages 10 to 16 start Tuesday at 7 PM with Harry Lamona as instructor. bow and arrows to be brought by participants, some bows available. Registration urged. future exhibitions planned with regional players. Women's Auxiliary meets Mondays. guests welcome.
An ex marine named Willan Hunt, 27, father of seven, fights for limb restoration after a severe leg severing in a Brookline incident. Surgeons at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital performed an arduous six hour repair stitching arteries, nerves, and bones, with an 18 inch rod placed in the femur. Hunt moved his toes and had sensation days after, and doctors remain cautiously optimistic about recovery.
Local man Laland Thompson of Snyder Circle reported a dawn incident at 4 a.m. when a dog pack cornered his wife and children. He used a bow and arrow to drive off the animal. the dog fled with an arrow lodged in its side. Police later could not locate the dog, and the pack returned near the Thompson home.
Dauphin County prosecutors expect the trial of former state official Samuel M. Braid to occur in the March term. The Philadelphia native, procurement director for the Public Welfare Department from 1956 to 1961, is charged on 29 counts including forgery and malfeasance for processing fake contracts worth 19536 for supplies at Wernesville State Hospital Allentown State Hospital and Pennhurst State School. Braid, earning 9454 yearly, was fired in August 1961 after charges were filed.
Six children died when a Lagigny Home for Epileptics building in Aubonne Switzerland burned down. Two youngsters escaped as police attributed the blaze to an overheated electric heater. Emergency crews battled the flames in the wooden structure.
Dr. James Leach, 71, arrived to treat 83 year old Mrs. August Quis after she suffered a heart attack at Belton Hospital. She died on arrival and he collapsed minutes later in the emergency room and died. An obituary note records their deaths occurring within minutes of each other.
East German Communist Party Congress shows widening rift with Beijing as Wu Shuo Chuan faces loud derision from about 2,500 delegates. Khrushchev absent amid Berlin wall visit, while Tass notes Beijing ideas clash with the international Communist line. Wu’s full text appears in Hong Kong papers but omits the heckling.
Washington reports that U S officials believe the Moscow Peking split is beyond mend after Wu Shiao chuan was booed and silenced at the East Berlin conference Khrushchev demanded Chinese surrender and a Moscow coexistence line while declining talks until terms are met observers say the rift appears unreconcilable and await Mao's reaction to the rebuff of his envoy
Kenjiro Shiga, head of Japan’s Defense Agency, says Communist China possesses two nuclear bombs and may test a crude device within two years, with at least a decade to arm fully. The remark, given at a briefing and discussed in a security meeting, notes the global psychological impact of any detonation.
A British etiquette expert, Barbara Cartland, asserts in Etiquette Handbook that a wife should constantly praise her husband and show him how to satisfy her, helping him realize how well he fulfills her dreams. Cartland, mother to the Countess of Dartmouth, is identified in private life as Mrs. Alexander McCorquodate.
In San Luis Colo AP three prisoners Manuel Brown 20 Brian Atencio 28 and Rudy Medina 21 died from fumes traced to a faulty squid gas heater installed two days earlier at the Converse County jail Sheriff Ruben Navaro said Undersheriff Bill Duran found them dead during a dinner run The victims were the jail’s only inmates Brown had a $107 deer hunting fine and had been jailed since Jan 7 Atencio was serving 60 days for a Christmas disturbance Medina was jailed for a drunk and disturbance charge near zero temperatures caused the heater to burn all day The town with about 1 000 near the New Mexico border mourns the tragedy BABY KILLED IN CRASH In East Stroudsburg one year old David Lentz died when a car driven by his mother Mrs Benjamin Lentz ran off a road and hit a tree The mother suffered bruises
Corry area trustees plan a $743 yearly library budget increase to unlock state aid under Pennsylvania’s Library Aid Program. If local support expands, the state reimbursements could rise from $3,051 to about $3,983 next year, with $71 extra annual local funds needed thereafter. Most funds would cover books and staff. The library reports 1,200 patrons and ongoing revenue from fines and gifts.
Albany reports an appellate division approved unemployment compensation for Mrs Bernice Marat of the Bronx who declined a $90 weekly job as wage terms were not substantially as favorable as prevailing. The case hinges on state law allowing benefits if offered pay is significantly lower than similar work. The decision reversed a prior denial by the trial commission and board, citing to October 4 29 to November 15 period when she left the labor market.
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