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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1964
Page
2
Winter glove sale reduces prices at Carroll's Gift Shop with items priced as low as 1.00. Several personal notices list discharged and admitted individuals with addresses, while additional for sale items include wall tapestries lamps radios dishes and pictures and a phone contact.
Funeral notices announce services for Edward Einink to be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Abbe Reformed Church Clymer with calling hours at Spitzer Funeral Home Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Burial in Holland Cemetery. Lena Measor wife of Walter Measor will have services Friday at 2 p.m. at H Richard Hays Funeral Home Spartansburg with visiting hours Wednesday 7 to 10 p.m. and Thursday 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. Burial at Youngsville Cemetery.
Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypeski, a 50 year old British Olympian, died from injuries after a toboggan sled slid off a chute during a practice run for the luge event at the Winter Games in Innsbruck Austria. The accident prompted a day of mourning as athletes resumed practice.
Washington AP report says a revolt in the House Rules Committee could shove the civil rights bill to a vote before Lincoln’s Birthday recess. A bipartisan coalition plans to end hearings and push action, targeting Chairman Howard W. Smith as strategy unfolds. Rep. Richard Bolling signals readiness to force a vote to end hearings at today’s session.
The House Rules Committee faces pressure from both parties as a 15 member panel, including 10 Democrats and 5 Republicans, moves to accelerate a civil rights bill. Four Democrats hail from the South while leaders push for action ahead of Lincoln Day rallies. Bolling urges action to avoid forceful hearings, as Johnson’s pressure mounts.
Army Navy and Air Force doctors recommended steps to discourage smoking among 2.7 million service members. No prohibition planned. Health leaders discussed findings linking smoking to lung cancer and other life-shortening risks. Defense Department said no decisions yet. Dr Fisk called the session conclusive and signaled a unified policy forthcoming.
Queen Frederika of Greece was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree by Columbia University yesterday. The ceremony praised her as a keen patroness of advanced studies of physics and education.
The plan would cut rates for individuals and corporations, retroactive to 1964. A new tax-rate range of 14 to 70 percent replaces 20 to 81 percent. The bill, initially $11.1 billion in cuts, grew to about $11.5 billion after Finance Committee changes.
A fire in a small house near Big Run, Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, yesterday destroyed the structure and killed Theodore, a local resident. Fire crews investigated the blaze as officials began to inform next of kin.
A daughter was born at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Perry Nichols of 28 Brook Street. A son Jonathan Lowell was born yesterday to Mr and Mrs John R Orcutt of Boulder Colorado. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Orcutt of 26 East Frederick Street. The elderly resident Leach, 59, who lived alone, died when firemen theorized a coal stove exploded as he tried to fire it.
Somerset County is claimed as the Ski Capital of Pennsylvania as Judge Thomas F. Lansberry proclaims the title while a local board of d irectors resists, launching a tourism program on Tuesday to attract visitors and settle the designation.
The Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce board faced a protest from the neighboring Westmoreland County area after sending a letter to the Pennsylvania Ski Federation. The board claimed Ligonier Valley used the "Ski Capital" slogan in both last season and the current season.
A fourth floor pile of congressional records in the old House office building is described as a massive, handwritten labeled stack atop which a sign reads Trash, highlighting how daily Senate and House actions are reduced to discarded papers.
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