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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1964
Page
6
Two jet planes flying faster than the speed of sound rattled windows and shook the ground in Titusville Saturday after 11 am. Residents thought an earthquake had struck as two loud booms echoed over the area.
A setting sun over Stewart road barn triggered Corry Engine 3 and Emergency Truck 5 to respond to the M. O. Baldwin farm on Friday night. Baldwin searched outbuildings with no fire found. Twenty volunteers helped, receiving only a countryside ride. In a separate note, August Sprover reported finding a tan male collie pup in his garage on Saturday and may give it to a friend if unclaimed.
A head on collision on Smithtown Boulevard in Nesconset killed Clinton Plume 42 and his wife Jean 36. Their twelve children ages 8 months to 17 were left motherless and fatherless. Kate Karlsen 19 of St James and Anne Jensen 17 of Brooklyn died, with Helga Jensen 20 and Anita Knutsen 28 in critical condition. The Plumes had just left the Ronkonkoma Volunteer Fire Department fair where Mr Plume operated a game.
A funeral service for Glenn T. Caldwell was held at Bracken Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at 2 30 with Rev Joseph Kanzlemar of the Corry Church of the Nazarene officiating. Interment followed at Pine Grove Cemetery. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Russell McCaslin and Mrs George Lundberg of Centerville along with many others from the Spartansburg area.
The program promises acrobatics trained animals aerialists tumblers and wire walkers with a chorus of beautiful girls. Tickets are available from riding club members or the ticket wagon on circus day.
The YMCA calendar lists daily activities for July week including swimming Lifesaving Tops classes and youth programs. Highlights feature boys flying fish and shark on Monday at 4pm and Celtics versus Knicks basketball at 7pm.
An eight person fatal crash occurred near Bowling Green Missouri after a speeding car driven by Willie Walker 45 of Milwaukee collided head on with an Illinois car carrying Harold Marshall 48 of Kane Ill his wife Clara 47 their daughter Janice 22 a Marshall neighbor Mrs Herberta Crawford 4 and her sons David 4 and Lawrence 14 and Catherine Goodall 14 of Kane The patrol said Walker was traveling about 100 mph and had just been released on bond after a speeding arrest near Mexico Mo The crash killed all eight occupants and the eight victims included the Marshalls wife and their daughter plus a Kane Ill contact party The incident was attributed to excessive speed and curve loss with Walker arrested earlier that day.
A car ran through a guard rail and plunged into the East Conemaugh River in Franklin Borough. Parents Felix Pileski and Ethel Pileski of Mineral Point, Cambria County, were killed. Their 19 month old son David survived with critical injuries and was hospitalized in Johnstown.
Five members of the Mayle family perished in a Route 170 fire that destroyed a four room house. Victims: Roy Mayle Jr. 13, Troy 12, Billy 11, and uncles William Mayer 61 and Charles Mayer 47. Cause linked to an oil stove. deaths due to asphyxiation and carbon monoxide. Neighbors reported flames around 11 30 p m. others not home at the time. The family has 14 children total. two daughters, Linda 15 and Adeline 17, survived at home.
Meadville High football and track coach Otto Kneidinger submitted his resignation to Superintendent William Fry. He will coach Lafayette College's freshman football team this fall and will teach physical education. Kneidinger led Meadville to three wins last season and spoke of the rewarding year before leaving for Easton.
Daniel Y. Marshak, a renowned poet and translator who brought Shakespeare to millions of Russians, died on Saturday in Moscow at age 76. He shaped modern Russian literary culture through translations and original poetry, earning acclaim across the Soviet and post Soviet eras.
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