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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1964
Page
6
Directors of Western Chautauqua Recreation Inc pause with Niagara Mohawk Power Corp reps to view progress on a local project. In Corry a photo shows a fox, a domesticated cat, a woodchuck and a collie sharing a single feeding dish at the George Nevagt home R D 1.
PFC Gary Durrel Wike of Steyns Pennsylvania, 21, from the 56th Engineer Battalion at Fort Benning, is held on murder charges in the death of 66-year-old Lee Jack Carter. Carter’s body was found at a Columbus self service laundry after officers patrolled the area Sunday. Wike said he fired a shotgun into the air to wake the neighborhood for the Fourth of July. Detective J A Snellgrove reported that Wike, drunk at the time, had no motive and Carter was shot multiple times with shotgun pellets. Carter was a Negro.
Police report two men stole Lawrence Suttons 1962 Chevy II, license 619-921, while he slept three feet from his driveway. Heliker chased a car toward West Church as investigators note the vehicle was left in gear and could not be started.
American Telephone and Telegraph Co completed laying an undersea cable linking Hawaii with the mainland aboard a ship. The line, capable of carrying 128 simultaneous conversations, will be in service within a week and provides direct connections between New York and Tokyo.
A Sparta girl recounts seeing a light in the sky that stayed visible for about half an hour then a follow up search with a cousin. She believes the object came from outer space while her cousin suspects a lightning bug. They kept watching the sky but only saw stars and planets.
Keith Baker of York Pennsylvania experiences a barrel ride where a drant with a saddle on it can be steered by pulling ropes to perform horselike maneuvers. The preview hints at more rides to come.
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