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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1963
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text mentions dairy, health notes, July events, and charges. Names and specifics are unclear. only scattered items like cows and a failed bid context emerge.
London reports say Soviet agents seek to kill or kidnap master spy Dolnytsin who defected to the West 18 months ago. He is under guard in Britain, has provided dismantled Soviet networks to British counter intelligence, and may undergo plastic surgery to adopt a new identity.
Health officials warn a continent spanning solar eclipse can cause permanent eye injury if the sun is stared at during any phase. Ten seconds of direct viewing may burn the retina, with infrared rays producing macular burns. Adults and children are urged to avoid any direct sun gazing and to explain risks to youngsters.
About 1,500 troops of the 1st Division will be airlifted from Kansas to West Germany between July 19 and July 22 as a test of rapid reinforcement ability. The battle group will swap places with a similar 1st Division group flown from the United States in a prior exercise, SHAPE said.
The St Thomas Church plans a $91,000 two story convent with a one story chapel for ten Sisters of Mercy at West Washington Street beside St Edward’s parochial school. John Agnello and Son submitted a low bid of $90,978, with a four month completion target. The project follows a prior parish drive that has raised about $60,000 to date. The building will house teaching staff including six sisters currently at the school. Local defense fund donations for Byron de la Beckwith were described as frequent but small in amount by attorney Hite McLean Sr. and were not quantified.
Pope Paul VI assigns two Roman Catholic representatives to attend the Golden Jubilee of Patriarch Alexy of Moscow. The week long celebration opens Sunday drawing Orthodox prelates from around the world and signaling closer Vatican Orthodoxy ties. Bishop Francois Charriere of Lausanne and Father Christophe Dumont of Paris will represent Rome and have engaged with Protestant groups and the World Council of Churches.
In Butler Pennsylvania Armco Steel Corp union and management signed a contract for about 3200 hourly workers represented by the Armco Employees Independent Federation. The agreement mirrors recent steel industry contracts and covers a large segment of the Butler plant workforce.
Soviet and Red Chinese experts enter what may be final unity meetings. Peking labeled the conferences a flop and said differences may be set aside for further talks. With talks winding down, Russia eyed a start Monday with U.S. and British officials on a nuclear test ban while Beijing signaled continued bilateral discussions.
State public instruction chief Charles Ho Boehm outlined a two fold approach to keep religion in public high schools. A social studies course will treat religion as an institution of society, and a humanities course universal issues in human life will be piloted in ten schools. Boehm argued for an objective treatment of religion without rituals, saying education can foster moral and spiritual values while avoiding promotion of any one faith.
Two Corry youths were ordered held for Erie County court at their arraignment this morning on charges of breaking into and burglarizing the Durham gas station and grocery store on East Main Street and the GLE store on Pennsylvania Avenue. Police puzzled how detainers and charges from 1961 and 1962 vanished without local notification.
David Buell aged 21 of Sixth street and Dennis Proper aged 17 of Essex street were taken into custody after a Durham store break-in. Proper pleaded guilty at arraignment while Buell entered a not guilty plea. Police had suspected Buell after a wrist watch he once attempted to pawn at the store surfaced among stolen items. Officers spotted the pair walking on Pennsylvania avenue and detained them for questioning, with Proper admitting involvement in the break-ins including the Buesink Ford Garage at Clymer. Buell denied any participation. Continued on Page Five.
In Cambridge Maryland National Guard units returned amid elevated fears of new violence as authorities struggle to curb racial tensions. Gov. Millard Tawes ordered restrictions, curfews, and liquor bans after a four day gap in shootings and arson. Police limits and checkpoint searches stayed in place while both black and white protesters faced curfews and access restrictions to the town.
Four more people died and seven children were injured when a station wagon returning from French Creek State Park failed to stop at a sign and collided with a northbound car on Route 113 near Downingtown. The station wagon driver Peter Longworth 25 Ardmore YMCA staff member and the six other injured children were taken to Chester County Hospital. Police identified victims including Peter McHugh 14 Merion Station and Roger Cook ? Havertown with one hospitalized in serious condition. The crash occurred six miles north of Downingtown.
AP reports two men rented a shop next to a currency exchange posing as florists. Masked and armed, they blasted through the wall and stole about 40 000 dollars yesterday, using the cover of a florist operation.
Two Spring Creek and Corry residents, Barbara Jaquith 17 and Sharon Martin 16, woke to two black bear cubs near their tent on the Martin farm beside Corry Spry Creek road shortly after midnight. The mother bear stayed distant while the trio romped for nearly three hours, leaving the scene with an emptied potato chip bag found later by Barbara Jaquith’s father. Reports say bears have been seen in the area. the girls may not return soon. EXTASY LEADER DIES in Rome Giuseppe Cappi, 79, former president of Italy's highest court, died yesterday.
A 14-year-old driver and a 14-year-old passenger collided with a parked truck near Lehighton while returning from a camp. Two teens killed were Joseph Francia 14 and John Russell Smerdon 16 of Moosic. Floyd Smerdon 15 and Jase Terry Woodmaney 15 of Scranton were injured. Ammonia from the truck raised danger and Milan Ivanovic 42 of Ontario drove the truck with no injuries.
A U S spokesman said the United States will not interfere with the financial operations of Cuba's mission to the United Nations. He answered Cuba's complaint that U S decisions to free Cuban assets could halt funds for the U N mission. Details are being worked out in Washington.
Firefighters from Corry Union City Elgin Beaverdam and area companies rushed to the Neil Tarbell farm on Route 6 yesterday evening but a barn burned to the ground. Chief Francis valued the loss at $5000. The outbuilding behind Tarbell’s Tea Room housed three small garden tractors toys and tools. Officials believe the blaze started near a rubbish fire.
Golf Commission yesterday agreed to obtain options on several potential municipal course sites and hire consultants to assess economic viability. The panel plans to consult architects, aim to secure City Council financing, and pursue construction with a target first tee in spring 1965 if all goes as hoped.
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