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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1964
Page
3
The extended forecast calls for tomorrow through Monday with temperatures 2 to 4 degrees above normal and little daily change. Showers next week expected to total under two tenths of an inch. Parish item includes details on past cases and property transfers in Corry with names Elmer W Schifko and Robert O Brown.
In San Francisco AP reports Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman named for a major party presidential nomination. She holds 17 of 1308 Republican delegates, with George Aiken set to second. Smith campaigned in New Hampshire, Illinois, and Oregon, keeping perfect Senate roll calls since 1955, with a campaign cost of 235 dollars.
As the convention nears final ballots Goldwater leads with 405 votes and Scranton trails. Scott predicts Scranton will battle to the wire while Miller is eyed as possible vice president. Delegates reject five platform amendments amid debate on civil rights and atomic control.
Edsel Crawford of the Child Welfare Board says a Warren woman who left to care for her sick husband in Cleveland should not lose her seven children. Mrs Cleland Heel fears losing them within a week if relief does not come from Cleveland welfare officials. Crawford noted the family became eligible for aid from the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Commission when Reel entered the VA Hospital.
The article states that the average person blinks about 25 times per minute. This fact is presented as a general observation about normal eye activity.
The Emporium Cameron County Chamber of Commerce declares itself unalterably opposed to the proposed discontinuance of the daily Pennsylva Railroad train between Erie and Emporium. It asks the Public Utility Commission to deny the plan until substitute transportation is provided, noting Emporium would be left with no public transit to the west and the nearest bus 20 miles away in St Marys.
Brokenstraw Valley School Board opened bids for Lottsville High School demolition and Garland property purchase. Klapec and Label of Oil City bid 1495 to demolish Lottsville. Loomis bid 2260 to buy Garland. No bids for Grand Valley. readvertise August 10. Brenda Wagner to teach sixth grade at Youngsville Elementary. Oviatt joins Central Warren County School Authority.
Louis Rosenfeld, 68, rose from theater usher to president of Columbia Pictures for Canada, Ltd., and died yesterday in Toronto. He shaped Canadian film distribution and production during a storied career in the industry.
Berlin reports an American officer was slapped by an East German border guard near Checkpoint Charlie after he and a companion were halted. The incident prompted a strong U S protest while the officer, in an Army Sedan, did not retaliate and argued they were not in a restricted area.
The Pittsburgh Board of Public Education directs staff to reject future textbooks that portray an integrated society. The order targets social studies materials on personal and family life and child development. President William H. Rea says the latest books lack treatment of integration. Superintendent Dr Sidney P Marland Jr. supports the move.
A blaze at the Valley Hunt Club in Lewis Run destroyed the arena and stables, with about 25 horses saved. Firefighters from 20 departments battled the three hour blaze, fire officials noted spontaneous combustion of straw as a possible cause.
U S officials plan to send more personnel to reinforce Asia commitments, with D Taylor named ambassador to South Viet Nam and Gen Westmoreland elevated to lead U S military command there. No firm figures on North Vietnamese infiltration released as State Department notes ongoing influx of guerrilla units.
Pittsburgh AP report details 37 year old Virginia Leavy who swallowed an open safety pin fourteen years earlier while tending her infant. Doctors at Mercy Hospital retrieved the rusted pin with a bronchoscope and forceps after a long search and treatment. She plans to resume swimming badminton and volleyball, and quit smoking.
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