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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1965
Page
6
The Prothonotary and Clerks of Court Association of Pennsylvania opened its annual meeting at Conneaut Lake Park near Meadville. It ends Saturday with election of officers. Divorce decrees listed include two from Corry and other local notices follow among police and civic events.
A tractor trailer jackknifed on rain slick routes near Selinsgrove Virginia and toppled onto a car killing two teenage boys Erma Orwin and Larry Swartz and a girl Richard Houghtling 18 and another youth were injured in the crash involving two other cars and a truck. Swartz brother John 19 is hospitalized with serious injuries.
The Oil City Chamber of Commerce advances a rental housing initiative amid a housing shortage. Simco Enterprises of Girard, already building units in Oil City, is seen as the prime candidate to tackle the Corry area. Directors heard Simco toured the city and eyed two potential sites for development including an 18 acre parcel beside the new municipal project.
Carver, athletic director at the University of Pittsburgh, says the financial crisis will not yet affect athletics. He notes no major department-wide cuts, though expenses may be trimmed by up to 20 percent in some areas and smaller reductions elsewhere. He emphasizes pruning where possible.
Chamber officials expect Simeo people to return to Corry soon to enter into greater deals on the two parcels of land totaling 26 acres that could be developed across Macadam Hill road from the first parcel.
Investigators believe heat and pressure triggered an explosion of a hydrofluoric acid jar in a Harrisburg state office building. Mrs. Cora Long, 56, died from shock and fumes. Cpl. John Mesarie, 61, was treated and released. The acid was left near a snack bar by J. Francis Jakovic who had planned to take it home.
AP reports John Sostaric age 49 of Wilmerding died at the Westinghouse Air Brake foundry in Wilmerding after contact with a 440 volt line while moving a fan. The coroner's office documented the incident.
The second bomb threat in Philadelphia this week prompted evacuation of about 2,000 people at the 18 story state office building after a caller warned of a bomb inside. Police searched with no explosives found.
Frances P Karwoski 41 of Brooklyn was killed when a single vehicle crash along the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lower Allen Township Cumberland County left her husband with minor injuries. Two children in the back seat escaped injury and were unhurt. Police and responders treated the scene.
Flags flew at half staff as President Johnson mourned the loss of his longtime friend and ally Stevenson. U Thant and former leaders eulogized him for eloquence and dignity while at the United Nations a memorial service was discussed. Stevenson had planned to resign from the U.N. post and return to law practice in New York and Chicago.
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