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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1963
Page
1
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Erie County Dem leaders meet at George Downey’s home to shortlist about a dozen candidates for postmaster following James Sullivan’s death after 27 years in the job. Attorney Peter Schaaf says applicants should write to him. civil service rules may apply, with final selection by Washington officials and presidential approval. Meanwhile, a Malibu Beach missing person case draws helicopters and searches for John Sweet, 24, who vanished after leaving his apartment near the Pacific.
Two Warren County men Walter Kifer and Charles Rodgers admitted shooting and butchering eight calves near Spring Creek Sunday night. Justice Regis Thompson ordered restitution and fines totaling $165. Police confiscated most of the meat. Kifer, Rodgers, and two officers testified. Noted theologian Fr Gerald Vann dies at 58 in Newcastle England.
The 1963 44 Erie area Corry Union City telephone directory begins distribution across Erie County with over 100 000 directories. It expands listings by 1 200 numbers and introduces seven numeral phone numbers for Union City prior to the July 21 dial operation.
Pennsylvania's Bureau of Employment Security expands local labor first efforts to recruit day laborers for crops. Corry office coordinates with farmers, bus and auto transport, and youth day-hauls to meet daily harvest needs. Last year 102 communities ran programs, with up to 6,000 workers moving to farms at peak season. Local registry urged at 142 North Center Street. Earnings based on picker speed. Also reports a crash east of Bedford Turnpike killing three people: James Thompson, Samuel Bensusen, and James Raby.
Senate Republicans press for a congressional probe into reports that 32 million dollars worth of corn barley and sorghum vanished from a barter shipment allegedly diverted to West Germany. Critics urge DOJ involvement. officials cite lack of conclusive evidence and new export paperwork to track barter goods.
In Can Tho Air Port South Viet Nam a Viet Cong mortar and machine gun attack wounded 14 Americans and three Vietnamese. The eight minute assault damaged a shack housing a Special Forces team and left one U.S. plane and an automobile damaged. Ten wounded were taken to Nhatrang field hospital. three were serious. Earlier a Marine helicopter crash injured two advisers and two Vietnamese soldiers, with one Vietnamese soldier killed.
The United States Britain and the Soviet Union met with ministers and officials in Moscow as Khrushchev underscored Soviet readiness to agree on a test ban. Western officials noted no unacceptable conditions and warned that past Russian demands could complicate a pact. Continued coverage promised on Page Eight.
Mead Park progress on the museum building continues slowly due to a serious shortage of volunteers. One man, George Taylor, carries much of the workload. directors plan a Saturday work session and urge local volunteers to attend. They also discussed park fire hazards and will place fire prevention signs. Saturday’s event will feature the Chamber of Commerce program Breakfast With the Merchants at 8 a.m. Directors present included Walter Auer Louis Sears Roy Reed Norman Edinger Walter Windahl Howard McMullin Jr J. Robert Grice Norbert Bachath er Albert L. Young Byron Nichols David Nichols Harry Blount David Johnson and Mrs Hazel Merker.
Harrisburg reports a heated debate over repealing the 1961 school reorganization law amid looming votes on civil rights measures. Gov. Scranton hints at a veto unless a substitute is offered as lawmakers split along party lines and Republican support remains uncertain. A separate memo from Defense Secretary McNamara discourages military demonstrations in uniform, urging restraint and lawful conduct.
State Police report two cars damaged with no injuries from a morning crash at a stop sign intersection in Lottsville. Drivers were James Winans, 47, of Sugar Grove RD 1, and Floyd E. Curry, 68, of Bean Lal. Winans station wagon halted then pulled onto the highway and struck the Curry sedan, with $175 damage to the Curry vehicle.
Washington AP reports signals that only Congress can stop a rail strike as a presidential panel drafts findings on the four year jobs dispute. The panel will brief carriers and unions before final form and a White House submission ahead of Monday legislation.
George Aikens Jr is accused in Erie County of soliciting sodomy and pleaded not guilty at a morning arraignment before Alderman M Cobbett. He was jailed at Erie County Jail with bail set at 4000 dollars after arrest following a report by Brian Jaggs.
In Charleston South Carolina violence erupted during a month long series of racial demonstrations. Police clashed with crowds injuring five officers and a marine. About 150 Negroes were arrested Tuesday and 95 more on Tuesday night.
A plan by the Erie County Council of the AFL-CIO aims to provide pickup and return service for Corry’s blind residents to attend monthly gatherings at the Erie County Center for the Blind. Frank Grace, CSC chairman, requests interested locals send a postcard to Grace at AFL-CIO headquarters 1703 State Street in Erie to participate and start receiving the AFL-CIO newsletter with entertainment details.
Authorities seek three men who robbed the North Pittsburgh Savings and Loan Association on the North Side. An accomplice waited outside in a double parked car. Two were armed and the bandits fled with over $3,000 after forcing teller Eva Bittner and associate secretary George Prost to bag cash from two drawers.
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