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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1964
Page
1
Firefighters work from the roof area of a building located just east of the Aero Supply complex as smoke and flames threaten a shipment near the track and railroad loading docks. The incident highlights a blaze impacting industrial properties along the rail corridor.
Corry officials plan municipal golf with no social activities and conduct 13 questions survey to gauge local support for a low cost, self sustaining course. Bids open tonight with architect evaluating costs and feasibility studies set for next week.
In Selma California a fatal motorcycle crash occurred during a street game of chicken. M R Turnbow 21 died after being thrown 130 feet at an estimated 75 mph. Jerry Lee Houghard 20 sustained multiple injuries.
In Hartford a woman reported seeing a man loading another man into a car trunk. Michael Lambert, a mechanic, admitted he used the trunk to move a fellow worker while testing a rattle in the vehicle.
Corry Zoning Board of Appeals granted the appeal to build and lease a new supermarket on North Center Street opposite Raymond Avenue. The location likely houses an IGA Foodliner with 6,440 square feet of selling space and over 20,000 square feet of auto parking. Construction should finish within 90 days of starting, replacing the old car barn site and a frame residence razed for the project.
A Pittsburgh policeman named Anthony J. Notaro drowned when the canoe with his three children capsized at Camp Diamond Lake ten miles west of Somerset. Notaro, 34, died at Somerset Community Hospital. His children Kathleen 7 Dennis 5 and Patricia 1 were rescued by his brother in law James R. Galliardi of Johnstown. Notaro served on the Pittsburgh police force for 12 years.
Premier Khrushchev flew back to the Soviet Union after a two day Warsaw visit for Poland communist regime anniversary. East German leader Ulbricht and Czechoslovak President Novotny also attended the celebration.
Administration leaders pressed for passage of a 962.5 million antipoverty bill aided by a rights amendment to attract Southern Democrats. Senate debates featured attacks from Barry Goldwater with John Tower leading opposition. A Smathers amendment to require governor consent for youth camps passed by voice vote, while the bill aims to create a job corps for ages 16 to 21, plus education and training and federal aid across rural, migrant, and small business programs.
A House Public Works subcommittee approved a revised version of President Johnsons Appalachia program amid Republican charges that the 1.077 billion bill is being railroaded toward House passage on White House orders. The measure funds aid to West Virginia and parts of 10 other economically hard hit states including Alabama Georgia Kentucky Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee and Virginia. Republicans criticized the need for the program while voting to amend failed on party line votes.
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle declares that postwar US dominance in the West has ended. He says a new Europe has emerged, capable of living its own life with its own values and means, during a televised news conference at the Presidential Palace.
The Connellsville Joint School Committee plans to reconsider the 1962 job rejection of Mrs. Jane McPherson, a Black teacher, after a State Human Relations Commission brief hearing. An indefinite continuance was granted and the matter may be taken up at a special meeting or at the August 11 session.
At Harborcreek the Little League All-Star contest framed a home team question. Dr K W Bertram and local officials ruled that the home team is the team from the host location, regardless of field neutrality, affecting the last bat advantage.
Police shot four as racial rioting looting and vandalism raged in Brooklyn through the night. Crowds of Negroes jeered at police in Bedford-Stuyvesant while 145 stores were looted. Seventy six arrests followed amid ongoing clashes and calls for peace by Mayor Wagner.
State officials say conditions look better than 1962 and 1963. Only seven northeastern counties face drought relief needs as rainfall in spring and early summer boosted soil moisture. Across most of the state, rivers lack abundance but patterned rains mitigate dry spells and reduce fire and water-shortage risks.
Police report 49 dead and 33 injured across the country after 12 days of heavy rain and lightning. Seoul recorded nearly 20 inches of rainfall in the period.
City officials blamed Communists for sparking New York racial riots while Negro leaders disputed the claim. Mayor Wagner cited possible FBI supplied evidence of Communist involvement. Roy Wilkins and NAACP leaders cautioned against tying riots to a planned conspiracy and suggested provocateurs may have acted without a coordinated plan.
An 18 year old Milo Capron and three juveniles were charged with stealing 15 gallons of gas from a farm tractor in Mill Village. Capron pled guilty paying $4.35 restitution and court costs and was released. the juveniles were ordered to contribute to restitution and placed on probation.
The War Ministry confirms Cruzeiry documents showing a brother in law of ex President Joao Goulart received 5 million dollars from Fidel Castro to fund a revolt in Brazil. The papers say Leonel Brizola, a former congressman, fled to Uruguay with Goulart after the coup and was promised 10 million in total by the Cuban prime minister.
Nightly clashes erupt as Mayor Wagter pleads for peace. Police wound a Black man accused of riot, with many arrests reported as protests continue in Brooklyn streets. President Johnson's anti poverty bill draws foreign reaction and talks of a Cuba embargo rise. Navy research hints at temporary superhuman strength. Restaurant and motel owners appeal to the Supreme Court after a Civil Rights Act ruling.
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