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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1963
Page
1
Fragmentary classified style text mentions fur, phone, and shed with partial numbers. Reads like an old real estate or miscellaneous ad fragment listing rooms and features such as full bath and two bedrooms. Uncertain details but hints at property or item sale notes.
Government statistics show a June cost of living index at 106.6 percent, with sugar price spikes inflating the figure. Analysts say the overall pattern hints at renewed inflation fears, though many economists call it a temporary drift rather to a trend.
In Ellijay Georgia a babysitter Peggy Jean Stovall 12 was killed when a rifle discharged during a scuffle between two children aged 8 and 5 who were in her care. Names of the children are withheld.
Erie County Republicans pushed a voter registration schedule through the commissioners meeting despite Democratic Commissioner Louis J. Reymek opposing. They set three dates in Corry for late summer and early fall lighted by August 2, August 30, and September 6 with 2 to 9 pm hours at the Municipal Building. Registrars will be named later with one from each party, and September 16 is the deadline to vote in November. Reymek protested he was not consulted and sought to discuss with Democratic Chair Peter G. Schaaf.
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission ordered Nicholas J. Cafaro of Cafaro Barbershop in Penn Hills to stop denying service to Black patrons. The action followed Gus Johnson’s complaint alleging four refusals after learning his race, despite prior cuts.
Singer Mary Ford won a court order for two thousand five hundred dollars a month alimony from her husband and former partner Les Paul. Miss Ford, age thirty eight, said she is penniless and has been living with relatives in Los Angeles.
U S and South Korea monitor Korean events as North Korea probes for signs of wider action by Communists. Claims of infiltrators and clashes near the demilitarized zone raise tensions while officials say no immediate U S troop redeployment beyond Korea.
Harrisburg AP reports opponents of tax paid bus transport for private and parochial school children say the 16 session is dead after the Senate rejected two plans. The optional plan, passed by the House, faced possible conference action but died 26 to 29 with 2 Democrats joining 24 Republicans. Donolow urged a mandatory subsidy, citing Supreme Court decisions, but the motion failed as Republicans gained three Democrats. Continued on Page Eight.
Johnson to be appointed interim judge of Ene County Orphans Court after adjournment of the 1963 Legislature. Governor Scranton’s aide William Blessing said Johnson was nominated in January but blocked in the Senate. If the Senate acts late, Johnson will serve until January and then run against Democrat James B. Dwyer in the November election. Erie Senator William G. Lesler resisted confirming Johnson, citing potential election advantage.
Police report two refugees aged 22 and 23 were shot at by East German border guards during their attempt to scale the Berlin Wall at night near Checkpoint Charlie. Both men escaped to West Berlin unharmed.
Six groups plan booths for a three day Sidewalk Bazaar Daze on August 15 16 and 17. The event promotes the Retail Division of the Chamber of Commerce with groups such as the Women's Relief Corps Kiwanis Club Women of the Moose High School Cheer Leaders and the Golden Age Club lining North Center and Washington streets. Organizers urge more clubs to join and note booths are a key income source with a deadline around August.
AP reports lawmakers warn Beijing may be against peaceful coexistence as older nuclear test pact limps on. Ambush of U.S. troops in Korea cited as example of rising tensions. Peking signals push to clear Southeast Asia disputes and curb Western influence in Vietnam Laos and beyond. Prime Minister Nehru cautions India to prepare for possible escalation.
North Korean soldiers killed Tuesday used the same submachine guns as in Monday’s ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded a third south of the demilitarized zone. Ballistic tests from captured weapons tied the two incidents, as U.N. spokesman Col. George Creel said. Brig. Gen. Charles Pershing Brown reported no U.S. casualties on our side and incomplete results from the contact. The period of fighting and infiltrations around the buffer zone continued with additional clashes and fatalities.
The Corry Area School Building Authority met at the Public Library basement to push plans for two new schools costing about 1.2 million dollars. Leases were signed, bonds sold, and documents prepared as Concord and Columbus School Boards joined in. Authority officials including Dallas Smiley and Donald Wharton reviewed bond and contract schedules with Pittsburgh brokers Singer Deane and Scribner, with construction hoped to start August 12 following August 8 bond signing and August 10 contractor agreements.
A national survey shows Erie County with strong 1962 retail sales of 301 million dollars and personal incomes averaging 6 571 dollars per household. The buying power index stands at 1315 percent, signaling substantial local consumer activity and solid prospects for 1963.
The Pennsylvania Railroad system reported a profit of 4 085 000 for the first half, versus a 974 000 deficit the year before. The railroad operation itself posted a 1 118 809 deficit, down from 5 128 000 in the prior year.
Tokyo reports that New China and Beijing rejected the Soviet favored partial test ban, calling it a dirty fraud. The government accused Moscow of allying with war forces and imperialism to oppose China, signaling possible breakdown in Sino Soviet relations.
The Allegheny County morgue reports two Homestead youths died while swimming in the Monongahela River. Identified as Donald Atwood 10 and Eva Baker 9 the children disappeared Monday night. Their clothing was found on the riverbank hours later and both were wearing bathing salls when recovered.
Actor Spencer Tracy, 63, is reported by hospital attendants to be improving every day after collapsing ten days ago due to pulmonary congestion. No discharge date has been announced.
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