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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1964
Page
1
In Harrisburg a final Senate vote is expected today on Project 70, Pennsylvania 70 million open space program to acquire rural lands for parks. The plan proposes 40 million for land purchases in four counties 20 million for matching development funds and 10 million for new hunting and fishing areas amid a budget debate.
Mayor Wagner ordered nearly 1000 additional officers to patrol streets and subways on overtime to curb attacks by hoodlums on whites. He also urged all 20000 patrolmen to wear uniforms at all times and pushed faster two way radio installation on trains.
About 20 000 students and citizens demanded the resignation of President Park Chung Hee and clashed with police in Seoul. Martial law was proclaimed as the United States urged calm and sent envoy Howze and Ambassador Berger to the crisis meeting. The decree gave the army power to disperse crowds and control the capital.
A 31 year old Pittsburgh woman, Margaret Simmets, died at New Castle Hospital after a collision involving a car and a tractor trailer at the Route 19 and 108 intersection near Harlansburg. Her husband Earl, 54, remained slightly injured.
Two young siblings, Robert Patrick Cas on Jr. aged 3 and Marian Alice Costlow aged 2, were found suffocated inside an unused refrigerator at their Jamestown home. Coroner Fred Hitchcock ruled the deaths accidental with an estimated three minutes of oxygen. The search by parents and police spanned six blocks and included wading Chadakoin Creek.
Miami AP report says anti Castro forces aided by the United States have attacked Cuban coastal cities causing heavy damage and loss of life per Cuban Red Cross. The Cuban radio also cited executions of seven CIA agents and Manuel Artime predicted a long Viet Nam style conflict with Castro regime.
Judge Burton Laub in Erie County approved a settlement in a Corry motorist crash case. Christine Hillstrom of 549 Wayne Street pays $1,415 after a Wattsburg area accident on August 18, 1969. Martha Brady of Punxsutawney filed suit for her son Larry G. 19, who was injured as a passenger and has fully recovered.
Richard Rotthoff, 31, of Wattsburg, was treated at Union City Memorial Hospital for a lacera tion of the right hand and bruises after his car slid off a dirt bypass road edge into a shallow creek near a bridge construction site on Route 8 north of Lowville. Damage to the vehicle was about $75.
Cecil Carbaugh, 51, reported being beaten by three men about 11 30 p m last night while in his car on Route 8 near Amity Township north of Lowville Wattsburg area. He showed signs of injury but did not seek medical care and could offer no reason for the assault.
Aberdeen faces a worsening typhoid outbreak with 248 identified cases and 39 under observation. One death reported as government probes the cause and Aberdeen officials suspect tainted corned beef. two brands were pulled from shelves though officials say no conclusive link.
Governor Scranton ordered higher penalties for speeding 11 to 15 mph over the limit as part of a revised traffic safety program. The shift follows rising deadly crashes and places speed violations higher in the cause of accidents, with warnings reduced and repeat-offense penalties doubled.
Sen. Barry Goldwater swept California with a narrow margin for 86 GOP delegates, lifting him toward the 655 votes needed for the nomination. Rockefeller carried most counties but late Southern California returns solidified Goldwater’s edge in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Pierre Salinger won the Democratic Senate nomination over Alan Cranston, while Gov. Brown’s slate defeated a rival in the Democratic delegation fight.
Pierre Salinger won the Democratic nomination for the California Senate in a tight race over Alan Cranston. Early leads from Los Angeles County helped his statewide edge, with President Johnson and Jacqueline Kennedy sending祝祝 supportive calls. Cranston and Gov. Brown acknowledged the result while pledging to unite the party against Republican George Murphy.
The Corn Ty Area Jointure six school boards signed rental contracts for about 40000 yearly payments on the high school addition. The project costs around 6.5 million and should start in June. The 21 year term saves roughly 72000 in interest versus a 24 year plan. Completion aims for September opening.
Arch Bristow a Warren County journalist and author died at 1 20 p m June 2 1964 at Ronda le Convalescent and Nursing Home Erie after three months illness He was born May 1 1877 in New Brighton Pa and lived in Garland most of his life Bristow worked as cartoonist for New York World Pittsburgh Post and Johnstown Tribune He wrote Here And There for the Tribune and authored Old Time Tales of Warren County He later published Hayrake in Garland and remained a beloved local figure.
Emmett Lindsey, 37, of Washington, was sentenced to five to ten years in prison on a charge of involuntary manslaughter for the 1962 barroom slaying of Prank Pormore. Lindsey pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge Barron P. McCune. Pormore was shot during a quarrel on June 16, 1982.
One man died and two were injured in a two car collision on Route percent north of the Buller Valley Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Nicholas Afesko 97 of Tarentum died after admission to North Witty Pay Savant Hospital.
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