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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1963
Page
1
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Gov. Scranton convened lawmakers to map a priority agenda, listing six major bills awaiting final action. Key items include a Mental Health Dept expansion, mining control, universal elderly medical benefits, school district reorganization, and community colleges. The unemployment benefits bill has not yet been introduced. In the Senate, a referendum on constitutional convention is set for preliminary review, with Sen. Bell supporting the measure.
Members of the Adult association of the CHEER group plan July and August events continuing the current pattern. A smorgasbord by the Rebekah Lodge at the YMCA June 20 will fund a special wheelchair for Mary Tubbs of The Overcomers. Meals served at 4 45, 5 45 and 6 45 with chairs led by Mrs Elof Dahil and Mrs William Dahl. Proceeds contract with Heyl Physicians Supply Co Erie. Emmanuel Church hosts a party Friday and a handcraft session June 28 both at 7 pm. Mead Park summer outings begin July 7 with CHEER and Adult Association supervising handicapped youngsters in city playgrounds under Lou Hanna. <no further details>
President Kennedy announced that he, Soviet Premier Khrushchev, and British Prime Minister Macmillan will send negotiators to a mid-Moscow high level conference to pursue a nuclear test ban treaty. He also declared an immediate U S moratorium on atmospheric tests while other nations do not test, aiming to break the deadlock without a formal binding pact. Kennedy stressed the meeting will be non-summit, with Khrushchev, Kennedy, and Macmillan’s top aides guiding the talks. He added optimism tempered by history and linked the step to broader national aims like racial readjustment campaigns in Honolulu.
Corry 2iks Lodge will hold its annual Flag Day service in the lodge rooms at 8 p m with the public urged to attend. Attorney John English of Erie will be main speaker with W Reade Langhurst as MC and Mayor Zalaneck welcomed. The Clymer Central School band will provide music and lead the march from VFW Post to the Elks building at 7 30 p m.
The National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts reports growing concern a new dust bowl may be developing in the southern Great Plains. An arid area is under dry weather and strong winds, echoing the 1930s upheaval.
Philadelphia AP The NAACP threats new demonstrations unless President Kennedy unveils a full civil rights program in his coming congressional message. Roy T Wilkins says the plan must be comprehensive not piecemeal and may involve moral and political pressure if necessary. A freedom rally in Independence Square drew 3,000 supporters as Wilkins urged action in both north and south. He cited Clarksdale Miss showing a June 18 deadline for city discrimination talks and warned Philadelphia style street protests could spread if demands are ignored. The piece notes a two week NAACP demonstration in Philadelphia over city building project hiring.
Corry Area High School hosts a model United Nations General Assembly with 300 sophomores and juniors in the auditorium. CAHS students represent 30 nations, debating resolutions on reunifying East and West Germany and other global issues. Debates run 9 a.m. to noon under CAHS teacher Max Bennink, with roles for pro West, pro Communist, and neutral blocs.
A packed Corry High School gym saw 634 graduates plus six non members at the 89th annual alumni banquet, followed by a near 700 attendance including a dance in the cafeteria. The event opened with a turkey dinner as the Class of 1963 led by Mrs. George Creuth entered the gym. Rev. Richard Bodey gave the invocation and Howard Sheen conducted group singing. Jerome Davis welcomed attendees and Edward MacMahon of the Class of 1963 delivered the response, naming local school leaders and officials present.
Gov. Wallace vows to block two Black students from entering the University of Alabama, branding federal orders as limitations. He flies to Tuscaloosa to meet trustees as 800 police and 500 National Guard troops brace for possible unrest. Vivian Malone and James Mood face a tense return for summer session amid intensifying desegregation crisis.
Honolulu report notes New York Mayor Wagner and fellow chiefs at the national conference pledged support for Kennedy five point plan to ease urban tensions. Chicago’s Daley Detroit’s Cavanagh and Pittsburgh’s Barr endorsed civil rights as a top national priority amid Kennedy’s peaceful revolution rhetoric. The president spoke to the group urging calm actions as he outlined a Western tour and prepared for a foreign policy address at American University.
Pennsylvania fisherman Rise Sell C. Swift survived six days afloat in a 49 inch square wooden bait box after his boat Java sank 50 miles off Fort Myers. Rescued by amphibian Coast Guard plane and helicopter, he was brought to Fort Myers hospital where he asked for beer or cigarettes. He described long days and nights at sea with rain and scarce water, yet remained in surprisingly good humor.
Russell Mallory, pound minister, reports two stray dogs at the city dog pound up for adoption. One is a small brown mixed breed possibly fevered, the other an older black dog with a white female hound mix. Both wear collars when found. If unadopted by Wednesday at 3:30, they will be destroyed. Mallory will be at the pound every evening to assist.
Erie County Chair Peter Schaaf criticizes District Attorney Herbert Johnson's handling of alleged macing of Subway department employees before the May primary. Schaaf urges Johnson to recuse, citing ties to the campaign and campaign funding plans. The report notes police notes of payments and references to an orphan court race and district attorney bid. Alfred Willson Bosworth, noted chemist and OSU medical school lecturer, died at Circleville at age 82.
Five men responding to a Bedford sewer blockage were overcome by toxic gas. Victims named include Gilsole and Romito, both 44, and Wolanski, 82, foreman, along with Bakanovich, 49, and Bokanoich, 49. Rescue attempts failed as workers descended into the six‑foot flooded sewer. Police details continued on Page Three.
A West Virginia tunnel collapse in a Baltimore and Ohio Rail line construction site left worker Lumumeua dead days after being rescued from mud and water. Colleagues Robert Alrhart and Harry Nichols survived, while Alrhart was later retrieved. The incident occurred about 20 miles southeast of Parkersburg near Perkins.
Mexican customs agents seized a contraband shipment valued at about one million pesos totaling around $80,000 in Gulipeso silver coins. Guillermo Alarcon Najera says the cargo was intended to be smuggled into the United States.
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