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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1963
Page
1
City Council moved to form a Golf Commission to study a municipally owned nine hole course in Corry. The action followed a 90 minute luncheon meeting arranged by The Corry Journal, aimed at feasibility within the financial range of most residents.
The community considers a city owned non profit course to capture $3 000 to $3 500 in league income from Corry industrial golfers. May Serapie notes residents spend on nearby courses, while 72 percent earn 6000 or less yearly, making private clubs unaffordable. Erie officials outline municipal course benefits and funding in a meeting with local industrial golf reps.
Erie municipal golf fees show city courses priced 66 percent below the least expensive private course. Memberships include Single Senior, Erie Family, and Junior options with various greens fees for daily play on weekends and holidays. Glenwood course lists junior daily rates, family memberships, and a 30 day monthly option.
The Corry Area School Jointure reports revised expenditures after rural districts balked at a 1 079 262 budget. Cuts include reduced supervisor pay and teacher salaries, transportation savings, clerical help, PE mats, and maintenance reductions. State aid up to 30 million may boost per teacher funding from 5 800 to 6 400.
Swedish authorities arrest Col Stig Wennerstrom for spying for the Soviet Union over 15 years. His contacts at the Soviet Embassy and military attache are expelled. The case rattles NATO secrets probes and risks forcing Khrushchev to cancel his Sweden trip planned for spring.
Washington AP The cost of living held steady in May for the second straight month with the consumer price index at 106.2. Deputy commissioner Robert J. Myers noted the 1957-59 base is 100 and prices are only about one percent above a year earlier. He urged that stability may be ending as seasonal trends shift and highlighted comparisons with Europe.
Six area men face disorderly conduct charges for an 3 a.m. fight outside Popka's Cafe near Wattsburg. Raymond Kent Fred Kent William Davis Charles Henderson Robert Nichols Merle Nichols appeared before Justice Floyd Marsh in Corry. three victims with bruises were treated at Corry and Union City Memorial Hospitals. They must appear before Marsh Saturday at 7 p.m.
State Police say Donald Hair of Sharon, 71, died at Sharon General Hospital six hours after a car truck crash near Sharpsvilla. Hair’s auto struck a truck driven by James Fodor, 47, of Akron. Fodor suffered 29 injuries.
A three day chest x ray survey for Corty plants workers began at the Raymond Division plant at 9 p m and continues through Friday hitting major city plants. Costs are covered by Christmas Seal funds with some areas asked to pay half the cost. The unit then moved to Mellnes Steel Co for 2 30 to 5 p m and schedules listed for Corry Instrument Co Corry Jamestown Corp Aero Flow Dynamics Rowe Structural Steel Ajax Iron Works and other sites. Rufus Lee of Grandville Pa was killed in a head on crash on Route 14 near Elmira.
Adults fret over heat while youngsters flock to The Willows for a cooling swim. The vicinity’s only free dive and sunbathing hole drew crowds of high divers and sunbathers as temperatures hit the eighties yesterday.
Directors of Corry Memorial Hospital accept a $1,000 gift from the will of Florence R. Williams to the Endowment Fund. Income to be used for kitchen equipment with principal usable for capital improvements if needed. Mrs. Olin Bracken Sr. to determine use. plaque to honor Williams. Miss Williams served in the hospital kitchen before retiring and died in a car accident last August on North Center Street.
President Kennedy stood before the Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate as West Berliners cheered and waved confetti, marking the largest spontaneous welcome in the citys memory. He then viewed East Berlin from an observation platform beside Willy Brandt and Konrad Adenauer, amid Soviet and Allied displays at Checkpoint Charlie.
State Police at Lawrence Park deny roadblocks for contraband checks amid a statewide tax-enforcement push. Agencies report hundreds of investigators and auditors targeting sales tax, cigarette, and liquor duties, mainly in border counties to protect merchants.
A Belgian military aircraft carrying 49 paratroopers and a 5 member crew crashed during a Bennelager training exercise in Detmold Germany. Officials say 39 died and 7 survived by parachute as wreckage burned for two hours after the impact.
Strategic Air Command announced jet bombers will fly missions simulating targets in Pennsylvania. Radar scoring gear will be set up on an Air Force train near Gold to assess bombAccuracy. routes include Lewistown Ridgway Warren and return to Gold aiming points.
East Berliners were urged by the East German Communist Party to decorate cities and factories with red flags for Khrushchev’s visit, aiming to rival Kennedy’s West Berlin reception. Front page appeals in Neues Deutschland and radio broadcasts sought eager but wary participation ahead of the planned Friday event.
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