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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1963
Page
1
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The final audit of proceeds from a smorgasbord held by the Rebekah Lodge for the Mary Tubbs wheelchair fund shows enough money to fund a specially made chair by Heys Physician Supply Co of Erie. Cochairs Elof Debi and William Dahl credited city merchants for donations that made a profit possible, listing many local businesses in Warren.
Members of the local International Association of Machinists in James Town will vote Monday at the Rex Theatre at 12:30 p.m. on whether to accept a negotiated contract. They met Thursday and yesterday but delayed final approval. changes are to be made and voting will be held again before the current contract expires Monday.
The Odd Fellows Home of Western Pennsylvania in Meadville seeks host families for 17 days to place 5 to 17 year old children from July 11 to 28. Superintendent Charles A. Gape appeals letters immediately stating how many children can be welcomed. More boys than girls need vacation hosting. some have relatives, others none.
A New Jersey bus with 31 aboard skidded off a center island and struck two autos ten miles west of New York City. Seven people died and 25 were injured, four critically. Identifications included Miss Lenora Lerner, 24, Rutherford. Anthony J. Vertullo, 57, Clifton. Joseph A. Caputo, 73, Rutherford. Joseph J. Domino, Pompton Plains. the car victims were John F. Cardiello and Mrs Eleonor Marie Roche of Jersey City.
Harrisburg AP health officials launch a second mass immunization drive to halt a 25 case polio epidemic in western Cumberland County. The 14th and 15th Type I polio cases involve four year olds from Newville and Gardners, linked to earlier victims. Nine clinics operate today with Sunday hours, aiming to vaccinate Cumberland and Perry counties 150000 residents. previous drive vaccinated about 5,000.
Mrs. Giga Hansen, 51, who had failed four times before, drove into a Department of Motor Vehicles parking lot and accelerated into a storefront, creating a 12 by 15 foot hole. She emerged unharmed, saying she pressed the gas instead of the brake.
Senator Karl Mundt, lead Republican on the Senate Investigation panel, questions Secretary Pred Kurtis's defense of the TFX award to General Dynamics. He notes inconsistencies with prior testimony and says further hearings will probe conflicts between rival design appraisals by Korth and military officials.
The Young Republican National Convention in San Francisco closed after a heated four day session marked by sharp disputes over officer elections. Donald Lukens won the chairmanship over Charles McDevitt and Robert Gaston after a tense two ballot vote, with Hugh Scott warning delegates to maintain unity.
In Athens Georgia a car carrying an elderly couple seven grandchildren and another woman plunged into the Oconee River near the University of Georgia. Despite rescuers efforts only two of ten aboard were saved. Ten year old Jerry Green briefly surfaced before drowning. The driver Mrs J L Barnett survived with others from the Epps and Green families among the deceased.
A Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base California roared down the Pacific Missile Lane to an undisclosed target area. The Air Force said it was the 10th Minuteman firing from the West Coast in a routine training exercise.
Gettysburg buzzes as 1th anniversary of Civil War draws crowds with 1100 reenactors re enacting Pickett s Charge. States and District of Columbia participate in exhibitions, parades, and speeches by notable figures including Dwight D Eisenhower. Local hotels restaurants dress in Civil War style as town decorates with flags and bonnets.
Corry Elks Lodge plans a 2 PM July 4 bell ringing across the area as part of a national program. Church bells and local bells, including the Climax engine bell at Mead Park, will join in, coordinated with ministers and volunteers to echo Philadelphia’s 1776 independence signal.
MOSCOW AP reported the Soviet Union demanded the recall of three Chinese embassy members in Moscow a move unprecedented in Soviet Chinese tensions. Western diplomats warned it could trigger a Chinese boycott of ideological talks in Moscow starting July 5. The New China News Agency distributed the scoop and Beijing’s foreign ministry declined to comment.
Khrushchev shifts from lukewarm Berlin welcome to a major Soviet bloc summit amid a growing Chinese Soviet ideological split. The Kremlin released a 90 000 word speech praising peaceful coexistence while accusing Chinese Communists of escalating rhetoric and urging a Moscow manage plan for the Friday Moscow meeting to resolve tensions.
London AP report on Day 2 of Dr Stephen Ward’s sensational vice hearing. Miss Mandy Rice-Davies staunchly defends her account of a love affair with Viscount Astor as Ward’s defense slashes the credibility of the witness. Other witnesses describe Ward’s alleged sex fellowship and a flat with a two way mirror. The case, linked to Christine Keeler and the Profumo affair, could lead to a trial at the Old Bailey lasting five days.
Four children were reported kidnapped in Clinton County Pennsylvania. A six year old girl, Dorothy May Sunderlin, was found suffocated in a lined wooden box near her aunt and uncle’s home. Police said three boys, Philip Bilby fifteen, Robert fourteen, and Terry nine, were missing. A note to Mrs. Sunderlin warned of further harm if the children were pursued. An autopsy was planned for today. A shotgun was recovered nearby. a 90-30 rifle remained missing.
Joseph William Lines Jr. 12, of Geneva Lake Ohio died at Geneva Hospital after a crude bomb exploded while he and his 11 year-old brother were making it with a deteriorated water cartridge. Police say a piece of metal cut his left chest and he died about 90 minutes later. His brother Jerry, age 10, and visitor Craig Carter were present.
A 16 year old Union City man, Joseph R Briggs, was admitted to Union City Memorial Hospital after his car left Route 97 west of Union City, struck an embankment and rolled over. Troopers John Evanko and Joseph Robyak reported lacerations to the right ear and scalp, multiple bruises, and about $1200 in damage. investigation to continue once the condition permits.
President Kennedy ends a trip across western Ireland after visiting Galway Limerick and Shannon He gyps around Polls and church bells and says Ireland is the mother of many nations before a private stop at Chatsworth to honor his sister Kathleen in a royal air force burial ceremony He signs Galway city honor scroll and receives celebrations from crowds of thousands as officials hail him a third generation Irishman in a homeland where Gaelic flags fly and streets cheer him.
The bathyscaphe Trieste descended for the fourth time to search the sunken submarine ERAT, with Lt Cmdr Ey went J Cash aboard his first bathyscaphe dive. Lt George W Martin and scientist Kenneth W Mackenzie were also aboard as surface vessels are warned to stay 25 miles away.
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