17 Mar 1964
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1964
Page
1
Fragmented OCR reading shows a local auction note with addresses and contact numbers for agencies and brokers. It references Holstein cattle details, registration status, pregnancy and herd health notes, and alfalfa yields. Mentions county schedules and statutory references with names and dates partially readable.
Meadville Area School Board unanimously approved a new salary schedule for teachers effective 1964 85, adding a 185 day contract with a fifth day for in service training and $30 pay. The plan raises basic salaries to $6,200 for standard cert, $6,900 for bachelor, and $7,500 for master's degrees, with state maxima noted.
In Erie, defense counsel for Ralph W. Rogers seeks to submit autopsy reports, photographs, and slides to independent pathologists and to visit the death scene of Marian Ethel Graham. Judge Rossiter orders DA to answer by April 27, delaying action until after his vacation and the civil term, with a May trial date possible and a shift to September if needed. Rogers is charged with strangling the Erie housewife in January.
In West Philadelphia, Ossie Strickland, 14, watched her mother rehearse an Easter pageant when a car mounted the curb and struck her, killing the girl. Police investigated the fatal accident and the driver faced questions as the scene was cleared.
President Charles de Gaulle of France and Adalfo Lopez Mateos share a raised-arm moment, signaling public acclaim. The image captures a ceremonial gesture highlighting cordial relations between the two nations during the event.
President de Gaulle pursues influence in the Western Hemisphere with a Mexico City speech to a joint Congress session and talks of a broader alliance with Lopez Mateos. Tens of thousands along the route hailed the foreign leader, while Kennedy’s earlier visit is contrasted.
Lawrence Park State Police said a bomb scare at Wort Le Boeuf High School in Waterford was a false alarm. First Sgt. C. W. Irwin reported a call claimed an indirect tip of a planted bomb. Officers from multiple stations and Waterford Fire Department searched the campus. students returned after the sweep. A prior false alarm at the school from about three months earlier remains under investigation.
A massive dust storm along U S 66 near Seligman Alabama halted travel for five hours and led to three wrecks involving 15 vehicles. Nine people were hospitalized in Williams Arizona as the Arizona Highway Patrol closed a section of the highway from 10 30 am to 3 pm due to zero visibility. Meanwhile Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko began a four day visit to Sweden at the invitation of the Swedish government.
City officials debate sidewalk assessments with Pennsylvania Railroad arguing for tax payer parity while Dr John Mohr notes students walk along railroad property near Corry Area High School Avenue A. upcoming summer projects include paving storms sewers and possibly a municipal golf course. debates continue on street repaving after gas and water company work and who should bear costs.
An Air Force flight surgeon reports American Captain Harold W. Welch is in fair condition with multiple fractures after a RB-66B shoot down near Magdeburg East Germany. Soviet authorities refuse to release Welch or provide details on Captains Holland and Kessler who parachuted with him. The United States denies espionage charges despite Communist claims.
Electricians after the ice storm restored the Second and Third Ward fire alarm system and city crews assess park damage at about 900 dollars. City officials thank Civil Defense Red Cross and Stanford Hose Company. Safety Director Grice cites five-man, one-week limb removal and two trees to be felled near City Park. A special session set for next Monday to discuss retirement of Singer Deane Scribner and a federal urban redevelopment survey by City Engineer Johnson to qualify for aid requiring 20 percent deficient buildings.
A man and his son found a newborn boy wrapped in a sheet in a cardboard box in a Carrick backyard. The infant was admitted in fairly good condition to South Side Hospital and named Patrick Juha by nurses.
Clymer businessman Cornelius H. Wiggers, 54, died in Meyer Memorial Hospital Buffalo after a 17 day fight that included treatment in a compression chamber to remove carbon monoxide from fumes inhaled while welding on a farm near Sherman. He owned Wiggers Reliable Service Co and held local community roles.
President Johnson asked Congress to raise pay for government employees, warning two million workers would lose fair adjustments if not enacted. He urged action this election year, noting a House defeat on Congress members’ salaries and citing budget inclusion for the required funds.
Manhattan AP reports a new rule bans cigarette sales on college campuses within 30 days. The ban targets cigarette sales only and does not affect cigars or pipe tobacco, leaving smoking prohibited on campuses but other tobacco forms allowed in some contexts.
Charles Will Gauthen, a 26 year old Black laborer, was freed when Governor Albert D Rosellini refused to extradite him to Georgia where he faced death sentences for the murder of Elijah Perkins in Griffin. Escaped Zebulon jail in 1959 and hid in Warden Washington living under an assumed name before federal arrest for a fugitive warrant. He has fought extradition with petitions and support from Warden residents and a local teacher.
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