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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1965
Page
1
Incomplete readable text references a boxing box, two sets, and a patrol session. Mentions 1965, a venue likely in a city’s RCA room and a high school or school station. Details are too fragmentary to determine event, participants, or outcome.
Ground crews and tracking stations worldwide completed a full scale Gemini two man training run led by Virgil Grissom and John Young. Weather forecasters flagged low clouds on launch day while Cape Kennedy simulated the countdown and orbital maneuvers. Recovery ships near Grand Turk tuned in as testimonies of an international coverage network showed the mission sequence from liftoff to re entry.
Tass announced the Voskhod 2 landed west of the Ural Mountains near Perm after a 17 orbit 24 hour flight. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov briefly floated outside the craft marking a space milestone while Pavel Belyayev steered to a manual touchdown. The run boosted Moon mission prospects though signals suggested an irregular landing.
Barbara Hutton, 54, Woolworth heiress, started a month long trip to Maui to recuperate from gastroenteritis. She recently left a hospital after five weeks of treatment and reported a gain of 3% pounds, bringing her weight to 92 pounds.
In Scranton a tractor-trailer laden with bananas failed brakes and, descending Moosic Street during rush hour, crashed into seven cars and two houses before breaking apart. Driver Eugene Lesky died after being thrown from the vehicle. 16 others, including Diane Shoemaker and William Dick, were treated for injuries.
County commissioners weigh two changes to tax offices after State Supreme Court ruling on Schluraff firing. They consider merging Erie city and county assessment offices with Erie heads Bukowski and Henning, threatening the firing of three county assessors and personal property staff, with unclear impact on Corry.
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej president and Communist party chief of Romania died in Bucharest at age 64. He guided Romania toward independence from the Soviet Union during his tenure.
A collage of civil rights tension across the nation unfolds as President Johnson pledges to mobilize the Alabama National Guard to safeguard a Selma to Montgomery march if Governor Wallace cannot or will not, amid federal court sanctioned action and mass voter drive activities.
In a raid near the 17th parallel, over 110 U S Navy and Air Force planes attacked supply and infiltration sites at Phu Van Vinh Son and Thu An in North Viet Nam. The U S spokesman said targets were nearly 100 percent destroyed with ground fire light, and all planes returned safely. This marked the second strike against North Viet Nam in five days.
Stahl Jewelry enters its second day at North Center and West Washington, offering registration for free prizes. Owner Stahl, in business 20 years after military service, reports hundreds visited yesterday and expects similar turnout today and tomorrow.
The administration's voting rights bill gains support in Congress but some House Republicans push for stricter measures. Attorney General Katzenbach defends the bill as best possible, while Republicans Goodell and Cramer demand stronger protections and faster action. The Senate panel faces a deadline to act by April 9.
Tyrone Pennsylvania reports a six year old girl Kathy Shea missing from her home near Blair County. She left for kindergarten just after noon yesterday. Parents alerted police in late afternoon and a statewide search started. About 2500 people including police fire civil defense and PSU students hunted for her today. State police bloodhounds lost scent near a highway raising concern she was picked up by a motorist.
Two miners died in Pennsylvania yesterday in separate crushing incidents. Paul J. Brand, 27, of Lucinda, was crushed at a coal strip mining operation two miles north of Clarion. George J. Mekis, 51, of Osceola Mills, was crushed between a mine wall and a cutter at the Glen Richey mine near Clearfield.
Sen Robert F Kennedy plans to join an expedition to the 13 900 foot granite spire named after his slain brother the Kennedy peak in Washington State He will fly to Seattle to participate while James W Whittaker who in 1963 became the first American to climb Mr Everest supports Kennedy Should have behavior is the phrase used in the report.
A favored state reapportionment proposal would place western Erie and Crawford counties in one district and include Erie city areas in another, potentially making Corry the largest population center in its district and boosting Assembly chances. Hearings open to the public in Erie at 5:30 a.m. with sessions through the day as the committee considers statewide and local plans amid hearings across the state.
Area counties debate the 19th reapportionment after Crawford County lost a House seat, widening deviation from the average per representative from minus 27.7 to plus 43.9. The State Department of Internal Affairs released the stats noting prior double-representation gave 37.7 percent fewer people per rep, now Erie and Crawford face redistricting with one representative per district. The Supreme Court ordered a new plan, aiming for districts with about 56,000 people per assemblyman. Proposals include combining western Erie and Crawford into one district while Erie city splits, or keeping Erie city in two districts and dividing the rest. The goal remains equal representation under one person one vote, prioritizing urban voters.
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