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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1964
Page
8
More than 3 500 students armed with band clubs clash with police as talks between Japan and South Korea stall. At least 250 students arrested across three Seoul universities amid the demonstrations.
Police report three paintings valued at 208000 dollars were stolen from industrialist Mario Buseini’s Milan apartment while he watched a soccer match. The works include The Nativity by Francesco Guardi, The Rape of Europe by an unnamed Flemish artist, and a Utrecht school piece from the Plemish school.
WARREN The New Process Co reports 1963 net profits of 1 589117 up 46 percent and sales of 32 million, a record year driven by higher demand and a 41.6 percent sales increase. Blair cites credit tightening and rising first class mail costs as factors and hopes trends continue into 1964 with favorable results.
Washington AP reports JFK half dollars go into circulation today through the Treasury and banks nationwide. Twenty six million new coins are available with about 65 million more planned by year end. The coin features Kennedy’s portrait on the obverse and an eagle with olive branch and arrows on the reverse.
A string of 17 empty freight cars broke free from a Union Pacific switch engine in Pomeroy Washington sparking a 16 mile pursuit by railroad workers and police. The cars hit speeds of 50 to 60 mph before depot agent Bill McCrea halted them at Starbuck by jumping aboard and setting the hand brakes as the train slowed to about 20 mph.
About 30 000 Bolivians led by President Victor Paz Estenssoro joined a march to the sea in La Paz to press for a Pacific port, highlighting Bolivia's landlocked status and demand for access.
Jamestown City Council tabled a bond issue for Jamestown Community College after a packed meeting. Republican Councilman George D. Baldwin said the vote could be revived later, noting tabling allows a future rebid while preventing immediate passage. About 150 students marched on city hall in support of the measure.
An insurance agency estimates over 11 000 dwellings and business buildings damaged by the windstorm at more than two million dollars. Fire sparked by downed power lines scorched 11 600 acres and destroyed about 20 to 30 homes in the Glendale Burbank area. Residents describe a wall of mud following the fires as rain blessed dry fields, aiding barley and wheat crops. Chile rejects Bolivian port request, straining diplomatic relations after the 1879 war.
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