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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1965
Page
2
A garbled ad listing numerous names and addresses appears, mentioning residents by full name and street, various relationships, and locations such as Corry Clymer and Bear Lake. It includes an auto dealer ad, a birthday party invitation with March 28, and a milk order line. The overall fragment highlights local notices, sales, and a shoe store promotion amid disjointed text.
Hollywood star Mae Murray, famed silent screen icon and four time marriage, dies at 75 at the Motion Picture Country Home after a stroke and heart ailment. Once earning top salaries and famed for The Merry Widow with John Gilbert, she remained a celebrity despite the transition to talkies.
Louis Armstrong performed in Leipzig and East Berlin to ecstatic crowds, defying prior bans on jazz in the region. He scheduled four Leipzig concerts, seven in East Berlin, and single shows in Magdeburg and Erfurt, with Romania and Yugoslavia visits announced. All Leipzig shows sold out after tickets went on sale.
A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train bound for Chicago struck Demias Thenes Matthews, 61, of Pittsburgh, today at a trestle crossing. The incident occurred at approximately 4 o clock, and life could not be saved. Local authorities are investigating.
Final rites for Mrs. Charles Viola Porter will be at Bracken Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 p m. Interment follows at West Spring Creek Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 7 to 9 p m and Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m. DAMKOT. The funeral service for William A. Damkot is at Spitzer Funeral Home in Clymer Thursday at 2 p m with burial in Clymer Central Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m.
An anticipated $6 billion bill backed by President Johnson and cleared by the House Ways and Means Committee heads for an early House vote. The measure would establish hospitalization for all over 65, an optional plan to cover other health costs, broaden care for indigent and low income groups, and boost old age Social Security payments amid a payroll tax hike. The plan, to take effect July 1, 1966, faces a final committee meeting and floor debate in early April.
William A. Damkot of Clymer died at 89 at Corry Convalescent Home. Survived by daughter Mildred Warnshouse, two grandchildren, six great grandchildren, sister Edith Kinyon. services at Spitzer Funeral Home with Rev. Tunis Miersma. Interment in Clymer Center Cemetery. Also, Henry S. Grimm of Scottdale fined $200 and placed on three years probation for moonshining in Westmoreland County.
Three Senate Democrats proposed a statewide highway funding formula to replace discretionary spending by the Highways Department. The bill would allocate funds with one third by county population, one third by county mileage, and one third by need as determined by the governor and the State Highway Commission. Sponsors include Sen. William J. Lane of Washington, Sen. William G. Lesler of Erie, and Sen. Justin D. Jirolanio of Northampton.
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