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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1963
Page
3
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New York press strike tensions persist as photoengravers refuse a new contract terms, delaying immediate resumption of eight major dailies while other unions ratify agreements. Printers and mailers unions approve wage increases. stereographers and other trades move toward back-to-work. Economic cost of blackout surpasses $200 million regionally, with Cleveland papers also affected.
Forty two men were arrested at a cock fight arena and charged with unlawful assembly. Sheriff Flanders Thompson said the event promotes disorder and plans to suppress such assemblies countywide.
A fire gutted a three story rooming house in Warren Flats area killing L. B. Hill, 32, who reentered the flames to rescue Earline Caffe, 23. The coroner ruled both victims asphyxiated and the blaze cause remains undetermined.
Garden printers voted to end the strike by 2,562 to 1,763, reversing last week's close vote to continue the work stoppage. The decision ends a prolonged dispute affecting multiple plant operations and labor relations in the region.
The Austintown school board voted 4-0 to ban baccalaureate exercises at Fitch High School graduations citing fear of sectarian criticism and a related Supreme Court ruling. The ban takes effect in June for 208 graduates and drew strong reaction from students, parents, alumni, educators, and church leaders.
Temperatures in the upper fifties and sixties hindered iceboat sport as Gilbert Loesel of Erie attempted a 50 yard offshore run from the Erie Yacht Club. The ice gave way trapping the craft that toppled on its side while onlookers helped retrieve it.
The AP notes Marilyn Monroe programs are in early prep with TV biographies using clips and old footage. NBC Diamond Fever confects a thriller about a jewel thief with a sub plot on cutting uncut stones. Lassie renews for a 10th CBS season and Rin Tin Tin remains a children's staple. Password moves to new time slots. Atlantic Refining forecasts higher oil demand and stable prices for 1963.
Police concluded a reported downed airplane near Saegertown Meadville was likely a false alarm after extensive weekend searches turned up no wreckage or missing craft. An unidentified resident claimed a single engine jet went down at 2 15 pm and the pilot parachuted to safety, while air force headquarters reported no missing aircraft.
Eastern Orthodox Mount Athos in Greece marks a thousand year milestone with a millennium observance led by Patriarch Athanagoras. Celebrations move to Athens and Salonika in May with 40 guests to attend late May services on Mount Athos. The golden bull of 983 by Emperor Nicephoros Phocas established the Megisti Lavra monastery, the peninsula now hosting 20 major monasteries including seven cenobitic and nine idiorrhytic communities.
The Athos monastic system requires separate cells for property and cooking, with uniform worship. Monks pray in the main church from about 2 am to 8 am, vigils on feast eves can reach fourteen hours, and two thirds of days are fast days with strict abstinence. Meat is never allowed in cenobitic monasteries. The monks see life as transient and seek escape from worldly turmoil through continual prayer, penance, and simplicity. Most of the 2000 monks are Greek and male, with entry after a year with a senior monk, and about 25 novices admitted annually over the past decade.
The report notes Carlson and William Liljenberg were absent due to vacation. A 5 PM deadline today applies for candidates who filed nominating petitions to withdraw from contests. Also, M. Joseph Metnaty, 61, longtime director in the Commerce Department’s office of business economics and a proponent of cross national product, died at home last night.
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