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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1965
Page
1
Pasadena AP reports scientists after 5814 Ranger 9 photos propose crater rims on the moon offer safer landing areas than plains. At a Jet Propulsion Laboratory conference Dr. Gerard P. Kuiper notes many craterlet features on Alphonsus_floor imply volcanic activity.
The Kiwanis Club of Corry sponsors an essay contest for Corry Area Senior High School students in grades 10 to 12. Essays must be 300 to 750 words, anonymous, with author details in a sealed envelope. Entries due by April 5 at 6 30 p.m. First prize is a savings bond, second prize stamps. Essays become property of Corry Kiwanis and may be published.
Correction Commissioner Anna M. Kross proposed converting two scrapped aircraft carriers the Franklin and Champlain into prisons to relieve overcrowding. She noted the city could pay a nominal $1 per ship and planned to meet with the Navy secretary to pursue transfer rather than dismantling.
One week after six year old Kathy Shea vanished near Wyrone Pennsylvania a large search in Blair County focused on streams a river and dumps. Civil Defense workers say they are doing all they can as hundreds volunteer and police vet all tips and rumors with no trace or link found. In AlQuippa Port Authority bus collision killed George Laverne Richey 72 of Pittsburgh and injured his wife Gladys 72.
A 70 year old widow died yesterday in an algebra class. Lessie Spurtuck had celebrated her birthday March 2 and had moved to Philadelphia after fire destroyed her records. She enrolled at Temple High School to earn a diploma for further study at the Philadelphia School of Bible, aiming to graduate next January.
A Warren County Court of Common Pleas jury awarded $17,500 to the estate of Willis Glenn Fitzgerald Sr. in a fatal oil well explosion case and $8,000 to Walter E. Blakeslee for injuries. Defendants included Walter L. Blakeslee, Richard Inter, and Emil Larson. The total verdict amount reached $25,500 after deliberation yesterday following a resumed trial begun Feb 18 and halted by the judge's illness.
Two U S Air Force planes collided in flight killing seven aboard Clark Air Base reports say. The twin engine C47 and the passenger cargo jet crashed near the base runway, all five officers and two enlisted men perished. names withheld until families are notified, investigation opened.
A new oil well about nine miles southwest of Corry has begun drilling after exploratory gas wells nearby. Operators estimate potential output around one barrel daily, though confirmation awaited as fracturing finished just yesterday and pumping was to start today. Locals note it is the first well in memory here.
Fifteen thousand people massed at a federal-guarded camp to march on Alabama’s Capitol from Selma. Army helicopters and planes led the procession toward Montgomery as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr prepared to lead a march for voting rights. Governor Wallace shouted segregation chants from the Capitol steps amid visible security and Confederate imagery.
A second fire in nine days struck the Standard Chair Company sawdust storage area in Union City damaging the structure and closing departments. Fire officials suspect furnace sparks ignited sawdust, with about 50 firefighters taking 90 minutes to control the blaze. No injuries reported though 40 workers were off today. investigations proceed to prevent disaster.
The West German Bundestag voted to extend the Nazi murderers’ search until January 1, 1970. The tally was 344 to 96 with four abstentions. West Berlin cast 20 votes not officially counted. The opposition Socialist party supported the bill while Chancellor Erhard’s Christian Democrats were split and the Free Democrats opposed.
Tokyo reports Red China declares readiness to send troops to South Vietnam if requested by the Viet Cong and to provide war materials. Western experts say the word ready signals no firm commitment unless U S forces enter North Vietnam, with increased anti aircraft weaponry and jets likely. State Department studying the declaration.
Paul Musser former vice president of Keystone Dairy Co testified in the New Kensington probe that roughly 90000 dollars in milk kickbacks from the Dairymens League were deposited in an Ohio bank and sent to his boss Harry R. Birmingham. He said he used the funds to buy bonds and turned them over to Birmingham while later working as a procurement agent for Carl Gulterjuhn Dairy of Pittsburgh.
U S bombing plans in Asia were reportedly foiled by leaks from South Vietnamese sources. Officials said Viet Cong sympathizers obtained advance warning of impending strikes and relayed tips to North Vietnam. Authorities urged tighter screening of South Vietnamese personnel amid concerns over compromised communications and telephone line vulnerabilities.
A Democratic member of the Board of Revisions and Appeals accuses county commissioners of firing the wrong people at the Erie County assessment office. Termination notices went to Mabel Danielson and Alma Jansen, both Republicans, with April 15 as the end date. The board contends it directs the office and plans to meet with counsel and request a session with commissioners to push for board control over personnel and policy.
Washington reports optimism that the Interstate Commerce Commission will approve a merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads and fold the bankrupt New Haven into the deal. An ICC examiner’s ruling is due soon, but action may wait until summer. The potential plan may help the New Haven only marginally and does not guarantee relief for 19,000 commuters using the New Haven line into New York City. Washington may instead offer limited mass transit grants already authorized, with no new laws needed, though their sufficiency is uncertain and unlikely to resolve broader urban transit woes.
County officials weigh a full county reassessment minus Erie city based on anticipated urban renewal projects. The plan proposed by the Tax Board aims to complete the assessment in 15 months with notices ready for 1967. Commissioners will decide after a joint meeting next week.
The Pennsylvania Agriculture Department warns farmers in Fayette Greene and Washington counties of a 17 year locust outbreak this spring in the regions of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Entomologists expect small areas to see emergence over the next four years with a statewide outbreak foreseen in 1970. The last statewide emergence was three years ago in eastern counties. Locusts usually appear in the last week of May and first week of June. Female locusts damage trees by cutting slits in branches after laying eggs.
Reds to huddle in Vienna report that Chinese Premier Chan will visit Albania in the coming days as Peking seeks East European alignment. The Soviet Chinese dialogue is reported to be a focus of the trip and discussions with Albanian officials are anticipated.
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