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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1963
Page
3
Titusville Area School District tentatively approves a 1,498,924 dollar budget for 1963-64, raising the tax rate from 30 to 35 mills. The plan includes four new teachers, state aid boosts, and bond payments for a 15 million junior high wing. Salaries rise to 674,044 dollars, with 49,344 more than the prior year, reflecting added staff and mandated pay raises.
Denis Sweeten leads a lively party at the hotel as a light crowd laughs at jokes by top entertainers. President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson mingle with guests including former President Hoover Gen Douglas MacArthur and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in a festive reception. Kennedy concludes with a serious note quoting Emerson about a party of hope and a party of memory.
AP analysis notes Fidel Castro’s visit signals Cuba as a Soviet satellite. Kennedy warns Khrushchev to avoid nuclear arms shipments and Castro’s aggression toward Latin America, while Khrushchev pledges aid if Cuba is attacked and warns future crises would be harder to solve.
The Justice Department brief brushes aside Alabama Governor George Wallace's bid to nullify the 14th Amendment. It argues the amendment has underpinned Supreme Court rulings for a century and is valid despite Wallace's claim it was illegally adopted. The brief notes Congress and the secretary of state certified its ratification, and warns Wallace's companion challenge to Article 10, Section 333 is unfounded while outlining limits on presidential troop use.
Miami AP reports Cuban authorities deploy mobile courts described by locals as death on wheels. Five militia‑appointed men preside, often lacking legal training, performing swift penalties after a brief procedure, with the prosecutor always a Communist lawyer.
San Francisco Giants star Orlando Cepeda filed a $1 million libel lawsuit against Look Magazine over a May 21, 1993 article calling him temperamental uncooperative and unproductive. The complaint asserts the piece exposed him to contempt and ridicule and damaged his career. Cepeda was batting .213 at the time.
Moscow papers saturate with Fidel Castro coverage as Khrushchev defends Cuba and warns Western threats. Pravda proclaims the Soviet Union stands with fraternal Cuba, while Khrushchev speaks of unity and avoiding splits in the Communist camp.
LA SALLE Corp AP reports Dennis Grimes attended every school day for 12 years with no absences. His mother, Mrs C A Grimes, notes he also fought through normal childhood illnesses during summer months while pursuing education and work.
The Twentieth Century Club held its May luncheon at a Town and Country restaurant in Erie with about 25 members plus Mrs. Jerry Reagin of North East. Some 258 people attended a Gravink Sales sponsored farm show featuring tours of Royal Nickerson, Herbert White, and James Gravink farms with demonstrations of new equipment. Prizes were awarded to local residents. Numerous social visits and gatherings followed, including dinners, tea, and church class events, with attendees from Sherman, Chaubaug, and Clymer Central schools and several area families.
Px Harry Bleasman, 22, of Champion, was crushed to death at the Babcock Lumber Co. yard in Westmoreland County yesterday. Authorities said he slipped while attempting to climb aboard a moving vehicle.
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