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Pur car full o be 1a is dis com the tory 20M.
25 May 1964
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1964
Page
1
Pur car full o be 1a is dis com the tory 20M.
In Harrisburg the state Supreme Court opened to hear Democrats arguing over 540 Philadelphia absentee ballots in the U S Senate race. Genevieve Blatt and Michal A Musmanno faced off as lawyers sought to challenge the board of elections actions and stop or continue ballot counting amid a heated party contest.
Corry State Police reported weekend auto mishaps include two crashes. In the 3 car collision at a rural Wattsburg intersection Kenneth R. Wright 21 of Erie failed to stop and struck Mary Ann Kieklak 21 of Wattsburg causing $1200 damage. Kieklak received facial and torso bruises at Corry Memorial Hospital. The second crash on Route 277 four miles south of Corry involved William Reese 23 Spartansburg overtaking Joe Alcorn 34 Titusville. Reed 18 of 512 Lake Avenue swerved and struck the Reed car, injuring Reed and causing total damage of about $1,275.
Khrushchev wrapped up a 17 day trip to Egypt with a pledge of 277 million dollars to President Nasser for his second five year plan. In return Nasser endorsed Soviet foreign policy including peaceful coexistence strengthening ties with the USSR. The joint communique announced Soviet aid for a one million ton steel plant and a 10,000 acre model farm.
A 28 year old husband breached five rows of barbed wire to reach West Berlin’s Spandau area but East German guards seized his 19 year old wife and returned her to the eastern sector.
A 4000 strong crowd in a Lima stadium roars as tear gas disperses rioters after a fan protests a referee call in a Peru vs Argentina match. Officials report 260 to 315 dead with hundreds injured. authorities fear the toll may rise as chaos erupts, game halted, fans surge toward exits.
Sir John Eccles, a Nobel Prize winner, told the Australian National Science Faculties Association conference in Canberra that the race to the moon is futile fantastic and crazy. He questioned the point of going to the moon saying it is a dull place with dust mountains and no climate.
The Supreme Court ordered Prince Edward County Virginia to reopen its public schools on a desegregated basis by next September. Justice Black said the Virginia court may require tax funds to reopen and operate a non discrim inatory system, with possible new parties added to the case. The ruling follows a long desegregation litigation path dating to 1951 and ties to the 1954 Brown v. Board decision.
Peking radio and an editorial in People's Daily dismiss United Nations patrol proposals to safeguard the South Vietnam Cambodia border as a bid to expand American aggression. China rejects UN involvement in Indochina and warns against drawing the UN into the Vietnam war.
International report notes fatalities in Lima following a referee ruling that sparked a riot at a soccer game. The Soviet Union grants President Nasser 227 million dollars as a farewell gift from Khrushchev. China rejects UN policing proposal for Cambodia South Vietnam border. Republicans offer varied takes on Eisenhower’s call for a nominee ready to meet new needs. Senate debate on civil rights bill continues. National PTA convention opens in Chicago signaling a strong stance on school segregation.
The Corry VFW Building Association warns it is near collapse and seeks 1100 immediately to bridge to the next bowling season. A mailed letter and questionnaire ask members if they favor saving the current building, selling and moving, approving a bond issue, or contributing at least ten dollars, with member ideas sought to avert loss.
Joey Bishop will emcee the 16th Emmy Awards telecast on NBC TV from 10 to 11 30 p m EDT. CBS ABC boycott the event citing bloc voting in winners selection while NBC defends network employee memberships. Bishop, recently dropped by NBC and picked up by CBS, will host from Hollywood Palladium with BEG Marshall officiating in New York.
Jesse Berry, 34, of North Versailles Township, is jailed as police investigate the shotgun death of his wife Beatrice Berry, 34. Autopsy cites shotgun wounds to face and neck. Berry reportedly walked 4 1/2 miles to the township police station to report the incident. He alternately claimed discovering her body and that the gun discharged accidentally. Police say he dismantled the shotgun and disposed of parts.
The Rev. Hugh E. Dunn president of John Carroll University commented on a plaque honoring Secretary of Welfare Anthony J. Celebrezze that was lost in the mail. He quipped that he would not be postmaster as a remark on the incident.
Union City Borough Council lifted the weeklong suspension of Police Chief Paul Behan after a Friday night special meeting. The action reversed an order that would have taken effect yesterday over Behan questioning the son of Mr and Mrsottaway at Union City Area High School in a hallway outside the principal's office.
Dr. Wernher von Braun, director at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Alabama, told News and World Report that landing a man on the moon by 1970 is a better than even chance though not absolutely certain. He warned that any major setback could delay success.
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