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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1963
Page
4
The Journal urges voters to consider amendments 1A 2A and dA while criticizing straight-ticket voting. It notes a history of party leaders pushing conformity and argues for preserving personal rights through amendment procedures and splitting tickets. It identifies five Republicans and three Democrats as worthy of confidence.
A Pennsylvania amendment to the Inheritance and Estates Tax Act allows a surviving spouse to enter a jointly held safe deposit box without a bank officer present. The 1961 act and its later amendment define safe deposit boxes and specify who may access them, with the amendment removing the restriction for spouses. The effective date is not specified in the excerpt.
Erie woman Mary Juachei aged 82 died after being struck while en route to church. Rob ert A. Finster named as driver. city total traffic toll rises to 12. Coroner says death due to multiple fractures and internal injuries. Finster claims she stepped into street. officer notes 73 feet of skid marks.
A thief stole Antonio Porto's parked car and then phoned police to collect it. The driver had found Porto's two month old daughter Rosas Diaz asleep in the back seat. The amendment took effect on April 23, 1963.
Jim Bishop notes a shift in public chatter from sex to death as a dominant topic. He laments obituaries and cancer chatter, cites social pressures around mortality, and contrasts death rates from 1900 to 1960 while wryly observing the culture of discussing illness and funerals.
A narrator debates cancer statistics with a wife as a wake notice looms two towns away. He quotes mortality figures to calm her fear, then moves toward attending the funeral and hearing a friend’s tribute about the deceased’s improved state after illness.
Erie Zoo officials plan a weeklong meeting to curb vandalism after a shooting killed three monkeys and a dogged effort to find a solution. Dan Brennan of the Zoological Society proposes hiring a full time night watchman and installing a security fence around the grounds. Police investigate possible poisoning after two other animals died recently.
Four women face morals charges after vice raids in Pittsburgh. Two posted 1004 bonds each. Prostitution and keeping a bawdy house cited as offenses. State police conducted the raids following a heating Saturday before Alderman Joseph Rigby of Hast Liberty.
W20 YEARS AGO November 4 1943 London a fleet of RAM heavy bombers struck Dugasdldorf and Cologne after a daylight attack on Wilhelmshaven. In south Russia German retreat nears Ru mania with unrest in Berlin and other cities. Allied Marines press Bougainville as Japanese ships are intercepted. Frank J Sprovers dies at 146 Gould St aged 46. Eva Kepler leads Christmas Seals sale. Irene Mullen re elected City Treasurer. George Besson Fred Barnes win council seats. Mass x ray TB screening nears completion at State Armory. Corry Rod and Gun Club elects officers led by Dorr Clark.
Drew Pearson surveys approaching midterm elections across Kentucky Philadelphia San Francisco Mississippi and Texas to gauge Kennedy re election prospects. He notes party splits in Kentucky and Philadelphia the rise of Republican candidates in Mississippi and San Francisco and early signals from Texas races that could shape the November 1964 battle for the presidency.
Frank's Auto Service operates as an auto glass and table top glass general auto repair shop offering windshield repair and related automotive glazing services.
Across the nation mayors are poised for reelection. Boston’s John Collins, a Democrat, is expected to win again while Salt Lake City’s J Bracken Lee, a Republican, faces a tough race. New Haven’s Richard C Lee and Houston’s Lewis W Cutter, both Democrats, are forecast to secure another term. Akron’s Edward O Erickson leads over Fyan J. In Indianapolis the battle is tight between Clarence T Drayer and John J Barton, the ex State Police chief, with Columbus’ Maynard remaining in the balance.
Warren police questioned a 35 year old man after William Younger 24 died from a throat wound following an argument in a bar over change a waitress brought. The slashing happened outside the bar after closing, Younger died later at Trumbull Memorial Hospital. The report also mentions local political note about mayoral candidates Jensenbrenner and Ralston Westlake.
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