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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1963
Page
6
Jamestown boards plan a $272900 street lighting upgrade downtown. City contributes 136000 with federal funds covering the remainder. Replacing 200 incandescent lamps with 400 watt mercury vapor lights aims to modernize lighting and enhance safety for residents and visitors.
Mrs White of Rawlin Hill road Clymer died at 2 pm yesterday at Roswell Park Memorial Institute Buffalo at 75. Born May 26, 1884 in Mina Township she belonged to Edwards Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church Women’s Guild. Survived by husband, son Robert, daughter Mrs Wilhelmina Goggin, and four grandchildren, all of Clymer. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at Spitzer Funeral Home Clymer with Mina Cemetery interment. Rev. Adams and Rev. Rust to officiate. Friends may call tomorrow 2-4 and 7-9 pm. In lieu of flowers memorials to American Cancer Society.
Venango County Sheriff David Berenson announced a public sale of Pat-N-Wood in Oil City. Creditors led by Cloud Oak Flooring of Springfield, Missouri, secured a judgment note and attached all local assets including band saws lumber and wood scraps. The plant’s closure left about 40 workers unpaid back wages totaling 6991 dollars and unpaid utilities. VCIDC and lenders urged sale to prevent further value loss. 200 contacts yielded no buyer.
A daughter was born last evening at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Schaeffer of R D 2 Corry A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Thoms Rogers R D 1 Centerville yesterday morning at Corry Memorial Hospital
Charles Schlouch, 46, of Mohnton faces murder charges after a Friday hotel confrontation in which a shotgun discharged, striking Leroy Hoffert, 49, and killing him. Schlouch, under mental strain and advised to seek psychiatric help, allegedly aimed at himself but shot Hoffert instead and was jailed awaiting a hearing.
In a county meeting district leaders debated mergers and the fate of a proposed technical school. Rural votes against consolidation echoed fears of loss of independence while Sparta resisted joining the Corry Jointure. Plans floated included half day shop study and alternating weeks between tech school and home districts. State standards remain the key hurdle.
In 1950s era notes, Kolpein cites state requirements for TOP TO shops, complicating rural tech school expansion. Erie Tech tuition arrangements for county students persist as capacity nears limit. About 70 percent of Tech graduates find related work, bolstering talk of rural education improvements and potential reorganization next steps.
A 52-year-old American professor studying in the USSR was arrested after visiting Stoessel Oct. 1. The USSR notified the U.S. Embassy on November 12, sparking a U.S.-Soviet crisis. Efforts by Ambassador Fay Kohler to meet Bardhoorn were refused. The arrest led to the cancellation of cultural talks in Moscow and a sharp diplomatic backlash from President Kennedy.
Archbishop Briliin of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh and West Virginia died of a heart attack yesterday at age 76. The church leader, a longtime figure in the region, served decades across Pittsburgh and surrounding states.
Meadville jurors watched a burglary case unravel as Gary Crable testified to implicate Gerald McKee and Jerry Farley in a caper at Walter McNulty's home. The trio attended a Vernon Township wedding anniversary, stole a safe with stocks and coins, hid it in Woodcock Township, and later shared pennies and silver dollars.
At a news conference a speaker rejected the idea that Rocke feller had been the subject. He said he only announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination and understands the scrutiny of his statements.
The Senate trimmed President Kennedy’s foreign aid request, lowering military and development loans and funding, amid a showdown on grain sales to the Soviet bloc. Senator Mundt withdrew an amendment blocking Export Import Bank guarantees for a $6 million Hungary wheat sale after receiving assurances it would be considered separately.
In Dunkirk New York a 1961 city police car responding to a burglary skidded and was badly damaged at over 500 dollars. Officials suspect the vehicle lacked collision insurance as an agent reported the policy did not show collision coverage. Residents ask if this was an oversight or fault of administration or the insurer and wonder how many other city cars lack coverage.
The piece argues American politics fueled a claimed Communist rise, praising American organizers yet faulting realism in politics. It notes U.S. aid to Cambodia totaling 366 million dollars through mid 1964 with military advisers, aircraft training, and increased plane shipments amid Cambodia's pivot toward the Soviet bloc. China seeks to woo Sihanouk despite U.S. involvement.
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