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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1963
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text appears as a legal notice or public filing with unclear names and details. The readable portion references fees and a court or municipal action, but critical identifiers are missing, making precise interpretation and full summary impossible from the fragment.
Mead Park members plan a 14605 total budget for 1964 with 9060 general expenses 1120 fixed 4425 improvements. Down from 9930 general 5900 improvements this year due to 2000 blacktop work at the north park entrance. Museum work progresses ready next year. Directors elect include Kovach and Nichols. new terms for McCaslin Aver Rossbacher Edinger Young Nichols Blount. Park attendance estimated at 81000. Parking ordinance notes conflict on odd even days. Wright street misplacement corrected. police flagged five cars as illegally parked under alternate side plan.
Toronto Ontario mayor Donald Summerville, 48, died after suffering a heart attack during an exhibition hockey game yesterday. He had served as mayor since 1969 and was a prominent figure in city politics and civic events.
A 62 year old Evans City man Pred L Gifford was killed when a corn picker overturned on a farm in Forward Townships. Coroner Clinton J Atwell said Gifford apparently was working on the ferdines when the machine toppled and fatal injuries occurred.
Caracas police and troops fought pro Communist rioters amid fresh violence that left 20 dead and 76 wounded. The clashes spread from workers suburbs to El Silencio as authorities sought to quell unrest threatening Venezuela’s presidential election. Betancourt directed operations from his office, with hundreds arrested, yet violence disrupted commerce and schools, while Raul Leoni was positioned to win the Democratic Action party nomination.
Honolulu session unites top military leaders and diplomats from Washington and Saigon to map future policy for Southeast Asia. Topics include Viet Nam return of U.S. personnel and SEA commitments as Gen Maxwell D Taylor and Dean Rusk join the talks. McNamara calls the meeting another review of Viet Nam aid.
At a Union City area session, 35 school directors from Corry, Union City, and Sparta merged districts heard Erie County superintendent Maurice Kolpein discuss county wide issues. He outlined the need for a vocational school and the July 1966 deadline for district reorganization to meet state rules and unlock merger incentives.
In northern Haiti, about 500 bodies have been recovered after floods and landslides last weekend. Thousands were left homeless and crops destroyed in Grande Rivere du Nord as the toll is expected to rise despite Flora having spared the region last month.
AT and T directors proposed a two for one stock split and a higher dividend effective next year. The dividend would be 50 cents a share on the split stock, equating to $1.00 quarterly on the current stock. If approved at the April annual meeting, the split would take effect in June. Wall Street had widely predicted the move.
Luzerne County labor leader August J. Lippi was convicted by a federal jury of scheming to defraud the bank he once headed of 38977. The jury deliberated about four and a half hours before delivering the verdict amid statements from U.S. Attorney Bernard J. Brown that it was a just verdict under all the evidence. Lippi’s lawyers planned to appeal as he stood with his counsel during the reading of the 34 counts.
A Corry YMCA telethon last night mobilized volunteers to receive trading stamps and cash gifts for a new community bus. Five hours of phone pledges netted 900 books and hundreds in cash, bringing the drive close to its 1,000 book goal and highlighting ongoing contributions from Corry residents and youth. The project aims to raise about 8,700 dollars to fund the bus, with final counts still pending and more stamps expected.
Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk declared a break with U.S. economic and military aid after charging American support for rebels in South Vietnam. The U.S. denounced the charges as false as Washington prepared to phase out aid programs. Phnom Penh’s foreign ministry summoned U.S. ambassador Sprouse amid rapid shifts in regional ties.
One of four legal persons arrested in gambling raids last Thursday bound over to February term of Erie County Court. Willits Rochrig, 41, manager of the Italian-American Club on West Main street, posted 41,000 bond and awaits proceedings. Others include Mrs. Elizabeth Meerholf 58 of East Main street who waived hearing, Charles J. Elchynski 60 of West Main street whose case postponed to November 27, Hilda B. Popku 40 of Union City whose case postponed to November 28. All four appeared before Justice Floyd Mars. Separate hearings for four Venango County men were postponed to December 19.
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