05 Oct 1964
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1964
Page
1
A garbled sale advertisement lists various property elements including a 36x16 unit at 3900 dollars, multiple contact numbers, and scattered notes about bedrooms baths and basements. The fragmentary text references estate street addresses and several local phone prefixes without coherent structure.
Sparta merged with LeBoeuf Merged School Board will face Erie County School reorganization questions in Harrisburg before a State Board of Education committee. Dr. Howard Dawson of Washington DC will testify on rural education. Sparta opposes 12 district plan citing transport to Corry and keeping its high school. LeBoeuf seeks two districts only, Erie and the rest of the county. The hearing marks their second attempt after a July meeting failed for lack of a quorum.
Washington expects a Rules Committee vote on public hearings into the Baker McCloskey payoff charge before the election. The panel, led by Chairman B Everett Jordan, must show a quorum to proceed as Williams accuses a coverup. The probe references Baker's ties to Johnson and past improprieties linking to DC Stadium contracts and a $35 000 overpayment claim.
A 20 year old Waterford man identified as James A Davis is hospitalized at Union City Memorial Hospital after a one car crash in Mill Village. Police say he was speeding and failed to negotiate a curve on Route 6, smashing into an embankment with facial lacerations and about $300 damage to the car. Possible charges are pending.
Mrs Margaret M Levengood 54 of Birdsboro died Friday night after losing control in rain and fog her car struck a highway divider then smashed into Edgar Rauch’s house in Pottstown area The crash left a six foot hole in the living room wall authorities said
Hurricane Hilda battered Louisiana killing 35 people and devastating sugar cane crops as federal disaster aid was approved. The storm caused widespread damage across Georgia and the Carolinas with tornadoes in Larose and other towns, while floods and electrocutions added to the casualty and injury totals.
Figures from the Erie County Health Department show Pennsylvania has over 3.8 million residents drinking fluoridated water as of January 1964. Sharpsville Mercer County and Philipsburg Centre County joined, adding 18 133 drinkers. An estimated 46 percent of 84 million Pennsylvanians served by public water supplies are fluoridated, with about 15 communities showing interest.
The Supreme Court opens the new term hearing two civil rights challenges. One case involves public accommodations and federal authority under interstate commerce, with Atlanta Motel arguing the new law applies to its operation near an interstate highway. The other case, Ollie’s Barbecue in Birmingham, contests the constitutionality of a clause guaranteeing equal access to goods and services. The Atlanta motel case centers on whether Congress can regulate interstate commerce to enforce civil rights.
The initial United Fund meeting at the YMCA reports gifts totaling over 1 per cent of the $72,000 goal, a Corry record. Major contributions include Citizens Corry Office of Marine Bank with 1150 and corporate gift 1100, plus 106 percent employee participation. Main speaker Robert A. Haller of Erie wholesale grocers urged continued giving to meet needs of adults, youth, and the aged.
The piece urges residents to examine personal responsibility toward local welfare and social programs. It questions government reliance versus community effort and invites participation in the United Fund drive within the next 10 days, highlighting Salvation Army and local memorials as beneficiaries.
After long talks GM and the United Auto Workers announce a tentative agreement on national economic and contract issues, paving the way to end a strike that has halted production of the 1965 GM line. Reuther and Seaton say focus shifts to national terms to speed settlement.
In a weekend break from Berlin, 57 East Germans slipped through a tunnel under the border into West Berlin, including 29 men 3 children and several women. One East German border guard was killed by gunfire from armed guards as the tunnel was found. West Berlin authorities reported the operation was among the largest escapes since the wall's opening and noted ongoing secrecy around escape methods.
Corry Civil Air Patrol Squadron 804 members, led by Commander Guy B. Abbey, operated a radio base at Warren Airport and two additional stations during the Survival East and South 1964 exercise. The 38 hour drill spanned the Atlantic coast, simulating a nuclear crisis and neutralization by U.S. forces, with bases atop a fire tower and near a TV antenna. Cadets and officers, including Allen Seberiein and Calvin Wilde, participated alongside Mary ane Wawrejko and Barbara Segal.
A garbled notice notes Boy Scouts and Trilli Slia cleaning windshields to help motorists see their way to support the Vested Fund. The card mentions items through the United Scores of motorists during a plan on Saturday and implies a fundraising effort.
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