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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1964
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a station building area with a new manager or administrator taking charge. Mentions Mrs. Center opening something related to a garage or general store, but the text is garbled and details are unclear.
An afternoon ceremony at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church united Donna Marian DeJean and Robert William Armitage. The bride, daughter of Olive DeJean of Erie, wore a nylon acetate gown with pearl crown and white Bible bouquet. the groom is son of William L. Armitage Jr. of Heyworth Illinois. Clergy from Smyrna Tennessee and local church officiated. reception followed at East Branch Grange Hall with relatives from multiple states. The couple plans residence in Bloomington and a brief Bible institute study for Donna before job assignments at Maple Grove Nursing Home and Eureka William Corp. in Bloomington.
The 25th annual Newspaper Week is under way with emphasis on telling the newspaper story. The observance runs through Saturday, with daily activities in daily and weekly papers nationwide, highlighting the press and its role in public life.
University of Pittsburg campus hosts Corry and Columbus visitors during Parents Weekend. Guests include Mr and Mrs George Hopkins and others from Columbus East Smithsleet Grace Street, plus Pitt students Kenneth Hopkins Ronald Johnson and Willard Dyckes Ti. Pitt West Virginia football game attended. Also notes on Corry Area Golden Age Club bus tour to Canada and Bible Club events with speakers Roger and Joyce Coon in Kenya. Community women events and club meetings scheduled through midweek.
The Democratic Women's Council of Erie sponsors an old-fashioned screen dinner honoring Democratic candidates on October 22 at 6 30 p m Knights of Columbus Hall 11th and French Erie Admission is a dollar donation per person and attendees bring their own table service Reservations contact Mrs Theresa Verga Erie president or local Democratic headquarters.
Bert Jones famed for long play albums of bar music featured last evening during a fall evangelistic crusade at Cobb s Corners Community Church. Four members of the Jones family from Pittsburgh joined in solos duets trios and quartets with personal testimonies and Bible readings. Reverend Jerry McCauley leads the Dobbs Corners Church.
Nine vehicles including eight trucks and cars collided in dense fog on the New Jersey Turnpike near the Newark Airport interchange. Four people died and 16 were injured. victims were removed from wreckage as authorities closed the highway from Newark to Ridgefield Park. The incidents involved two major pileups within a quarter mile of each other.
Miss Myrtie Akam, age 90, was honored at an open house hosted by Mr and Mrs Robert Burrows in Elg. Cohosts were Mr and Mrs George Akam. More than 50 guests from Erie Union City Amherst Dewittville Corry attended. Aides cut the cake and served with punch and coffee while gifts and a purse of money were presented.
The Supreme Court agreed to review a district court ruling on whether the secretary of state may bar U.S. citizens from traveling to Cuba. Louis Zemel filed the case in New Haven Connecticut, arguing the authority to restrict foreign travel of citizens in peacetime raises substantial questions. Zemel, a U.S. citizen, had sought a passport from the passport office.
Zemel’s bid to travel to Cuba as a tourist was rejected by Washington. The explanation cited that only individuals whose travel serves U S interests, such as newsmen and businessmen with established ties, were eligible. Zemel then sued in federal court in New Haven seeking relief.
The U S Weather Bureau reported date records in five Pennsylvania cities. Allentown 25, Pittsburgh 26, Wilkes-Barre 27, Harrisburg 27, and Philadelphia 4 degrees.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused Musmanno's bid to count 5,624 Philadelphia ballot lines amid a voting machine mix up in the U S Senate race. Genevieve Blatt was certified as the Democratic nominee while Musmanno appealed to the U S Supreme Court for federal rights relief.
In Coatesville Pennsylvania two youths Francis Latta eighteen and Ralph Marsh seventeen were charged with illegal use of explosives after tossing a cherry bomb in a four inch pipe into a hayride of Coatesville High School pupils. Three injured Marie Cranston sixteen suffered severe injuries to her right hand and leg. Kathy Werz sixteen and Douglas Willard seventeen received treatment for cuts and burns. Latta was freed on bail and Marsh released to the custody of his parents. A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
Seph Clark backed Miss Blatt as contests over absent ballots and wrong-line ballots in Philadelphia and other counties produced a final Blatt lead of 491 votes after lengthy challenges.
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