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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1963
Page
1
A fire in Pennsylvania caused damage to an unspecified building with initial reports noting four injuries. Details remain unclear as responders assess the scene and determine the extent of the blaze and any displaced occupants.
The Corry Area Joint Committee unanimously approved pay raises funded by higher Department of Public Instruction grants. The package totals 27,565 for 116 teachers, with 32 not receiving raises mainly newer hires starting at mandated salaries. Beginning next year each teacher gains 300 yearly until reaching the state scale, and the local scale currently runs 200 above that.
The Joint Committee approved a fulltime secretary at Corry Area High School to support elementary supervisor Miss Ann Baressi and curriculum director J Donald Watson. Lorna Foster moves from Wright School to the high school, a clerk typist to be hired for Wright School. Other actions include library board appointment, attendance officer reelection at $1.50 per home call plus seven cents mileage, and lighting plans for the high school parking lot.
Common stock of Associated Spring Corp traded on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time yesterday. Ticker symbol AAS assigned. Company described as world’s ng manufacturer of precision springs with roots over 100 years. Exchange president G Keith Funston welcomed the listing. Carlyle F Barnes and Wallace Barnes commented on the listing as a step in corporate development. More than 5,200 stockholders gain access to orderly market. 1,143,025 shares issued. Headquarters in Bristol, Conn., with U.S., Canadian plants and overseas affiliations.
Off duty Corry State Trooper John Infantino, 24, escaping Erie bound, was uninjured after a two-car collision on Route 9 north of Beaverdam Saturday evening. Police said the incident involved Robert Rireh, 17, and Dorothy Lindberg, 49, with $706 in damage and no injuries.
Overcrowding at Corry Area High School led to study hall use in the CAHS auditorium. Erie County Health Department required at least 30 foot candles of light or the space could be closed as a study hall. Directors approved buying 24 new lights for up to $500 to reach the 30 foot candle level.
United States and Soviet Union finalize a joint push to bar nuclear weapons from outer space and push disarmament talks. Aimed at a Geneva Committee breakthrough, the draft urges halting underground tests and advancing inspection safeguards amid East West talks. United States, USSR and Britain announce in New York that a ban on nuclear weapons is agreed in principle.
A pilot walked away with only a facial scratch from a light plane crash one mile from the Mid-State Airport near Philipsburg. John H. Leese, 40, of Greensburg, was flying from DuBois to Philipsburg when the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed.
Algerian radio claimed forces recaptured two desert outposts near Hagis Beida and Tinjoub after Moroccan troops backed by tanks planes and heavy artillery mounted an attack Monday. The broadcast said Algerians cleared the invaders but gave no casualty figures. Fighting began last October and a potential counterattack was discussed but not ordered.
YEW rN Lar Snel Alcorn, former Republican Na tional Chairman, is reported to have rejected an invitation to be national manager of Gov Nelson Aa Rockefellers campaign for the 196) GOP presi dential nomination. Alcorn, who practices law in Hartford,Conn., would not com ment on the report Rockefeller has not announce d himself a candidate.
Atlanta AP reports the 1-year-old mother of three, Mrs Lucy McDonald, saw a three month bout of hiccups end suddenly as she returned from a hospital visit. Doctors could not explain the halt nor what started the spasms. The soda fountain maid had tried surgery remedies and prayer.
A Greyhound bus wreck on the foggy New Jersey Turnpike near Kearny struck a tractor trailer, killing two women who were passengers and injuring several others. Police described the fatalities as two women seated aboard the bus. AP Wirephoto.
Harrisburg politicians attack the Scranton administration over the October firing of Rolland F. Daley as administrator at Samuel G. Dixon State Hospital in Franklin County. Daley claims he was told by Health Secretary Charles L. Wilbur Jr. the dismissal, effective October 21, followed alleged poor working relationships with public officials.
The National Plumbing Fixtures Corp. says it will permanently close its Ellwood City plant unless about 200 workers accept the recent wage cut. The Independent Foundry Workers Union members won a four five year contract last February, but last Saturday they rejected the company proposal.
AP staff report on a Roswell Park Memorial Institute stop smoking experiment in Buffalo New York led by Dr Charles A Ross. In a month 40 of 66 men quit entirely and 19 cut consumption by half while 10 reduced slightly. The program combines will power with psychology and nicotine substitutes.
Rev Walter J Thoms of Columbus Community Congregational Church leads the Halloween Trick or Treat program under Corry Area Countess of Churches auspices. Corry and nearby youths will collect coins for UNICEF to aid hungry and disadvantaged children worldwide, with volunteers urged to join the effort.
Horton Smith a member of the PGA Hall of Fame and four time Masters participant died after a six year illness. He won the first Masters and collapsed yesterday en route to his physician after returning from the Ryder Cup in Atlanta. He had seen the English American Ryder Cup matches and collapsed on the first tee.
Dilqhesna University announced a tuition increase effective next September. Undergraduate credit will cost 30 per credit and graduate credit 52 per credit, raising annual undergraduate tuition to 960 dollars.
A 19 year old Spring Creek man, Larry Milox, died at Hamot Hospital from a severely fractured skull after a one car crash early Sunday. Several other passengers, including Kenneth Miles and Frank Miles, remained hospitalized with multiple injuries while two others were released after treatment for cuts and bruises.
Erie County courthouse records list the will of Corryite A. Rowe DL o4 atant who died August 21 leaving an estate valued at about 238000. Rowe, a retired Pittsburgh industrialist, had resided in Cory for several years prior to death.
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