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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1963
Page
1
Adlai E Stevenson faced a hostile crowd after a United Nations Day speech in Dallas Municipal Auditorium. About 100 people milled around as one demonstrator spat on him and another struck him with a sign. Police arrested two men, while a woman carrying a placard was restrained. Stevenson remained unhurt and urged calm as he exited.
The Corry Area Schools Authority held its annual meeting at the Public Library, retaining all current officers with one absent vote. Chairman Dallas Smiley and Treasurer Henton were reappointed, while Wharton remained secretary by proxy. A forthcoming turnover will replace Pitcavage and Henton as board members, with two new members to be named and a treasurer appointed. The year-end report shows a healthy finances, despite two school projects under construction costing over $1 million, funded largely by rentals. The authority holds $1 million in Citizens National Bank earning interest, with two payments due on Dean and Concord Schools, subject to 10 cent hardback deductions. Total income for the year was about $177,000 against expenditures of $175,317, largely from rental income.
Sen. Barry Goldwater questioned Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's Republican credentials while declining to clash with fellow Republicans. He said he would back Rockefeller if the New York governor becomes the GOP standard bearer to challenge President Kennedy, and noted Rockefeller’s claimed moderation contrasts with Goldwater and Kennedy. Goldwater remained an early frontunner in Republican surveys.
With only seven windows left the turnout for the display in the business district is strong says Ster Ung Wees general secretary of the Y. School groups from grades four to six and juniors and seniors may register at the Y by Saturday afternoon. Painting runs until October with winners announced Friday. Prizes in elementary grades feature cash awards eight five two dollars and individual prizes include first straight orchestra second record album and third oil painting set.
Mrs. Jean Gezon, a newcomer to Erie, was bitten while rescuing a pet. She received treatment at St. Vincent's Hospital for wounds to her left hand and side after a morning yard incident. Police identified the attacker as a dog owned by Ken King.
Daylight Saving Time officially ends at 2 am on Sunday with clocks turning back one hour. The reminder notes to set clocks back one hour, not forward, to avoid church timing issues and align with the time change.
A flood flooded the pool at a German ore mine near Hildesheim trapping 50 miners. Seven were reached after 17 hours via a six inch drill and a rescue bell. The other 43, including three who raised the alarm, remained unaccounted. Over 600000 cubic yards of water and mud blocked access as officials investigate the break and a large rescue effort continues.
At Allegheny County coroner's jury in Pittsburgh it was recommended that Jamie Adams, 52, be held on an involuntary manslaughter charge related to the death of a woman who died of a heart attack after Archie Manuel, 21, threw a brick through a window of her home on September 22.
Drought lingers across the nation with drought belt staying dry yet warm. Rainy and windy conditions affect the Southeast and Pacific Northwest while a Hurricane Ginny churns near the coast, prompting gale warnings in Georgia and South Carolina. Bloomsburg and Cheyney State Colleges played through mud as rain lessened elsewhere. Farmers seek drought relief. the Agriculture Department designates 452 counties in 20 states for emergency drought loans, including 78 in Virginia, 69 in Texas, and 42 in Pennsylvania and Mississippi.
Geauga County sheriff's deputies arrested four teenagers as members of a shoplifting ring accused of stealing more than 30000 in merchandise. Two 14 year old girls and a 7 year old boy were detained with one girl held for questioning. Ring operated in Mayfield Heights, Chardon, and Chester. Investigators seek a possible fence connection and more arrests may follow.
BAWKISBUNG AP reports unemployment fell by 41 000 over the last 12 months while total employment rose. Department of Labor and Industry says 278 000 people were employed in September with 919 000 idle and 4 509 600 employed. Unemployment represented 64 percent of the labor force, compared to 8.9 percent a year ago.
Hurricane Ginny, near 95 mph, pushes evacuees from Charleston to Cape Fear as Weather Bureau warns of hurricane force winds along the coast. Gales extend 175 miles northeast and 100 miles southeast. beaches and coastal schools prepare shelters and boarding up windows.
Police Chief Harley Drake said officers will not crack down yet as residents adjust to the new alternate side parking ordinance. Walter Ross and his crew have begun placing signs on select streets indicating no parking on one side on odd or even days or where house numbers are odd or even. The ordinance, passed in April, awaits full sign rollout. streets now signed include Wright from East Washington to East Congress, East Smith from Wayne to North Center, Brankollin from Grace to Mead, and West Church from Spring to Lemon. Councilman Dorr Clark noted the plan to aid snow removal and leaf pickups, with earlier adoption by Cornell on April 1. The signs read No Parking 5 p.m. Odd Days to 2 p.m. Even Days. Continued on Page Three.
Susan Wills and Bonnie Miller, both 11 and 12 from Nilan Indiana near Fayette County, dodged death on a Baltimore and Ohio bridge when a train sounded its horn as they crossed. Susan plummeted about 30 feet into underbrush and Bonnie fell seven feet onto the abutment. Both were treated at Uniontown Hospital for bruises and minor injuries.
Former Pennsylvania governor George M. Leader was named the 1964 national pro state chairman of the American Cancer Society yesterday at the society's annual winter dinner in New York.
In a telephone AP poll of 67 county GOP chairmen, Barry Goldwater led as the probable 1964 Republican nominee with 16 votes, followed by Gov. William Scranton of Pennsylvania with 14 and Richard Nixon with 8. six hedged, and 17 had no choice eight months before the convention. Scranton was seen as the strongest potential candidate by 11 chairmen, Nixon by 6, Rockefeller by 1, while six remained undecided.
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