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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1963
Page
4
A reflection on whether Pennsylvania should hold a constitutional convention in November. Adm. John Kepler Davis and Lt. Gov. Ray Shafer are cited opposing the plan, arguing for amendments within existing processes and warning against rural loss of representation.
Pennsylvania law does not recognize confinement to mental institutions as a stand alone ground for divorce. Temporary mental illness may bar an otherwise valid divorce action, reflecting the state’s strong emphasis on marital sanctity and the seriousness of divorce.
The court notes that justice may permit a respondent spouse to defend an age claim but not during temporary lunacy. If the respondent is hopelessly insane or confined as an inmate in an insane asylum for ten or more years, valid divorce grounds remain, and insanity of the offending spouse will not bar a proper divorce.
Striking workers at the Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Co. plant near Pittsburgh voted unanimously to accept a new contract ending a week long strike. The agreement includes a package increase of 24 cents an hour with an immediate seven cent raise, affecting about 900 employees. Plant operations resumed on September 26.
Reporter Jim Bishop laments Detroit's nightlife and cultural scene, contrasting it with richer recreation in Los Angeles and Boston. He notes graying work hours, a hungry economy, and scarce entertainment options despite industrial vigor and new convention spaces, from Dearborn to Belle Isle.
Twenty years ago on October 25 Allied forces reported a three mile advance breaching Nazi trenches near Trigno River while bombers struck southern Austria and Albania. In Corry a citywide ration book drive opened and local police addressed a theft of a bulk gasoline stamp.
The Corry Journal announces standard publication terms and staff roles including publisher, general manager, advertising manager, and production staff. It notes AP news dispatches and mail options with annual and per-copy rates, stressing display advertising deadlines and circulation.
In Michigan Romney's bid to push a broad income tax faces stubborn resistance from Republican lawmakers and Democratic leaders. Swainson and Thayer maneuver to move all 68 proposed tax bills through to passage while Romney appeals to former opponents. The showdown comes amid broader criticism of Romney’s cuts to mental health funding and school financing as education and welfare groups warn of strained facilities and budgets.
A train and automobile collision near Pensacola, Florida, killed Seaman George J. Kline, 24, of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and injured two others. Kline, stationed aboard the carrier Lexington based at Pensacola, died yesterday in the mishap.
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