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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1964
Page
2
A jumble of events, names, and notices includes Carrig's Footwear opening and details for hospital admissions and discharges in Corry and surrounding areas. The fragment lists people by name and residence, a tavern event on Wednesday night, ambulance and hospital numbers, and community notices.
Ratner Berkshire stockings advertised at Carroll's Gift Shop on 243 PHS Orie. Buy now and save on a world famous brand stock.
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy began his bid for the U.S. Senate with a dawn handshaking tour among workers at New York Citys Fulton Fish Market. He addressed labor crowds, touted his Democratic nomination, and plans to resign as attorney general on Thursday to run full time. He will open upstate campaigning with a Syracuse state exposition stop.
Deer-end area activity reports No-Bar Riding Club of Columbus taking 12 awards at Platea sponsored Pony show by Cranesville Fire Department. Winners include Gala Day mare halter first, Saarad third in stallion, Cody Captain second in pony stallion. Shatana King trails in trail class, Little Tox top senior western pleasure, Toni Boy third in senior pleasure pony hitch. U Thant returns to New York post European trip.
In Kelowna British Columbia a man calling himself the poetic carpenter has been cutting down highway billboards since July 22. Five boards, worth up to 500 dollars each, were found along a scenic route with Ogden Nash lines attached.
Harper and Row announced a revised expansion of Kennedy’s 1958 booklet titled A Nation of Immigrants will be published October 7. The work, unfinished at Kennedy’s death, covers U.S. immigration history and Kennedy’s critique of existing laws.
A 3 year old asthmatic boy fell 25 feet into an abandoned dry well near Fremont. Fremont officer Dwayne Watson lowered an oxygen tube and used a nylon line to reach and pull Jerry Bettencourt from the well after about three hours. He was taken to Washington Township Hospital in good condition for 24 hour observation. The boy’s mother recalled the Kathy Fiscus case and prayed during the ordeal while relatives and priests looked on.
Kopmon Gloss 17 was found dead in his McKeesport home. Police say a fractured skull and broken neck resulted from a fall from the top bunk of a double decker bed. He slept early last night and was found face down on the floor this morning by his mother. TV station WIIC sold to Cox Broadcasting for over $20 million in Atlanta. Pittsburgh Post Gazette and Brennen siblings hold 50 percent ownership.
Centerville resident Earl Carter, 56, was critically injured when struck by a vehicle driven by Frank Beeles while working on Pleasantville road near Titusville. Carter suffered a broken leg and possible concussion and was taken to Titusville Hospital in critical condition. The accident occurred on private property and state police declined to investigate, noting the construction company owns the closed road. The incident happened about 10 a.m. near Route 27.
Nine cars of a 91 car Pennsylvan ia Railroad freight derailed last night on the Brilliant Cut off Bridge in Aspinwall. No injuries reported. Two cars toppled into the Allegheny River while the rest lay along the river’s north bank. The empty flat cars carried piggyback truck trailers.
Robert W. Swanson, 35, of Celoron, was held for the grand jury after a preliminary hearing before Peace Justice Edwin P. Seaton on a second degree manslaughter charge in the death of Lawrence K. Fransen, 42, of Celoran. Fransen died August 23 at WCA Hospital Jamestown after an altercation while visiting Sherman. Swanson released in $10,000 property bond.
AFL-CIO President George Meany said labor supports Johnson but warned some union members fear Negro progress under the Civil Rights Act could threaten jobs. He noted members would vote on convictions and not all would back the endorsement, while GOP nominee Goldwater called the employment section unconstitutional.
PANMUNJOM Korea AP North Korea charged that a United Nations command light plane violated Communist air space along the eastern DMZ on Aug 27 U S Air Force Maj Gen Cecil E Combs senior UN command delegate to the Joint Military Armistice Commission said the charge will be investigated.
CAP Cincinnati reports Craig Truax Pennsylvania AFL-CIO leaders say United Steel Workers chief David J. McDonald launched a bitter, unprovoked smear against Barry M. Goldwater. McDonald warned unions of infiltrating Goldwater supporters and circulated a memorandum calling his candidacy a threat akin to fascism.
Des Moines AP Secretary of State Melvin Synhorst certified Democratic President Johnson and Vice Hubert Humphrey for the November 3 Iowa ballot, saying he would place the names despite a late filing. He acted alone, citing merit over technicalities, surprising both parties. He warned court action could follow.
Jack Simes of Westwood New Jersey won the National Cycling Championship last week and swept two straight races in a best of three final series to earn a spot on the U S Olympic cycling squad. He defeated Sam Zietlin of New York in the two lap match race. Simes, 21, was a 1980 Olympian.
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