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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1963
Page
1
City Council and officials will meet to outline a proposed bond issue to fund vital city needs. Streets Department requests could reach 291000 with new garage, paved streets at about 35000 yearly, and sewer projects included.
SWOUL AP reports ex Premier Yo Chan Song, a Korean War hero, was arrested sparking political turmoil. A Liberal Democratic party central committee nominated him for president as opposition bloc unites against Gen. Park. Washington calls Song’s re-arrest high handed. Senator Pat McNamara hospitalizes in Bethesda after kidney infection and fever.
Corry sewage treatment plant shows a $2000 net income gain in 1962 63 despite a $500 drop in state aid. Authority shortfalls have forced short term borrowing to cover $23000 semiannual payments. A Harrisburg bill to restore up to two percent state aid could bring $13000 yearly, improving finances as rates increase.
The Pennsylvania State Employment Service Corry office announces nine part time job openings across diverse fields. Listed positions include machine operators who read blueprints and gauges, arc welders, a salesman with car, babysitters, a part time waitress, office staff, cleaner, a part time female saleswoman, a furnace installer with plumbing experience, and an automatic woodworking shaper operator.
Local 2017 of the Transport Workers Union members vote to abide by union leaders' guidance in the dispute over maintenance work at Pennsylvania Railroad Hollidaysburg shop. Chester C. Pike, executive secretary of the 6,000 member Local, said workers made the decision at meetings Wednesday.
RAWALPINDI Pakistan AP Undersecretary of State George Ball urged President Ayub Khan to stay with the West in the cold war and resist Red China. U S sources say Ball failed to quell Pakistan fears of Indian attack or resentment over U S military aid to India, complicating talks. Washington says Pakistani anti Indian worries lack basis. President Kennedy sent Ball to gauge Pakistan's intentions as China relations and regional alignments shift.
Corry United Fund board meeting concludes March of Dimes withdraws from united campaign. March of Dimes bylaws bar participation in combined drives. separate drive planned. Allocations committee sets September 12 for grant decisions. admissions panel, led by Stewart A. Lope, to screen applicants. Thompson named treasurer. drive to run in October with cochairmen Hammond and William.
Police theorize deaths of Paul Sedlock, 54, and his wife Barbara, 51, at their home in McKeesport were a murder suicide. Investigators say Sedlock shot his wife in their bedroom and then killed himself.
Birmingham faced racially charged unrest after four hoys before three schools slated for desegregation were ordered closed temporarily by Governor George Wallace. The city board agreed to close West End Ranway and Graymont to stay a federal court integration order. Wallace and the board sought a federal stay as violence erupted, injuring police and civilians and following a bombing at attorney Arthur Shores’ home. National Guard units were put on alert amid the tense standoff as legal action and appeals moved forward.
President Edwin P. Neylan of the United States Chamber of Commerce told a San Francisco audience that tax spenders deserve strict accountability like taxpayers. He warned that tax cheaters go to jail and criticized politicians who spend public funds to win elections, calling for moral scrutiny of vote buying and government waste.
The South China Morning Post reports that 900000 students in Sinkling Province near the Soviet border are mobilized to construct defenses. The British owned English language paper cited a fever from fed China.
Evelyn Dorothy Gordon, 26, mother of three, threw a brick through a plate glass window at the Aurora Police Department. A dispatcher was narrowly missed, Gordon spent the night in jail after claiming she had always wanted to do it. Her children were cared for while she was detained.
Archeologist Tuo Ripamonti of Venice’s Central University conducts a 50 day dig in the Roujoum Makhayyat ravine near Amman seeking Moses tomb. He says the site lies in a valley linked to the Mount Pisgah description and Moses burial belief.
Washington AP Ben Barry Goldwater calls for a formal reservation to postpone the limited nuclear test treaty until Soviet forces withdraw from Cuba. He would offer this after the Senate acts next week, opposing ratification without reservations. Supporters foresee strong Senate approval.
AP report says U S leaders revise Vietnam war estimates to expect a longer anti communist conflict and longer American involvement. Veterans of Saigon government repression and Buddhist unrest prompt doubt about quick victory. Secretary Cyrus Vance planned a Pacific tour including a Saigon stop, focusing on military inspections amid delicate Vietnam relations.
Gertrude Vancpps, 18, and Lawrence Hilgtes, 4, were injured when Vancpps lost control of her car on the 00 block of West Smith Street. The vehicle ran off the road, struck a pole, traveled about 100 feet on a lawn, and stopped after climbing a steep bank at 661 West Smith. Both were treated at Corry Memorial Hospital. Police said Vancpps swerved to avoid an oncoming car.
Charles W. Henry and his wife, formerly of Columbus, now in Largo Florida, filed a 1,638 suit against Fidelity Life Insurance Co. of Philadelphia claiming the carrier refused to cover medical expenses from October 1880 through July 1868. The Henrys say medical bills totaled 1,103 with some 334 paid in premiums.
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