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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1963
Page
1
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Local paving boom under way as Western Asphalt completes West Smith and North Center sections. Route 6 bypass delayed to spring due to engineer staff shortages. right of way talks to begin after winter. Public hearings planned with railroad crossing in the corridor. Harry Truman and wife visit New York grandchildren. Truman vows to campaign actively in next election.
The city lists a $10499 outstanding balance from its large sidewalk paving program while $4375 has been paid by property owners. Officials cite no follow up actions yet and note some gripes over walk quality and grading may complicate collections. A handful of owners owe more as disputes with contractors loom.
Beauties Judy Short of Alabama and Roganne Tueller of the District of Columbia earned top spots in both swimsuit and talent during the Miss America prelims in Atlantic City. Short, a 19 year old Birmingham Southern College freshman, impressed with violin and dance, while Tueller, a 20 year old Brigham Young University junior from Mobean Virginia, wowed with a interpretive dance. This marks the first time two contestants won both titles in the pageant's history.
Fires race through Parana, Brazil, killing 250 and threatening coffee plantations and timber areas. Gov. Ney Braga appeals for outside help as 30 mile per hour winds hamper crews. Curitiba reports 49 dead with toll likely to rise. rains expected to quell fires, eight months without soaking rain.
The Industrial Development Corp CAIDC attached about $1,000 in equipment at the Corry Brake, on Spring Street, to satisfy an $8,000 chattel mortgage held by NE CAIDC Corry Brage. John Minor and Thomas Rothrock started the loan a year ago. the firm has fallen behind on payments and the plant is no longer run full time. The board voted to execute the lien and plans to dispose of the assets to replenish the operating fund.
Thomas C. Stephenson, 44, former Tyrone Improvement Corp development manager, was appointed plant location representative in the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industrial Development. He will earn 7772 dollars annually.
In Birmingham Alabama federal judges press Governor Wallace to explain why he should not be restrained from interfering with school desegregation. A court hearing is set for Monday on an injunction to reopen three closed schools while clashes and violence spark further legal fights over desegregation and the University of Alabama.
In Birmingham Alabama two 16 year old Negro youths, Robert Weight and Louis Williams, were killed when a group fired shotgun blasts into a grocery store, described by police as a random incident. Authorities said the violence was not connected to racial unrest.
In Mazleton Pa AP a new cave in halted a rescue for Louis Bova and two others trapped since an earlier fall. Snow and earth collapsed on the mine slope causing a 39 foot diameter subsidence. Fellin aged 58 Throne 28 and Bova 54 were located by bored shafts and rescued. Bova remained missing as officials weigh continuing operations.
In Levittown Pennsylvania burglars stole a 300 pound safe from Dick's Toy Mart at Midway Shopping Center. Police said the shop owner Richard Weintraub reported the safe contained no cash at the time of the break in.
Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton officiated at the opening of a new section of Interstate Route 0 in Scranton. An Army helicopter cut the tape signaling the dedication in a ceremony marking the town as a Keystone region hub.
Harrisburg AP reports at least ten Pennsylvania school districts have acted to end required Bible readings in classrooms. The state department survey shows boards continuing readings. one district voted to ignore the ban. The action follows the US Supreme Court ruling that a state law requiring daily Bible verses is unconstitutional.
About 25 Mount Ephraim public school children carried their Bibles to classes yesterday following a plea by Rev. Forest Taylor of Mount Ephraim Church. Administrative Principal Conrad Rahme said the number was surprising and that the board supports the idea. the minister urged Bible carrying in response to the Supreme Court ruling against required Bible readings and prayers in public schools. The Rev Taylor started the program by sending his two children to school with the Gospel of St John on Friday.
City police say they are investigating a theft at the Dean Phipps Store on North Center Street. Robert Stover told officers that about half of a regular cash shortage, roughly $32.50 from a till, was missing. The manager discovered the shortage while counting money yesterday.
Police recount a transient family sleeping at the Phoenix Hotel and provided meals by the local Salvation Army. They repaid the host by stealing a resident's clock and nearly escaped before the father produced the missing timepiece. Officers traced their car to Hast Washington and Maple, learning the family traveled from Alabama claiming New York roots and a Corry connection.
The Commerce Department reports construction activity rose four percent in the month, reaching an estimated total of 801 billion after seasonal adjustments. The index was unchanged from July and reflects activity levels in August 1902.
Officials of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo appear to back a pastor in Wellsville who ordered families to send all children to parochial or public schools. About 60 pupils withdrew from Immaculate Conception School after the priest spoke from the pulpit. The pastor argued parents should not move children to nondenominational schools without parish consent, a ruling supported by the diocese. Some students began returning to class, but the exodus had caused steady declines at the parish junior high.
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