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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1964
Page
1
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Corry residents faced long waits as Direct Distance Dialing transition stretched from six hours to a 36 hour marathon. GenTel teams of 20 workers, many from Eric, traced wiring faults after an engineering miscalculation disrupted the planned step by step changeover.
Four area residents were injured and property damage totaled 1750 in four Corry region auto accidents over the weekend. Trooper Walter Krupa investigated a Route 8 crash at 11 15 a m Saturday. S D Gilson 20 of Union City caused minor damage after passing a lumber truck and striking a mailbox. A second collision west of Corry caused 250 damage in a sideswipe between Kenneth Pay 63 of Corry and Charles Maynard 17 of Corry. The only injury report came from a Bear Lake Columbus road crash where Mrs Kenneth Rose 36 and her three children were hurt slightly after veering off the road. Continued on Page Five.
Three people returning from the Penn State Navy football game were killed when a small plane crashed into the fogbound Tuscarora Mountains near Port Royal Pennsylvania. The accident occurred Saturday as the aircraft collided with the rugged terrain during descent.
The Associated Press reports Pennsylvania recorded 27 traffic fatalities on state highways over the weekend, a record for 1964. Three double fatal crashes occurred in Western Pennsylvania, with victims including a 14-year-old boy from Dallas and a 40-year-old Johnstown man. The total surpasses the prior 19 deaths logged on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, and five additional people died in non traffic accidents.
State police were alerted Saturday evening about a Cessna 170 crash near Lewistown. The wreckage was located Sunday morning in a wooded area five miles southwest of Juniata County. Navy identifications list victims Richard D. Eckard 33 William A. Everett 31 and Shirley Everett 20.
Police over the weekend cited four local drivers for motor vehicle code violations two for speeding and one each for reckless driving and following too close. Robert B. Bemis 28 of Corry RD 5 rammed the rear of Edward Gluvna 39 at a railroad crossing. Gluvna’s car sustained $316 damage Bemis $50. Merle J Malek 18 of Columbus RD 1 was cited for reckless driving after zigzagging on West South street. Two cars racing east on East Main street at 80 mph were cited for speeding Victor A Hansen 402 West Pleasant street and Ronald J Walters RD 1 Columbus. Information filed with Aldermen Norbert Bachomer and George Gordon.
Adlai E. Stevenson United Nations ambassador will address the World Affairs Council's opening luncheon of the 1004-05 series. Council president William J. White said Stevenson will deliver a significant policy speech at the event Thursday.
Federal mediator Francis A. O Neill met separately with railroad management and labor as the strike deadline looms. The dispute centers on wage security and job protection amid tech changes, plus union objections to outside contractors. White House action was anticipated if talks stall.
Gov. Scranton travels to Iowa today and Minnesota Tuesday to stump for Barry Goldwater and Miller, marking his first out of state appearance for the ticket. He vows to praise Goldwater despite lingering criticisms of his political philosophy as he helps rally conservative support.
Senator Barry Goldwater harshly criticizes the Johnson administration for Tonkin related actions and its handling of foreign policy. He accuses the White House of lack of purpose direction and honesty in Cold War conduct during a weekend statement.
Moscow AP reports Tass said three unidentified ships were in the Gulf of Tonkin in May by American destroyers. Five unidentified ships allegedly fired on US destroyers. some sunk. McNamara says no American casualties or damage. Johnson notes incident as nighttime international matter. Continued on page six.
Federal grand jury in Biloxi hears secret testimony on the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia Mississippi. Witnesses include Lawrence Rainey of Philadelphia and Deputy Cecil Price who escorted the activists to the city limits. Burned station wagon found two days later. probe traces jail records and auxiliary police files as part of the FBI investigation.
Sunday night bombings damaged the home of civil rights leader Aylene Quin and the nearby Society Hill Baptist church south of McComb. Police described a hostile crowd of 1500 to 3000 as attackers hurled bricks and bottles at a patrol car. Minor injuries were reported to Quin’s children, while SNCC leaders urged restraint and claimed the incidents fit a pattern of ongoing violence against civil rights activities.
More than 100 warships from seven NATO nations began ocean exercises to evade Russian spying. Soviet trawlers appeared in the far Atlantic zones to observe ships and aircraft as NATO kept the operation regions secret until after ships had departed. Naval sources said the aim was to prevent Russian observer prepositioning. The exercises were not announced until several participating ships had left home ports.
In Conneaut Ohio Robert LeRoy Pruett 39 of Ashtabula confessed to police a fatal attack on Susan Osborne 16. He was charged with first degree murder after an alleged confession but signed a prepared statement denying guilt. Osbourne was beaten in a Lovers Lane area near downtown Conneaut last Monday night. An autopsy cites asphyxia as the cause of death with possible windpipe injury. The nude body was found Saturday afternoon by a boy fishing with his father. Police arrested Pruett after a tip from the victim’s girlfriend the last person seen with Osborne before she left with Pruett and an unidentified male friend. Continued on page five.
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