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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1964
Page
1
Erratic 45 mph winds drove a brush fire into the Santa Barbara area destroying at least 30 high value homes. Across the state, two forest fires scorched 50 000 acres and more than 100 buildings. The Santa Barbara blaze forced evacuations including 600 Westmont College students.
Corry Red Cross chapter announced adult babysitting and transportation services for donors next Monday. Call YMCA Red Cross office to arrange help. Two guests, Mrs Gwen Souphorn and Mrs H B Scott, will visit October 10. North Westerns Association chapters meet October 5 in Girard at 6 p m. Event highlights include veteran and charity articles and August reports.
The Corry City Council the School Board and the Combined Earned Income Tax Committee debate renewing city income tax receiver R Elwin Fuller s two year contract or bidding it out. Abbey chairs the tax committee and favors renewal while Council prefers bids. All three groups had previously supported renewal or bidding in varying votes.
Aldermen constables and justices of the peace from Erie Warren Venango and other counties will attend the tri county association meeting at the Holiday Inn Erie near Routes 90 and 97. Master of ceremonies will be Attorney Roger Fischer with attendees from the district attorney office and Corry area including William Peiffer Bachofner Byron Nichols and Floyd Marsh.
Washington AP report shows Emanuel Celler seeks to delay a House Judiciary probe into the Justice Department and former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The NY Democrat aims to avoid action until after the November elections while pressuring Republicans to sit on the matter.
Ralph William Rogers, 30, of Albion, pleaded guilty to the general charge of murder minutes before his trial was to start for the strangulation death of Mrs. Marian Emma Graham, 42, whose body was found January 27 off Perry Highway in Millcreek Township. Jury delays required sheriff deputies to subpoena additional jurors and witnesses. Rogers remains in the Erie County jail until November when the county judges will hear the plea and impose sentence.
John Wayne, 87, is treated at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles for an ankle injury and a lung abscess after surgery to correct an old ankle injury. His secretary said an allergy to a medication caused the abscess, which was removed, easing chest pressure and leaving him uncomfortable over the weekend but now feeling better.
Mrs. John Chandley, 43, wife of the Kansas City Times managing editor, died yesterday in Kansas City. She was the mother of two and active in local charity work. Funeral arrangements were pending.
Corry Evangelical United Brethren Church begins Centennial Week marking growth from a Civil War era red schoolhouse to a sizable current complex. The piece traces early pastors, relocations, construction costs, and the 1936 completion of the present building funded in eight years.
Sen Harry Goldwater criticizes spending while pledging to cut handouts. Hubert Humphrey praises Kennedy Johnson governance. Rep William Miller campaigns in Indiana. Rep Silvio Conte holds both party noms in his district. California fires exceed 50 000 acres. Hurricane Gladys pursues Atlantic path. Four men remain trapped in a Nevada nuclear test shaft. GM UAW talks progress with non economic issues. Detroit auto show previews 1985 models. House Judiciary Chair Emanuel Celler seeks to defuse Justice Department probe amid United Mine Workers concerns.
About 35,000 demonstrators marched past a base in Se LE Sipposition ta demanding government approval for nuclear submarines. The protest targeted atomic weapons and called for policy changes amid opposition to U S naval programs.
The Weather Bureau forecast most of the northeast will escape major hurricane damage with only tides two to three feet above normal and no dangerous winds expected from Cape May to Block Island. The center of the storm remained offshore as officials rushed emergency measures.
Leonard Blair 21, paralyzed from auto accident, seeks first floor living quarters near St. Vincent's Rehabilitation Center Erie. Appeals for ground-floor access and temporary wooden ramp aid ongoing efforts. residents with suitable rooms urged to contact Olin Bracken Jr.
A heavy cable failure at the Nevada Test Site trapped four workers for about three and a half days in an underground chamber. Rescuers cleared the tangled wiring, lowered food and reading material, and hoisted the men to safety. One man, James C. Gray, 45, of Indian Springs, Nev., was killed. the other rescuers suffered minor injuries.
Detroit AP reports negotiators from General Motors and the United Auto Workers faced major roadblocks over non economic issues as they worked through Tuesday to avert a nationwide strike before the Friday deadline. Leaders emphasized time remained to reach a pact covering about 954,000 workers across 129 plants in 71 cities.
In Pittsburgh area, a one month old boy, Jon Morrow of Center Township near Aliquippa, died after a lawn mower exploded in the family garage. The child had been playing in the garage when the incident occurred and was treated at Children’s Hospital.
The House approved its last money bill of the session, a $998,645,874 appropriation to fund government activities including the war on poverty civil rights food stamp and urban mass transit programs.
Federal agents seized weapons and vehicles at John Robert Harrell's farm after his arrest near Jonesboro Arkansas on charges tied to harboring a marine deserter in 1961 and a 1984 bail-jumping case. IRS filed a tax lien for 287,429 dollars and seized 4000 dollars in a nearby bank branch.
Bulletin reports fires in Santa Rosa and neighboring counties endangering wildlife. Three hundred Angora goats were reported near Hubert J. Waller North of Santa Rosa, with wildlife officials describing the scorched scene and a fawn left exhausted by the blaze.
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