Beaver sale at home on Willow Street
A fragment notes a sale in Beaver involving a home on Willow Street. Details are unclear but indicate a property disposition involving local residents.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1963
Page
1
A fragment notes a sale in Beaver involving a home on Willow Street. Details are unclear but indicate a property disposition involving local residents.
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr warns Birmingham that demonstrations will resume in days unless four civil rights demands are met. He spoke at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference meeting in Richmond Virginia. Demands include good faith negotiations and a public pledge to end segregation, removal of state troopers, hiring of Black city policemen, and a boycott on Birmingham products and businesses. He urged Congress to pass a civil rights bill with a public accommodations section or mass civil disobedience would follow.
A youth described as mentally retarded and formerly from Corry traveled by himself to Jamestown seeking people he knew from childhood. He entered a residence, was found in the Fifth avenue area, and was jailed after police questioned him. He asked repeatedly to see his uncle, and police planned to continue inquiries.
Joseph Guignon, now leading the firm reach its 100th anniversary, traces the hardware store back to 1861, founded by Lawrence E. Guignon. The business survived fires, relocations, and changing times, evolving from tinsmith tools to modern home repairs as Corry’s oldest continuous business.
Joseph Valachi testifies before the Senate investigations subcommittee in Washington claiming he will drag about ten members of the Cosa Nostra secret commission into the light. He says Genovese ran the syndicate from a prison cell and engineered key mob killings. Genovese, jailed for narcotics racketeering, is held at Leavenworth for security reasons with limited contact, while Valachi’s testimony is given under U.S. Marshals protection.
The Erie slaying case prompts an ACLU inquiry into the confinement of 85 year old Joly Willman held on 5,000 bond without counsel for an alleged attempted assault. Two Erie lawyers were appointed to defend him as he faces scrutiny over legal aid and bail.
Linesville farmer Leo Warren, 65, died from nitrogen dioxide gas in a silo after a blower failed to clear the stage overnight. Coroner H. H. Walker said the silo was two thirds full and Warren entered about 10 a.m. as gas accumulated. Warren’s son-in-law and others attempted to revive him but he died at the scene. The poisoning, sometimes called silo gas disease, has been reported in Italy and elsewhere.
A 4 year old boy, HA D Corry, died after a fall at a foster home where he had stayed since December. He died at Corry Memorial Hospital with convulsions and autopsy cited head injuries as cause, though undetermined. The attending doctor noted a history of convulsions since birth and said falls can trigger later injury.
Former major leaguer Andy Coakley, once a trailing discovery of Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig with the New York Yankees, died yesterday in New York. The pitcher, who later became a noted figure in Alabama baseball, was associated with Gehrig during early scouting and development efforts.
President Kennedy spent the final night of his conservation tour in Lassen Volcanic National Park near Whiskeytown California, feeding deer at Livsen Peak. The stop served as the semifinal leg before Las Vegas and Palm Springs as his westward trip continued. He lauded the Trinity River reservoir and water projects while noting costs remain a concern.
Retired Army officer Joh B Medaris who led the Redstone Missile Command criticizes President Kennedy's lunar project proposal as a flawed propaganda stunt. He labels the plan poorly framed and entirely shallow in an interview after speaking to guided missile graduates in Huntsville Alabama.
A blast at a firecracker plant near Chungli Taipei killed 30 workers, with several others hospitalized in critical condition. Chinese nationalist police reported the deaths and injuries as of yesterday.
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