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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1966
Page
1
In Saigon about three thousand demonstrators moved toward the city center carrying sticks and steel spikes. Americans were pelted as troops and police deployed to restore order. Similar antiwar demos were held in Hue and Da Nang with thousands in attendance.
A sweeping search by 581 Operations Marine and the 1st Cavalry in Vietnam yielded little enemy contact. Marines cleared small Viet Cong bands near Da Nang and Chu Phong mountains while a U S helicopter unit and air support engaged scattered forces. A tunnel complex yielded 400 tons of rice as forces pushed along the Cambodian border near Saigon.
A loaded truck 10 feet 6 inches tall struck a low covered bridge on Route 459, five miles west of Union City, causing minor damage to the bridge and prompting Trooper Joseph Basile of the Corry State Police to identify Orman Ormsbee, 20, of Waterford, as the driver. He was not injured.
Chancellor Murn Reed opened evidence in the Arkansas anti evolution case as both sides signaled plans to appeal to the State Supreme Court and then the U.S. Supreme Court if needed. Discussions focus on constitutionality. Susan Epperson, a 41 year old teacher, testified that the local school board adopted the textbook with Darwinian theory. Continued on Page Four.
Police arrested three men after officers and volunteer firefighters entered a Peters Township location and found minors drinking. Authorities said the incident involved underage consumption of liquor and beverages. suspects were released on bond.
Tales of spoofing spread across cities with jokes about Mayors crafts and golf balls. The Corry story sparked angry calls from readers who believed it, while Titusville, Warren, Erie, and Pittsburgh ran spoof items about fake devices, a new golf ball, trolls on bridges, and a ship turned houseboat for guests.
Arthur Terry of Dayton Ohio escaped injury when his tractor trailer hit a bridge abutment on Route 70 near Belle Vernon Fayette County. The cab separated from the trailer, toppled down a 50 foot embankment and burned. The trailer overturned spilling 40,000 pounds of glass onto the highway.
In Marseilles France authorities and firemen abandoned efforts to rescue eight men trapped below decks as a blaze swept an Olympic Hope LNG tanker causing two explosions earlier. The Liberian flagged ship suffered severe burns to 25 crew members and two fireboats deployed chemical foam and water to combat the fire.
An Allegheny Airlines Convair 580 with 44 aboard skidded on the Bradford McKean Airport runway after its nose wheel retracted during a landing. The flight from Washington via Harrisburg Bradford to Detroit was carrying passengers who were sent by ground transport. Allegheny officials indicated damage was likely minor and did not blame snow, noting runways were clear.
The Queens police say a gold ring stolen last January after Pope Paul VI presented it to an auxiliary bishop has been recovered. Confidential underworld sources reportedly returned the ring to Auxiliary Bishop John T. Denning of the Brooklyn Diocese.
Mayor signs a proclamation setting aside the week of April 40, 865, as Chamber of Commerce Week to honor the Corry Chamber for civic programs and leadership. Governor Scranton issued a similar call for Pennsylvanians to tribute local chambers as the city joins in recognizing chamber efforts to improve the community.
Republican County Chairman Neil Coughlin plans to ask the Erie County Board of Elections to divide Corry’s Second Ward into two voting districts. He cites the ward’s size and a petition with over 50 signatures. In November, 1,097 residents were registered in the ward with 727 Republicans, 307 Democrats, and three misc. A 1964 presidential turnout of 881 in the ward is noted as unusually high.
BUILER Pa AP An assistant district attorney Robert F. Hawk of Butler County was fined $100 for contempt after being absent from court without excuse. Unable to pay, he was jailed for about 30 minutes until a lawyer posted a $1 bond and he was released.
Washington AP Biochemist Harry Gold and former U.S. diplomat Harry Scarbeck were ordered freed on parole next month from Lewisburg Penitentiary after serving time for passing U.S. secrets to Communist countries. Gold, 55, faces release May 14 after a 10 year sentence. Scarbeck, 45, serving three concurrent 10 year terms, will be paroled and supervised to February 1973. Both had cooperated with investigations and played roles in high profile espionage trials including the Rosenbergs.
The nation reels under a prolonged railroad workers strike as AFL-CIO Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen defies a federal court order. About 200000 workers are out or laid off with plants idled and shipments halted. Major firms including Ford and General Motors report plant shutdowns and missed production targets.
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