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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1969
Page
6
A local youth told police he saw two boys atop a boxcar in the Mead Avenue and Eagle Street yards. The pair said they climbed for a found object. officers warned them to stay off railroad property.
Dover Delaware. William J. O Rourke urged the Delaware House Judiciary Committee that mandatory public whipping could backfire. He warned gang leaders would view lashes as a status symbol, noting whipping is optional for 17 offenses and unused since 1952. A bill would make public whipping mandatory for robbery and assault with intent to rob.
Yellow Cab Co of Philadelphia offered rewards to people who recommend new drivers. A full-time driver referral earns $50 in cab rides, while a part-time driver referral earns $20 in rides.
The article notes 1,718 American deaths and 8,743 wounded in the first 35 days of the Viet Cong spring offensive, aiming to push US public opinion toward concessions in Paris talks, with enemy deaths reaching 23,902 reported to date.
Viet Cong leaders Tran Buu Kiem and Xuan Thuy accused the United States of cunning treachery and said there has been no progress in the Paris Vietnam peace talks. They blamed U S bombing inside South Vietnam Cambodia and Laos and urged U S withdrawal from South Vietnam without conditions.
The report notes that active fighting began February 29 and official U.S. tallies show 174 372 enemy troops killed in the war to date.
Peggy Osborne and Jim Snow welcomed a daughter born on Tuesday at Corry Memorial Hospital. Enoch Cornish and his spouse returned home from Florida Monday. Mrs. Manford Smith hosted the Women’s Society of Christian Service gathering with a noon lunch. Vicki Hixson and her son left Sunday for Germany to join their husband and father in service. Angela Newhouse of Busti visited her grandmother Geneva Fuller. Rev. Lynn Ostrander’s son Charlie Ostrander joined the U S Navy.
New York State Banking Board approved Bankers Trust New York Corp acquiring Bank of Jamestown, the smallest of three Jamestown banks with assets of 75 million dollars. Frank Wille said the acquisition benefits outweigh potential competition losses, noting Bankers Trust’s 7.1 billion assets and 88 offices in the metro area.
Congress begins its second extended break of the year as lawmakers await Nixon budget proposals. White House aims for a 193 to 194 billion dollar plan while Republicans claim prior figures and debt costs show reductions. Legislative output is minimal with few concrete achievements.
Rep. Samuel Stratton was told by House Armed Services chair Rep. L. Mendel Rivers to stop public interviews or news releases about the Sheridan tank. Stratton leads a subcommittee probe into the tank, labeled a billion dollar boo-boo for being noisy, conspicuous, and flawed. Hearings continue in executive session.
The report describes a series of town hall meetings to sell Shafer's budget with Duffield predicting no Fayette County facility can hold tax protesters if Shafer attends. Duffield criticizes legislators for serving constituents while calling for austerity and welfare cuts reminiscent of World War II austerity.
Prayers for Jo seph W Tinko will be held at Bracken Funeral Home at 8 p.m. Friday with calling hours 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The Funeral Mass may not be held in a Catholic Church on Thursday Friday or Saturday of Holy Week.
The source quotes a Pennsylvania remark claiming citizens already oppose a Supreme Court Bible reading mandate. It forecasts a half billion dollar increase as fueling large-scale defiance and suggests prisons would be insufficient to hold resistors.
An inspection party estimated it would cost two million dollars to fully restore Presque Isle Peninsula beaches. Michael Wargo of the park toured with Army Engineers Buffalo office and State Forests and Waters reps. Legislature has allotted five hundred thousand this year. no federal funds are expected. Sixty percent of seven miles of beaches are suitable for bathing amid ongoing erosion from storms and winds.
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