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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1968
Page
6
City police search for a hit-and-run driver after a car struck a parked vehicle belonging to Carlyle Fitch of 75 West Columbus Avenue. Fitch reported damage to the left front totaling about $100. The report outlines additional local incidents including burglaries, a stray dog, yard trash disputes, and notices of industrial loans and civic programs.
The Coast Guard established a water security zone around the battleship USS New Jersey amid anticipated antiwar protests ahead of its scheduled re commissioning Saturday for Vietnam era duty. Officials at the Philadelphia naval base requested the protective measure after receiving reports that war critics may attempt to block the ship.
Sen Morton predicts Rockefeller will become active before Monday while Rockefeller declares he will not campaign for the GOP nomination. Iowa Gov. Taft Hueghes notes a Democratic governors meeting likely to draw participants with dual aims. McCarthy launches California primary effort to blunt Kennedy gains in minority districts. Kennedy wins a rousing welcome in Washington D C and targets the District of Columbia May primary. Johnson supporters in Indiana and Oregon hold back while Kennedy forces raid his California delegation. Nashville reports a Johnson draft by Gov. Ellington and others, with no comment from Buford. Johnson, Humphrey, and Kennedy meet with the president but offer no endorsements.
London bookies rate RFK and Nixon neck and neck in U S presidential betting with William Hill offering Nixon at even money and Kennedy at 5 to 4. McCarthy and Humphrey are listed as long shots at 6 to 1 and 10 to 1 respectively, while Ladbrokes also shows Kennedy as favorite at even money and Nixon at 5 to 4.
Harrisburg AP report states about 2,000 members of the Pennsylvania State Education Association may strike over a stalled teachers pay increase bill. PSEA President Joseph Standa from Johnstown convened the House of Delegates in Harrisburg to decide on a statewide strike, citing Senate amendments cutting the funding from 53 to 26 million dollars as triggering member opposition.
An Erie County Jail inmate, 19 year old Donald Lee Lucas, is accused of assaulting turnkey William Gaber with a urinal brush during a 9 pm lock up. Gaber needed four stitches and the inmate was placed in solitary. A second detainee was arraigned on related counts.
Mrs J C Manwaring hosts and attends. Lynn Smith home on leave with brother Larry soon to enter service. Nancy Jukes shower. Miss Christine Jacquith visits Corry grandmother Kathrine Smith. The town hears of Florida trips by Enoch Cornish and Leon Cable. a kidney transplant patient, former Aveo Corp VP, is noted.
In Philadelphia a 1960 home fire lawsuit ends with a $1.6 million award to Mrs. Joan Teague who lost her husband Edward and their three children Edward Richard and Evelyn aged three to eight. Judge Raymond Pace Alexander held owner and landlord John Myroniuk liable for defective wiring and an unsafe heater.
The report notes widespread favorable reaction to Hanoi's action and Johnson's response. French President De Gaulle called the bombing curtailment an apparent first step toward peace. U Thant welcomed the move and offered U.N. facilities in Geneva for talks.
Victor Singer, former Oil City gro cer owner, won 85 45 in Venango County Court against the Redevelopment Authority of Oil City over his building seized for the Gateway Plaza Urban Renewal Project. Judge Breene detailed 77 855 general damages 790 moving expenses and 5 000 business dislocation damages. The authority had offered about 60 000. four days to appeal. A separate Pitts burgh blaze report notes a year old man killed in a two story brick building in Hill District James Roach found dead in bed.
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