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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1966
Page
7
Parents of an 18 year old teen report police and the FBI will withdraw if the kidnapper returns their son safely. Aaron Goldman, a 47 year old contractor, says the ransom case began March 2 with a husky man demanding 25 000 dollars. Imposters have tried to collect the money and two have been arrested.
Bruce Merrill president of Ameco Inc a Phoenix based builder of CATV systems told the House Commerce Committee that FCC proposed rules could choke off CATV expansion by fencing off 90 percent of the nation s TV homes fromCATV access. He noted opposition from antenna makers and some broadcasters and said public TV choice would suffer. Merrill is principal stockholder in American Cable Television which operates CATV systems in several states.
Two diesel locomotives and three loaded coal hopper cars derailed in a head on collision of PRR trains near Munster. A bridge carrying a highway over the tracks was damaged. No injuries were reported. An investigation has begun to determine the cause.
Sparta fifth graders at Sparta Merged Schools in Spartansburg Pa cheered the Green Beret after a Clarion State College student urged Legionnaires to wear green berets on St Patrick’s Day. They made miniature berets and wore them to school inspired by Richard Bon fanti and Barry Sadler. A letter from Brig Gen Joseph W Stillwell of Special Forces confirmed the link between the soldiers and the headgear.
A Monessen woman, Carole Ann Kuvinka, 24, received 65000 in a Washington County Court verdict. The accident on Route 481 in West Pike Run Township in 1961 allegedly occurred during road work by Boyer Construction Co as signs and lights were inadequate. Kuvinka suffered extensive facial injuries.
A reader from Spartansburg Pennsylvania writes to Virginia Wille and the Fifth Grace Spares Merged School praising young citizens for showing active interest in United States aid. The letter dated March 4 expresses appreciation for such engagement and cooperation.
A Pennsylvania criminal court panel dropped an involuntary manslaughter indictment against Patrolman Robert G. Macbeth in the fatal shooting of Louis Hardy, 25, during a dice game chase in East Liberty. Macbeth had been suspended, faced murder charges, and was acquitted on March 4 after a racially charged trial context. The board’s ruling cites partial evidence to support the manslaughter charge, clearing the officer for reinstatement consideration.
Two Columbus couples headed to cheer Jack Nicklaus in the Masters perished when a twin engine plane crashed near Elizabethton Tennessee. Victims include Jan Dare wife and Robert K Barton pilot amateur golfer and former U S senator Gov John W Bricker aide Wartons wife and James Rattler Longs. Nicklaus friends had been on a hunting trip with him.
Washington AP reports two Pennsylvania soldiers killed in Vietnam. PFC Edward M. Stanchek of Philadelphia and PFC Franklin F. Weaver of Bethlehem are named by the Defense Department. The notice lists their parents as next of kin.
Rev Joseph Kanzlemar of the Church of the Nazarene argues Jesus was more than a good man citing Matthew 27 50 56 and Hebrews 4 16 to show the veil of the temple ripped as a sign of spiritual freedom from sin and the priesthood’s end, inviting personal ministering before God.
Pennsylvania Electric Co announces a program to bury local distribution lines underground in new housing developments. President Louis H. Roddis Jr says the move improves reliability and community appeal, with no extra charge to customers and costs expected to drop over time as technology advances.
Washington AP reports the Defense Department set the June draft call at 15 000 the lowest since the Vietnam buildup began last August Pentagon officials say the decline stems from typical June voluntary enlistments As a result the May quota was 4600 and the June call applies only to the Army with other services relying on enlistments.
Pittsburgh Joy Manu manufacturing Co reports a 32 percent earnings gain to 6.359 million for the first half of fiscal 1966 from 4.799 million in the same period of 1965. The utility has tested underground installation techniques to improve reliability and safety for employees and the public and will decide later this year whether to make the program permanent.
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