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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1967
Page
1
Fragmentary real estate notices show multiple addresses in Bath and Waltsburg. Listings mention 2 story and 1 story homes with varied features like modern hardwood floors, aluminum siding, and landscaped yards. Contact 668-6015 or 33-6017 for details.
Mrs. Arthur auction listed items including chairs tables coal double tir elect chairs and a rubber platform. sale features 14 chairs 52 gallon 30 gallon containers a milker tractor and water bowls plus a trailer and assorted tools. Contact 654 2365 for details and location on Route 116 ks 77 r.
Chicago detective Jack Wallenda recounts discovering the bodies of eight murdered nurses in the Speck case. He describes three victims in the front east bedroom and three more in the west, noting stabbings, cloth bindings, and neck restraints as authorities press their evidence.
The Presbyterian Church announces a capital funds drive aiming to raise over 100000 locally toward a 250000 project. Rogers Company of Fostoria Ohio will direct the effort with David N Roller as consultant. Planning chairman Dr James D Hileman notes several site options including a five acre West Smith Street plot.
South Vietnam's Lt Gen Nguyen Van Thieu warned Hanoi could be bombed or North Vietnamese troops sent into the North if attacks on the DMZ continue. U S planes hit missile sites near Hanoi and Haiphong, with two destroyers briefly engaged by shore batteries but no casualties.
West Palm Beach authorities say the killing of two officers could have been prevented if bystanders had intervened. Witnesses described women and others who did nothing as Sgt. William H. Fletcher and Patrolman David Van Curler were shot after responding to a disturbance at Fidelity Savings. John C. Cooley was charged with first degree murder. A civilian, Thomas Gorham, restrained Cooley after seizing Van Curler's gun.
U S District Judge George L Hart Jr dismissed Adam Clayton Powell's suit challenging his exclusion from the House. Powell sought a three judge panel to hear a constitutional challenge to the resolution, but the court found no jurisdiction. Powell plans an appeal to the U S Court of Appeals and to pursue a special election.
Chief Voter Registrar Helen M. Gressley reports 3389 Corry voters eligible for the May 16 primary, down from 5555 in 1968. Republicans claim 2098 voters, Democrats 1215, Constitutionalists one, misc 28. total purge 258 with Republicans down 119 and Democrats down 105.
Washington AP reports fading odds for a July 1 Social Security benefit increase. Officials cite Sept. 1 as a viable target while noting Johnson's proposed 20 percent rise may be trimmed and payroll tax hikes may be less steep. The bill faces committee jams and interlinked tax considerations.
An elderly man, possibly drunk, wandered into the wrong building on East Main street at 10 p.m. He entered a hall and broom closet before fleeing in his hotel slippers. He left one shoe behind and police retrieved it from the scene.
A driver who turned into a driveway caused a one vehicle crash on Route 6 at 11 45 p m Wednesday night. Josephine Aikens 50 of Corry turned into a driveway as Edwin Becker 90 of Alix quippa approached from the opposite direction Becker lost control and went off the road causing 150 damage to his car the Aikens vehicle was not hit. Pensioner for 63 years in Prijedor Yugoslavia Draginga Brkovic 95 has received a pension since 1904 from Austro Hungarian then Yugoslav authorities and now Communist Yugoslavia.
Bobby Baker, former Senate aide, received a prison term of one to three years for seven counts of income tax evasion theft and conspiracy. The judge ordered concurrent sentences and Baker plans to appeal. He rose with Lyndon Johnson in the Senate before later resigning in 1963 amid financial scrutiny.
William White 70 chairman and CEO of Erie-Lackawanna Railroad died in the railroad medical offices after a heart attack. He had headquarters in New York and was in Cleveland on routine business, recognized as a leading figure in the industry.
In 1965 the City Council considered laying a 130 inch storm sewer line along property owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Buffalo Division crossing West Smith Street to Bear Creek. The railroad demanded 100 for agreement prep and 800 yearly rent, or 16000 lump sum. The city would incur 5000 to trench under tracks and may have to tear up West Smith Street or sidewalk, prompting criticism of railroad neighborliness.
F Lowe Edwards, veteran social studies teacher at Corry Area High School, was elected president of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies at the council’s 19th annual conference at Edinboro State College. He has served on the council’s board of directors for many years. Superintendent Ray Elsen, curriculum director J Donald Watson, and elementary supervisor Ann Baressi attended the conference with numerous Corry teachers.
The Federal Reserve cut the discount rate from 4.5 to 4 percent nationwide effective today, a move seen as easing credit and lowering rates. Sen. William Proxmire warns the shift could undermine a 6 percent surtax plan for corporations and individuals as inflationary pressures loom later in the year. The unanimous board action, with Atlanta and St. Louis districts anticipated to join, signals broader policy easing ahead.
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