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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1966
Page
4
Spot Line-O-Ads on tap at Cliff Carrolls. Hotel Corry and dinner specials listed. Discharged and admitted names from Corry area residents follow. Also notices on batteries, sales, and gift shop items with local addresses and rates.
Six juveniles were arrested after one boy admitted they broke a lock and tampered with a switch causing a two car self powered New Haven Railroad train to derail near Needham to Boston line. The derailment injured 62 people during the first morning run.
Lt. Gov. Raymond P. Shafer, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, spoke at an Eagle Scout dinner in Uniontown urging young people to commit to rebuilding Pennsylvania for the next century. He warned talent leaving for other states and urged active participation in future programs.
Johnson City Texas AP The 11 year old daughter of a Secret Service agent assigned to the LBJ ranch detail was killed by a horse in a pen behind the family home. Nancy Knetsch was dragged to death when the horse, frightened, jumped a fence after she tied a rope to her waist. The family lives near President Johnsons ranch while Knetsch is assigned to the Texas White House.
Thieves entered Trinity Methodist Church Sunday night and took the Easter offering estimated at 4000 to 5000 dollars from the office. The report notes the grab as a drain on finances amid broader tasks to rebuild the state's industrial base, education system, and urban centers.
Navy pilots report destroying 13 junks and damaging 48 more, wrecking 13 boxcars and smashing 6 warehouses within six miles of Vinh. Air Force jets hit Dien Bien Phu area and Son La fortifications, Bung Cha, and staging zones, with multiple buildings set ablaze. The Guam based bombers, praised for saturation attacks, now under a Defense Department program to lift payloads from 38 250 to 60 000 pounds, enabling 84 of the 500 pound bombs per mission.
Defense officials say South Viet Nam air sorties are temporarily reduced due to a bomb shortage and political turmoil in Da Nang. Assistant Secretary Sylvester notes diverted ordnance ships and fewer Viet Cong attacks as factors. A Saigon spokesman cites a 300 foot strike height versus 950 prior, while a police substation near Cholon reports casualties from a hit and run mortar attack. House For Sale Look in the Classifieds
The latest boost raises liability coverage by about 15 percent averaging $11 per car annually and physical damage by 14.4 percent about $14 yearly for comprehensive with a $50 collision deductible. Overall average is $12.50 a year for both. Premium changes vary by region with safer drivers facing declines while most insured 2.5 million pay higher rates. The revision expands a new scale that began last year.
Estes testifies in El Paso that loan companies and scores of individuals plotted with him to deal in worthless mortgages worth millions. He named firms and people who allegedly agreed to such transactions as cross examination looms. He spoke to the court about myths in fertilizer tanks mortgage schemes as he seeks a new trial and release from a Leavenworth prison sentence.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr indicated migrant labor camps may be among problems his staff will tackle in the Miami area. He said the SCLC will fight economic deprivations facing African Americans and will focus on improving conditions in migrant labor camps as a key area of work.
In Fayette Mississippi a five month Negro boycott of white merchants eased as concessions follow. Attorney Jimmy Walker says Negroes will be addressed as Mr Mrs or Miss. A Negro police officer is hired locally and a Negro deputy sheriff employed by the county.
About 400 inmates rioted at the Maryland Reformatory for Men, starting in the dining hall at 5 30 a m. The riot was brought under control around 7 30 a m though the situation remained tense. Two prisoners and several guards were hospitalised but injuries were not serious. Warden Fitzburger says grievances unclear and fed resumed after about half the inmates returned to cells. Some 40 state troopers and deputies helped quell the disturbance in a 1500 inmate facility.
In La Plata Argentina the Ministry of Agriculture launched a pilot program to supply plastic false teeth to needy cows and bulls. Veterinarians at the ministry experimental farm report excellent results so far.
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