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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1965
Page
2
Now is the time to order wedding invitations announcements and napkins. A variety in styles and the finest paper. Call at The Corry Journal office. Fish fry at Moose Friday night 5 til 7:30.
Mississippi River flooding worsens in north and east Minneapolis with dikes leaking in St. Paul as crests near 27 feet. Rail yards and the city airport are inundated while a 50 foot bridge at Navy Island collapsed. Hastings faces threat to locks and sand dike breaks. Red Wing dikes leak and sewage plant fails as flood stages approach.
The Mississippi crest may hold for three to five days with Minneapolis at 21 feet and St. Paul at 27 feet, both above flood stages. Industrial areas face water risk as ice and water threaten roads, bridges, and dike extensions while Red Cross reports 207 families evacuated in St. Paul. Government damage estimates reach 23 million dollars.
Erie officials named William Reagan as chief county assessor at $7500 yearly, replacing the May 1964 vacancy. Reagan, mapping department supervisor, was chosen over two Corry field assessors, with a merger plan for an Erie county city assessment bureau eyed but disputed by the city. A county reassessment program is expected after a Tax Board directive, with bids and a contract anticipated by late June, not including the city amid ongoing redevelopment projects.
In Vandergrift Pennsylvania Rev Benno Brink 70 pastor of St Gertrude's Roman Catholic Church died yesterday in the church rectory. A Pontifical Requiem High Mass will be celebrated Monday for the late priest in the Westmoreland County town.
The Associated Press reports Good Friday observances as Christians pause for solemn remembrance of Christ's crucifixion. Pilgrims fill Rome and Jerusalem sites including the Church of the Holy Sepulcher while Pope Paul VI leads prayers with revised text to reduce anti Jewish references.
Funeral services for Edward L Becker at Bracken Funeral Home Saturday 11 a m with interment at St Elizabeths Cemetery Friends may call Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m Final rites for Helge B Tracy at H Richard Hays Funeral Home Spartansburg Saturday 3 p m interment Riceville Cemetery viewing Friday 7 to 10 p m Two teens arrested after high speed chase in Castle Shannon Williams Hass 18 larceny of auto and Wayne Brandt 17 to appear in Juvenile Court
The Pope presides as Passover begins and Good Friday coincides for the first time in years. In Moscow a seder was planned at the Israeli embassy with about 100 Jews in the Western community invited, including diplomats, journalists, and visitors.
Mrs. Viola Marie Coleman, 65, remains in fair condition at St. Vincent's Hospital after her auto plunged end over end into Mill Creek near Grandview yesterday morning. She suffered fractures to the jaw clavicle right leg and ribs plus multiple cuts when thrown from the car as it fell about 159 feet into the creek. The lone driver failed to negotiate a curve and struck a guard rail around 8:55 am. ERIE Ambulance aides and firemen used ropes to hoist her from the ravine, with the rescue taking nearly 30 minutes. Car For Sale?
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