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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1968
Page
1
North Carolina corrections chief pins part of the riot at Central Prison on a progressive reform drive. He defends a system that concentrates the worst inmates at the Raleigh facility to enable rehabilitation elsewhere. Five inmates died on scene and one more later in hospital. 78 were wounded.
Construction of the long term care addition at Corry Memorial Hospital is ahead of schedule with some contractors finishing early. Elevator work is complete as of April 9, and other trades such as steamfitters plasterers and electricians report progress. Delays due to material supply and plasterer shortages persist, while kitchen remodeling and patient room work proceed with plans to minimize facility disruption.
The Corry Memorial Hospital board discussed interest from doctors to join the staff as the facility plans for 80 new positions with a long term care expansion. Administrator Samuel Antrim reported a prospective educational program for medical and nursing staff was delayed until fall due to signal concerns and cost. Antrim noted a nine week network trial showed strong sound quality and Corry will join the regular network this fall. Elwin Fuller was named secretary to complete the late Sid’s term.
Mayor Don Ryan cast a deciding vote on a salary increase for council members and himself, proposing a token raise of 10 dollars a month to reach 30 dollars. The Union City Times Enterprise questioned the move as a 200 percent rise and defended its tax mill translation of expenditures as public. One councilman said the budget reserves could cover the raises without cutting other programs.
The FBI issued a fugitive warrant in Birmingham alleging Eric Starvo Galt conspired with a claimed brother to violate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. civil rights. Memphis charged Galt with first degree murder in the April 4 assassination, carrying the death penalty in Tennessee. The federal charge faces a maximum $5,000 fine and 10 years imprisonment.
Neal Ackerman, 7, of Hillsdale New Jersey, was crushed on Tuesday when a rock he stood on rolled on the Ausable River west branch near Wilmington New York. Police said the rock rolled and pinned him. he died of a crushed chest.
Three members vote to approve a 92 unit rental housing project along Macadam Hill opposite North Hills golf course. Conditions require paved access, two story buildings with eight units each, proper sewers and lighting, no commercial use, storm water safeguards, maintenance, and pre construction drawing submission for city engineer approval.
Saigon reports the A Shau Valley faced the war's heaviest 24 hour bombing with over 1,500 tons as 60 B 52 bombers struck north of Hue targeting truck parks storage areas and troop concentrations. Ground fighting persisted in the Mekong Delta with U S infantry claiming 7 Viet Cong killed and four Americans dead.
Nearly 200000 AFL CIO Communications Workers threaten a first nationwide Bell System strike in 21 years as a 3 PM EST deadline passes. Union chief Beirne says service will continue with little immediate impact, while AT T executives warn of disrupted install work.
Magistrate EB A Barbour dropped a vagrancy count against 31 year old Jesse Eugene Gonce of Harrison Arkansas and recalled his own financial hardship. He said you cant arrest a man just for being broke and told how he once hitchhiked to Lebanon when money ran out.
More than 20 MAC course graduates heard District Attorney William Pratt say he plans to appoint an assistant district attorney for Corry. Pratt spoke at a dinner at Perry's Inn ending a State Police municipal officers course at Corry Area High School. He noted Corry previously had an assistant DA and emphasized a needed staff presence for the Corry police and his office.
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