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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1967
Page
7
Fragmentary notes describe a university event involving coeds and students, mentioning May Queen, a challenger, and a race with a beaten contestant. The incomplete text hints at competition terms, possible grounds for dispute, and a junior participant.
Janice Tomlin, a 15 year old Erie girl, was found in an abandoned lake cottage near the community pool after vanishing last Friday. She was in shock and exposure and hospitalized in good condition at Hamot Hospital. Detectives conducted a three day search but offered few clues.
Harrisburg AP reports Senate consideration of four companion bills to ease absentee voting rules. Sen. Lawrence Coughlin leads the measure package supported by Commonwealth Secretary Craig Truax. Proposals would drop the voidable term, allow counting if absent on election day, require pre review for ballot challenges, and remove the attending physician certificate for mail ballots.
Rep. William J. Green says a House approved bill would require states to cover 20 percent of the federal food stamp program. He warns passage could cost Philadelphia about $2 million in surplus foods, noting Pennsylvania counties, including Philadelphia city and county, participate now with states covering administration only.
Kane Police face a wave of teen mischief as they crack down on gang activity and loitering in the business district. Teens face fines up to 100 dollars plus costs for drinking and reckless driving with license suspensions. Crowds of youths clash with visitors in a busines area, prompting talks of a curfew and expanded teen programs. The county election board may appoint lawyers to hear election contests.
Dr. Joe Ball, president of the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville, outlined tentative plans for a second dormitory to be built north of the present building. The 100-bed female dorm would connect by walkway, include a recreation area and possibly a campus library, with parking limited. Freshman cars would be restricted and sophomores require a minimum academic average for auto use, depending on city growth, employment, and financing.
In Miami a station wagon carried 30 people including Flora Dickinson and 25 children aged 1 to 2. Officer Lees stopped the vehicle and Dickinson was charged with operating an unlicensed nursery school and carrying a concealed pistol along with two excessive passenger counts. Children were placed in a welfare shelter as authorities sought parent identities.
Sp4 Lorin A Hasbrouck son of Mr and Mrs Allan W Hasbrouck 315 Concord street arrived home yesterday from Stuttgart Germany where he serves with the 472nd Signal Company 7th Army He has been in Germany since July 5 1966 and will return there after his 20 day furlough.
Funeral service for Mrs. Lillian J. Galbreath was held at Bracken Funeral Home at 2 p.m. with Rev. Walter Gilliland and Rev. Walter Thoms officiating. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were James Allyn Arden Bull William A. Gumbleton Alfred Hansen Leland Johnston Paul Meerdink. Out‑of‑town attendees included Jack and David May and Beth May of Sharon and George A. Galbreath of New Castle among others.
Pine Grove Cemetery Association plans its annual meeting for May 16 with all stockholders invited. Officers are Robert Bracken president Jerome Davis vice president Sidney Elston treasurer Elof Dahl secretary. Lot owners are asked to remove glass blocks and unattached items by month end to avoid delaying mowing and trimming. Superintendent Frank Bielawsk can be contacted for questions.
An Allegheny County grand jury indicted former Pittsburgh assistant police superintendent Lawrence J. Maloney and several colleagues on bribery and extortion charges tied to a numbers racket payoff scheme. The panel also charged conspiracies to extort and suspended an inspector while two lieutenants face possible trial action. A trial date had not been set. Also, a London report notes a British educator advocating looseleaf textbooks to replace outmoded, durable volumes.
A reader supports a proposed law to ban leaving toys or keys in parked cars, arguing a $2 fine is sufficient and that enforcement on public streets would prevent private-area ticketing. The letter rejects privacy concerns, comparing it to taxation and stressing practicality to deter car theft.
Two men indicted by a federal grand jury face trial for armed robbery and armed assault in the Western Pennsylvania National Bank Hill Top branch holdup in Pittsburgh Allentown. Joseph H. Brown, 31, of New York City, and Daniel J. Koenig, 35, of Miami, were accused in the $37,245 crime.
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