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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1966
Page
1
Vice President urges unity to sustain peace amid struggle and aid to nations. He warns it will be hard and painful but vows continued funding and resources to resist aggression in Asia. He calls for harmony among nations and narrowing the rich poor gap as a second great task.
Erie County court denied George Meerhoff an appeal of a 35 day suspension for maintaining gambling devices at his Spaghetti Shop on East Main Street. The license board had charged the tavern after a 1963 raid. a 1964 hearing followed, with judge Elmer Evans ruling the machine a gambling device.
Hubert Boyd 21 is sentenced to 10 to 20 years for the second degree murder of his fiancée Sharon Miller 17 in an Allentown apartment. The case arose after an January argument, Boyd denying any quarrel occurred.
The Newspaper Guild of New York strike halts the merged World Journal Tribune before its planned launch. Four other daily papers keep printing day by day as publishers avoid a total blackout. Matt Meyer, head of the new firm, could not predict when publication would resume. The dispute centers on merger layoffs and job losses for 2,000 of 5,700 union workers across Journal American World Telegram Sun and Herald Tribune. Pickets line up at three plants signaling a major industry strike.
In Corry a phone book was burned in a phone booth near Al's Dairy Bar by Joseph R. Beale of Warren. Police charged him after he ignited the book to keep warm. the replacement cost was $5, which Beale paid before release.
Dr. Gregory Pincus states long-term use of oral contraceptives shows no cancer risk and may improve certain womb and breast conditions. He notes potential extra benefit of protecting against atherosclerosis, while acknowledging ongoing studies and the need for further evaluation.
Harry A. Schiemer 38, plant engineer of Corry Jamestown Manufacturing and longtime Boy Scout executive, died unexpectedly at his home. Born in Erie April 4 1928 he was a Navy veteran 1945 1947 and a Penn State industrial engineering graduate 1952. He belonged to St. Pauls Lutheran Church Elks VFW F and A.M. Columbus Royal Arch Corry clubs and was district leadership training chair for Washington County.
Joanne Dorschel eighteen eighth grade pupil at Corry Junior High won the county spelling final of the Times-News program. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Dorschel of 304 West Church Street she follows her brother Edward who won a similar event five years ago in Pittsburgh. Wendy Master fourteen sixth grade pupil from Wright Street also competed and fell short in the closing rounds.
American pilots saw no Communist MIG jets Sunday as U S Air Force and Navy planes pounded targets in the same area where Americans shot down two MIGs in dogfights Saturday. Five major U S operations in South Vietnam met light resistance while Vietnamese forces claimed 245 Viet Cong killed and 20 weapons captured along a Mekong Delta canal. No parachute from the second downed plane was seen. total U S losses in North Vietnam reach 221.
In Dodgeville Wisconsin a wedding was performed by the Rev. Stanley P Wiese for his 76 year old mother Etta May Wiese and Dr. William C Foster 82 of Clearwater Florida The ceremony was assisted by Rev William Wiese of Appleton Wisconsin a brother of Mrs Wiese's first husband Carl a Methodist minister The Wieses have three sons and two daughters
Torrential rains up to 18 inches flood northeast Texas causing bridge collapses and railway disruption. At least ten people killed. Lowland evacuations near Longview Gladewater Kilgore and Marshall. Sabine and Cypress rivers under flood warning with more rain forecast.
Joseph Dorschel and his wife praise their daughter Joanne who earned a top mark in the sixth grade spelling contest at Erie school. The family appears proud of the spelling success highlighted in the local report.
East German border guards opened fire as a man reached the final barbed wire at the West Berlin border. Police said 40 to 50 shots were fired at the section, he was wounded or killed and lay where he fell for 40 minutes before an East German army ambulance removed him.
Washington mourns the death of Laula A Johnson a secretary of defense during the Trinnan administration who died yesterday at age 75.
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