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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1966
Page
4
Elks members and wives invited to Ladies Day and Officers party on Saturday April 30. Afternoon event for ladies 3 to 5 pm with door prizes followed by an evening dance from 10 pm to 2 am featuring Ray Arnold band and a floor show. Happy hour 9 to 10 pm. Husbands must pick up tickets at the bar and present the lady's card for their wife.
At The Hospital Report shows admissions including Mrs. Ott and Mrs. Kornikoski, with addresses on Wayne Street and nearby. Other names listed include Harry Neff, Edward Barrett’s son, Dewey Geer, Dennis Driscoll, Ronald Miles, Mrs. Gronostar, Mrs. Palmer, Bruce Johnson, James O'Brien, and Mrs. James Smith. Also notes a 50 percent sale discount at E E Guignon Hardware and prescription calls to Sea's Drugs. The piece discusses school budgets and millage limits under state law, noting no district in Corry Jointure has reached the limit.
Hollywood lures Johnsons aide Jack J. Valenti to head the Motion Picture Association of America. The 44 year old son of Italian immigrants quit his Johnson White House post to become president and chief executive, with undisclosed but higher pay. He leaves a role seen as intimate aide and friend in the Kennedy era.
Jointure and district figures show several townships including Spring Creek and Wayne Township adding funds to budgets, with Concord Township hit hardest since one mill raises only 521 dollars. Columbus boards warn of tough choices to meet rising requirements, eyeing cuts to the new teacher pay scale. Conelway seeks space at Concord School as Corry offers three rooms for rent at 720 dollars.
Funeral services will be held at Bracken Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Friends may call Monday 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery.
Pittsburgh AP reports that about 15,000 miners went back to work Monday, reducing strikers to an estimated 35,000. Officials say a portion of the 95,000 union members will return today as the Bituminous Coal Operators Association ratifies a new contract. The union’s Policy Committee meets in Washington Wednesday to consider the weekend deal between association president Edward Fox and union president W A Boyle. Details remain undisclosed though sources note substantial differences from the independents’ pact that included a $132 daily wage hike and eight holidays plus a $1 a day raise next April. The strike began April 11 after agreement with independents.
A daughter was born yesterday at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr Daniel Martin and Mrs Mildred Graham Martin of Garland. The couple, formerly of Garland, welcomed their first child.
Found dead yesterday in his Toronto apartment, Christopher Lawrence, 46, was identified as the victim in a sudden death. The case remained under police inquiry with no immediate foul play indicated. Further details were not released.
Gene Rabb of the ANPA warned that if unions do not reduce demands New York City could lose three papers, eliminating about 6 000 jobs. Robb, Albany Times Union publisher, spoke at the ANPA meeting amid a strike by the Newspaper Guild of New York over a merged World Journal Tribune Inc. joint operation. He urged quick resolution and criticized DOJ antitrust actions, saying government moves could ruin a large group of newspapers and jeopardize a free press. DeAndrade urged a wage protection system during contract disputes and cooperation to avoid warfare between publishers and unions.
Los Angeles AP Hedy Lamarr testified she was preoccupied by physical, emotional, and financial problems and had no intent to steal. The 51 year old actress explained she gathered $86 worth of items to pay later, while carrying a pair of shoes paid for by her business manager.
Cancer report notes the experiment as an unproven method at best and of little or no value in Griffith's case. It mentions Allen, a hospital parent, and two other men in a similar trial. their progress and future condition evaluations remain uncertain.
A one car accident on Route 19 two miles north of Washington killed Andrew C. Mc Coy, 24, of Washington. Police reported the car ran off the road and caught fire, ending the life of the driver.
Federal Mediation Service enters dispute between the Newspaper Guild of New York and the World Journal Tribune merger. Matt Meyer, head of the merged group, says talks keep parties together yet remains miles apart on severance for printers. Local 6 president Bertram Powers cites progress but awaits offers as nine unions refuse to cross picket lines. The new firm of Journal-American, World-Telegram & Sun, and Herald Tribune was to publish its first editions Monday.
Fragmented text from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper notes city events in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. It mentions The Asccluind Presa, Corry Post Office, Second Class Mail, and annual and carrier rates. Details are partial and garbled with scattered prices and deadlines.
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