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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1967
Page
1
The Navy will self examine its public casualty notices after the USS Forrestal fire. An admiral will head the probe to study identifying dead injured or missing sailors and how quickly families learn outcomes, amid criticism of delays in listing victims.
President Johnson proposed a 10 percent surtax on corporate and personal income to fund war costs in Vietnam and authorize 45,000 additional troops, increasing U.S. commitment to 506,000. Tax hikes would start for corporations retroactive to July 1 and for individuals next October, expiring June 30, 1969 or as long as Vietnam expenditures require. Johnson cited McNamara and Westmoreland as supporting the force increase.
In Milwaukee the curfew curbed violence as National Guardsmen man intersections in the Inner City. Four youths disobeyed officers near a hardware store and a firebomb incident left 18 year old Clifford McKissick dead. another youth was arrested for attempted arson and two other teens were taken as juveniles.
Chrysler unit leader Douglas Fraser says the United Auto Workers will not strike this year to win equity sharing with Ford, GM, and Chrysler. He notes management resistance and signals a return attempt next year as Detroit faces riots and factory shutdowns affecting 250000 Detroit area auto workers.
U S combat deaths dropped to a six month low with 114 Americans killed and 893 wounded. The Forrestal fire raised total casualties as two injured died later and 62 were hurt. U S pilots logged 161 missions amid continued Viet Cong attacks near Da Nang and Nha Be.
Erie County New York plans to fluoridate its water supply this September. Authority engineer Carl J. Henningson said the liquid fluoride will be added at one part per million from the Woodlawn and Sturgeon Point plants. Construction of chemical tanks is finished and fluoride addition will await final installations next month.
A Titusville man, Thomas G. McMunn, was arrested on assault with intent to kill after a tavern dispute outside Centerville. Victim James Titus was treated for chest and stomach stab wounds and was in good condition. McMunn was held on $2,000 bond and appeared before Justice Olen Seidler.
A heavy thunderstorm struck Corry last night dropping 1.20 inches of rain and bringing strong winds and downed lines. Police and fire crews responded to numerous calls across Irving street West Congress Wayne street Mead avenue and other areas as limbs blocked streets and a roof and wall were ripped from a local auto shop.
Corry residents watched a turbine powered high speed commuter train pass through on its way to Providence and Boston. The bullet like engine appeared as a single unit rather than conventional coupled cars. The train crossed Erie Lackawanna lines at 10 a.m. with two coaches in tow.
Bradford City Council terminated its contract with the Bradford TV Cable Co in a six to one vote. The council ordered the company to cease operations and remove its cables from city streets immediately over a dispute on proposed rate increases for original subscribers. William Taylor declined to comment on the decision or future service.
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