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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1967
Page
1
Allentown driver Michael A. Henn failed to avoid a hazardous Route 6 bypass area late at night. He crossed the unfinished ramp, striking concrete forms and flattening all four tires but escaping injury. Police cited lack of warning signs and lights as a contributing factor.
U S postal officials announced a fraud order against the Canadiana 67 Motel in Montreal as part of a probe of several Canadian hostels accused of duping American Expo 67 visitors. The motel operators plan to appeal the action and contest the allegations.
Detroiters deck meters with beer can pull rings at up to 5000 times monthly, city officials report over 20 000 rings collected in five months. Major can firms reportedly met meter makers last month to curb the rings usage amid Expo 67 chatter.
In Erie County, the State Supreme Court upheld a lower ruling requiring Mr. and Mrs. Russell Davis of Lawrence Park to tear away seven and a half feet of their house to satisfy 25 foot setback rules. An extra two and a half feet of roof overhang worsens the violation, with the Peters of Butler as plaintiffs in the county court case continued on Page Three.
Viet Cong guerrillas hit four army compounds in Quang Tri Province near the DMZ. Casualties were heavy for the 100 defenders at Trieu Phong as two Australian advisers were wounded and 41 Viet Cong bodies were counted outside two posts. Other sites near Quang Tri City reported light Vietnamese casualties. U.S. and allied air forces conducted missions over North Vietnam, including a direct strike on the Doumer Bridge near Hanoi, aiding pressure on enemy infrastructure.
A 19 year old R D 2 Corry youth, Carl Johnson, is jailed in Erie County on a charge of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle, ending a string of auto thefts. He was turned over to FBI agents after troopers arrested him at the scene of an accident in French Creek where the third stolen car, owned by Glenn Beck, left the road and hit a fence on Victor Slye property. Damages to the car were 15 dollars and the fence 50 dollars. The spree began Wednesday with a car stolen from Mrs. Carl Gates in Corry Jamestown lot on East Columbus Avenue and wrecked Thursday morning near the Columbus underpass. A second car, owned by Edward H. Ross, was stolen from the Veterans of Foreign Wars parking lot and found the same evening in French Creek.
Harrisburg reports a new law raising the maximum tax levy for third class cities like Corry from 20 to 25 mills for land and buildings. The act allows councils to seek court approval to levy up to 30 mills with additional millage possible only with court consent. The measure backs sponsors Senators Keller Mahady Van Sant and Kline. London notes Madame Tussaud’s poll ranks Kennedy Sr ahead of Churchill Chichester the Beatles Napoleon and Nelson in popularity.
In Lenore West Virginia 15 year old Leonard Boyce remained trapped as a second cave-in about 6 pm buried him up to his chest again. Rescue workers overran attempts with heavy earth moving gear and a trench was dug to free him except for a leg and foot when rock collapsed anew. Sheriff Steve Adkins said the operation might take four more hours as rocks and dirt cleared around the boy. A wooden hood protected his head while a physician was summoned as exhaustion neared. He pleaded from 14 feet underground to not stop. He was fed hot chocolate through a rubber tube as the lid shivered through the night near Paraley's Bottom in a house yard owned by Willard Howell.
A Concord School student, 11, constellates around a kidney machine at Hamot Hospital Erie for blood filtration as doctors assess length of course. Father and mother, Leonard Migliaccio, live on Pleasant Street, while David Migliaccio remains under care, with treatments costing about 150 dollars each. The article notes the machine aids failing kidneys and project plans for possible twice weekly sessions, duration unclear.
A R D 2 Centerville man Verne Greer 56 will be charged with following too close after a two car crash on Route 77 near Britton Run yesterday afternoon. Gifford C A 51 of Canonsburg Pa stopped to allow a car to turn into a private drive prompting Greer to rear end the left of the Gifford vehicle. No injuries were reported and property damage totals 960 dollars with 800 on Greer’s car and 150 on Gifford’s car.
Firefighters with ropes handcuff a 42-year-old man named John Stewart who climbed a 100 foot aerial ladder to the Deefoot high ETLA television sign in Hollywood. They overpowered him near the top and brought him down. He offered no resistance and had recent divorce litigation. AP Wirephoto.
A Delaware & Hudson passenger train bound for Montreal and a freight train collided near Saratoga Springs early today. Two people died and about 40 were injured. the Montreal Limited carried many Expo 67 bound passengers. Ambulances ferried victims from the scene as hospitals reported several in varying conditions.
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