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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1965
Page
6
The Woolworth Company posted six month sales of 60.232 million in 1965, up 23 thousand from 1964, with estimated net income of 21.563 million or 0.74 per share, and 3,149 stores in operation. It plans to open 67 new stores in the second half.
437 killed in July in Pennsylvania highways total 187 deaths, up from 160 last year, per Bureau of Fab Safety. The figures were released yesterday outlining fatalities across the state’s roads.
Pennsylvania American Legion official urges lifting the October deadline for confiscating income and property from Soldiers and Sailors Home residents. Maj. Gen. Thomas R. ere and others defend the trigger as enforcing an old law, while critics warn it would strip residents of most funds and heirlooms. Grucza argues many residents may afford subsistence elsewhere, while humanitarian concerns emphasize elderly residents needing care.
Thant in 1966 urged hiring 641 more staff raising the U.N. secretariat to 17 000 plus. He called for 4 074 400 for the Conference on Trade and Development to boost underdeveloped economies with a Geneva headquarters. The organization faces payroll borrowings and a nearly 50 million peace keeping debt unless 65 million in voluntary contributions arrives. Meanwhile a Washtenaw County Jail inmate escaped a maximum security cell by sawing bars, Bradley J. Whitaker, 21, from Flint, captured within seven hours.
The Corry Journal lists multiple local food retailers and businesses including Shamburgs Jansen Felver Nichols Grocery Croscuts Al s Dairy Bar Dodd s Farm Ficcardis Grocery Stutzmans Grocery Palmers Union City Stranahans Sparta in its community pages.
National Guardsmen patrolled city courtrooms as they processed detainees amid widespread cleanup. About 80 percent of the 3000 prisoners faced varied charges from murder to misdemeanors. many were held on narcotics related or cronies links. Whitaker used a hacksaw blade to complete an earlier job, according to Schultz.
Edward W. Smith of Jamestown, 40, was driving a 1964 auto hauling a three day old 1905 trailer when the hitch broke after he passed another car. The trailer struck the auto and veered off the road, knocking over guard rails and tipping over. The trailer was a total loss with about 4000 dollars damage and the car 200 dollars. Smith escaped injury per Trooper Daniel Partzer who investigated.
The Gemini 5 mission lifted at 9 a.m. ST as a Titan 2 booster carried the two astronauts northeast over the Atlantic. White vapor trails stretched behind the rocket and accompanying jet planes photographed the ascent. After liftoff three minutes 30 seconds in, the second stage ignited and telemetry showed perfect trajectory. the craft reached orbit over 100 miles high about five and a half minutes later with a speed of 15 750 miles per hour.
The Titan 2 rocket lifts Cape Kennedy with astronauts Cooper and Conrad aboard the 7700 pound spacecraft. They plan to eject a satellite named Litttle Rascal to test rendezvous techniques for future moon missions, executing precise maneuvers and using radar, computer, and jet thrusters to close within twenty feet over multiple orbits.
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