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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1967
Page
6
This morning the section where the Corry Fish Hatchery curve connects to route 6 bypass reopened after reconstruction of that area not the bypass itself. Nearby detour via West Washington Street extension remains noted while traffic resumes normal flow in Corry Pennsylvania.
General Walter Krueger, commander of the U S Sixth Army in World War II, died at age 86 at Valley Forge Gesell Hospital where he had been a patient since September 14, 1965. MacArthur praised him as the greatest leader, noting Krueger’s long service from the Spanish American War to two world wars. He was born January 26, 1861 in Flatow, Germany, the son of a Prussian colonel.
Pless piloted a helicopter to a beach where Viet Cong pressed a firefight. Polson and Phelps helped evacuate wounded while Fairfield fired on attackers. A soldier died on the beach and another died en route to the Marine base after a Vietnamese helicopter retrieved a dead American. Four U S Army gunships provided support as the fight unfolded.
Mead Vinus with E Lamont and Timothy Jones, both of Harmonsburg, were injured Saturday night when their car struck the side of a Bessemer and Lake Erie diesel freight west of Conneaut Lake Park. They were taken to City Hospital in guarded condition with multiple lacerations and possible fractures. State Police said Lamont swerved to avoid the engine, the 132car train was led by engineer Elmer Taylor, and the crash damaged the train while the car was hurled 40 feet. The train continued under its own power.
David Hoskins, 30, held in the deaths of his wife Loretta and their four children in a Se Stearns County farmhouse fire may be released from a hospital today or Tuesday. Autopsies ordered. bodies recovered from the burned rubble southeast of St. Cloud. Hoskins described as happily married. sheriff says Hoskins admitted shooting his wife before setting fire and tying himself to a clothesline pole. No motive released. Also noted: banker Walter J. Cummings, 88, who helped reopen banks during the Depression, died after a long illness. Roosevelt appointed him to the role and he aided creation of the FDIC.
Pless and his crew exited without a scratch claiming they left 20 Viet Cong dead on the beach, a bold assertion reflecting a violent engagement and its immediate aftermath.
Hong Kong officials expect Britain to ignore a Chinese note demanding publication resumes for the Evening News Tin Feng Daily News and Afternoon News and the release of 53 staff. London reports say Britain rejected the demands. The note claims punishment if not obeyed.
Washington AP The administration’s foreign aid bill stalled after a Senate setback and faces House battles. Committee support for about 3.1 billion remains, but lawmakers seek deep cuts in economic aid while military aid could stay largely intact. Debate and amendments loom with votes expected midweek and a possible one-year limit. Both bills set aside 50 million for birth control.
A car skidded broadside into a concrete bridge on Ohio 165 two miles west of Ohio 14. Lynn R. Hays 18 of Beaver Falls Pa was killed, a passenger. Driver Leroy Smith 19 and another passenger Michael Williams 19 were hospitalized in Youngstown.
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