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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1968
Page
1
Bulldozers and local dignitaries joined to start work on a new dam project. Officials from the state and city attended the ceremony, signaling the project’s kickoff and expected early construction milestones.
Congressmen, Army Corps officials and local leaders celebrated the start of the French Creek flood control dam project at Union City after decades of advocacy. Congressman Joseph Vigorito highlighted 1910 studies and long congressional battles over funding and priorities, praising the project as a good use of public dollars. Col. Wayne Nichols of the Pittsburgh District noted the shift from paperwork to field work and lauded contractor 8. J. Groves and Sons for their role as construction begins. The ceremony previewed further steps toward completion.
Four miles north of Union City yesterday the French Creek flood control project broke ground amid politics nostalgia and sun warmed activity. A Journal reporter noted strong talk of Congressman Joseph Vigorito as a potential vice presidential candidate sparked by Drew Pearson's column. Vigorito acknowledged awareness of the convention buzz.
Erie AP report says United Steelworkers Local 1573 officers were suspended and administration placed under a national USW representative after the local voted to continue the strike at Erie Forge and Steel Co. George Clem called the vote wildcat and urged workers of about 600 to return to work after walking off August 12. Erie County Judge Lindley McClelland ordered workers back and barred mass picketing as traffic was snarled. The company ran ads claiming the strike illegal. a new contract was signed July 1 and the company had threatened to leave town if not signed.
An elderly Sherman farmer Armen Kurgin, 66, was found dead in a pond on his farm after he left to fish about 3 p.m. and did not return by evening. Fire Department dragged the pond starting at 9:30 p.m. Coroner Ralph Wallace ordered an autopsy. Nearby, two youths Samuel A. Thomas and Lloyd Proctor, both 17, were returned to Warren County on charges tied to the theft of an auto near Youngsville and another theft in the same period.
Prague faces a tense standoff as 200000 Soviet troops occupy Czechoslovakia and seize liberal leaders. President Ludvik Svoboda appeals for a quick exit, while Parliament refuses to bow to Moscow. Firefights erupt in Prague with curfews and reports of casualties.
Federal mediator Pat Mingarelle from Erie joined Raymond management and United Auto Workers negotiators at the Hotel Corry to salvage a new contract. Workers at the spring manufacturing plant refused to work August 5 after a strike vote on August 4, following two failed bargaining rounds.
Corry Memorial Hospital directors heard Norman Edinger say progress is slow but steady on the West Smith Street project and Samuel Antrim offer a bleaker view. Edinger cited 487 corrective items across plumbing, electrical, heating and others with holdbacks proposed at 10 percent for lagging contractors and five percent for on track firms.
Bradford police report burglars entered via a kitchen window at Dr T Edward Hanley’s home and stole 16 paintings and two Rodin statues from a 1 000-piece collection valued at about 1 394 000. Notable works cited include Picasso Moulin Rouge and Cezanne Portrait of Vallier. The theft occurred while the elderly owners slept upstairs. the thieves bypassed lights and fled with framed works. Continued on Page Six.
Erie County is named as the site for a new regional jail to be run by the Bureau of Correction. The facility will hold inmates with sentences over six months and under five years, aiming at rehabilitation of longterm prisoners. The jail is planned for southeast Erie County. John H. Shaffer, a Greensburg native, was named treasurer of the Penn Central, joining the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1936.
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