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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1968
Page
4
The Corry Rod and Gun Club will hold a regular monthly meeting at Columbus Grounds on Tuesday, August 27, at 8 p.m. A corn roast will be included. Perry’s Inn announces a closing from August 24 to September 3 for vacation.
A dated local notice item lists emergency contact for Corry Memorial Hospital and ambulance, multiple admitted and discharged individuals including Mrs. David McIntyre and Richard Rowland, followed by a child ages and addresses, then a for sale listing for used building materials from Fogle Lumber Co at Franklin Street Corry Pa.
After leaders returned, sirens and bells marked a silent demonstration against Soviet occupation. Officials hoped citizens would accept continued Soviet troops if leadership agreed. Troops pulled back from the presidential castle area and key government buildings, though armored cars and personnel carriers lingered near the U.S. Embassy and other sites as media facilities remained under guard.
Mahoning County deputies found 13 year old Martin Beakes dead in his basement after his father John C Reakes walked into a hospital and admitted killing him with a pickaxe handle. Reakes, 40, is jailed as investigation continues and charges may follow within 48 hours. The family had four other children present in the home.
A two year old giraffe named Martha has been purchased for the Indianapolis Zoo and is now adjusting to her new habitat.
Nixon began laying out an election campaign itinerary with staff at his Miami vacation villa. Initial dates announced include September 5 in San Francisco and Santa Clara and September 7 in Oklahoma City. A three man truth squad to Chicago was named with Gov John Love and Rep Donald Rumsfeld, with a third member to be named. Nixon planned to depart Key Biscayne after Labor Day for New York as Agnew’s team met earlier.
Corry man Mr Bates died yesterday at age 60. Survived by wife and son Carlton of Ga hanna Ohio and two grandchildren. Friends may call Glenn Funeral Home Union City 7 to 9 p m tonight. Services 2 p m tomorrow officiated by Rev Walter Gilliland. Burial Evergreen Cemetery Union City.
Mr Mahan of Washington street Spartansburg died yesterday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Erie He had been a resident of McKeeport most of his life but lived in Spartansburg eight years He was born September 15 1910 in Buffalo Surviving Louise his wife two sons Dennis Jr McKeeport and Charles of Hialeah Fla and a daughter Mrs Kathleen L Greer of Spartans Services will be held in McKeeport at 11 am Thursday with burial in Mount Vernon Cemetery there
A large Angeles National Forest fire in Glendora California claimed its ninth life as teenage probation camp crews and a supervisor were pulled from the lines after seven youths and one adult were killed. A firefighter helicopter crash killed Don Hardenberger, 48, of San Bernardino. Authorities awaited a report from the Agnew camp.
L James Bashline of Coudersport was appointed executive secretary of a joint legislative committee to oversee Pennsylvania’s $500 million conservation and reclamation program. The appointment is effective Monday with an annual salary of $15,000. Bashline previously worked for the Pennsylvania Games Commission and a New York sportsmen’s publication.
MIT and Caltech compete in the first transcontinental intercollegiate car race from Cambridge to Pasadena. MIT’s jet Corvair and Caltech’s VW Microbus traverse about 3,000 miles with shared charging stations. A breakdown near Rensselaer required a tow and recharge before resuming toward California. finish expected Friday or Saturday.
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