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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1965
Page
1
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Thomas McGuire, 58, arrested after a Corry shoplifting spree. Police say he wore two suits and a raincoat with bulging pockets and carried varied items from several stores. He produced a store receipt for sunglasses to show his boss, then returned to jail in Evie for 125 dollars in fines and costs.
Yesterday in Corry a special voter registration drew only 46 signups between 2 and 5 PM. Democrats led with 25, Republicans 20, and one independent. Both parties blamed poor advance notice and the tent site away from Municipal Building for weak turnout amid upcoming city tickets.
Space center Houston AP reports Gemini 5 astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. remain go for a record eight day flight as they near a Sunday splashdown in the Atlantic. They approach the final orbits with 105 completed and braking rocket fired at 8 01 am EST if all goes well.
Cuba’s ambassador to London Dr Luis Ricardo Alonso Fernandez resigns in protest of Fidel Castro’s dictatorship and says Cuba should be neutral under UN guarantees. He has been ambassador since 1963 and has gone into hiding after sending his resignation to Cuban President Osvaldo Cortiços. The Foreign Office would not confirm asylum plans.
Milbank, S D AP Mrs Ed Nelson was unhurt when her car knocked over a parking meter and crashed into a building after leaving the Grant County courthouse where she had just passed her driver's examination.
A Greyhound bus en route from Houston to New Orleans collided with a trailer truck near Vinton Louisiana late Friday night. The truck driver died on impact and 14 people died overall with 28 others injured, many in critical condition. Victims were taken to hospitals in Lake Charles Sulphur and Beaumont while survivors described the scene.
FBI in Mississippi leads the probe into a car booby trap that wounded George Metcalf, NAACP leader in Natchez. Metcalf, 55, is in fair condition with a broken arm and leg, facial lacerations, and remains hospitalized at Jefferson Davis Hospital. Roy K. Moore arrives to direct the investigation as local and state police assist. a $2,000 reward is offered by Mayor John Nosser. Charles Evers rushes to Natchez to rally calm among Negro residents amid heightened tensions with Klan activity and Deacons for Defense and Justice.
Pittsburgh AP steel talks resume under Mediation Service head Simkin who says the situation does not look promising with four days left before 450000 United Steelworkers strike 80 percent of U S output. Union and industry negotiators report limited progress and remaining substantial disagreement over wage gains, with unions seeking 53 cents per hour over three years and the industry offering 40.6 cents.
A Waterford man, Harry Reitz, about 55, died after a grain elevator shifted on a truck and crushed him against a barn wall. Coroner Merle Wood said the incident occurred about 7:15 last night at a farm three miles west of Waterford with Dennis Kline, 19, assisting the backing truck.
Ronald Crosscut, 26, of Corry RD 4, nearly died yesterday in a gas fumes explosion while pouring gasoline on smoldering wood in a gravel pit. He suffered second degree burns on hands and arms and first degree burns on face and neck.
Vietnamese ground forces engaged in a multi battalion drive in the Mekong Delta killing at least 60 Viet Cong and noting moderate government casualties. The action began Friday near Can Tho with helicopter mobility and heavy air strikes aiding government troops as a helicopter crew was wounded and rescued. U S Air Force B 52 bombers struck Viet Cong positions in D Zone northeast of Saigon Friday night.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said he has not detected a key signal from Communist powers toward a peaceful settlement in Vietnam. He noted ongoing but uncertain third party efforts and warned that the other side seeks to take over South Vietnam by force, while the U.S. remains determined not to let that happen.
Harrisburg AP reports the daylight saving time law now requires liquor licensees to close at 2 a.m. and clubs to close at a specified earlier hour. The State Liquor Control Board issued a notice clarifying the new closing times for taverns, restaurants, and other licensed venues effective yesterday.
AP dispatch reports shrinking odds of meeting the September 1 reapportionment deadline as Gov. Scranton threatens a veto of the Democratic House bill. House Leader Joshua Eilberg condemns the move, accusing the governor of inviting court intervention to resolve the stalemate. The Senate and House, each with rival bills, struggle to advance amid party control and looming court-ordered maps under one-man, one-vote doctrine.
Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler departs for Europe to seek Western opinions on reducing heavy reliance on the U S dollar in international payments. He proposes an international conference among major payers to discuss new settlement instruments amid the U S payments balance progress.
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