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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1968
Page
1
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In Mannington West Virginia residents honored 78 miners lost at Mountaineer No 9 with church services and Christmas decorations. At Jamies Fork Methodist Church near the mine, Rev Melvin Risinger urged reconciliation after a 10 day explosion and fire, noting imperfect human responses and urging compassionate action. A young girl pressed her hand to a map showing miners' assignments, then whispered Daddy and cried.
New York utility strike by nine million Con Edison customers begins affecting power and gas usage as talks resume. About 20,000 workers walked out after rejecting a $50.2 million two year contract. Picket lines at 12 plants. workers oversee 4,000 supervisors. urge to limit electricity use during peak hours 4 to 9 pm.
Paris AP U S diplo mats foresee a dual track Vietnam peace conference in Paris The military track aims to scale down fighting and a political track would handle South Vietnam affairs slowly over months The Saigon government delegation is due this week and talks will broaden with US North and Viet Cong negotiators The Johnson administration has ordered limited bombing and seeks to observe the 1962 Geneva accord on Laos.
Two weekend auto incidents in the Corry area reported by State Police left no injuries. Patricia DeWitt 22 failed to yield at Route 6 bypass and collided with Sandra Brown 22 on West Smith extension. $225 damage and charges pending. In Spartansburg, Shirley Staples 30 and Michael Johnson 23 collided during a left-turn maneuver causing $350 damage. No injuries. William P. Young former secretary of labor and industry in Scranton administration dies at age eight.
Hunters report a cold drizzly morning as deer season opens across the area. Early sightings include an 180 pound spike near East Branch and an eight point on Turner Hill at 8:35 a.m. Other early kills come from Sample Flats Hemlock Lake and Dodd Hill with six to eight point racks.
A Uniontown police spokesman says the city’s 30 officers are unhappy with a $600 raise awarded Friday in Pittsburgh. Blair Jones, president of the Uniontown Police Officers Association, called the raise unfair and said the officers have no recourse. Starting salaries rise to $5,100 and the award is binding on the city and police.
The government task force criticized police violence during the Democratic National Convention protests in Chicago. Mayor Daley hailed the study as excellent while noting suspensions and possible dismissals of officers. The report details assaults on demonstrators, bystanders, and journalists amid clashes with police and National Guardsmen. It cites police riots, projectile attacks, and obscene abuse, with a climactic crackdown near downtown hotels.
In Washington, House subcommittee chair Ichord aims to craft tougher controls on foreign travel by potential subversives and define legitimate protest. The 8 week hearings, reacting to Chicago violence at the DNC, seek decorum and possible moves to shift oversight to the House Committee on Internal Security. Daley not appearing. his representatives present. Contempt citations already frequent as the panel plans future proceedings.
A Bloomfield School Board dispute within the Union City Area Jointure highlights loud parent concerns over bus routes. The district cites scheduling gaps amid a push to transport thousands of students to their assigned schools five days a week, with complaints centered on adequacy and reliability of bus systems.
South Vietnam will observe a 24 hour truce on Christmas from 4 p.m Saigon time to 6 p.m. local time. The pause for humanitarian reasons applies only to Christmas and not New Year or Tet. The move follows earlier Tet offensives and is announced by President Nguyen Van Thieu’s office on radio and television.
The two story Garland house owned by Mrs. Jane Frasier suffered fire on the second floor and attic before 10 am. Firefighters from Youngsville Spring Creek and Grand Valley aided the Garland crew. Flames were confined to the upper section with heavy smoke and water damage on both floors and a second floor bedroom destroyed. a fire official suggested attic furniture may have sparked the fire. In a separate note, Glens Falls artist Douglass Crockwell died at 64 after a brief illness over the weekend.
Senators and staff under Sen. Philip Hart prepare for antitrust hearings on auto repair parts price hikes. Estimates total about 1 billion, roughly three times the 1962 increase, with recent retail boosts around Oct 1 adding 3 percent and about 300 million. Foreign makers contributed to the 1 billion total. domestic parts rise was larger.
At the UN General Assembly a near unanimous plan seeks full binding sanctions over apartheid. The Security Council action is doubtful as key powers unlikely to back further measures beyond the 1983 arms embargo. The assembly vote follows a 95 to 1 committee tally, with abstentions by the US Britain and France.
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