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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1968
Page
1
An unclear OCR fragment hints at a bid notice for engineer work and reserves. It references a year table and a date near mid month, with terms like bid and acceptance and expected steel or rate references. The readable names are scarce and several phrases are garbled.
Leonard Migilaccio, 19, of 1225 West Pleasant Street, crashed west on West Main Street into a parked tractors trailer near Carry Foam Products Co. The car hit the trailer’s left rear, threw Migilaccio out, and caused minor injuries. The semi, owned by Fred G. McGrimmon of Cortland, Ohio, sustained about 160 dollars in damage. Migilaccio was admitted in satisfactory condition to Corry Memorial Hospital.
Two coal country lawmakers from West Virginia and Pennsylvania vow to reintroduce bills early next year to close federal mine safety law loopholes. The push follows the Mannington explosion that killed 74 miners and ongoing calls for tougher standards amid rising mine casualties nationwide.
Dr Samuel H Sheppard resigned from Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital on November 21 according to the hospital superintendent Florence Marsteller. He did not state a reason for resigning and was not asked to leave. Two wrongful death lawsuits were filed in September alleging negligence in spinal operations.
Three Pittsburgh teenagers Samuel Barlow 18 Foster Lee Tarver 17 and Sharon M Wiggins 17 were held without bond in Harrisburg charged with murder aggravated robbery conspiracy weapons and car larceny in a $70 000 bank holdup. The victim George S Morelock 64 died after a shooting at the Market Street branch of the Dauphin Deposit Trust Co. A hard of hearing customer and an off duty cop were noted in the incident. The suspects fled leaving bundles of small denomination bills.
An 18 year old Corry resident, John J. McQuiston of 918 West Pleasant Street, paid a 50 dollar fine after pleading guilty in Chautauqua County court in Mayville to leaving the scene of an accident. The incident occurred on Route 426 in French Creek on November 23. The other driver was William Green of Sherman.
The Columbus School Board reelected Joseph Pitcavage as president and named him representative to the ee to io. At the board’s final reorganization meeting Harry Jaquith became vice president and third alternate, Herbert Heilder first alternate, and Bertha McCray second alternate. The board accepted Gene Bloom’s resignation to be replaced within 30 days. In a brief session the board reported paying all bills, maintaining a surplus, and authorizing two months of payments to the Jon wire end and a month’s ton, with 50,000 letters remaining unaddressed.
The FAA bars or limits flights at five airports in Washington New York and Chicago to ease air traffic congestion. Limits set for Chicago O’Hare 135 per hour New York Kennedy 80 LaGuardia 60 Newark 60 and Washington National 60. Small planes barred at Kennedy 5 pm to 8 pm daily with limited alternatives at other times.
A two engine propjet airliner crashed into Spotsy Lake in southwest Alaska killing all 39 aboard. Wind gusts and extreme cold hindered rescue as teams chased a cause, with reports of an explosion or trailing smoke near the tail. The Wien Consolidated plane was en route from Anchorage to several remote towns.
Bear Lake 14 year old George W Savagot was admitted to Memorial Hospital after accidentally shooting his foot during opening day deer hunting near Bear Lake. He is listed in satisfactory condition as officials investigate the mishap in R D 1 Bear Lake.
A Black Panther leader ordered New Jersey Panthers to shed their uniforms after an attack on Newark headquarters injured four. Isaiah Rowley cited the bombing as the reason for the safety move.
Senate Antitrust subcommittee heard warnings that auto repair costs risk fleecing consumers. Economics professor William N. Leonard blamed manufacturers for pressuring dealers to stop offering service and said Detroit profits rely on new car sales rather than service. He noted franchised dealers shrinking to about 7 percent of 400,000 outlets and urged better dealer warranties and stronger service programs.
South Viet Nam's delegation proposes a three point plan at the Paris talks including de escalation a guarded withdrawal of North Vietnamese forces and a staged U S force reduction the NLF denounces the third point while an advance party for President Nguyen Cao Ky arrives in Paris to supervise Saigon's negotiating team the banking sector meanwhile raises Philadelphia prime rates to 6.5 percent.
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