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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1967
Page
1
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An 80 year old man and his neighbor who rescued him from a burning Corry home yesterday afternoon are hospitalized in serious burn condition. Walter Gates of RD 4 Corry suffers widespread burns while Robert Alford, 46, of RD 3 Corry, treated for facial and shoulder burns after entering the blaze to save Gates. Firemen battled the house on Route 6 west of the city near Warners Corners, with cause under investigation. The home and contents were a total loss, estimated at 1,500. The ambulance collected both burn victims for transfer to Corry Memorial Hospital. Further details appear on Page Four.
Four auto accidents over the weekend injure three people. In Waterford a 43 year old man and a 22 year old driver collide on Route 97 near Sparta Township. A second crash in Union City injures a resident, while a third incident near Bear Lake requires hospital care for an 18 year old. Two residents of Corry, Mr and Mrs Chiricuzio, suffer facial injuries after their car veered into a tree in Clymer. Police say charges for driving too fast may be filed and investigators have not yet determined the cause.
Buyers Fair Inc plans a shopping plaza on the four acre Fogle Lumber site between West Smith and Franklin streets. The project would anchor a 20,000 square foot store with space for a supermarket and drug chain, plus additional outlets. The Planning Commission will hear the appeal Thursday night in the Municipal Building.
MARSHALL Texas AP A spearfishing contest diver Jim Clark 35 of Shreveport La was fatally shot Sunday by a duck hunter who mistook him for an alligator. Clark surfaced by a stump near flags marking divers below the surface as contest officials noted. The hunter's name was withheld pending further investigation by Harrison County officers.
Louis Cook, 61, of Corry, was trapped when a two story hen house collapsed under snow. His wife, unable to reach emergency services, pleaded on a busy line for help after a neighbor alerted locals. Cook survived with bruises after nearly two hours beneath rubble, aided by Leon Shumski and others.
Letters sent last week misdated the house collection for the Christmas lighting fund as Friday and Saturday. Key Club members will canvass tomorrow night and Wednesday night in a porch light campaign. Leave your porch light on to guide their donation rounds.
CAPE TOWN AP A South African man remained in satisfactory condition after receiving the heart of a year-old girl in the first successful human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital Surgeons led by Dr Jan H Louw and Prof Chris Barnard replaced the man’s diseased heart with the donor heart from Denise Ann Darvall The operation followed five hours of surgery with the heart beating via a mechanical pump until transplant and doctors warned rejection could occur years later The case drew global interest and sparked predictions of future transplant frequency by leaders in American medicine
US infantrymen and South Vietnamese Marines battled a Viet Cong battalion in the Mekong Delta, claiming about 200 enemy dead. US losses stood at four dead and 38 wounded, with South Vietnamese reported at 45 killed and 50 wounded. Other actions included shelling of a US destroyer, bazooka strikes near Saigon, and a Marine ambush near Phu Bai. A Caribou aircraft crash near the jungle area northeast of Saigon was reported in a delayed notice.
Pittsburgh markets halted Sunday sales following a state Sunday closing law and a Supreme Court ruling. Managers from A P, Loblaws, Quality Master Markets, and Bob Church IGA described their status as open yesterday or as usual, awaiting chain guidance while the ruling on blue laws was weighed. Justice Musmanno warned that staying open may amount to contempt of court.
In San Francisco a six ton Hyde Street cable car rolled out of control during a heavy rain, ramming a car that exploded and collided with nine others. Ambulances carried 27 injured, many passengers burned or bruised. James Van Baalen was critically burned.
Washington AP Senate sponsors seek assurances from HEW to ease Southern fears that funds could be cut due to alleged segregation in schools. Senator Morse, floor manager, says consultations continue amid floor debate. They oppose amendments weakening the 1964 Civil Rights Act and want statements on future desegregation handling.
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