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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1968
Page
1
An OCR fragment lists tub heavy and wall-to-wall racks with price hints of 100 and 2892, mentions a phone line and address fragment 6231, a Lynn location, and a note about a second home or 80th anniversary with reductions and a date in July.
In Chevy Chase Heights Indiana Pennsylvania a blaze that began in a basement coal furnace killed four boys in a family of eleven children. Seven girls and another boy escaped as the one story frame house burned late Monday. The father described the boys retreating to an upstairs bedroom before the flames trapped them.
City Council last night used short term loans of 20000 for a Municipal Authority bill and 27000 for Sharon Metal Products payment on the East Smith street city garage. The loans are to be repaid from a 285000 bond issue being assembled. Treasurer Mary Hubley was allowed to invest 20000 in a savings account until April. Council also authorized a 24000 application to Erie County Commissioners for liquid fuels tax funds.
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops engaged American infantry north of Saigon in two major confrontations. Ground fighting along jungle routes north of the city left 16 U.S. and 59 enemy dead, with 19 Americans wounded as air support and artillery pressed a daylong battle. In the Central Highlands 125 homes were burned in two undefended hamlets near Pleiku as forces shelled towns and scattered casualties mounted.
The Navy ordered a 5.04 million modification for rocket launchers from Alsco Inc of St. Louis, an entity named in a federal indictment with five others for alleged kickbacks tied to more than 447 million in contracts. The same firm’s Techfab Division had previously received 13.9 million for devices, and 19.9 million overall amid wartime urgency. Proposals were requested from about 200 potential suppliers with two January awards anticipated, deliveries to begin next August.
A federal grand jury probe of Adam Clayton Powell has expired without indicting him on misusing about 540000 in public funds. The Justice Department said evidence did not warrant criminal charges and considered a civil action to recover the money. Powell, removed from the 6th Congress in 1967, faced renewed calls from opponents to bar him from reclaiming his House seat.
The Sparta Merged School District appeal against joining the Erie County school reorganization plan is delayed by the State Board of Education. Sparta directors may pursue a token brief. hearing in Harrisburg is now set for January 23 and 24 with Corry leaders urged to attend.
The Corry Area jointure held a meeting on hiring and resignations. The council noted a recurring figure of 22 years for new hires. Mrs. Sandra Parsons, senior high English, resigns to pursue a graduate assistantship at Edinboro State College for the spring term. Daniel J. Scannell, 22, of Lakewood, New York, is hired to replace her.
In Corry at the annual reorganizational meeting four ballots were held to seat a president for the nine member Joint School Committee. Darwin Wolcott of Corry was elected on the fourth ballot after Buesink Pitcavage and other nominees declined due to business and professional commitments.
President elect Nixon appears poised to name Sargent Shriver as U.N. ambassador, replacing uncertainty after Humphrey declined the offer. Shriver met Nixon in New York and Washington, with Nixon hinting at a possible cabinet outline and a nationwide TV address planned for Wednesday.
The article notes a sudden cold snap with temperatures near zero at night, marking a unusually cool spell for fall before winter. By late morning, the temperature rose to 13 above zero in some areas while others plunged below zero during the night, with St. Marys among the places affected.
City Council last night approved a taxing ordinance raising property taxes by two and a half mills for next year. The panel also reenacted a one percent wage and income levy the $15 occupational tax and the sewer rental assessment. A salary ordinance setting pay scales for city employees was approved. Police and fire department salaries were settled in bargaining sessions under a new Pennsylvania law. An additional $50 allocation was approved for Kiwanis Club Christmas street lighting funding.
In Florida a deer known as Prince, a trusted feeder of cookies and fruit at Joe Hilliard’s pasture near U.S. 27, was shot by a man in a camper truck. Richard DeBussey Jr., 27, of Jupiter, was arrested and charged with killing the animal and discharging a firearm near a highway. In Basel, Switzerland, theologian Karl Barth, a renowned religious philosopher, died at his home in Basel.
Harrisburg AP report notes a shaping fight over allowing beer sales in groceries. The Governor's Liquor Code Advisory Committee is due Jan 15 with recommendations likely to spark opposition from the Malt Beverage Distributors Association. The package may include Sunday sales and retention of the state liquor and wine monopoly.
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