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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1967
Page
1
Congress prepares to approve a 4.5 percent pay raise for federal workers while voting a 4.1 billion cut in FY spending. The House backed a 4.5 percent postal worker raise and 4.0-4.5 percent for other federal employees, with hikes to occur on July 1 next year and July 1, 1969.
Dy John Mohr of Corry was elected to a third term as president of the Corry Area Joint School Committee which runs the six district Jointure. William Kafferlin was elected first vice president and Joseph Piteavage second vice president. The treasurer post was filled by R Elwin Fuller after no volunteers, with Fuller also serving the Jointure. Attorney Frank McKnight was re elected as school solicitor. The issue of solicitor fees may affect future local salaries. In a separate brief, a storm along the Algerian coast killed three children and damaged port facilities at Arzew and Oran.
The Corry area Joint School Committee discussed resignations of four teachers two leaving at semester end and two after 60 days. resignations include Mrs Elnora Wood Joseph Lukac Lu kac and Moonyean Devine. replacements include Marilyn L McClellan starting second semester and substitute Benjamin Calderone for Lukac. Superintendent Elsen pursues 50 potential sources as staff stability remains unlikely.
Workmen sift through debris at a restaurant and bar in Fort Walton Beach Florida after a weekend tornado leveled more than 200 homes injuring 55. Governor Claude Kirk toured the damaged area and declared a disaster.
Blackstone, Ill. a 22 year old man Leo Legner driving to his girlfriend’s home struck and killed Susan Marie Webb 18 as she walked along a southern edge road Monday night Webb died at the scene Legner told police he could not stop the car in time.
Washington AP reports officials foresee removing the 25 percent gold cover, freeing more than $10 billion in gold for possible foreign sales and reinforcing the policy of buying and selling gold at $25 an ounce. The move faces political criticism from Republicans who warn of fiscal crisis after eight years of deficits. Page Three continues.
The Corry area Joint School Committee approved a two session nurse aide training plan for Corry Memorial Hospital. George Varkonda of the State Department of Public Instruction said the $3 540 cost is fully reimbursable as training progresses. The program, supervised by Mrs Dorothy E Smith, will run two six week courses with 12 students each, starting between January 8 and 15.
Sen Charles Percy and eight companions, including his wife, were caught in a mortar attack near Dak village. They took cover as rounds crashed within yards. Percy sustained minor scratches while helicopter support evacuated the group. Meanwhile allied forces reported heavy fighting nearby on the Bong Son plain with 471 Viet Cong and NVA killed over six days, and U.S. and South Vietnamese casualties totaling 33 Americans and 30 soldiers killed, 147 Americans and 71 Vietnamese wounded.
Stokely Carmichael, back in the United States, had his passport seized by federal officials upon arrival at Kennedy Airport. The Black Power leader’s five month trip included Cuba and North Vietnam, stirring Congress to consider penalties for travel to restricted nations. US marshals and admirers met him as State Department notes continued.
On the first day of hunting season two men, Leonard Blauser and Stanley Vanetten, died from gunshots and Everal Carbaugh from a heart attack in Venango County. Norbert Adam, 12, was wounded. Leonard Blauser, 20, died after being shot in the abdomen near Cranberry Township while hunting with relatives when the deer was collided with. The coroner ruled the Blauser death accidental.
Last night the Beaver high school coaches endorsed a new pay schedule proposing an $9,060 increase for 1968-1969 and adding six coaching positions including two for football one for basketball two for track plus the addition of cross country to the program. The plan aims to raise coaching salaries to match competing schools and to involve about one third of the student body in supervising the sport growth.
The 7.5 quake near Koyna Dam in southwest India killed about 115 with up to 200 feared dead and 1600 plus injured. Hospitals near Karad, Sangli, and Satara overflowed as relief convoys struggled through damaged roads to the disaster zone along a 400 mile coastal belt from Surat to Mangalore. Transmission lines to Bombay failed, leaving 700000 workers idle in affected factories.
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