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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1968
Page
6
A ten pound ice slab slid down a hill and struck a passing truck, ricocheting through the windshield of a car driven by Paul Dart near Hartstown on U.S. 322, sending a Greenville man to the hospital with head injuries while Dart is reported in good condition at Greenville Hospital.
The Corry Chamber of Commerce reorganizes at its next meeting on December 26. In yesterday’s annual election Ross Bailey was reelected, new directors include Clyde T. Keith Robert Grice and Henry Hicks. Dr A E Tate appointed to fill the unexpired term of Charles Monaghan and Keith Grice and Hicks replace retiring directors.
Douglas Edwards 14 of R D 2 Centerville was killed in a two car crash on Route 27 near Titusville at 11 pm. Born December 16 1953 in Union City he was in the 10th grade at Union City High School and attended Riceville Methodist Church. Survived by parents Gerald and Elizabeth Edwards siblings and extended family. Funeral services Monday at 2 pm at H Richard Hays Funeral Home Spartansburg with Rev Jack Reaugh officiating burial in Riceville Cemetery.
Charles Ruger died in custody at Corry police station from a coronary occlusion linked to exposure and malnutrition. He wandered downtown, accepted lodging, then collapsed at the jail. Born 1924 Corry, he served in World War II and leaves a son and parents. Services Monday at Brackie Funeral Home. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery.
New York State Supreme Court Justice Irving H. Saypol dismissed a suit seeking reinstatement of Lewis M. Steel, the NAACP lawyer fired after criticizing the U.S. Supreme Court. Saypol ruled the NAACP acted within its rights in terminating Steel.
Elsen notes that current plans to shift into day time instruction and bring in subject specialists would fragment the school day further and erode basics like reading writing and arithmetic. He supports mandates such as adaptive physical education and high school counselors but fears budget constraints and state takeover would strain Corry’s finances.
Dr Samuel H Sheppard was officially notified that his wife Ariane seeks a divorce. He received the petition Friday afternoon in a car along a Columbus street, laughing and saying thank you. Sheppard, an osteopath, was convicted in 1954 for the slaying of his first wife Marilyn in Bay Village near Cleveland and spent ten years in Ohio Penitentiary.
The FCC sanctioned subscription television while barring live sports and first run movies on conventional TV for two years. Leaders including Zenith’s Joseph Wright and Senator Murphy praised the decision, citing public and industry benefits, while Rep. Harvey warned of congressional overreach. The plan limits CATV retransmission in top markets to 35 miles from origin with consent, and bans common ownership of CATV and a local TV station in the same market.
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