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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1970
Page
1
North Korea charged that armed U S ships including a spy vessel entered its waters east of Changjon. It claimed a decisive counter blow was delivered with warplanes and more than 50 shells. No casualties or detailed ship counts were provided.
Two local men will be honored January 7 at the Venture Inn in Corry Evening Journal’s Second Annual Appreciation Dinner. The two winners, chosen by community balloting, will be revealed at the event with Congressman Joseph Vigorito and Assemblyman Forest Hopkins attending along with county and area dignitaries. Over 100 ballots produced four other single nominations. A prominent speaker is being sought, with two prospects seeking to attend. Reservations details will be published Monday.
A New York man, Almon Sikes, 42, of Buffalo, sustained minor back injuries and caused 35000 in damage to his tractor trailER when his eastbound rig left the road and hit a tree on Route 6 east of Union City. He was released from Union City Memorial Hospital after observation. Arrests pending report state trooper Norbert Irish. Also reported was a one car crash on Route 426 near State Police with Norris S Clark, 19, of Warren, escaping injury and damages around 275. In Monroeville, two people died in a two car crash on Pennsylvania 48, Neil Boyle, 61, and Ricky Steeber, 18, both Monroeville residents.
Penn Disposal Inc of Erie filed in Erie County court to set aside Wayne Township revocation of its landfill permit near Beaverdam. State Health Dept halted operations on a Corry area site citing violations of the Solid Waste Management Act. The case moves as township zoning disputes raise questions about permit authority and future statewide landfill policy.
Robert F. Davidson 58 of 691 Wayne Street, long time owner of Robert's Children's Store, died this morning at Corry Memorial. He was active in Emmanuel Episcopal Church and local education groups, born April 24, 1912 in Olean and raised in Warren. Survived by wife Sarah, daughter Mary at Lake Erie College, son John, two sisters, three brothers. Memorial services Monday at Emmanuel Episcopal Church 11 am. Cremation. burial Oakland Cemetery. Memorials to Corry Public Library or Corry YMCA.
Global outcry follows the Leningrad death sentences for Edward Kuznetsov and Mark Dymshits who planned to hijack a Soviet jetliner. Israel and worldwide protests rise as calls mount for Moscow to permit Jewish emigration and a clemency review.
In Mulberry Florida a yearly ordinance makes motorists stop for a fruit gift from the police department. Six North drivers were cited as they passed through the town, one pleaded guilty after a stern lecture from Municipal Court Judge Carl Ellis.
Washington AP reports the promised peace dividend from ending the Vietnam War has not materialized as inflation erodes savings. Pentagon comptroller Moot notes peak 1968 costs of about 20 billion a year, now down to around 10 billion, yet defense spending is set to rise next year.
Holiday travel deaths rose to 213 as snow and icy rain slowed roads nationwide from the Central Plains to the mid Atlantic. Eight Pennsylvanians died in two days of Christmas weekend crashes including Arcillo Tamorina 24 of Upper Dublin struck on a rural road near the Fort Washington Interchange, Neil Boyle 61 and Ricky Steeber 18 in a Monroeville crash, Robert Myers 33 pushing a disabled car in Irwin, George Kerckhoff 80 hit near Lancaster, Ethel Thomas 62 near Lewisburg, Joseph Burn 23 on the Schuylkill Expressway, and Edward Wodarski 24 in Montgomery County plus further incidents across the state.
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