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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1965
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR note shows names and numbers amid a snowy week. It mentions a bridge game, some persons and a score 1064 428, with day references and a Sunday tone. Strong entities unclear due to damage, but the item seems a brief local note on a bridge match during adverse weather.
Johnstown man George Fisher, 22, accused of shooting to death John Lautenbacher 34 and wounding two others during a Christmas party at Sheridan Athletic Club in West End. Doorman William Mihalic 48 and Nicholas Mirkovich 26 injured. Fisher arraigned on murder charge, hospitalized after overdose, committed to Cambria County Jail.
Ten persons were treated at Jamestown area hospitals after a two car head on collision on Route 60 north of Jamestown. Elmer Woodard suffered a scalp laceration and was released. Carl Davis and his wife Lola were admitted with facial fractures and lacerations. their son Mark had teeth knocked out and a lacerated chin. other passengers and children were treated and released. The mishap occurred shortly after 7 p m and was investigated by Ellicott police.
The story traces interstate highway growth in Pennsylvania noting 92 miles opened in the past year, 58 miles completed awaiting links, and 398 miles remaining to reach the 1584.6 total. Pennsylvania surpasses the national average in completed mileage and toll facilities from 1956 actions, with 1966 expected to add about 100 more miles across I 79 I 80 I 81 and I 95 in Mercer Allegheny Washington Lackawanna Luzerne Philadelphia areas.
AP reproduces portraits of American combat troops in Viet Nam highlighting moods from pain and fear to humor and longing. Faces of 1st Infantry Division and 101st Airborne Brigade capture life near Saigon as draftees dream of home amid heat and bombed landscapes.
In a jungle setting under rubber trees, soldiers stand with heads bowed as a chaplain recites a prayer for fallen buddies and tentmates who died in combat. The scene captures war weariness and the ritual of remembrance amid danger, with soldiers guarding against an unseen enemy.
An Ohio hunter visiting Titusville asked to buy a police whistle to call his dog. After failing to locate his own whistle, a local officer lent his whistle to the hunter at the station in the evening, believing there would be no riots that day.
Thursday's sale lists hogs at 27 to 30 percent, sows 22 to 25, beef cattle 14 to 1644, canners and cutters 11 to 13, heifers 17 to 22, bulls 17 to 19, veal calves 33 to 37, heavy calves 20 to 27, lambs 25 to 28. The text then shifts to a wartime scene describing ambush deaths, soldiers enduring heat, thirst, and constant danger, longing for home while clinging to a fragile hope for peace.
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