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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1966
Page
1
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William Manchester, the author of The Death of a President, is confined by pneumonia and in court to show cause why Harper & Row should not be barred from publishing his 300,000 word manuscript. Mrs Kennedy’s lawyers seek delays to block release while negotiations to trim passages continue. Judge Saul Streit set the show cause order and may postpone hearings if talks on redactions progress.
AP Harrisburg report notes Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania won state authorization to raise hospitalization insurance rates 23.4 percent effective February 1, 1967. About 904,000 subscribers would be affected. the hike aims to cover costs amid reserves down to 4.5 million, described as dangerously low. Public hearings were held in Pittsburgh December 12 and 13.
David McCarther Jr., 25, confessed to the sex slayings of three Jefferson County youths, Steve Murphy 13 Vaughn Murphy 15 and Will Binzel 14. He faces three murder counts and was moved to Colum biana jail. Bodies were found near a suspected campsite south of Birmingham. FBI tests, area searches, and potential links to a Mobile County case are under review.
A ?-year-old Brook street girl Debra Vanderhoof suffered second and third degree burns when her night gown caught fire before a space heater. She was admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. Other injuries included a possible fractured jaw for Melvin Baccus, 29, of Columbus after a fight. Viola Messenger, 18, of Columbus with a sprained ankle and hip bruises from an auto accident. and Michael Malone, 21, of Ridge street with a scalp laceration after a ski-mobile tipped over. All were treated at the hospital and released.
Officials fear 10 crewmen on the British trawler St Finbarr were trapped below decks and died after a fire broke out in fuel tanks about 600 miles off Newfoundland. The Crisino rescued 13 crew and recovered one body. others reportedly drowned when a boatswain's chair broke while transferring to the Crisino.
WARREN The superintendent of construction at the Kinzua Dam power plant project died Saturday in Warren General Hospital from injuries from a traffic crash. Lawrence P. Lowles 54 of Bear Lake was listed in critical condition after his car collided with a vehicle driven by William R. Parke 46 of Bear Lake five miles east of Warren on Route 59. Parke was admitted with a lacerated lip chest injuries and possible hip injuries. A passenger Thomas J. Steele 26 of Conneaut Lake was treated for a nose injury and elbow laceration. Lowles death marks Warren County's 17th traffic fatality of the year. EDITOR DIES ACCRA Ghana Attah 48 editor of the Ghanaian Times dies Sunday.
An 18 year old, Austin, spent 30 minutes writing the gang name and its 100 members on a North Philadelphia police station wall. He was convicted in Magistrate Court, fined $50 and $2.50 in costs, his parents paying $52.50 to get him off the hook.
In Griffin Georgia seven year old Denice Sanders died after her father LeRoy Sanders fired a live ammunition pistol he believed was loaded with blanks. Sheriff said coroner ruled accidental death and no charges will be filed.
About 170 U S cavalrymen in the 1st Cavalry Division, outnumbered over three to one, fought dawn to repel North Vietnamese Army regulars in the Crow Foot area near An Khe. Sixty bodies and four fresh graves found. two 105mm howitzers damaged, one nearly destroyed by mortar fire. attack began shortly after 1 a.m. in pre dawn hours.
In South Vietnam during a Christmas cease fire, North Vietnamese troops overran several positions of the U S 1st Cavalry Division near Bong Son, inflicting heavy casualties before being repelled. A terrorist grenade attack injured Dr Phan Quang Dan and bystanders in Saigon, while U S planes resumed air strikes near Hanoi.
The nation’s Christmas week end traffic deaths totaled 570, below the National Safety Council’s prediction of 650 to 750. Snow slowed travel across much of the nation, yet fatalities exceeded nonholiday weekend levels. The AP tallied from Friday 61 p.m. to Monday midnight, noting prior holiday records and New Year estimates of 460 to 540 deaths.
U S defense department statement replies to questions about civilian damage in North Vietnam while insisting military targets are the aim. It cites air defenses and POL sites in populated areas and on government buildings as unavoidable. The note underscores targeting roads bridges rail facilities and anti aircraft sites near Hanoi. It notes Hanoi’s air defenses as highly sophisticated and mentions 70 SAM sites and thousands of antiaircraft. (Continues on Page Four) NEWSMAN SUCCUMBS ROCHESTER, N Y Thomas L. Kerney, former publisher of the Trenton Times Newspapers, died at 65 Sunday at a niece’s home.
The Christmas weekend fires killed at least 36 children and 21 adults, leaving many homeless. The worst incident may have occurred in Northern California where seven deaths were reported, with blazes also affecting Alaska and Maryland.
Corry reports a heavy Christmas snow blanket across Pennsylvania and eastern states. Weekend total reaches 16 inches with 1.5 inches Saturday, 9 inches Sunday, and 5.14 inches Monday. December snow totals climb to 4.49 feet as city traffic drops to zero accidents due to homebound holidays.
A 53 year old Union City man Arthur Martin suffered a fractured jaw and multiple bruises in a two car crash on Route 8 near Union City shortly after noon on Sunday. Arlene Owen 37 of Union City drove north on the icy highway and crossed into the oncoming lane colliding with Gary Martin 21 of Meadville in whose vehicle Arthur Martin rode. Elia Owen 15 suffered head and leg lacerations and Gloria Owen 20 bruised the forehead. All were treated at Union City Memorial Hospital and released. Damages to each car were estimated at 300.
Joseph Kennedy, 14, son of Senator Robert Kennedy, will leave Sun Valley hospital this afternoon on crutches after breaking both bones in a leg during a Friday ski accident. Dr. George Saviers called the fracture boot-top and said the boy is doing fine. He will return to New York.
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