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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1966
Page
1
A damaged notice lists an auction action by a local merchant in New York with partial details including street addresses and phone numbers. The readable fragments imply a sale of goods or property with terms and small price references, but the full context and specifics are unclear.
In Everett Massachusetts a Boston and Maine diesel passenger train collided with a fuel oil truck stalled with frozen brakes at a road crossing. Twelve killed with up to 35 aboard. fire trapped passengers for about 20 minutes. Firefighters, police, and local hospitals reported multiple deaths and injuries. report continued on page six.
Harrisburg AP report states Pennsylvania will not feel immediate effects as federal highway spending is cut. Secretary Robert G. Bartlett says three months of no major disruption possible, then decisions on delaying projects or proceeding without federal reimbursement may follow.
Jaycees announce judges will tour entered homes tomorrow night from 6 30 to 10 with winners named shortly after. homeowners may still enter by calling Lee Hiner at 668 2131 before tonight. prizes total 140 with 60 40 25 and three 5s funded by local firms and organizations.
A Titusville woman, Ida Shaw, was listed in good condition at Titusville Hospital after a one car crash on Route 4 near Centerville yesterday morning. Police say the car hit an icy spot, rolled onto its roof, and was carried by ambulance to the hospital. Shaw was en route to Spartansburg to visit her son Richard Shaw.
Erie County commissioners discussed shifting 1966 allocations with a plan to raise Corry Memorial Hospital from 7000 to 11000 while cutting Hamot and St Vincent’s. The proposal to base grants on indigent patient days stalled, with future study planned for next year during budget sessions.
The body of Army Sgt Richard Campos, an orphan killed in action, was claimed by his uncle John Campos from Marysville California. The uncle, a field farm head, was shown at the Presidio San Francisco presenting baptismal proof of their relation before Campos departed. The body awaited a next of kin location at Oakland Army Terminal as reporters found the uncle in a Sacramento hotel with AP Wirephoto.
The Kennedy suit to halt William Manchester's The Death of a President may end quietly as Mrs Kennedy temporarily withholds her injunction. A family spokesman cited progress toward a settlement and postponed hearings until mid January between Mrs Kennedy's attorneys and Harper & Row.
Recuperating author William Manchester is cheered by the decision that Mrs. John F Kennedy will not seek an injunction to block publication of his book The Death of a President. His wife calls it marvelous while a hospital spokesman says he is feeling like himself again after pneumonia. The case moves toward trimmed passages and extended talks between Kennedy, Harper & Row, and Manchester.
Early today a fire at the Holiday Inn on Route 822 near Meadville caused heavy damage. Fire marshals and insurers investigated as about 30 occupants were routed from rooms in a bar area that spread to the kitchen and dining rooms. No injuries were reported and the cause was not immediately determined.
Washington sources say there will be no shift in United States bombing strategy in North Vietnam despite controversy over civilian deaths. Officials argue military targets must be hit to raise Hanoi’s costs and save American and allied lives, while Pentagon notes some civilian casualties are unavoidable. The article references Senate hearings likely led by Senator Fulbright and notes Eisenhower’s support for the Pentagon stance.
In a bank stakeout near Third Street and Packer Avenue, Philadelphia officers shot one robber dead and wounded two others critically. The incident occurred at 9:50 after three masked men entered the Provident National Bank. a car used by the gang was found nearby.
New York AP report. Fire Department barred distribution of thousands of imported Polish dolls as dangerously combustible. Dolls first drew attention in Newark New Jersey where some were confiscated from hospitals. Fire Commissioner Robert Lowery said the fire marshal ordered distribution halted after inspecting A.D. Sutton Co. offices and warehouses.
Burglars broke into Kimmy Nichols Inc Union City garage last night stealing about 1000 in loot. State Police Trooper John Evanko said the break in occurred between 6 30 p m and 7 a m. entry was through rear doors with the intruders leaving the same way. Missing items include tool boxes valued 400 each two tires a cutting torch tip five welding torch tips 25 feet of hose two gauges five dozen donuts and eight dozen sweet rolls from a truck in for repairs. An inside door to the showroom was pried open and the area ransacked but nothing else noted missing. A Troop E CID trooper is on scene assisting the Corry substation.
In Paducah Kentucky a 34 month old girl named Michelle Robins boarded a plane with her mother and asked for magazines newspapers and books. She settled in and began reading, a habit her mother says began when Michelle was 14 months old during a visit from Midland Texas.
Corry native James E Clark now of Plyra Ohio received FAA Air Controller of the Year honors for guiding a Cessna 172 in severe icing and storm conditions in March 1965. As air traffic controller at Oberlin Center he cleared the weathered plane to 8000 feet to stay above clouds and improve radar contact at 15 miles northwest of Jamestown New York. When icing pushed the aircraft to radar limits he ordered the pilot back to 7000 feet to regain control and safety.
Thousands of Vietnamese troops carried out a major search and destroy operation in the Mekong Delta with U S and Vietnamese paratroopers making the first combat parachute jump in years. By day’s end Vietnamese officials said 89 Viet Cong dead with two prisoners and 48 weapons seized. US forces reported only light casualties and scattered skirmishes amid corroborating air activity.
New York AP Raymond Rubin seeks a House resolution to attach Rep Adam Clayton Powell’s congressional bank account to pay a $164,000 defamation judgment for Esther James. He believes over $1 million exists. funds are in a private House bank, touchable only with approval.
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