Four Crashes Cause 5100 Damages and 6 Injuries
Three Corry area residents remain hospitalized after a Route 6 collision when Clyde O Baldwin Jr 16 of Garland crossed the center line into the Palmer car. Damages to the Palmer vehicle were about 5000. Citations pending. A second crash on Route 7 in Oil Creek Township left Thelma M Farmerie 42 of Pittsburgh with a broken jaw as two cars totaled 2200 in damage.
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Corry Area
Corry Memorial Hospital
Co Hospital
Clinton Palmer
Bruce
Clyde O. Baldwin Jr
Garland
Palmer
Baldwin
Pittsburgh
Titusville
Thelma M. Farmerie
Corry
Oil Creek Township
David M. Langdon
Pleasantville
Farmerie
Snowmobile Mischief and Road Crashes Across Local Trails
A weekend of snowmobile activities sparked several incidents as riders clashed with police and townsfolk. In Corry Route 8 and Scotts Crossing areas, sleds collided and a youth, later found, returned home. Union City saw two operators collide on a rural road with injuries and about $15 in damage. Corry incidents included a sled found and stored, a rider treated for minor injuries, and multiple property damages ranging from $700 to $1,800 in separate crashes along Route 957 and nearby streets. Authorities reported no serious injuries and ongoing investigations by state troopers.
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Paen
Route 8
Corry
Scotts Crossington
Fairview
Wright Street
Wayne, Elk
Wright
West Washington
Oakley
Mead Avenues
Scotts Crossing
Costa
East Side
Union City
Union Township
Larue F’. Gross
Gross
Reece
Ready Last Event In Corry Carnival Ready Last Event In Corry Carnival
The final winter carnival event in Corry is a 9 p.m. trail ride to Wattsburg and back, sponsored by the Corry Chamber of Commerce and Snowmobile Club. Return expected around 12 15 a.m. Decal entry only required. shoulder patch not needed.
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Corry
Wattsburg
C. Conrad
Monroe
Corry GI Earns Air Medal and Infantry Badge in Vietnam
Army Specialist Four Ronald P. Swackhamer of Corry, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Swackhamer, received the Air Medal and Combat Infantryman Badge near Di An, Vietnam. He serves as a squad leader with Troop A, 3rd Squadron of the 17th Air Cavalry, earned the Air Medal for meritorious aerial flight in support of ground operations, and the CIB for sustained ground combat. Swackhamer entered service in 1969, trained at Fort Benning, stationed at Fort Polk, and is a 1966 Corry Area High School graduate.
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Corry GI
Ronald P. Swackhamer
Alfred Swackhamer
North Center Street
di An
Vietnam
Swackhamer
17Th Air Cavalry
Army
Ft. Benning
Ft. Polk
Corry Area High School
Powerful Military Friend L Mendel Rivers Dies
Rep L Wendell Rivers longtime chair of the House Armed Services Committee died at 65 after heart surgery and a series of arrests. He led a hard line for military superiority, clashed with civilian control proponents, and earned both praise and criticism for defense spending and Vietnam policy.
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L. Mendel Rivers
Birmingham
Ala
L.wendel Rivers
House Armed Services Committee
University Hospital
South Carolina Democrat
Rivers
Congress
U.S
Philip J. Philbin
D-Mass
Edward Hebert
D-La
Hebert
A-bear
State Department
Vietnam
Soviet Union
House
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Cuba
Armed Services
Pentagon
Robert S. McNamara
Corry Man's Brother To Be Named State Secretary of Agriculture
James McHale a Craveford County dairy farmer and Shapp ally is expected to be Pennsylvania agriculture secretary. He faces opposition from major farm groups who preferred Robert Hendershot. McHale, 42, previously ran dairy operations in Linesville and led Farmers for Shapp efforts in two campaigns.
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Corry Man
Agriculture
Harrisburg
James McHale
Craveford County
Pennsylvania
McHale
Marvin McHale
Marine Bank
Corry
Crawford County
Shapp
Robert Hendershot
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kennedy and Johnson
State House
Hendershot
Democratic Study Committee
The
Pennsylvania Farmer-Labor Organization
National Farm Union
Afl-Cio
Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association
POW interview clips call for end to Vietnam War
US pilots Walter Wilber and Robert Schweitzer, prisoners in North Vietnam, say in a censored NBC CBS broadcast that the war should end now. Defense officials condemn the film as enemy propaganda while noting the men spoke of daily routines and mail privileges under Hanoi.
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New York
North Vietnam
U.S. Defense Department
U.S. Navy
Walter E. Wilber
Columbia Cross Roads
Robert J. Schweitzer
Lemoore
Calif
Michael
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Pham van
Hanoi Hilton
Jerry Friedheim
Reto
North
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
NBCTV
Cbs-Tv
Wilber
Sch. Weitzer
Rand
Schweitzer
Aecalepton Ao
Father of POW says son looked skinny but well on TV
Pennsylvania father of Navy Cmdr. Robert J. Schweitzer said his son looked thin yet capable during a television interview. He and another POW, Cmdr. Walter E. Wilber, spoke of antiwar sentiments and praised letter campaigns pressuring Hanoi to improve conditions.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Navy
Robert J. Schweitzer
Schweitzer
Walter Eugene Wilber
Columbia Crossroads
Northern
Bradford
Fred Schweitzer
Oreland
Wilber
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James L. Bugbee
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Milton J. Shapp
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