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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1968
Page
7
The YMCA publishes a dense weekly calendar listing team practices, classes, and events from Monday to Saturday. Highlights include high school swim meets away at Jamestown and home versus Warren, plus multiple TOPS classes, sewing circles, junior programs, family swims, and senior or sophomore Tri-Hi-Y activities throughout the week.
Two 15 year olds from New Kensington were treated at Titusville Hospital after a stolen 1956 sedan they rode in crashed on Route 8 south of Titusville. The vehicle suffered 125 damage when it left the road and struck a telephone pole in Cherry Tree Township. Driver Greg Mangel and passenger Dennis Laver were held in the New Kensington authorities county jail to await charges.
Sen. Russell B. Long proposes a dial a vote system to speed up Senate decision making. Absent members could vote by telephone via the Senate secretary, reducing delays from late arrivals and roll call wait times. The plan would curb absenteeism tied delays and help leaders manage major votes more efficiently.
City figures show private industry provides at least 9 million dollars and about 150000 jobs each year for the hardcore unemployed. A mayoral report notes only 51 percent of workers referred last summer remained employed by November.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, wintering nearby, watched the Desert Classic finale from Bermuda Dunes. Massed Marine Navy Air Force and Army bands performed as he stepped forward to greet officers, marking a ceremonial tribute after 40 years.
The nude body found January 26 near Addison Township is identified as Roger A. Gaddis a 20 year old soldier from Fort Belvoir Virginia. His widow Mary of St Paris Ohio confirmed the identification based on Army fingerprint records. Coroner Halverson says murder is certain but autopsy results and cause of death remain undisclosed.
A reader laments war reporting and praises American soldiers, urging flag display and national gratitude. The letter contrasts with a Chicago feature on Brian Duff, a Picasso-Klatch artist running for Illinois secretary of state and engaging voters at the Civic Center.
Max Conrad, 64, the former Lock Haven pilot, shattered a world distance record for light planes by flying 3,906 miles in 28 hours 61 minutes. He completed a circuit between Chicago and Milwaukee, landing at Chicagoland Airport near Wheeling.
A Mannahawkin New Jersey widow sent Temple University Hospital a 10 cent check tied to a late husband’s papers. She wrote that she found a 1961 bill saying I owe you 10 cents and enclosed the dime to clear her mind.
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