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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1968
Page
1
Readable lines show metal recycling buys with prices for copper brass tubing and copper wire, plus several real estate and service ads. Names and numbers appear for offices and agents, with partial contact details and stray phrases about repairs and services.
Senate Republicans delay emergency bill backing Gov. Rockefeller to let the city sanitation department be temporarily taken over. The Assembly previously balked at a Rockefeller request to address lawmakers, while debris piles mount in the city as crews push snow plows to clear streets amid the nine day strike.
The last of four men who escaped from the Allegheny County Workhouse on November 16 was recaptured. Henry Miller was picked up at his wife's house in Monaco after a tip led police to the scene. Police were initially refused entry by Miller’s wife without a warrant.
Last night the Corry Area Joint School Committee spent two hours in philosophical discussion with little required action. Topics included the Dirksen amendment to restore school prayer, whether music staff deserve supplemental pay, merit pay for teachers, the 10 year building plan, and the March 4th PSEA day of protest.
John C. Morgan a 20 year old Stanford student and son of a prominent New York family leaped from a car into the San Francisco Bay after a two hour traffic jam caused by a Navy plane crash on the Oakland Bay Bridge. The pilots were killed and a coast guard search failed due to strong currents.
Harrisburg AP report notes the Pennsylvania State Teachers Association and its House of Delegates backed a March 4 one day strike for pay. The plan seeks to raise starting salaries from 4500 to 6000 over three years, while PSBA leaders condemn illegal actions and urge seminars instead.
U S and South Vietnamese forces attacked the Hue Citadel but heavy fire drove them back. North Vietnamese troops held inner walls amid gun pits in the grimy black stone. Over 1,000 Marines and allied troops pressed along the Perfume River as refugees fled and air support remained unavailable.
A four year old, Michael Trombley, was saved by barking dogs after a highway crash seven miles north of Bay City. The child flew about fifty feet from the wreck as his mother died and his father and sister were injured. State troopers located him after dogs alerted nearby homes in below zero weather. Bishop James A. Duffy dies at 94 in Hot Springs Arkansas. former Roman Catholic bishop of Grand Island Nebraska.
President Johnson said he would halt bombing of the North and begin peace talks, inviting Hanoi to set the agenda if the Communists fail to cooperate. The remark came during a White House session with reporters amid ongoing South Vietnam fighting and a Tet truce setback.
Administration sources say President Johnson will not propose adding prescription drug costs to Medicare in his forthcoming health message to Congress. Budget constraints due to Vietnam costs and a cautious HEW plan suggest preservation of current spending.
Philip Catalin aged 17 of 956 Mead Avenue sustained severe facial injuries when a wooden bowl slipped from a wood lathe at Corry Area High School. He lost most upper teeth and part of his nose with cheek skin grafted. He was treated at Corry Memorial Hospital then moved to St. Vincent's in Erie. In a separate incident Uniontown sees fatal smoke inhalation for Ann Chider 51 Perryopolis.
Corry Savings and Loan Association board approves options on four properties two on North enter street and two on West Frederick street for a professional building. Manager Homer Bulard says details await within six months to a year with size depending on floor space needs after zoning board variance for commercial use.
Damage from two crashes totaled $1 250 with no injuries. Doris Christensen 43 of 232 West Frederick Street lost control on West Church Street and Fourth Avenue, sideswiping a tree before the car mounted a sidewalk and landed in Adele McCray’s driveway at 216 Fourth Avenue. Police cited substantial damage to the vehicle and porch damage not yet estimated.
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