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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1967
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment lists partial phrases about storms, police, centers, and various names. It hints at events involving a committee, a store, citations, and references to places like Lib and Cau, but most specifics are unreadable, preserving only scattered terms and curiosities.
Jamestown officials consider a city payment increase to keep the ambulance service operating. The company says it needs 20000 this year, nearly double the 1966 payment of 10976, amid stalled contract talks and an audit dispute. An emergency arrangement funds service at seven dollars per trip through February 28.
Weather Bureau issues dust storm warnings for west central Texas south of the panhandle with winds expected from 50 to 60 mph. Forest and brush fires flare in Tennessee Kentucky and Indiana scorched hundreds of acres near East Nashville and Elizabethtown. Texas and Ohio Valley warmth shifts, lifting temperatures to the highest in three weeks. No injuries reported.
Washington AP reports President Johnson aims to create a large department focused on economic affairs by merging Commerce and Labor with other agencies. A five man task force is drafting the plan with details due to Congress in three weeks. No final agency list yet.
A delegation of Corry area business and community leaders will travel to Buffalo on February 27 for an Action Assembly on trends and issues, organized by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The event aims to prepare participants for discussions before the 90th Congress and to gauge impacts on business and community goals.
The Lunar Orbiter 3 team reported first photographs of potential Apollo landing sites taken from the moon. Madrid relay said the images are of excellent quality and will be released later today. A second batch from the site will be sent to Goldstone, California, for further analysis.
Harrisburg AP report says the Senate unanimously passed a bill to shield motorists whose auto insurers have been liquidated from losing licenses or registrations after accidents. The measure aims to protect drivers who paid premiums in good faith when their insurer collapses and could not buy coverage.
About 200 students at Carnegie Institute of Technology staged Spoff a spoof protest against February 15 arguing the day lacks significance. Michael Diamond and Michael Rubinstein led signs and bagpipe music as calendars were burned and classes continued normally on Feb 15 1967.
Kosygin indicated a cutoff of military supplies would not cut off food or material aid. About 100000 Red Chinese in North Vietnam reportedly bolster Hanoi against what Peking may see as retreat. Wilson and Foreign Secretary George Brown left after a week of talks and diplomacy.
An Erie grandmother Mary Abbate 52 died in a two family home fire on the east side after an explosion tore through the kitchen. Her son-in-law Gerald Dean rescued his infant daughter from the blaze while other occupants escaped. Fire officials reported two blasts and investigated a possible ignition from flammable liquids in the kitchen.
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