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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1968
Page
1
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The Pentagon reports a Navy Skyraider shot down by Chinese MiGs strayed into Chinese airspace due to navigational issues. No word on the pilot’s fate. a second Skyraider escaped, last seen in a vertical, smoking dive.
A snowbound Memphis garbage strike pits Mayor Henry Loeb against 1,300 sanitation workers as a four day dispute heats up. Loeb warned that workers abandoning their jobs would be replaced, while unions vow to prevent strike breakers from collecting trash amid icy streets and a looming National Guard role. Patrick T. Fagan, son of a resigned council member, was named to Pittsburgh’s city council.
President envoy Cyrus Vance left Seoul for Washington saying talks with South Korean leaders were good and very useful. South Korean officials expressed general satisfaction while lawmakers from both government and opposition parties criticized aspects of the discussions.
A general alarm fire in Easton Pa. raced through a riverfront block destroying a cardboard warehouse and three homes while damaging five homes and three businesses. Damages were estimated at 109000 with about 200 local women treated for smoke inhalation and ten residents displaced. Neighborhood evacuations accompanied the blaze as authorities investigated the cause.
Interviews with residents of the Fourth Ward urban renewal area are under way led by relocation officer M. B. Cobbett and clerk Mrs. Dale Hammerlee. Nine interviews completed show cordial reception as canvass begins, guiding later property appraisal and removal decisions with relocation likely in 1969 or 1970.
The government announced that headrests will be required on the front seats of all cars manufactured after December 31 to prevent whiplash in rear end collisions. The National Safety Bureau notes rear end crashes cause injuries and sets the standard for driver and right front passenger headrests.
The 19 YMCA drive exceeded its goal by four members reaching 705. Gazelles led with 287 members and 148 percent of goal totaling 2480 dollars. Kangaroos 54 members 90 percent of their 65 goal. Grasshoppers 150 new members and 1067 dollars 80 percent. Jack Rabbits 163 members 1947 dollars. Bullfrogs nearly hit 55 goal earning 100 percent honor.
A mass grave in a communal cemetery in northwestern Saigon highlights heavy U.S. losses during three years of Vietnam War fighting. Marines and Viet Cong clash as the conflict escalates, with 790 aircraft reported down in U.S. losses.
AP dispatch reports U S Marine bombers struck the brown stone walls of Hue as ground forces pressed a 16 day battle against North Vietnamese forces in the former imperial capital. Despite the air assault no immediate ground gains were confirmed.
Israeli air force jets crossed the Jordan River to strike Jordanian artillery positions after shelling border settlements. The clashes along the Beisan Valley continued with artillery and tank fire from both sides, with no immediate casualty figures reported. Both sides blamed the other as the most serious flare up in weeks. Prime Minister Levi Eshkol and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan warned Jordan in the past week.
Philadelphia Mayor James H. J. Tate supports a graduated state income tax for school funding. He noted the tax is unconstitutional in Pennsylvania unless the constitution is changed and suggested Philadelphia might not need to repeal its wage tax. Tate urged more money for schools to cover added duties like training the poor and housing the poor.
Union City and Sparta school boards signaled approval to add classrooms in the Corry Area Jointure as state reorganization plans require cost sharing among three districts. The move, prompted by a letter from Corry Superintendent Ray Elsen, awaits Sparta board action and state confirmation before any construction proceeds.
Denver AP reports Mrs Freddie Mae Wil lama 25 was sentenced to 60 days for theft and requested her purse from the court. The waitress, free on bond, retrieved her own purse from the third row and left the building with no deputies present, shocking onlookers.
Harleton West Virginia report says State Road Commissioner Sarl Sawyers resigned and Deputy State Treasurer Vincent J Koski along with William Wallace Barron and Truman Gore were indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges. Bonn Brown Alfred Schroath and others named in the federal probe were also charged and subpoenas were issued for court appearances.
Officials from the Incal recreation program will hear a state consultant, Jack Sittman of the State Department, discuss financing next week at 3 p.m. in Council chambers of the Municipal Building Erie officials will host the meeting with Lou Hanna saying Sittman will advise Corry recreation problems the day after his Erie visit.
AFL-CIO strategists urge President Johnson to take on Rep. Wilbur Mills chairman of the Ways and Means Committee to push the 10 percent income tax surcharge. Labor sources say Johnson must appeal to voters over Mills to salvage the tax bill, with plans to pressure districts and mobilize public opinion.
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