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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1968
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an auction of assorted goods including coats, toys, road pools, and fuel items. Names, dates, and full details are unreadable, yielding only scattered references to prices and sellers.
Partial unreadable OCR describes a 1968 school election items with mention of elect plates mixer and terms list. It provides little readable context beyond date and generic school election terms.
In Harrisburg AP reports bitter floor battle at the Constitutional Convention over the future of the minor judiciary in Philadelphia and Allegheny County. Opposing factions skirmished as delegates argued the structure and authority of local courts.
A Copley News Service report says the government refused the 7th Fleet permission to retrieve a downed Navy pilot near Hainan Island in the South China Sea amid concerns of further incidents in Asian waters. Lt. (J.G.) Joseph P. Dunn is listed as missing after his Skyraider was shot down by Chinese MIGs last Tuesday while en route to the Coral Sea from Cubi Point. Immediate search operations have ended, and Vice Adm. Bringle was instructed to keep 7th Fleet ships at least 20 miles from the Chinese coast and avoid approaching within 12 miles of Hainan.
Bob Hope was named the city’s Most Useful Citizen in 1967 by the Los Angeles Realty Board. He received the board’s annual service watch at a dinner, with the inscription the service man’s best friend carved on the watch.
Riverside sheriff's office issued a desist order after neighbors complained of noise from carbide cannons used by farmers to scare birds. Pat Vernola reported flocks up to 500 birds nightly damaging 20 acres of alfalfa and barley stands.
Air war over Hue intensifies with 800 U.S. planes reported lost in the ongoing siege. A fresh clash outside Hue adds to combat losses near the Citadel while mortar fire near Khe Sanh claims 14 Marines and injures 135. Marines, Navy ships, and artillery renew bombardment along the Citadel walls as Can Tho captures a Viet Cong suspect.
Corry Area Joint Schools committee may authorize a March 6 day off for local teachers to join a Pennsylvania State Education Association demonstration demanding higher salaries. PSEA aims to back a statewide program, with local talks continuing at a 5 p.m. session, while the Titusville board approves a party line vote. Draft calls for February and March in Stanislaus County resume after two boards each had one member.
Mrs. Joseph P. Dunn in Randolph mass says her husband Lt. (J.G.) Dunn is a determined Irishman and will be OK after parachuting from his Skyraider near Hainan Island. Navy reports he was sighted with a good chute following a ferrying mission when his craft was hit by MIGs. He is expected home for a 30 day leave at the end of February before reassignment. they hold their 18 month old son.
Harrisburg AP reports Pennsylvania public school chief Dr. David H. Kurtzman urged teachers to avoid strikes or pay demands. He warned mass work stoppage and universal sick days harm students and stressed professional duty. The Pennsylvania State Education Association, claiming 82,000 members, has called for a statewide demonstration.
Marietta Georgia AP Jimmy Stewart brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve visited his World War 1 unit on his final active duty tour before retirement. He commanded in the 445th Heavy Bombardment Group now the 45th Military Airlift Wing at Dobbins AFB and spoke to the wing from a flatbed truck about his pride in them.
A Clymer woman was injured in a collision between her car and a school bus yesterday afternoon. A companion was killed instantly. the driver died later. The woman was returned in critical condition to Corry Memorial Hospital after taking her daughter, a registered nurse, to work.
In Harrisburg two boys, Ben David Darden Jr. and Charles Douglas Sims, both 15 and 16, were arraigned on murder charges for the fatal stabbing of Frank J. Ament, 15, after a high school game. Ament died from a fractured skull and internal injuries near a city school after a rivalry bout between John Harris and William Penn high schools.
A Detroit chiropractor Dr Ronald Robiner and James J Parsons Davenport employee testified they paid for an advance look at a South Dakota basic science exam and for hand signals to aid passing. They testified in a federal trial of 17 people charged with fraud and conspiracy across six states.
The 1242 ton Falcon sank 16 miles southeast of Ocean City after engine room flooding. Six crew members spent 4.5 hours in life rafts before being rescued by USS Northampton in 15 foot seas with 30 knot winds. They were taken to Cape Henlopen, Delaware for exposure treatment.
Miss J Wagner a Vietnam veteran and former helicopter gunner says she did not lose the rifle on purpose after being charged 71.20 by the Army for a missing gun. The Army says she was negligent for placing the rifle on an aircraft she was not a crew member. An aide to Congressman Schadeberg urged ignoring Army notices.
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