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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1967
Page
1
A fragmented OCR line shows numbers and fragments about rents or payments. The text includes figures such as 56 and 58 and mentions per room or per person terms, but the meaning is unclear. No full event or clear entities are identifiable.
An item lists contact numbers and names for an estate auction south of Hope, with several donors, attendees, and relatives mentioned. The fragment mentions March dates, fundraising or sales actions, and multiple local names.
House Speaker McCormack and GOP leaders back a select committee report recommending Adam Clayton Powell be seated but censured and fined $40,000 for gross misconduct. The nine member panel also seeks to strip 22 years of seniority and fire Powell’s secretary Corrine Huff. Powell, at a Bahamian fishing retreat, gave no return date to the Capitol.
Eight industrial plants met with Richard Stitt to review the city’s compulsory garbage law costs. The total yearly burying charge is estimated at 9,193 dollars, with industry paying a 30 cent per cubic yard fee and a 2.5 mill property tax levy for the landfill contract. Residents pay no burying charge. the tax covers their disposal.
Four Erie-Lackawanna freight cars jumped the tracks just east of Gate Street early today, tearing up about 900 feet of track and delaying traffic. Journal box blamed for the wreck. Meadville to Buffalo train was only 15 mph, preventing a worse collision. Traffic rerouted until crews clear the right of way.
The Associated Press asks the Supreme Court to affirm press freedom to report on public events and overturn a libel verdict involving Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker. AP argues its Mississippi rioting coverage in 1962 was true while Walker’s attorney contends AP misrepresented his actions during the campus unrest.
Corry announces its first annual Carpet Bagger Dinner and Awards at the Hotel Corry on Wednesday March 8 starting 3 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m. The six person committee includes C A Hillstrom and Clifford Buesink as cochairmen plus Jack Robert Bracken Edward Hawkins and Charles Williams. Tickets are $10 and on sale from the committee for the first 100 attendees. no tickets at the door and admission covers beverages dinner and entertainment.
In New Orleans a group of businessmen pledged to privately finance District Attorney Jim Garrison’s effort to prove a conspiracy in President Kennedy’s assassination. They say the fund would cover costs for months or years, with Joseph M. Rault Jr. of Rault Petroleum Corp. leading the drive. Garrison warned arrests could come in months, and he would seek bank loans if needed.
A Corry woman Patricia Popovich 37 injured with back injuries after a two car crash on Route 8 a mile north of Wattsburg. Passenger in Donna Stutzman 30 car tried to avoid a head on collision with Joseph Lagner 98. Property damage $800.
Editorial lauds Corry’s response to a blood shortage, noting the city surpassed the annual quota by 58 pints at the Bloodmobile. The piece thanks all donors and volunteers who rallied to ensure the blood bank service and life-saving supply remained available.
Sheriff reports a Warren County dairy farmer Albert Rose of Russell Route 1 was charged with neglect and cruelty to animals after dead and diseased cattle were found on his farm. Sheriff D E Allen Jr signed the complaint and a warrant was issued by Justice of the Peace Raymond F Gilmore at the request of the Warren County Humane Society.
A Buffalo Blood Bank visit to the Corry YMCA drew 205 donors with 72 rejected, yielding 133 pints. The drive surpassed the year’s quota by 38 pints, bringing total donations to 344 against 306. James Howard of the Red Cross noted ready operations and a growing line of hopeful donors as the event continued.
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