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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1968
Page
1
Fragmentary classifieds describe repair stands, wash basins, cattle heifers and pigs for sale, bids, and auctions. Names such as Glen Consisting de Guern and Harrisburg appear with addresses, dates, and bid terms.
Administration sources hope Dean Rusk's March 11 Senate Foreign Relations Committee appearance will ease the feud with Sen. J. W. Fulbright over Vietnam policy. Fulbright has pressed for public testimony. Rusk has refused, citing national interest. The clash intensified after a dispute over possible use of tactical nuclear weapons in Vietnam.
Hayden Jones, freed after 29 years, was convicted on perjured testimony. Five boys testified against him. two later swore they were forced to lie. Judge Ellenbogen cited delayed evidence and a jailhouse encounter influencing the release.
The Holi day Inn Erie hosted a February 20 awards dinner honoring Tennessee Gas Pipeline District 224 based in Clymer for 15 years of perfect safety with no injuries. They also received the W. C. McGee Award for 500 000 accident free man-hours. Superintendent W H Nixdorf and foremen K D Lees and H B Whaley lead a system with a compressor station and about 77 miles of large diameter pipe.
New York AP Fannie Hurst famed writer of romances died yesterday at age 78 in her Central Park area apartment. Born in Hamilton Ohio October 18 1889 she grew up in St Louis and began writing at Washington University facing 35 rejection slips before graduation.
AP reports a gold strike in the Santa Monica mountains above Sunset Boulevard. City engineers say ore from a Benedict Canyon vein assays at 344 ounces of gold per ton and six ounces of silver per ton.
Saigon AP reports South Vietnamese troops breached the Hue Citadel palace area recapturing grounds and raising the flag on the radio tower. Gov’t forces tally 250 Communist dead with 5 killed and 22 wounded. heavy fighting widens to western walls and surrounding quarters. Gen Giap warns of a fierce phase with major assaults as U S bases endure shelling and casualties.
U Thant prepared a broad peace proposal as Hanoi Washington and Paris signals shift. He met Johnson Gandhi Kosygin Wilson de Gaulle and Vietnamese officials in a bid to start wide talks if bombing ends. The plan calls for a halt to bombing a ceasefire in the south and inclusion of the National Liberation Front at the negotiating table.
The Cory xidoint Schools committee will meet Monday night to decide on allowing March 4 off for a state wide demonstration for higher teacher salaries. Dr John Mohr notes the vote may not be unanimous as districts vary. The PSEA says 271 districts granted a non paid holiday. about 500 districts exist in the state.
Six persons died when a convertible crashed into a utility pole on U.S. 27 about 15 miles west of Fort Lauderdale. The lone survivor, 19 year old Andrew Sheffield Palmroy of Miami, said he tried for hours to flag down passing motorists for help before dawn.
Mayor John Lindsay receives a commemorative lid for his garbage cam featuring a portrait of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. Lindsay, while skiing in Oregon, says Rockefeller did not harm his political prospects amid a garbage strike. In Eugene, Press Club president Henry Willis presents the memento.
Corry State Police say Harold Drake 72 of Hydetown turning left on Route 8 into a southbound car caused a near head on collision with Phillip A. Jackson 31 of Centerville. Drake and Mrs Jackson 31 were listed in satisfactory condition at Titusville Hospital with multiple injuries. Norman Wilson 37 of Centerville was treated and released after facial cuts. Total damage to both cars was $5,300.
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