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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1968

Page

6

Paragraf Samaritan Dies In Rescue Try

Weekend reports from Titusville police include obscene calls and a real estate transfer in Corry, plus a child clothing find near the old Howard Tannery smokestack. Maple syrup meeting planned in Corry with speaker Leland Bebe. a 1962 Chevy II stolen on West Main. a 15-year-old youth detained in a car theft. death of William McAfee in Montgomery Alabama. and snowmobile complaints with two running on private property. An ice rescue at a quarry ends with the death of Silas Fredericks, while Charles Krell and his daughter Marion were saved. Krell’s body recovered hours later. Fire at Oliver Swanson home causes $6,000 damage from a gas leak or thermo-cord short.

Gage Music Center Fort Washington Corry Am Mann Corry Memorial Hospital Silas Fredericks Warren Charles Nathan Marion Charles A. Krell Nathan Wyndmoor Krell Ambler Nathans Jacob Prins Forth Washington Abington Memorial Hospital Oliver Swanson Route 69 Chandlers Valley Carl Wolott Sugar Grove Walcott

Mother and infant killed in Ernest house fire

Indiana Pa AP says fire caused by a defective electrical socket rapidly spread through a house killing Charlene Cochran 2 and her 6 month old son Harry E Jr both trapped as home burned in Ernest yesterday. Father Harry Cote 27 hospitalized in shock and firefighter Jack Freeman hospitalized with burns.

Indiana, Pa Charlene (Cochran Harry E. Jr Ernest Harry Cote Jack Freeman

Autograph Collector Dies in Brooklyn Hospital at 41

A man known for an extensive collection of celebrity autographs died yesterday in a Brooklyn hospital at age 41. His family reported he had long battled illness and was hospitalized after a decline in health. Funeral arrangements are pending.

Brooklyn

Car Crash at Ranges Corners Injures Driver

At 12 15 p m yesterday two cars collided at Ranges Corners on Route 89. Carl E Reisinger 61 of Union City stopped at the Route 6 sign and entered the intersect ion, broadside by eastbound car driven by Mrs Merle Malek 24 of Erie. Malek treated for stomach contusion and released. One driver admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital. Damages estimated at 700 dollars.

Ranges Corners Corry Memorial Hospital Corry Carl E Reisinger Union City Reisinger Ion Merle Malek Erie

Union Pushes for $2 Minimum Wage Now

The AFL-CIO charges the new federal minimum of $1.60 an hour is inadequate to support a family and seeks immediate passage of a $2 minimum. The federation notes the increase benefits over 7 million workers by about $2 billion yearly and cites a Labor Department study showing limited business losses and some employment gains after wage hikes.

Miami Beach Afl-Cio Congress Labor Federation Nathaniel Goldfinger Afl-Cio Council Labor Department

Labor council urges extending minimum wage coverage

The labor council urged Congress to extend today’s $1.60 minimum wage to about 11 million workers still not covered by the law, arguing broader coverage is needed to boost family stability and living standards.

Labor Council Congress

Notable Army Officer Promoted to First Lieutenant in Vietnam

Corry details show a cadet transferring to the Army Security Agency in Buffalo then Fort Devens Massachusetts as ASA Tactical Course cadre. In July 1966 he completed Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning Georgia and has served in Vietnam since last September, achieving a promotion to first lieutenant on January 20 of this year.

Army Security Agency ASA Buffalo Fort ‘Devens Mass Fort Benning Ga Tas Vietnam

Hold Rites For Francis Moore

Services for Francis B. Moore were held at Bracken Funeral Home at 11 a.m. Saturday with Rev. H. Kenyon Leishman officiating. Committal services followed at New Lebanon Cemetery in Mercer County at 2 p.m. Saturday. Attendees included Clarence and Floyd Orr and John Barclay of Clintonville. George Taylor of Harriaville. George McMurdy and Mearl Howell and family of Pittsfield. Victor Hodak and family. Edgar Waters and family of Garland. Lillian Moore, Charles Moore, and Ray Moore of Cleveland. Gerald Robinson and daughter Cindy of Lowellville. Birdette Gibeaut of Union City. Joseph Baron of Jamestown. Jerome Sulkey and daughter Sandra of North Ridgeville.

Rancis B. Moore Bracken Feneral H. Kenyon Leishman New Lebanon Mercer County Clarence Orr Floyd Orr John Barclay Clintonville George Taylor Harriaville George McMurdy Greenville Mearl Howell Pittsfield Victor Hodak Edgar Waters Garland Lillian Moore Charles Moore Ray Moore Cleveland Gerald Robinson Cindy Lowellville Ohio Birdette Gibeaut Union City Joseph Baron Jamestown Jerome Sulkey Sandra North Ridgeville

Open housing amendment eyed with modifications ahead

Senate sponsors seek votes for an open housing amendment but will propose limits on coverage. The bill would make it a federal crime to interfere with Negroes in exercising rights to attend public schools and vote. It aims to protect Negroes and civil rights workers from violence as it seeks to prohibit housing discrimination within three years across about 97 percent of the market.

Fage One

Gate crashers and vanished robbers shock New York scene

A gang forced entry into a vault injuring two post office workers and clubbing four others before fleeing with untraceable banknotes. Police traced none of the robbers, and the alarm was raised after the postmen escaped the vault in about thirty minutes. Stanley Berman, famed door entry artist, reportedly died amid the chaotic events.

Round Clock Talks Half Strike in Pittsburgh Schools

The Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers chief Albert Fondy urged 24 hour talks with the Board of Education to avert a strike. The federation, about 1,000 members, set a 12:01 a.m. Thursday deadline for a collective bargaining election, while the Pittsburgh Teacher Education Association prepares to meet with the board. The board rejected the election demand as illegal and filed a court petition.

Pittsburgh Board of Education Albert Fondy Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers M. L. Aaron Pittsburgh Teacher Education Association

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