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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1968
Page
5
Readable parts indicate an ice storm affecting Tennessee leading to school closures and power hazards. Mentions agencies and warnings, with references to cities and timelines, but text is garbled and some details are unreadable.
Society notes announce the engagement of Aleta Maria Walker to Bruce Crane. The bride elect is a Corry Area High School junior employed at Perry's Inn. fiance is a 1966 CAHS graduate employed by L.W. Croascut. Tentative wedding date set for June 7.
North Vietnam asked Laos Cambodia and Burma about using their capitals for preliminary peace talks, with Laotian officials awaiting Hanoi's firm intentions. Nguyen Chan reportedly discussed Vientiane as a possible venue, though Phnom Penh was considered likelier. Chan planned to report to Hanoi after his trip.
In UKuwEN Kentucky a grand jury probing recent bombings faced a sudden crash when a weak attic section failed beneath a workman. The man avoided injury as ceiling debris fell, halting proceedings briefly before resuming. Boost Corry it’s Good For You.
Holiday guests in Erie include Miss Freda, Louise and Margaret Airstrup and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Olson of Waterford and Venezuela. Norman Olson works for Renoco Mining in Port Order. They depart for New York City where daughter Susan Olson, a student at Painesville, will travel to Madrid Spain for studies. The Olsons then tour Florida before returning to Erie and their South American home. Norman and Richard Olson are cousins of Mrs. Nielsen.
Franklin council failed to abolish the mercantile tax by 32 votes. Mayor Guy Mammolite moved to abolish and borrow money to balance the 1968 budget, but councilmen Charles Rogers Jack Sanford and Floyd Hughes voted against. The trio then passed the tax on the third reading. Hughes, new in office, said delaying one year would allow more study.
Members and guests held a three table Howell session at the Beverly home on Wayne Street. Winners were Mr and Mrs Morgan Beverly 26 percent Mr and Mrs FH Bartholemew Union City 25 1 2 and Mr and Mrs William Jones 25 Next week a 7 90 p m game is planned at the Corry Motor Lodge A Master Point session at 2 p m Sunday at the David Mead Inn Meadville invites all local bridge players.
SANONA New York AP War ren Porter 43 of Gillett PA and Clifford Updike 70 of Harris Hill Elmira died when their car collided with a pickup on a Route 16 bridge over the Cohoc ton River in Sanona. Marvin Potter 19 of Cheektowaga and Arland Hoad 44 of Bath were hospitalized at Ira Davenport Hospital Bath with Hoad in critical condition. Porter was a Navy veteran and patient at the Veterans Administration Hospital Bath.
Fog drenched San Joaquin Valley section of Highway 99 sparked a large chain reaction crash near Merced California. At least 10 persons were injured three seriously as six cars a Greyhound bus and four tractor trailers were involved in the wreck authorities said. The same type of collision is blamed by the California highway patrol.
Mrs. George Hagger hosted a dinner at her West Columbus extension home for past Worthy Matrons of area Eastern Star chapters in District 1B. Guests included Mrs. Thomas Johns of Conneautville and other leaders from Meadville Corry Mill Village Union City Cambridge Springs and Youngsville. Pittsburgh AP Isaly Dairy raises milk prices a penny a quart to 29 cents at stores and 32 cents for home delivery matching Sealtest Foods and Beverly Farms due to higher taxes labor and ingredient costs.
Prosecutions started against owners of three dogs that attacked people during the holiday weekend in Warren. State dog officer Leonard Weston said two children were saved from serious injury by being in heavy snow suits, while a woman on a sleigh suffered a puncture wound. Weston warned that repeated incidents show the need to keep dogs under control at all times. He noted two dogs were described as excellent family dogs and each was at large and unattended.
The Youth Fellowship of Cutting Community Church held a sliding party at leaders Mr and Mrs Max Bemis home with eighteen youths attending on New Year s Eve Refreshments were served. Numerous local families hosted relatives and guests over New Year s weekend with meals visits and hospitalities across Clymer Corry North East Waterford and nearby towns.
Dear Heloise columns offer practical tips from readers. A reader describes using a small pillow inside a sling to cushion a broken arm and prevent pain, while another recommends repurposing baby pillows for comfort. Additional notes discuss rewrapping gift paper, modifying gloves, and grating lemon rind by peeling whole fruit.
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