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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1967
Page
6
The Meadville High School Band campaign to fund a trip to Harrisburg for Governor elect Raymond P. Shafer’s inauguration neared 2200 dollars on Saturday. Campaign chair Richard McGowen said about 91600 had been raised from area businesses and industries, with a 3500 dollar goal to cover the trip.
The Gibb sisters Margaret and Mary, age 54, died at Holyoke Hospital after eight days of hospitalization for Margaret’s illness. Doctors cited hypertensive heart disease as the cause. Joined at the spine base, they shared a circulatory system and were not separable.
Four assailants robbed Joseph Prochilo of 100 dollars, blindfolded him, drenched him with a flammable liquid, set him ablaze, and dumped him from a car. The Brooklyn man, 33, reached Coney Island Hospital in critical condition after the attack. Police said the incident occurred as he left a Brooklyn social club.
Viet Cong forces continued attacks along the Mekong Delta and near Saigon injuring civilians and damaging ships. A British tanker Haus Trump was hit, its captain wounded and a crewman killed. Two Vietnamese minesweepers were struck with light casualties. American dredge Jamaica Bay suffered near-total damage, with additional American fatalities and injuries among crew and Vietnamese workers.
An AP wirephoto reports a blast scene as investigators seek cause and victims. Officials believe the explosive may have been triggered by a victim during a self-inflicted death attempt.
U S and Vietnamese Marines staged amphibious and helicopter landings Friday on the Thanh Phu Peninsula south of Saigon. No enemy contact was reported despite uncovering Viet Cong fortifications. Separately, mortar and small arms attacks hit outposts southwest of Saigon with heavy casualties reported by militia squads. Jacques Heim, famed fashion house founder, dies in Paris.
The local AFL committee led by Mrs. Buesink plans fundraising to cover Miss Christensen's costs for a full year in New Zealand. Bonds at 50 cents each will go on sale at junior and senior high schools Wednesday, with Leroy Peck handling donations. Christensen will spend a year abroad, not graduating this year but returning to complete Corry Area High requirements.
Erie County is slated to switch to the federal food stamp program this year as the seventh in priority. State Welfare Secretary Max Rosenn asks the fed to add 12 more counties this year. County priorities include Lycoming Juniata Lawrence Perry Montour Columbia Erie Mercer Westmoreland Carbon Beaver Wayne. Seventeen counties participated last year. six added so far this year and six more become eligible February 1.
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