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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1967
Page
1
An elderly fragmented ad lists furniture and appliances with prices and contact numbers. Items include gowns, upholstery, a Norge dryer, toasters, end tables, and a porch set. Various prices are shown, with notices of auctions and terms.
Seven senators and one representative testified they took no funds from a reported forty six thousand three hundred dollar political fund tied to Bobby Baker. Only Rep Wilbur Mills and Sen J W Fulbright directly testified. others denied Kerr connections. Judge Gasch ruled out a Kerr link while defense noted no contributions to 1962 campaigns.
Civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph said he will convene a Black leadership summit to consider action against congressmen linked to Rep. Adam Clayton Powell’s congressional troubles. Powell was stripped of a committee chair and temporarily deprived of his House seat, prompting Randolph to frame the move as a crisis in Black white relations.
Harrisburg AP Gov elect Shafer completes Cabinet by naming Major Frank McKetta, 39 years with the force, as state police commissioner. He succeeds Acting Commissioner Paul A. Rittelmann, appointed after former Commissioner E Wilson Purdy resigned amid a House investigation.
In Iron Triangle north of Saigon a U S Army unit of the 1st Infantry Division suffered eight dead and 34 wounded when supporting artillery fired by mistake. A 3rd Brigade company in Operation Cedar Falls was hit by 16 rounds of 155 mm howitzer fire due to plotting error. An ongoing investigation was ordered.
Erie County school superintendent Dr Kenneth Frantz says no comment yet on State Board of Education approved proposal to replace county offices with an intermediate unit unifying Erie Crawford and Warren counties into Unit 5. He notes lack of final details and cites financing questions while suggesting potential efficiencies in merged districts and the need for top administration if the plan advances. Continued on Page Three.
Charles Mack, a Snap-Tite employee and former fire truck driver of 119 Fourth Avenue, was treated at Memorial Hospital Union City for inhalation of anhydrous ammonia after rescuing a fellow lab technician during a test room leak at 4 p.m. yesterday. Supervisor Frank Sturgis described the incident. Mack returned to shut off the system and was overcome, listed in satisfactory condition and expected to be discharged soon.
New York reports fear of the number 13 costs the U S economy about 250 million dollars in lost business each Friday the 13th. Nick Matsoukas heads the National Committee of 13 Against Triskaidekaphobia citing years of effort to curb the superstition and its impact on decision making and deals.
U S ground forces begin deployment in the Mekong Delta as engineer, signal and security units establish a base near My Tho, about 40 miles southwest of Saigon. B52s bomb Viet Cong camps while Cedar Falls aims to clear the iron triangle. evacuations rise to around 8 000 to 10 000 villagers as operation expands.
Corry area plans three major highway jobs this summer including Route 6 by-pass clearing, full resurfacing of Canter Street, and widening of Center Street north to the Bell course edge. The Corry Spartansburg highway will be resurfaced and shoulders rebuilt. A PRC approval is awaited for railroad crossing work and funds are not yet available to reduce vertical dips.
Senator Gruening and Rep Moss questioned the government figures on aid losses. Gruening, chairing a Senate foreign aid subcommittee, said as much as 20 percent or $92 million of U S economic aid to Vietnam was stolen or diverted last year, with some sources peaking at 40 to 50 percent. Rep Moss doubted the official 5 to 6 percent estimate, calling it unclear.
A Jamaica Queens fire sparked by gas explosions destroyed 20 homes in an eight block area. No injuries were reported as responders evacuated residents and saved lives before two fire units were lost. The fire consumed mainly wooden frame one and two family houses as dawn light faded.
Pittsburgh AP report says a key police statement from 1951 trial of William H. Christman cannot be located. Christman was convicted of murder after the statement was introduced. his attorney seeks release or new trial without the document, with Judge Ellenbogen delaying ruling.
Corry area vital statistics show 1966 births at 311 and deaths at 123 across Corry Wayne Concord and Elgin Borough. Registrars note a long period of stability from 1961 to 1966 with births peaking in 1961 and 1968 and deaths ranging narrowly around 120. The report covers the four municipalities and marks little change from 1965.
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