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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1967
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR reads like a public notice about a street level project. It mentions officials and timelines but the exact dates, scope and parties are unclear. The readable bits suggest city planning steps and possible roadway work affecting a neighborhood.
Fire in Philadelphia row house kills nine, trapping a family of Drums. three children escape by leaping from upper floors. In Cleveland, four children die in a three story building at 8430 Buckeye Road, as twenty residents escape amid smoke and flames.
In South Vietnam sharp fighting flared as the Tron Triangle operation pushed Communist losses beyond 450. Two U S planes were down, a Norwegian ship and a U S minesweeper collided, B52s struck suspected Viet Cong concentrations, and Vietnam forces reported dozens of enemy deaths across multiple skirmishes. Commanders counted 286 Viet Cong dead, 64 captured, and 105 surrendered in Cedar Falls progress.
President Johnson will seek three reforms to aid poor children: a network of neighborhood child development centers, opening Head Start to three-year-olds, and 135 million dollars to reduce class size and improve early grades in poverty areas. The plan marks the administration's main new education proposal this year, with existing programs likely refined.
Rep Gerald Ford of Michigan outlined a GOP plan to block Johnsons tax hike by cutting nonmilitary spending. He urged social security gains without tax hikes and called for an anti missile program and intensified air strikes in Vietnam while proposing automatic benefit increases tied to inflation without raising SS taxes.
IRIE-A retrial for three Erie men charged with the 121 robbery of Capri Motel is set for February 13 after a November mistrial blamed on prejudicial publicity. Defendants James Spain Robert L First and George E Veronis face related charges. a fourth defendant Theodore Thomas pleaded guilty and testified. Bond set at 2500 each. Thomas held in special custody after threats.
Two Corry men Charles Parkhurst and Donald McCray were struck by a car while standing at Route 77 and 27 near Garland. Parkhurst suffered a leg laceration and was admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital. McCray sprained a foot and was treated then released. Driver Brian Rapp, 18, of Irvine, Pa, swerved to avoid oncoming traffic, causing the collision. Estimated damage to the car was $15.
Adam Clayton Powell III and attorney Paul Zuber asked the Justice Department to investigate the libel case loss in a New York court. Zuber claims new evidence proves Powell's innocence and says Carl Belcher of the general crime section will review the material. Powell had his seat temporarily denied in Congress earlier this week.
In Erie, involuntary manslaughter charges against Charles LaRocca, 60, North East co-owner of the Hotel Corry, were taken under advisement at a justice of the peace hearing. The case stems from a October 1966 two-car crash seven miles north of Wattsburg on Route 89 that killed Richard Lewkowicz, 24, of Erie.
The Corry YMCA North Center Street unit will elect eight directors at 7:30 p.m. February 14. Incumbents G. Boyd Berrett Rev Walter Gilliland Miss Ann Baressi and George Sample seek a second term. New nominees are James Allyn Ronald Willman Dr R D Williams Jr and Mrs Doris Hillstrom. The meeting includes the president and general secretary reports finances and membership. The $60 000 debt reduction financing campaign this year puts the organization in strong financial condition.
The State Selective Service says funds shortage halts physical exams at most centers in the state, except Corry Erie Warren Bradford boards may still send inductees to Buffalo for pre-induction exams. Corry clerk reports no quota issues. Also notes 1967 New York racing season opens March 13 at Aqueduct and ends December 9.
Corry Area Joint School Committee moves to raise kindergarten entry age to five by September list and launches Miss Ann Baresi led study on elementary retardation from 1957 to 1966, tying Sputnik era standards to current plans. Analysis shows boys constitute about 63 percent of elementary retained students over nine years while girls average 37 percent due to differential maturation.
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