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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1967
Page
4
Local rate line ads announce 25 cents per line with noon day-of publication acceptance. An Elks meeting at the lodge rooms Tuesday at 7 30 to honor Brother Harold Eddy. Also listed are autos through Turben's Auto Service and price offers from Katherine's and Fran & Jim's with winter merchandise reductions.
Report from Saigon area describes a mass killing of prisoners near a camp 108 miles southwest of Saigon with six survivors. Elite South Vietnamese Rangers clashed with 500 Viet Cong, claiming 74 enemy killed with air and artillery support. Government sources tally Viet Cong losses across Mekong Delta and Iron Triangle while U.S. Marines pursue Thanh Phu Peninsula operations.
James Gould funeral notice states a Requiem Mass at St Thomas Church 9:30 a.m. Wednesday with a preceding prayer service at Bracken Funeral Home 9:00 a.m. Burial at Pine Grove Cemetery. Visitation at Bracken 7–9 p.m. Monday and 2–4 p.m. and 7–8 p.m. Tuesday.
At Corry Memorial Hospital today admissions include Mrs George Throne Erie Milford Shrout and Miss Roberta King. Discharges list Dorothy Chelton Albert Clark Mrs Frank Woodard Mrs Alton Dahlstrand Mrs Charles Fenton James Gould and several others. Viet Cong casualties rise as 648 enemy killed captured or surrendered since Jan 8 in a 20 to 30 mile area north of Saigon, with 399 killed 69 captured and 180 surrendering under Chieu Hoi.
Mathews sounded the alarm as a fire swept through an exhibition building near the main entrance. About 150 people were inside. all escaped uninjured. Firefighters arrived around 2 a.m. five alarms then two more extended response, with units entering before being driven back by flames.
Philadelphia transit workers reach a two year contract with a wage rise of 11 cents per hour for about 5000 TWU members ending a 27 hour strike. The deal triggers a possible fare increase to be reviewed by the state Public Utilities Commission.
Washington AP jointly reports a renewed Senate push to curb filibusters with a two thirds or majority cut off option. Debate centers on a three fifths rule and whether rules persist across Congresses, as Dirksen Russell back anti filibuster, McGovern leans toward majority action.
Police identify the man as Léon Evert of Catawissa after his body is found in the rear seat of a car on North 6th Street in Philadelphia. The car contains railroad flare items and a work hat. ten documents were found on the deceased. Wounds include five bullets to the head and neck. time of shooting undetermined. The body was discovered by Ralph Gonzalez near a gas station and taken to the city morgue.
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