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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1967
Page
1
Fragmented catalog style notice listing sale prices for vinyl, metals, and household items. Mentions rent ads, real estate listings, auction services, and broker contact numbers. Includes scattered addresses and partial descriptions of houses, furnishings, and trades with several phone-like digits.
AP report from Tokyo says Premier Chou En-lai vows to use Red China’s 2.5 million strong army to crush Mao opponents. Posters in Peking claim the army will suppress counterrevolutionaries as Mao’s rivals rally in Manchuria and Kwangtung. Reports cite clashes in Changchun with injuries and captures, and talk of a revolutionary city government in Peking.
Harborcreek leads Erie County in endorsing a proposed Erie County Council of Governments to discuss regional issues. Corry likely to send a representative to the February 2 courthouse meeting as other municipalities await responses. The forum aims to create a discussion platform for shared problems among towns cities and townships.
A Corry spotlight on uncollected garbage reveals the impact of a month without trash pickup. The Associated Press piece analyzes York’s garbage problems and the community’s response as services falter.
Area highway incidents over the weekend included a hit and run and a two vehicle crash. Shortly after midnight an unidentified car struck Larry Cole 20 of Waterford on a rural road north of Wattsburg as a southbound vehicle crossed the center line and fled the scene. Damage to Coles car listed at 25 dollars. Police continue the investigation.
The Johnson administration seeks Senate ratification of a U S Soviet consular pact and $9.4 billion more for the Vietnam war. Secretary Rusk testifies on the convention while McNamara and Wheeler explain the defense request for next year and this year. Mansfield urges action on merit despite opposition campaigns and doubts two thirds approval.
President Lyndon Johnson asked Congress to boost Social Security benefits by 15 percent for most and 59 percent for the lowest bracket, guaranteeing a $70 monthly minimum for individuals and $105 for couples. The plan also raises taxable earnings bases to fund the increase, with tax-rate tweaks and expanded Medicare inclusion for 1.5 million disabled under 65.
Police recount a weekend run of hit and run crashes with five drivers labeled leaving the scene. One man faces charges while three likely will. investigators seek details on a fifth crash amid car damage and police sleuthing.
An Ohio man who died and six family members injured when their car struck a pavement tire barrier on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Donegal. George Bowker 48 of Madison died. Dorothy Bowker and five Bowker children were hospitalized in Mount Pleasant.
The luxury liner Atlantic spent 49 hours aground on a mudbar off Miami after an errant buoy allegedly mispositioned. Captain Troxel attributed the grounding to a marker error, while Coast Guard officials maintained navigational aids were operational and ongoing investigations continued as the ship headed to Jamaica.
Soldiers from the 196th Light Infantry Brigade search a vast Viet Cong tunnel system in Hobo Woods South. A tunnel rat fires a silenced revolver at guerrillas fleeing underground as the unit advances to clear the complex.
Jesse C Manwaring 57 of Bear Lake died after his pickup skidded on a slushy road and was struck by an Erie Lackawanna train Friday afternoon in Bear Lake He was taken to Corry Memorial Hospital where he died later The longtime Bear Lake councilman and church trustee was born November 1 1891 in North Clymer NY and leaves a widow three daughters two sons and many grandchildren Funeral services will be held at Bear Lake EUB Church with burial at Bear Lake Cemetery
In a rainstorm near Santa Ana a Skyhawk jet crashed into a Leisure World retirement community. Marine Captain James Powell perished with four residents, four others injured as flames consumed two dwellings.
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