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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1969
Page
6
A group of Meadville residents will face a court hearing next Monday over a proposed shopping plaza in West Mead Township about 10 acres. The suit challenges the zone and building permit while Judge P. Richard Thomas presides.
A rookie off-duty Erie police officer, William Leamy, 22, was stabbed three times in the left side while breaking up a tavern quarrel at a suburban motel. He was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital for surgery and listed in fair condition in ICU. Kevin McCarthy, 23, of Millcreek, was charged with aggravated assault and battery, arraigned, and jailed under $2,000 bond pending a hearing January 31.
At Shiple Hall University of Detroit the sixth floor was turned over to black students after 200 residents agreed. White students may opt to live there if they wish. Dean Frederick Shadrick praised the move as vital for black identity and agency in housing.
Union City receives a status on snowmobiles from the State Department of Community Affairs with no information. The Attorney General offers no concrete action pending state legislation. The Union City Public Library reports 1968 total circulation 10 026 with 122 new borrowers, receipts 9495.80 and expenditures 5647.07. The borough solicitor notes a February hearing on the Union City Hotel demolition may be delayed by summons service issues. The building inspector records two new home building permits last year. A $1697.90 check from the State Department of Forests and Waters reimburses half the Caflisch Park costs for 1987.
Reports describe Da Nang under shelling for a second night with seven 100-pound rockets hitting the air base. U S Army lth Light Infantry Brigade maintains a cordon around a besieged village 1.65 miles south while inside, enemy holdouts face rationing and continued resistance.
Sen Hugh Scott introduces a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college and award electoral votes by congressional district. He testifies at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing alongside other backers of direct or mixed electoral plans and argues the change would end disenfranchisement and strengthen the two party system.
Two youths aged 16 and 13 commandeered a single engine plane owned by the 16-year-old's father and flew a 200 mile round trip to Cleveland Kia. They landed hard snapping the wheel but steered the craft to the runway edge. Authorities handed them to their parents after at Erie International Airport.
Rep Max Homer says a new law is needed to authorize school boards to recognize an official bargaining agent for teachers. He points to Pittsburgh where the board negotiated with the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers to avert a strike, while some teachers are allied with the state education association group.
Navy inquiry questions Admiral Bucher about the Mayport attack handling. He says he never expected capture and that small arms were only issued in drills, not on the day of capture. He admits delaying destruction of documents and notes limited incinerator capacity and shallow water for jettisoning. He concedes surrender included some classified items.
Bucher testifies about dangerous mission planning and equipment shortages. He cites lack of explosives, inadequate mounted cannon, failed comms and steering, ignored pleas for help, and radio and frequency issues. He recounts Duane Hodges killed by a shell and others wounded during the Pueblo incident.
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