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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1968
Page
1
A partial OCR fragment references home items including nylon bed pieces, a Lustre electric device, and metal fittings such as brass components. The text is garbled with stray terms like auto, tension, and Maith, hindering full interpretation.
A damaged OCR segment lists names and numbers with scattered phrases about bids, rents, and notices. It references Dr. R ex, Phelps, and local addresses, with incomplete payment and deadline cues. The readable items suggest a city office accepting bids by a specified date and method.
North Vietnam sent 10000 more troops into the northern provinces of South Vietnam. A defecting lieutenant from the 304th Division said the aim is to destroy American forces to clear the way for negotiations. U.S. officers warned of a potential large campaign directed by Vo Nguyen Giap to leverage talks.
U S officials said Viet Cong released two American servicemen. Marine Cpl. Jose Agosto Santos and Army Pfc. Luis Ortiz Rivera had been captives since 1967 and 1966 respectively. They were freed near Cam Ranh Bay and taken to a U S hospital for treatment before evacuation to the United States.
Corry's City Council drafts a $450 388 budget for 1968 while unbudgeted costs loom. A proposed central business district study could reach 15 000, with loan interest added and funded by tax base. A sledding facility and ambulance subsidies also threaten unbudgeted funds, amid new fourth class city ambulance rules.
Rep Charles A Halleck, veteran Republican leader and former House majority and minority leader, will retire at end of the current session. Aged 67, he plans to stay in Indiana with his wife Blanche White of Indianapolis and devote time to fishing hunting and golf.
Washington AP. House Ways and Means Chair Wilbur Mills urges deeper spending cuts on Johnson budget as he postpones tax surcharge action. Budget prepares for about 186 billion dollars with an 8 billion deficit. hearings set for Feb 5.
Congressional Republicans blame gradualism and the Johnson administration for prolonging the Vietnam War and failing to curb crime and inflation at home. They demand military success via effective US air and sea power, warn of lost strategic superiority, and press for fed eral cutbacks and shift of programs to states. The reply featured nine House members and eight senators, aired on CBS.
The Pueblo was seized by North Korea after its crew faced boarding and shelling. Top secret codes and electronics were destroyed as the destroyer staged a high alert response with a four ship U S Navy task force including the Enterprise. The Pentagon believes most critical gear was destroyed. The White House and State Department called the action grave while President Johnson prepared to chair a National Security Council meeting.
City police hunt two suspects tied to forged checks on a deceased man Merle Kalstee. Seventeen checks totaling 450 dollars, written to James Shields or Theodore Kalstee, forged signatures. Most cashed at gas stations across Erie, Titusville, Meadville, Albion, Union City and Franklin.
An Air Force survey near Thule Greenland reports burn marks blast fragments and negligible radioactivity from a B52 crash that involved sevenFoot ice and fuel fire. The team Eskimo drivers and a Danish guide were decontaminated with no health issues.
Two boys ages 10 and 11 found a wallet containing $965 behind the Montgomery Ward store in Warren and turned it to police. A Garfield man reported losing nearly $1,000 and the youths received a $20 reward for honesty.
Travelers Insurance Co files suit in U S District Court alleging Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania inflates hospital costs through unreasonable restraint of competition. suit seeks injunctive relief with no damages and cites Blue Cross size pressuring contracted hospitals. Garfield heir dies in Charlottesville tragedy reported with Lucretia Garfield Comer described as Garfield family member.
The Pennsylvania Gas Co. asked the Public Utility Commission to add a six mill increase in the gross receipts tax to consumer bills raising overall rates from 14 to 20 mills. The move would total about $104 700 more annually for 76 616 customers across Elk Erie Forest McKean and Warren counties with heating customers paying $1.04 and non heating 31 cents more per year.
William E. Zeiler, dubbed the Commuter Bandit, is sentenced to 15 years for two bank robberies in Pittsburgh. Jurors convicted him on the two most recent holdups, while eight counts were pursued but not all proven. His lawyer said an appeal is likely. Zeiler remains in custody as he starts the federal term.
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