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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1966
Page
3
U S warplanes and eight engine B52s join a coastal shelling of Viet Cong camps by three 7th Fleet destroyers. Marines press patrols from Da Nang while North Vietnam faces renewed airstrike threat amid ongoing post cease fire offensives.
William Troxell will replace Wilfred P. Madigan as acting district highway engineer for Northwestern Pennsylvania with offices in Franklin. Madigan resigns due to ill health after notable efforts on the Corry Route 6 bypass. Troxell, a 1925 veteran of the department, oversees Erie Crawford Forest Warren Venango Mercer and Lawrence counties.
1965 brought 473 applicants for Senerene area jobs and 88 placed outside local markets. Six farm placements marked the postwar peak, with 1,600 new applicants, 584 openings, 1,107 referrals, and 408 tested at two firms. Handicapped placements reached 31 and 55 people over 45 found positions. The office tested 101 students, made 369 employer contacts, and unemployment claims fell from 1964.
The article notes that some residents have not paid poll taxes and would still be unable to vote in primaries and general elections unless the poll tax is ruled unconstitutional as a voter qualification. It cites Virginia Alabama Texas and Vermont as states using poll taxes locally though the 24th Amendment bans them in federal elections, adopted in 1964.
At the Corry Chapter American Red Cross meeting, Thomas Stroup resigned as blood program chairman but remains on the board. Ronald Thompson also resigned from the board with a replacement pending. James Howard was named blood program chairman and reported on a Buffalo Bloodmobile visit. Two workshops were announced: April 14 on nursing and disaster by Ann DiNatale from Alexandria Virginia, and February 16 at Meadville on disaster with Hazel Miller of CST supervising.
John A oMfc Guire a Pennsylvania oilman promoter was sentenced to three years in federal prison and fined 6000 for stock fraud. Co defendants Mond Blumner and Herbert Perry received two years and one year respectively. McGuire created three corporations selling unregistered stock costing investors 750000 while he netted over 400000 for personal use. All three remain on bail pending appeal. Territory with offices in Buffalo.
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