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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1969
Page
4
An advertisement for Line-O-Ad rates at 25c a line. ads accepted till noon. Tonight's special at the Hotel Corry features a fresh perch fish fry for $1.35, tomorrow's special a sparkling burgundy steak dinner for two at $6.50. Dancing every Saturday at 9:30 with the Goldentones. 1131
A local notice announces a January clearance sale at Zalzneck's Family Shoe Store, featuring stereo and TV sales and Montgomery Ward comparison options. Contact 665-8265 for details.
Notices announce funeral services for Dr. Lee R. Howard at Cutting Community Church at 1 p.m. Saturday with viewings at Spitzer Funeral Home in Sherman Thursday and Friday. Burial at Cutting Cemetery. Also funeral for Mrs. Lavesta Brink at St. Thomas Church at 9:30 a.m. Saturday with viewings at Bracken Funeral Home. Burial at St. Patrick's Cemetery Franklin.
The News Today Report notes inability to summon a physician at Corry Memorial Hospital with emergency numbers 665 8201 and ambulance 668 333. It lists admissions Charles Racke, Mrs Edwin Hutcheson, William Clark, Gary Bennett, Janet Hajee, Walter Cross, John Roberson and discharges David Huntley, Mrs Lena TeCulyer, Paul Bigelow, George Davis, Frank Gibbs, Mrs Frank Kubich, Mrs Dorothy McAdams, Mrs Robert Howard, Mrs Mabel Perrin.
Two California prison escapees, Byron Vaughn Booth and Clinton R. Smith, were charged with kidnapping and piracy after hijacking a National Airlines jet to Cuba. Both were serving five years to life for robbery when the FBI filed federal charges.
President Nixon orders an urgent program to curb crime in Washington with proposals including up to 1,000 more police, more judges, and possibly preventive detention for crime risks. Bank robberies and urban violence surge as FBI patrols step up and store owners arm themselves.
JONSON, Mass. AP reports the Bechertown High School English teacher David Lucia was fired for beard refusal and the five member school committee resigned en masse citing harassment. Lucia, in his third year, grew the beard during Christmas and faced suspensions totaling 12 days. In Denver, Children's Hospital received a $750,000 bequest from Paul Jacobson, a quiet reserved man with no vices.
The Corry Civil Defense unit, part of the Defense Department, serves as more than fallout shelter locations. It handles search and rescue, traffic control at games, substitute police duties, and home basements pumping after floods. Organized in 1952, it reflects high morale and thorough training with 85 to 140 members aiding Erie County and Tri County CB networks.
Harrisburg meeting of Democratic county chairman and state leaders discussed a September primary for minor judiciary. They found it unnecessary and impractical. May 20 petitions would circulate February 18 with March 11 filing and March 18 withdrawal deadlines. Police nationwide alert issued for jewelers robbed in Geneva of 75000 in diamonds.
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