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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1966
Page
3
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More than 90 Salvation Army officials and guests heard a report on local citadel finances at the annual Advisory Board dinner at the Corry Motor Lodge. Treasurer C Conrad Monroe announced income of 23149 for the year with 11099 from the United Fund and a high contribution total of 3209. Col Walden outlined Corps activities led by Capt Thomas Pugh and Mrs Pugh, and plans to replace the overcrowded East Washington citadel with a new building.
In the Hough area tensions flare as a public safety incident follows a bar fire and looting. Police fire on looters and a sniper is flushed out amid cries of outrage from Black residents. National Guardsmen are requested after clashes over a bar dispute and racial conflict. chaos includes fires, looting, and sirens through the night.
In the governors reception room Edward Friedman was sworn in as Pennsylvania’s attorney general after serving as acting AG since May when Walter Alesandrons died in a plane crash. Friedman and Oil City Mayor Joseph W Barr Jr were unanimously confirmed by the Senate for $25,000 annual posts.
Penelec employees vote to ratify a two-year pact that retroactive to May 26 and January 1, 1967 raises, added sick leave, and shift loss protections. The agreement covers IBEW locals 180 and Utility Workers Union of America across three divisions and generating stations.
William B. Ball of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference urged repeal of the state Welfare Department birth control program. He warned it could expand to sterilization and abortions and target unmarried people without age limits. Ball spoke in Philadelphia at a lay Catholic gathering amid hearings in Harrisburg.
Eugene Walker, 64, is in police custody in Pittsburgh after a quarrel with neighbor Theodore Ray, 48, led to a .22 rifle firing. Ray was killed by a chest shot, and Walker was wounded when a bullet struck his 10-year-old step-daughter Juanita Walker, who remains in good condition.
Christine Watson, an active girl, was lured by a Levis boy after her parents warned her against talking to strangers near a creek. The girl was taken to a wooded area and later found dead from a severe neck wound. Coroner Merle Wood ruled it a homicide with autopsy pending further tests. Residents reported fear and a manhunt as investigators questioned locals.
Thomas Levensis of Erie allegedly went on a wild spree at the Clarion County jail injuring windows and fixtures. He was subdued by Sheriff Eugene Walls and state troopers after an afternoon into night rampage that forced inmates to flee and flooded cells from broken water lines. The suspect, charged with assault with intent to kill and burglary, was later to be committed to Warren State Hospital.
Harrisburg report: The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority approved 3.9 million dollars in loans to eight counties. The agency said the loans should create more than 1300 new jobs and boost annual payroll by over 9 million dollars.
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