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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1966
Page
1
A listing describes sale items such as a Tome, bed and rugs, a couch swing, offset wood pieces, washer, dining room set, living room group, kitchen breakfast nook, cedar chest, automatic frames, beds, gas stove, cultivators, presses, and other household goods from a Sears South Bend collection.
A sprinkler system at the Corry Foam Products plant on West Main street extinguished most of a blaze started in a foam pile on the second floor. Plant manager George Coté said losses would be under 2200 dollars with water damage the main burden. Fire crews and plant workers tackled the fire, leaving the building ready for the first shift. Separate burglaries struck the VFW Club, C Christensen Motors, and a Mill Village restaurant and service station, with police linking the cases to a regional burglary ring involving two Union City juveniles held in Erie County jail.
Two Corry residents were treated for minor injuries after their car plunged into two feet of water in Little Brokenstraw Creek near Niobe New York on Wednesday. Driver Gladys Elmers 44 sustained a head cut. passenger Ivan Beall 48 suffered chin lacerations. The vehicle left the road after crossing railroad tracks, rolled into the creek, remained upright, and was retrieved from the shallow water.
Mrs. Raymond Hayes of 3 Snyder Circle is recovering from open heart surgery at Hamot Hospital in Erie. Corry area residents donated more than enough O positive blood, with donors supplying three pints beyond the 15 needed. Hayes said the operation occurred Tuesday and thanked all who helped collect the blood, calling the response crucial to her recovery.
Joseph A. Crist, editor of the Chambersburg Public Opinion, aged 87, died at his home Thursday night after an extended illness. The longtime resident and newspaper figure passed peacefully, leaving behind a legacy in local journalism. Funeral arrangements were not listed in the notice.
A former mental patient drowned two young boys and strangled their mother and a neighbor’s child before slashing his own throat. Victims Elias Vargas 30 Rosa Gonaalex 25 Elias Vargas Jr 2 Eriberto Rivers 3 Aricelis Acosta 8. Building superintendent Emilio Gonzalez found the bodies. Authorities note a history of trouble between Vargas and Rosa Gonzalez and say Vargas was jailed on assault charges July 15 and had a warrant.
Washington AP The Defense Department said it has raised the number of U S men presumed captured in Viet Nam to 63 by reclassifying 29 Navy personnel from missing to detained. The Pentagon cited best interest of personnel and stated at least 29 Navy servicemen are prisoners of North Vietnamese authorities.
A Greenville fire caused an estimated 100000 dollars in damage to the Vincent A Savarese Plating Co last night. There were no injuries as two employees alerted authorities after smelling smoke. The owner said the entire interior was burned out by the blaze and the loss was placed at about 100000 dollars.
In East New York a tense riot erupted as hundreds clashed with police using rocks and bottles. An 11 year old Black boy, Eric Dean, was fatally shot, apparently by a sniper, amid looting and window smashing as officers and residents sustained injuries. eight Black arrestees faced charges from disorderly conduct to battery.
Deanne Towns, 18, sits in a car with blood from head and chest wounds while guardsmen observe after police opened fire during an attempted escape at a fire scene in Cleveland's eastside. Her two children and brother were also wounded as rioting raged for days.
In a fourth night of unrest on Cleveland's East Side, arsonists sparked fires that stretched the fire department to capacity. Firebombs lit multiple blazes as gunfire sounded in several districts. Police, aided by about 2,000 National Guardsmen, patrolled a sealed riot area around Hough where two Negro residents were killed earlier and more than 30 people injured. Vacant buildings suffered heavy damage amid looting and window smashings.
Mrs Mendes Perdigao scolded her 16 year old daughter Georgete for not helping enough on the family farm. Georgete fled and leapt into a nearby river. Her mother and sister Emilio 19 followed to save her but none could swim and all three drowned.
Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins landed at Cape Kennedy after a 91 minute helicopter ride from Guadalcanal. They described the mission as a landmark for moon programs and man in space, detailing dockings, two spacewalks, and a record altitude of 476 miles with seven space firsts. They were greeted by officials and congressmen before debriefings.
Washington officials declined to confirm rumors that 19 North Vietnamese sailors captured in a Gulf of Tonkin clash could be part of any prisoner swap involving American pilots. US and Red Cross discussions floated Geneva Convention applicability and possible talks among seven nations with Viet Nam troops. Former Vice President Nixon urged delaying punishment to target Hanoi's leaders, not the captives.
U S Marines battled through the night against a large North Vietnamese division near the 17th Parallel, calling in air support at dawn to prevent a Laos retreat. The eight day drive produced about 1,000 Communist dead as Marine and South Vietnamese forces blocked a retreat while jet strikes hit nine depots and a toll of nine U S aircraft was reported this week.
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