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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1968
Page
3
United Steelworkers union members authorize negotiators with a 90 percent plus strike vote as talks near a one week deadline. Across 600 halls 180000 men showed broad support while a small minority opposed. Local results vary with Detroit and Gary reports showing near unity.
President Johnson defends a just and reasonable Vietnam policy amid political pressure. He says no coalition or communist government will be imposed on South Vietnam and reaffirms commitment to a peace process while resisting battlefield aggression. Pickets outside Cincinnati rally against the war as Thieu and Johnson seek cease fire and self determination.
The Corry Chapter of the American Red Cross received a letter of congratulations from regional manager Charles Hs till for its blood program. During three visits by the Buffalo bloodmobile unit 324 people donated at the Corry YMCA, yielding 280 pints, about 0.3 percent above the year’s goal. Next visit is set for September 5, the first of four this year. Officers named include Mrs. Frank Dodd volunteers, Robert Grice blood program, Philip Segal disaster, Mrs. Norman Tarbell first aid, and Mrs. Leland Johnston canteen. A Project 60 plan was approved to prepare 265 filled and 100 empty bags for servicemen in Vietnam over Christmas. New directors are Mrs. Merril McCray, Thomas Grice, and Charles Monaghan. Edward Kinley chaired the program. refreshments were provided by Mrs. Leland Johnston and her committee.
Borough council moves to repair an old timber dam on Tionesta Creek blamed for sewage pollution. Four councilmen oversaw fixes with Jack Sherman’s crew placing fill material under the rotted dam, near the Paul Weaver farm in Tionesta Township.
The 48th reunion of members of Company A 112th Infantry will be held at the Corry VFW with about 80 attendees from Corry and as far as Florida. Alfred Morrison, chairman, says members from World War I and II will attend. Registration is Friday with a business meeting and dinner Saturday.
U S forces found a large cache 20 miles northwest of Saigon containing 24 rounds of Chinese 107mm rockets 44 cases of mixed rifle and machine gun ammunition and one 50 caliber anti aircraft gun. Another cache 29 miles north held 109 mortar rounds 1 200 hand grenades 15 bazooka torpedoes 30 antitank mines and 7 500 pounds of rice.
Youngstown Ohio AP reports ambulance driver Robert Kroesen 48 of New Middletown Volunteer Fire Department charged with homicide by motor vehicle after a Sunday crash that killed a newborn in the ambulance and the other car’s driver Herbert J. Foughty 43 of Youngstown. The infant’s mother is Sandy Mumaw 20 of Mansfield.
A westbound tractor rig carrying togs ran off Route 27 at East Titusville and overturned after hitting a utility pole. Driver David Thomas Kay, 20, of Osceola Mills escaped with minor injuries as diesel spilled and highway damage topped $10,000. Kay said he was forced off the road by another oncoming truck.
The Senate approved a total FAA funding of 983.4 million dollars to relieve congestion at major airports. The action follows reports of delays and suggests hiring 3,627 controllers, far more than the House plan. FAA leaders met with the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization to discuss immediate relief steps.
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