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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1966
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment references 1966 events in Orbin with scattered terms like rages and razed. It preserves no clear people or dates beyond the year and vague place name, offering only partial, non-specific details.
Washington AP reports five airlines closed by machinists strike show total revenue losses of about 126 million dollars and pay losses for striking workers near 28 million as talks resume after a one hour session produced no progress.
A holiday bus carrying more than 40 Belgian schoolchildren plunged from a bridge on the Frankfurt Cologne line near Idstein killing 30 and injuring 12 seriously. The bus driver also died. The students aged 10 to 17 were returning from a summer camp when the vehicle broke through barrier and somersaulted to the road below.
A gasoline engine exploded while being repaired fatally burning 14 year old Gary Benyak of West Mifflin. Another youth, 15 year old Richard Jasinski, also of West Mifflin, was seriously burned.
Marcia Ann Jansen, 10, of Erie and Corry, died from severe chest puncture wounds after falling through an aluminum storm door at her grandmother's Corry home. Deputy Coroner ruled accidental. services planned at St Thomas Church with burial at St Thomas Cemetery.
Clifford F Bliss longtime Ajax Iron Works president died in Daytona Beach Florida after weeks of critical illness He was 88 and spent his career at the Corry firm founded by his father He served as secretary vice president president and chairman before the 1963 sale to Cooper Industries Survived by wife Harriet and a Corry niece Funeral services will be held in Day
White and Negro leaders met to curb a week of sniping and incendiary fires on Cleveland's East Side. Police and National Guardsmen kept the peace for a second night as rioting left 4 dead nearly 50 injured and extensive property damage.
Viet Cong guerrillas attacked nine isolated outposts near the South Vietnamese capital in dawn raids. U S Marines pressed into rugged hills as North Vietnamese forces suffered heavy losses in an 11 day sweep. A B52 strike from Guam hit a suspected regimental target later in the day.
State Department declined comment on Ho Chi Minh reply to CBS about plans to try captured U S airmen. Ho said there is no trial in view, while Hanoi had warned of war crimes trials. Pentagon lists about 45 captives, with Harriman urging caution and exchange talks stalled.
Gayle De Marte, 17, of 108 Concord street, leaped from her out of control auto on Miracle Mountain road near Spring Creek at 5 p m yesterday. She was treated at Corry Memorial Hospital for bruises and released. damage to the car was about 500 dollars. Police investigated the Corry State Police.
Harrisburg AP Traffic Safety Commissioner Brainerd said it will take at least a week to begin receiving statistics on the new point system tied to convictions not arrests. The 1965 law raises the basic speed to 55, allows faster speeds where posted, and requires driver improvement for six points with possible 60 day license suspension. eight points trigger automatic suspension.
An attractive blonde and a male companion robbed the Bemus store in Cutting of $800 at 10:20 p m and fled toward Wattsburg in a dark car with Pennsylvania plates. Deputies, led by the Mayville sheriff, have little new information and expect no quick arrests.
Corry state police reported two weekend highway accidents left two people slightly injured and three autos damaged totaling 2,800 dollars. James Acker, 46, of Venango lost control on Route 6 near Union City, hitting Randy Guy, 16, of Erie. Acker sustained minor burns and both cars suffered 2,500 dollars in damage. Later, Ray Griswold, 21, of Columbus, was lip-lacerated when his car hit a utility pole and culvert five miles east of Corry on Route 6 after veering to avoid an oncoming vehicle. total damage listed at 900 dollars.
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