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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1968
Page
1
In Chicago and nearby Maywood, violence erupted as youths vandalized stores and fought police after NAACP meeting disputes over a lack of a swimming pool. Tear gas was used, arrests were made, and a dusk to dawn curfew was imposed. A Sun Times photographer was assaulted during the North Side clash.
Area police, State Police, and the FBI hunt for about 34000 misprinted New York Telephone Co payroll checks. Bank cashed about 1000 using Pennsylvania licenses for two men. Checks have appeared in Erie Buffalo Syracuse Jamestown and other western New York cities.
About 1,200 coal miners at Bethlehem Mines Corp. halted work across Nanty Glo No 31, Cambria Slope No 33 and Revloc No 32 as the firm hedges for a possible steel strike under Bethlehem Steel Co. Operations paused to avoid coal in transit and workers will return when a steel contract is signed. The contract expires July 1.
AP bulletin reports Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, withdrew from any consideration for the Democratic vice presidential nomination. Kennedy said in a statement that the decision is final and not subject to further consideration, stating for him this year it is impossible.
Pennsylvania's two top fiscal officers assess delays in public assistance payments across four counties due to a new dispensing procedure under the Shafer administration. Checks for Northumberland, Schuylkill, Susquehanna and Wayne counties arrived late, missing the noon deadline, with potential delays in the Scranton district for aid to the blind. They condemn centralized computerization and pledge overtime and special delivery to speed up payments.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller said as president he would pursue a new world order built on East West cooperation and would begin dialogue with Red China and the Soviet Union to reduce the arms race and prevent small wars from growing. He stressed cooperation among nations, but cautioned timing on any basic accommodation. Meanwhile Senator Eugene McCarthy said he would drop hopes of meeting North Vietnamese diplomats in Paris to learn about settlement prospects, citing Honolulu communique and differences with the administration. Daley quoted Kennedy on possible Democratic vice presidential bid.
Pittsburgh AP report previews a summoned 600 member Basic Steel Industry Conference that will decide on a contract or strike with 388000 workers facing a potential walkout in two days. Secret talks have limited details, and a Monday vote could trigger mill closures by Wednesday midnight if no agreement is reached.
Oakland City Council rescinds a six week ban on Chemical Mace for police riot and crowd control. The unanimous vote follows debate over potential eye injury claims after the ban began June 1.
National Guardsmen and white police returned to Cleveland’s Negro area to enforce a dusk to dawn curfew imposed by Mayor Carl Stokes. A total of 30 arrests were made including looting suspects and a arson charge. Fires raged on the East Side as 10 people including three cops were killed in a prior shooting. Disturbances continued in Harvard Lee as 200 Negroes gathered and a store was firebombed while a clothing shop was looted and quickly dispersed by police. Insurance estimates put losses at 1.5 million.
Viet Cong terrorists blew up A Chau Van Quoc in Saigon and damaged the Asian Daily News, with no reported casualties. The attack follows earlier bombings and a surge of violence as U S and South Vietnamese forces report casualties and ongoing aerial and ground operations near Saigon.
HONOLULU AP Senator Daniel K Inouye vows the Democratic National Convention keynote in Chicago next month will be the shortest in US history focusing on war violence disorder and racism It will depart from the usual format by covering very few subjects and concentrate on pressing issues.
The Corry Zoning Board of Appeals approved two requests. A variance for a parish community house setback and a permit to open a basement level barber shop in a garage, both with no opposition. Reverend Cyril Kronz seeks a setback variation on West Pleasant Street beside The Corry Journal, with Paul Paver allowed to operate a barber shop in his R-1 zoned Mead Avenue residence garage.
The city purchased property on East Washington Street from the heirs of the late Guy Abbey following a recommendation from the City. The move clears space for additional off street parking downtown.
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