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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1965
Page
1
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Washington AP reports the administration backed Social Security health care legislation facing final Congress stages with House action opening the process and Senate action to follow. The plan aims to hospitalize and provide nursing home protection for Americans 65 plus, extend doctor bill coverage, and add new survivor and disability benefits. If signed, the SSA will issue retroactive 7 percent checks totaling about 885 million to over 20 million beneficiaries, with first regular increases reflected in October benefits. The measure marks the broadest expansion of Social Security since the New Deal, accompanied by higher payroll taxes.
The Senate backed a 7.5 billion housing bill with a 350 million four year rent subsidy for low income families. It would aid 375,000 apartments by covering the gap between income payments and standard rents, benefiting nonprofit landlords and specific eligible groups. The measure also funds urban renewal, public housing, college dorm loans, parks, and direct housing loans for the elderly. Labor and veterans protections are included as well.
The House backed a plan to end state bans on union shop contracts with a 248 to 171 test vote. Democrats used an unusual procedure to bypass the Rules Committee as Rep. Powell led the Labor Committee in advancing the bill. Republicans argued the measure could invite broader amendments, while Democrats said existing federal law already covers the issues at stake.
Union City Country Club on Route 8 was burglarized early yesterday morning. Manager Harold Baumbach said entry was forced and about 700 dollars worth of gear vanished including two golf sets, a woman's set, shoes, balls, gloves, two golf carts, cigars and other small items. Trooper Edward Pass leads the investigation as police probe continues. Evidence suggests burglars removed balls from containers before packing them into bags.
County commissioners discuss five remaining residents of Edinboro convalescent home after owners closed the facility. Commissioner Hill questions obligation to place all paying patients and whether the county must admit the five to Erie County Hospital. Officials review welfare rules and await a decision on admission for the five aged patients.
The Pentagon backs an 8 to 1 manpower ratio as a realistic aim against Viet Cong insurgents, lowering from a 10 to 1 standard. President Johnson plans talks with congressional leaders on further troop commitments, signaling possible major U.S. escalation. Estimates show 650,000 to 900,000 more troops may be needed, far from current plans. Also reports a deadly Steubenville milk truck accident killed 1-year-old Jeffrey Lynn Shear, with driver Hadden P. Garvin Jr. treated for shock.
Clifford H. Smith a 31 year old Millcreek man was fatally shot in the head by a fellow hunter mistaken for a groundhog during a Green Township hunt near Golinza ten miles south of here. The shooter Peno Gorelli of New Kensington used a 22 caliber rifle and police and the State Game Commission investigated. Smith an Erie area welder and North Clarion High School graduate was born in Leeper Forest County and had worked at General Electric Co. for two years.
In Lakeside Avenue Courthouse Cleveland a distraught husband fired four times at his estranged wife Ruth Lowe eighty five injuring her neck and right arm as she fled through the courtroom toward the corridor The couple were in a divorce trial he later surrendered to police and is held on attempted murder charges
Erie County deputies pursue a continuing inquiry into a Saturday hit run that killed Silver Creek High School junior Bruce C Parker aged sixteen. He was found injured near the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation home and died that night after transfer to Meyer Memorial Hospital in Buffalo following initial treatment in Gowanda.
Sunbury Pennsylvania AP Diane Kelly four to undergo serious leg bone surgery in Baltimore on Friday. Her father John J. Kelly thirty one has been missing since March twenty eighth after leaving for Rochester North Carolina where he worked as a mechanic. A June telegram from Portland Maine promised a call that never arrived. Mrs. Kelly recalls him as normal when he left after visiting home in March. Police in Rochester and Portland have been unable to locate him. he previously drove a 1957 model half ton truck and worked as a brake press operator.
Belmont County mother and four children died when their car rolled over a 40 foot high Mine pit wall into Lake Shawn near Powhatan Point. The father, fishing nearby, watched as divers recovered two bodies and the car. a third boy remained missing, and the mother and two boys and a girl were identified. The husband was hospitalized after being restrained.
Washington AP A force of 46 Air Force fighter bombers knocked out one antiaircraft missile site and damaged another near Hanoi as three F105s were shot down by intense ground fire during a low level strike. U S officials said new silos were destroyed or damaged and that conventional ordnance probably used.
James Marlow reports from Ashington on President Johnson likely revealing new Viet Nam war plans this week. The move could send thousands more U S troops to bolster 75,000 already there as debates over negotiation versus crushing the Viet Cong intensify. McNamara and defense leaders warn the situation remains serious with Viet Cong gains prompting calls for greater American forces. The piece traces U S involvement from French support through aid to South Vietnam as the war escalates.
The City Council continues a difficult search for a city treasurer after the death of Carlton Smith. Questions loom on qualifications and compensation as they consider combining duties, handling wage tax work, and potential effects of a Corry school merger. State law requires action within 30 days, with a decision expected at next Monday’s meeting.
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