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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1968
Page
1
Wildcat strikes threaten the steel contract as incentive pay disputes divide workers. Locals warn of picket lines if incentives are not extended to all employees, risking spread to plants nationwide. Negotiators stay tight lipped while optimism grows over possible 90 cent wage rise on a three year deal.
President Johnson gave former Vice President Nixon a personal briefing on U S foreign policy and extended an invitation to visit the LBJ Ranch in Texas. Nixon described a half hour talk, with Dean Rusk and Walt Rostow joining for another hour, covering the Pueblo incident and the Czechoslovak crisis. He said no politics were discussed and pledged to accept the ranch visit after the election.
A brief AP Wirephoto item notes a South Vietnam figure marking days left by numbering hatband segments. The mood is mixed with cautious optimism as fears of a predicted third offensive against Saigon loom, hoping it occurs after they depart.
Twenty three residents of West Columbus avenue petition county commissioners to issue a letter indicating no objection to tearing down a debris filled house at 61 West Columbus avenue. They mailed the petition to County Solicitor Byron Baur after Corry's city solicitor required the letter before demolition could start.
U S military officials indicate North Vietnamese prisoners may be released in exchange for three U S Air Force pilots. Hanoi has announced the pilots' imminent release but they remain in North Vietnam. Previous such exchanges have prompted allied prisoner releases as well.
Biloxi Mississippi resident Walter Nixon Jr. has been sworn in as a U.S. District Court judge, becoming the nation's youngest federal jurist at 39. Chief Judge William Cox administered the oath in Biloxi Friday. Nixon begins work Monday in Jackson with a docket of 41 cases.
Washington AP report notes rising criticism of Abe Fortas as President Johnson's nominee to the Supreme Court. Senator Jack Miller cites Fortas decisions he says threaten community morals and hints at withdrawal of the nomination. Judiciary panel members seek viewing a film once ruled obscene by a lower court but overturned by the high court.
Representatives from Wayne Township Spring Creek and other townships attended a session at the municipal building to discuss subsidizing the Corry Ambulance Service. Officials from Columbus Elgin and Concord were absent as the council approved a $4,000 pro rated subsidy based on population figures.
A 17-year-old Warren man, Ruel H. Smith, remains in critical condition at Hamet Hospital with a severe skull fracture after a collision with a lime truck driven by Donald W. Keller on Route 426 near Cutting. Smith, rushed to Corry Memorial Hospital then Erie hospital, was aided by Clymer rescue. Keller, 22, reported he tried to avoid the crash. damage was extensive.
Twenty five iron workers walked off the job halting the $40 million Kinzua power construction in Warren. Picketing workers refused to talk to newsmen as Hunkin Donley Construction Co. declined comment while C R MacMillan of Pennsylvania Electric Co said the project was down and delayed.
In Philadelphia 13 children were treated after swallowing plastic darts from a Zulugun toy blowgun. The city Health Department noted 250,000 such guns were distributed locally by the Fleer Corp and about four million in the eastern United States. A Fleer spokesman was unavailable for comment.
An unknown guerrilla force attacked Udorn Air Base in northern Thailand, injuring a Thai guard and four Americans. Two attackers were killed and one captured as security forces repelled the assault near the Phantoms and reconnaissance jets.
In Cleveland Ohio leaders say the city and Mayor Carl Stokes cooled racial tensions that might have led to a bloodbath after the deaths of three officers. They note a 24 hour cooling period helped prevent violence as nationwide guardsmen and white police were deployed. The slain officers’ memorial service drew police from as far as Boston.
Postmaster General W. Martin Watson announced a one week delay in planned postal service cutbacks while Congress considers exempting the Post Office Department from federal manpower reductions. The move follows a Senate vote to grant the exemption, tempering the pace of operations curtailment that could close 12 000 small branches and reduce residential deliveries. The schedule had planned two hour window service at first and second class offices and Sunday street box collections, with broader cuts to follow. Congress adjourns for party conventions, delaying final action.
Memphis AP report says James Earl Ray will likely not wear a bulletproof vest at his King assassination trial. Security to be perimeter, with strict entry searches and video surveillance for reporters and spectators. Ray is described as eating well, exercising, and communicating mainly with his attorney.
The Chautauqua County sheriff s department issued a summons to Daniel A Maring 17 for failure to yield the right of way after a crash at Findley Lake Route 426 near Ship N Shore Read The Moores Henry 76 and Elizabeth 76 suffered multiple cuts and bruises in the impact The suspect was advised to appear before Mina town justice Craig Kinney later No damage estimate available. Head on crash kills two near Monongahela Pennsylvania road five miles south of Monongahela two cars collide Roy Pierdson 34 and Donald Johnson 28 dead.
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