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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1966
Page
1
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In Santo Domingo conservative Joaquín Balaguer claimed a sweeping victory over former president Juan Bosch in Dominican elections seen as steering the nation toward stability after civil strife and U.S. intervention. Bosch failed to win any area in the rebel heartland. a third candidate, Rafael Bonelly, trailed badly.
Corry Area High School graduate Kathe Tunnell and Spartansburg’s Lucinda Witmer were honored at Allegheny College convocation in Meadville. Tunnell received the William Bentley Prize and the Phi Delta Epsilon Medal of Merit for journalism contributions. Witmer earned the Lubrizol Corp scholarship for outstanding chemistry majors.
A rear room fire sparked by a lighted match tossed by a Swan child gutted the George Swan residence on Tarbell Road near Union City. Fire units from Union City Corry Elgin Beaver Dam and others battled the blaze as flames spread to the upper floor and roof. The two story house was a total loss estimated at 3000. Swan, an employee of Corry Rubber Co., returned to find his home consumed by smoke and fire.
Italian ambassador to Madrid and London Tommaso Gallarati-Scotti, aged 88, died at his villa on the shores of Lake Como on Wednesday.
The Corry Public Library board elected Mrs. Robert A. Ott Jr. as president and Mrs. George Gould as vice president at their annual meeting. Librarian reports show April and May circulation at 6900, up from prior period, with 197 new books and 112 new readers added. Summer hours set 1 to 6 pm Monday through Thursday and 1 to 10 pm Fridays starting June.
U S planes hammered North Viet Nam for a third straight day focusing on antiaircraft and missile sites. A spectacular strike hit a 20 truck Communist supply convoy, raising U S losses to 254 planes shot down since Monday. one pilot was rescued as ground forces reported light contact with the enemy.
Dirk L. Randall, 16, grandson of Corry residents, suffocated at a farm near Aledo Illinois. He was found buried in shelled corn at 6:15 p.m. after disappearing from view while feeding corn into an auger feeder and climbed on the crib to the mass. Born in Corry, he lived here two years before the family moved to Illinois to farm.
Indiana Pa A county jury awarded Forrest Griffith of Homer City 136520 for injuries from a wreck on June 1 1962 when his tractor-trailer owned by Clearfield Truck Rentals went off Route 286 north of Clymer striking trees. The verdict against Clearfield Truck Rentals Inc cited unsafe equipment.
Five miners died and two escaped after black damp filled an abandoned Dora No 2 mine area in Punxsutawney region of western Pennsylvania. John Kramer 33 Sam Gaul 39 Bob White 47 Hilton Neiswonger 27 Ronald Moore about 25 all of them inside. James Ishman Oran Anthony escaped. Rescue delayed until air cleared and bodies recovered about 14 hours after the event about a mile inside the mine near Dora.
Negotiations continue under a two day extension to avert a strike by 1,450 line and production workers of the Pennsylvania Electric Co. The extension, agreed by both sides, shifts the deadline to tomorrow at midnight. The old contract expired May 25 and the IBEW negotiates for workers at Corry Erie Warren Bradford Oil City Clearfield Towanda Williamsburg Saxton. Neither side disclosed the sticking point.
Pasadena reports Surveyor 1 achieved a precise gentle moon landing and began transmitting images from the Sea of Storms. The televised photos show a smooth hard surface suitable for future crewed landings, with a broad featureless plain and minor surface irregularities in view.
Cape Kennedy reports engineers confident Gemini 9 crew Stafford and Cernan will try again Friday at 9 39 am EDT for a 70 hour flight. Delays followed two failed attempts caused by a faulty signal relay and uncertainties about the Augmented Target Docking Adapter shroud separation.
The Corry Area Joint School Board will elect a new superintendent next Monday at a special meeting. A vacancy committee narrowed 22 applicants to eight for interviews, then to six and three finalists. Supt. Thomas Shupe, not renamed at an April 12 meeting, was interviewed Tuesday.
Pittsburgh authorities with a large task force carried out a narcotics raid on the North Side Homewood and Hill districts. Nearly 100 officers from city, state and federal agencies participated and twelve people were arrested on state or federal narcotics charges.
A former Corry resident, Jack Lindsley, leads the Space science team at Jet Propulsion Laboratory and directed the camera work for the moon landing. He spoke on nationwide TV as the Surveyor craft touched down at 2 17 37 am EDT, 63 hours after launch from Cape Kennedy. Images show a firm landing with feet on lunar crust. one foot made slight contact, indicating shallow mood. The report notes the craft’s height and diameter and discusses surface theories as scientists monitor the photos.
Premier Ky’s forces seized Hue in a bloodless advance after earlier Da Nang victory, ending Buddhist rebels’ northern stronghold. The takeover followed a government compromise with Buddhist leaders in Saigon, with Hue radio and key fortifications falling as tensions remained over the directorate’s 10 civilian additions. An explosion wounded Thich Thien Minh near Saigon.
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