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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1969
Page
6
Ned V. Collander, director of the Port of Erie for eight years, said yesterday he will resign to take a higher paying job. He earned a yearly salary of 11200 but did not specify his new position.
Recent license suspensions include three area motorists Michael Nadoiny Ray Stutzman and Robert Weed. The city council approved street renaming turning West Columbus avenue to Turnpike Road and Route 6 bypass to West Columbus avenue. Two Sparta Township real estate transfers recorded. Four traffic citations issued. ERIE LACKAWANNA loss damage five windows at EL station. Meter maid resigns for health reasons. replacement ads to start.
Meadville Housing Authority heard five developers offer to build 100 low rent units under the turnkey method. Proposals from Towne Development and Blackson Associates New Castle Roy al Development Erie Housing Associates Columbus Crossgatesburg Don N. Weiner Horstmann Builders Erie The Dillon Akron will be evaluated on merits with site approval pending from HUD.
The 78hour Memorial Day weekend traffic deaths reached 597, a record high surpassing the 542 dead during the 1986 three day period. The National Safety Council had projected 550 to 650 fatalities for the span from Thursday evening to Sunday midnight. Howard Pyle called the toll a direct result of factors widening the crash safety gap.
Castro and Tran Buu Kiem, Viet Cong negotiator at Parris talks, will address a public rally in Miami tonight, Radio Havana said. The rally supports Viet Cong demands for U S troop withdrawal from Vietnam.
Surprise continuation notes bidding by American Chloride Co. and Seneca Mineral Co., both of Erie, at four cents a gallon for total bids of $1,200. Council accepts Seneca bid for its past satisfactory service, suggesting salt price variation only at supermarkets. Classifieds hint at a house for rent.
Washington AP reports the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans is the seventh U.S. warship in three years to suffer a major accident. Previously fatalities include fires and explosions aboard USS Forrestal, Oriskany, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and USS King, plus the loss of USS Scorpion and USS Enterprise incidents with dozens of sailors killed.
In the early hours a 700 foot carrier Melbourne struck the 376 foot Evans on the port bow, slicing it in two. The Melbourne’s bow sank briefly but the aft section remained afloat and was towed. No fire. One catapult damaged. Melbourne left with a four foot hole and deck damage. Previous similar collision with Voyager five years prior stirred controversy. Australian officials express dismay.
Pittsburgh AP report says an Ohio woman Ruth Harris aged 38 from Toronto was bitten by a brown recluse on Saturday. She was rushed to St. John's Hospital in guarded condition after prior treatment in a Steubenville hospital and transfer to Pittsburgh for study. The report notes another brown recluse bite death of Todd Quester, an Ohio boy, at Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland.
In Rio de Janeiro region a bullet torn body of Francisco Ribeiro da Silva, a suspect in a police killing, was found on a country road. Marinho Soares Silas survived after a gunshot wound and said police questioned him before leading him to the countryside and shooting him. The Death Squad, largely believed to consist of police, has been linked to numerous suspect killings in recent months.
A gunman robbed a Cochranton gas station, forcing the clerks to lie down after cleaning the register. The attendant described the suspect with red hair wearing a red outfit. The thief fled in a car northbound, license read, as state police were notified. The report also notes Evans ship disasters and casualties.
Saigon reports last weeks US combat deaths between 250 and 300 with 231 South Vietnamese and at least 2,637 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed. Earlier week totals showed 265 Americans, 413 South Vietnamese, and 3,068 enemy losses. Battles near Saigon left 30 Americans dead and 50 wounded as Air Cavalry units fought in War Zones D and C along the Dong Nai River.
The Pennsylvania House approved a proposed constitutional amendment to add a Declaration of Rights section guaranteeing clean air, pure water, and environmental qualities. If the Senate backs it, the measure heads to another legislative review in 1971 or 1972 before a ballot.
Air Cavalrymen were wound U.S. B32 Bombers continued their heavy raids Monday night and early today, dropping more than 1,200 tons of explosives on North Vietnamese troop concentrating, base camps and staging areas in parts of War Zone C and in the Central Highlands near Dak To.
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