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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1966
Page
1
Bids advertised with 10 percent deposit due by August 18 1966 and September 5 1966. References to Charles Scouten A E y Butters Corbin Corry and S Corbin offices appear among boiler room electrical and street work items.
In Cleveland New York Pompano Beach Fla Canton Miss and Chicago unrest signals another hot summer of Negro white friction as civil rights momentum spreads. In Pompano Beach a relative calm returns with police and Negro leaders aiming for normalcy. Rev Samuel Collier calls it over and Police Chief Joseph Ziegler reports no extra patrols needed after rioting earlier. Liquor stores and bars reopen while Russ supermarket remains boarded.
Mary Jane Meredith reflects on her husband James Meredith, the Mississippi voter registration marcher shot near Hernando. She recalls his drive as divine, sharing her unfamiliarity with his mission, while he resumes the Canton crossing to fulfill a protest against fear and segregation.
Police separated about 75 Negro players from a white crowd on the Chicago lakefront. Arrests were made on both sides. Frank Ditto, a Negro leader, was charged with inciting to riot. An 18 year old Negro, Mike Anderson, defended the right to play where space allowed.
In Cleveland on Thursday night violence injured a young Negro boy and a white woman, with shots fired at two police officers. White businessmen’s stores were looted and vandalized as tensions peaked along Superior Avenue where black and white neighborhoods meet. Earl Stapler, 30, urged white business withdrawal from the area. Continued on Page Four.
In Canton Mississippi the march faces tear gas and tension as organizers regroup for new confrontations. Dr Martin Luther King Jr says a detachment will travel 60 miles east to Philadelphia, a Klan stronghold, for a rally while Governor Paul Johnson urges residents to stay away. The action includes a Negro boycott of downtown white merchants and a general work stoppage as some march toward Jackson. The route continues south along U S 51, the highway where James Meredith began the march in Memphis twenty days earlier.
Malcolm J. Reid has taken office as president of the National Association of Retail Grocers of the United States. The association lists 120,000 member stores.
Washington AP report notes about 160000 students take selective service deferment tests nationwide amid debate on draft policy favoring college students. Officials defend deferments while critics cite inequality as 1.8 million have student deferments and 4.7 million others defer for mental, physical, or moral reasons.
Meadville reports plans for an ox-wagon race between Cambridge Springs and Linesville were altered. D. K. Hummel said the event is canceled because oxen would need two days to cover the 15 miles to Crawford County Fairgrounds, and no team could spare that time.
Senate Ethics Committee hearings feature Gerald Zeiller claiming he has too much on Senator Thomas J. Dodd to fear retaliation. Michael O’Hare recounts Zeiller’s assertion after Zeiller’s departure from Dodd’s staff, amid questions over a 1964 West Germany trip funded by Julius Klein and tied to Dodd’s investigations.
City Engineer David Johnson announced that Wayne street will be paved and widened from the bridge to Columbus avenue this August as part of the summer paving program. Property owners to pay only for widening since the street was previously funded. Damage from last year sewer work caused poor repair. Also scheduled for paving are King street from East Church to Main, with widening from Pleasant to Main, and Oakley avenue from Center to Wright.
The House Appropriations Committee recommended 58.61 billion dollars in new Defense Department funding for the next fiscal year, with Mahon noting the decision is not a forecast of when the war ends. The proposal exceeds the president’s request by 246.6 million and last year’s appropriation by about 12 billion. The bill also includes 163.3 million for Nike-X and funds for a nuclear powered frigate, reserve forces, fleet aircraft, light helicopters, and increased Fi2 production, though the administration opposes some items. A Republican minority urged independent review of defense posture.
In Saigon, paratroopers and riot police sealed Hue’s two main Buddhist pagodas and removed coffins of a nun and a girl who self immolated in May. Barbed wire barred public funerals and potential antigovernment demonstrations under orders from local officials. Police arrested monks and about 20 soldiers amid northern Buddhist unrest, as Thich Tri Quang’s nephew remains detained. details follow on Page Six.
Joseph M. Kablach of the Corry Pennsylvania Bureau of Unemployment Security announces a wide range of unfilled positions in Corry. The list includes methods engineer forging estimator fabric and plastic inspector turret lathe operator milling machine operator spray painters logger assemblers electrical repairman chef and construction workers. Information on these openings is available by phone or in person at 142 North Center Street.
A Corry man, father of nine, escaped serious injury after trying to halt a runaway car near Mead Park Little League. Victor Cragg Jr. was pinned beneath the vehicle when it rolled downhill but spectators lifted it off him. He was taken to Corry Memorial Hospital for observation with release possible soon.
SLSA Yukon Territory AP reports five men were rescued from a hillside silver mine 500 feet below surface after a fire halted their exit. One man's body was recovered Thursday night. three remain missing.
Hagaman served as the state's chief executive for 41 days in 1960 and 1981, marking short but notable stints in the governor or acting leadership role. The record notes the limited duration of his authority during these periods.
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