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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1966
Page
6
The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a 221,749 grant to New Castle to demolish abandoned and unsound structures in the Third Fourth and Sixth Wards. The grant aims to reduce blight and improve safety in the city.
Reports from Vietnam describe ongoing combat in the central highlands with U.S. units clashing with Communist forces near Na Hale and Pleiku. U.S. air strikes hit North Vietnamese targets including six loco-trucks. Buddhist church politics tied to Tri Quang split, while 6000 Vietnamese workers strike over wages amid wartime inflation.
SAMBANKS Alaska AP A tavern owner forced to move after his building was condemned holds a sale of bar fixtures and beer cabinets. He offers $24 000 worth of bad checks for $10 000 to buyers.
A 125-pound aluminum coated balloon named PAGEOS was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base. In a 5-year program it will serve as a high altitude reference for mapping Earth, reflecting sunlight to produce a bright pinpoint visible near the horizon. Photographs from 41 sites will help locate continents and features to within 100 feet.
In Seattle a United Airlines hostess was killed and another wounded when an assailant entered their basement apartment and beat both women. Lonnie Trumbull died, Lisa Wick was in critical condition with skull fractures. All three, from Portland and 20 years old, had trained at United Air Lines. A bloodstained wood weapon was found nearby.
An anonymous American collector paid a world record price for a Vincent van Gogh painting. Christie’s reported the buyer’s identity remains confidential. The portrait of a young girl tied to Van Gogh’s final years fetched far surpassing the previous record of 338090 dollars set in 1958.
The U S Supreme Court decision on the right to remain silent triggers debate in Britain. Police caution rights and duress limits are discussed by lawyers and officers, with Britain noting a century of practice and warnings to suspects.
Watertown New York AP reports Col Albert J Blair of Waynesburg Pa, medical officer of the 28th Infantry Division, says the 12 500 man unit is in the best physical shape he has seen. No serious injuries or illnesses reported while the division trains at Camp Drum. The 1st Battalion 111th Infantry Norristown completed its 72 hour Army Training Test including a night attack and a simulated atomic blast.
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