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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1968
Page
4
Local ad item notes Moose members classify enrollment for a June 27 Thursday event at 8 30 p m in Mooseheart honoring Tracey Akam with public invitation to hear her talk. Other local notices include hospital auxiliary dues due June 1 and a bakery feature daily.
The United States ends redemption of silver certificates and fully shifts to federal reserve notes backed by the economy. The silver link ends after a period with gold coverage cut in a global crisis, freeing billions in gold for other uses. Thousands queued for final redemptions at the New York assay office while San Francisco saw about 400 people waiting outside.
On the Korean front today four North Korean infiltrators were killed in two clashes 30 miles south of the DMZ as South Korea marked the 18th anniversary of the war with ceremonies. President Park Chung-hee urged unity and economic progress while warning against Communist threats as protests and rallies took place in Seoul and across the country.
President Johnson faces a bill to move four additional holidays to Mondays each year making five three day breaks starting January 1 1971 Washington would shift Washingtons birthday Memorial Day Veterans Day and Columbus Day to fixed Monday observances The Senate passed the measure with little debate though Johnsons stance was not announced Columbus Day already observed in many states but not a national holiday.
Nixon posts 445 of 667 pledged first ballot votes with Rockefeller at 180 as the GOP scramble to determine the 1,312 needed to win in Miami Beach. Democrats show Humphrey with 486. Humphrey leads McCarthy 486 to 354 as imminent Chicago convention tally totals surface.
Montreal report notes Giselle Grenier, 28, who received Canada’s first heart donor kidney, died from transplant complications. Blood clots formed around the graft requiring two surgeries and a third operation two weeks ago to remove the donor kidney. She had been kept alive on an artificial kidney at Royal Victoria Hospital where the procedure occurred.
The Corry Memorial Hospital records show admissions including Paul Orn of 423 Liberty Street and Mrs. Lemon Eddy of Celoron. Discharges include Mrs. Cora Reitz of R D 3 1 and Raymond Griswold of Columbus, with many other listed residents and family members among the admissions and discharges.
Harrisburg report from Governor’s Commission to Revise Public Employe Law proposes a restricted right to strike for public workers under strict conditions. Police and firefighters would be exempt from this limit. The plan aims to prevent strikes by offering a safety valve while allowing injunctions fines and imprisonment if public health safety or welfare is harmed.
A community program titled Hobby Town serves children ages 5 to 12 with a black art exhibit Ne gro history Cuban dancing and modern black languages. It also includes physical education and remedial tutoring to support early development.
A Burlington couple Alan Hallwood 28 wife Georgina 27 and their two year old Barbara were found dead in Lake Ontario after being overdue from Port Dalhousie 80 miles east of here. An air search spotted the cabin cruiser’s bow and the wreck behind. Life jackets and a ripped hull pointed to a collision.
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