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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1966
Page
1
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Harrisburg AP House Democrats move to send their consumer protection bill to the Senate despite Republican opposition. The chamber approved a major amendment requiring merchants to show a detailed installment payment schedule. The bill still faces votes as lawmakers reconvene.
State police report charges of creating a gambling establishment will be filed against Frank Baressi of the Corry Cutting Road after a raid on a Spring Creek cockfight Saturday night. Forty-one arrested include out of state participants with fines and July hearing dates set.
Penelec and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers plan to resume contract negotiations in Johnstown after a June walkout and two rejections by seven union locals representing about 1450 workers in Northern and South central Pennsylvania. Clair Replogle of the Federal Mediation Service met with both sides but offered no progress report. An earlier two year proposal was rejected June 4 and again on June 14.
City Council debates a ten dollar occupation tax as a potential solution to a about $34 000 shortfall in the wastewater and general funds. Officials view it as a broad, painless revenue source that would affect roughly forty percent of the local workforce. Further details expected on Page Ten.
City Council approved legislation authorizing the sale of 13.3 million dollars in bonds to fund the capital improvement program. The plan covers Chartiers Industrial District upgrades library projects and construction of recreation areas.
Mrs. Charles Parmelee aged 27 died in a Bluffton hospital after a glass gasoline container exploded and set the family car ablaze while her husband Charles Parmelee cut the lawn. He said he was refueling the mower when the bottle ignited and was thrown away.
Pittsburgh Mayors Commission on Human Relations records a sharp rise in interracial tension in 1965 with neighborhood based disputes and school rivalries. Commission handled a record 147 complaints that year, though chairman Eric W. Springer cautioned the figure does not fully measure city discrimination.
Senate Ethics Committee recessed after Sen. Thomas J. Dodd testified he traveled to West Germany in 1964 on official Senate business to study the Stashinsky case. He said he would help his friend Julius Klein if treated unfairly. The hearings into misconduct charges continue after July 15 with Klein's testimony pending.
Republicans show softened Vietnam stance as several senators report voter unease without desire for escalation or withdrawal. They criticize Johnson for not fully explaining Southeast Asia events and abandon renewed push for a Haiphong blockade similar to Kennedy Cuba action.
A North Vietnamese soldier with a bandaged head emerges from a cave near Dong Tre in South Vietnam as a U S Cavalry trooper stands guard. Spotted by AP photographer Henri Huet, he was one of three soldiers pushed from the cave during Operation Nathan Hale near Dong Tre.
The article reports Thich Tri Quang defying a Buddhist authority in Saigon while under hospital arrest and fasting toward resigning Ky’s regime. U.S. airstrikes pound North Viet Nam fuel depots as 6,000 U.S. troops search the coast for 1,800 enemy, with jets hitting Yen Bay rail yards and destroying a highway bridge.
Mrs. Willie Watkins of York prayed at church for her son Marine Sgt. James S. Dodson who was captured in Vietnam. He escaped with Lance Cpl. Walter W. Eckes and was reported alive and well. Dodson, a Purple Heart recipient, hoped to be discharged as he recovers. Watkins noted hope for better conditions in this country upon his return.
A former state solon died in Tel Aviv during a vacation in Israel over the weekend. The exact date and cause of death were not immediately known. Survivors include a son, Jay Robert.
David Stucki, 21, using a borrowed uniform and the identity of a private, swapped into a U S Army deployment to Viet Nam from Travis Air Force Base. He boarded a transport, reached Saigon, and was discovered by battalion noncoms who sent him back. Authorities seek his father Dr Virgil Stucki for arrangements.
John Giovenga 27 of Kilbuck Township found negligent in the December shooting of Dixmont Hospital patient Raderick 72 on hospital grounds. Judge Brosky deferred sentencing, citing Giovenga’s nearsightedness and lack of proper rifle sight.
Corry YMCA board approves a 42163 budget for the year starting November 1. They request a 621000 United Fund allocation. Board members A Bruce Smith and George Hagger resign. Dr Bruce Summerville had previously resigned leaving three openings.
A battalion of U.S. paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne starts boarding ships to pull 8,000‑strong Inter-American Peace Force from the Dominican Republic. The OAS ordered full withdrawal within 90 days after Balaguer’s June election. U.S. forces total about 6,500 with others from Paraguay Nicaragua Honduras and Costa Rica. The evacuation starts near Santo Domingo at Red Beach where U.S. Marines first landed in late April.
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