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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1968
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a sale along Route Crawford with cows and food items. It references a person possibly Mrs. Scouten and an address 715 Spat, plus scattered numbers and notes about pricing.
Allied forces fought near Khe Sanh and along the Cua Viet frontier reporting heavy battles. U S bombers dropped 15 million pounds of bombs in 10 raids, with 187 fighter-bomber sorties and eight secondary explosions indicating hits on ammo and fuel stores. Government forces said 203 Communists were killed, eight South Vietnamese died, 25 wounded, and 36 Communists and 22 Marines were killed in a day-long engagement as a U S Marine landing team moved against the enemy stronghold coastal marshlands.
City Council sets Monday session to discuss Corry Water Supply Co. extension bonding of officials and topics from pension resolutions to new police and maintenance buildings. City solicitor Rozelle to read PUC letter and explain bonding methods used elsewhere. Johnson outlines central purchasing ambulance plan and meeting with Erie County Development Authority.
Warren state hospital officials report a fourth patient with suspected spinal meningitis after three deaths in the past week. The new case is a Mercer County resident, with a quarantine in place and expected to continue for at least another week.
Milton Ross of Route 77 near Spring Creek waited several calls on his party line to reach the fire department. Firefighters responded with two trucks and 14 men after a chimney overheated and ignited a wall. The blaze caused only slight damage and required nearly two hours to extinguish.
A two car collision on Route 2 south of Union City injured twelve people, followed by a three car mishap at the scene. Mrs June Thomas and several children from Waterford were among those hospitalized or treated for injuries. Police say the sequence began when Thomas skidded and broad sided a northbound vehicle driven by Lawrence Hoover.
A Centerville man Joseph Kunick was killed at James Paul lumber yard when frozen sawdust toppled from a two story high pile. Deputy Coroner Dr. C M Sonne cited a broken neck as the cause and noted the time of death around 1 30 p m with discovery at 3 30 p m. The incident followed a prior auto crash involving Kunick’s son Ter ral near Union City on Route 8.
Richard D. Fuller, 37, of East Bond Street, is listed in satisfactory condition at Warren General Hospital after a gun discharged while he was target shooting on Laura Hopkins property near Wrightsville. The .22 caliber revolver struck his right thigh as he tried to draw it from a holster. Fuller was transported by Mrs. Hopkins for surgery to remove the bullet.
In Warren Ohio an 18 year old Joseph Tursack of Levittsburg was killed and 19 year old James Smith of Uniontown Pennsylvania was critically injured when a car fleeing a police cruiser ran off Ridge Road in Howland Township and struck a tree. The pursuit occurred around 4 am and both occupants were in the vehicle at the time. The driver remained hospitalized at Trumbull Memorial.
Erie County sheriff announces a sheriff’s sale scheduled for March 29 to auction the Corry Motor Lodge on East Columbus Avenue. The suit is brought by Venango Federal Savings and Loan Association of Franklin against Mr and Mrs Albert DiNatale who built and run the motel bar and restaurant combo.
President Johnson, touring the nation on a nonpolitical mission, says all Democratic strays will return when the party nominates a candidate. He defends Vietnam policy, touts space funding cuts, and highlights a Beaumont testimonial dinner for Rep. Jack Brooks after visiting Houston's Manned Space Flight Center.
Auto Workers President Walter Reuther has invited AFL-CIO leaders to a private New York caucus to discuss his sustained charges that AFL-CIO leadership is undemocratic complacent and stagnant. He may push for a special AFL-CIO convention as he mulls pulling his 1.5 million members from the 4 million strong federation.
Pittsburgh area public schools remain open only with hardship conditions as teachers threaten a large picket line to support a bargaining election. The district seeks heavy fines from the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers and American Federation of Teachers, while court orders allow force to stop picketing.
Passersby offered help to two unidentified passengers after a car failed a left curve on Route 6 two miles west of Corry. Leonard Bert, 58, of Erie, was treated and released for forehead lacerations. Driver William Kemick, 59, of Erie, identified by Trooper Haskins, received corollary care at Corry Memorial Hospital. Total damage estimated at 500.
About 140 junior and senior high students staged a sit-in at Cochranton Area High School gym to show support for teachers in a dispute over higher pay and benefits and a revised calendar for an Education Day. Principal Hensel urged students to return to class, but most stayed. The school board defended its stance while noting other districts adopted calendars.
Sparta area native Burlingame, a component engineer for North Electric in Gabion, received two Jaycee honors at the Ohio Jaycee Convention in Columbus. He earned a Senatorship in the International Jaycees and was selected for inclusion in Outstanding Young Men of America. He is married with three children. Admiral promoted in London Peter Maxwell Compston, commander of the British military staff in Washington, named Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, effective in August.
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