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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1968
Page
1
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Corry City Council authorized a $4,000 subsidy to the Corry Ambulance Service as an independent contractor serving Corry and rural townships. The plan, enabled by a new state law, shares costs among Corry Concord Wayne Columbus Spring Creek and Elginboro with two municipalities already agreeing. The contract runs for at least one year with potential renewal via future competing bids.
Viet Cong forces invaded a provincial capital at the tip of South Vietnam and shelled about 40 towns and bases in a second day of coordinated attacks. Allied communiques say over 600 Communist troops were killed Monday and Tuesday, with the big U.S. Air Base at Cam Ranh Bay hit for the first time in the war. The shelling targeted seven allied airfields, 14 bases, and six district towns, as President Johnson had visited Cam Ranh Bay in 1966 and again in December.
Theodore Swanson of Swanson's Sports Store tells City Council of a garbage dispute with Superior Refuse Co. over books left at his door on November 6. Books valued at 99 dollars were picked up, with 83 dollars buried at the landfill. 15 dollars retrieved, 83 remains unpaid. Swanson appeals to the city engineer David Johnson for help, noting Superior has ignored him.
Dick Gregory and Benjamin Spock will run as presidential and vice presidential candidates on the November ballot in Pennsylvania, a Peace & Freedom party spokesman said. About 15,000 signatures have been collected and will be submitted to the State Elections Bureau by the 5 p.m. Wednesday deadline.
Discipline was delivered to 70 students at Corry Area High School as a paddling demonstration occurred in response to a teacher salary protest. 70 students were paddled for missing class, with six observers per case, while 30 others reported illness and one teacher was absent. School officials tracked unexcused absences and student actions during the walkout.
A six year old Bright Street School student diagnosed with mumps meningitis is recovering at home. Dr Archie E Tate and the boy's attending physician say the illness is identified as mumps meningitis and emphasize that close contacts may contract mumps but the patient is stable at home.
A mother Mildred Poulson and her daughter Debbie 15 escaped serious injury when their car skidded on icy Route 89 north of Beaverdam, crossed the center line, struck guard rails and a utility pole, rolled onto its side. They were treated at Corry Memorial Hospital after being helped by passing motorists. Police noted about 1225 dollars in vehicle damage and 100 dollars for the pole.
About 20,000 teachers from across Pennsylvania marched to Harrisburg led by the Pennsylvania State Education Association. They jeered Gov. Shafer and State Superintendent Kurtzman while urging immediate passage of higher salaries and increased subsidies. Standa of Johnstown urged calm as the crowd interrupted speeches, while some applauded his warning against retaliatory voting. The 90 minute demonstration aimed to focus attention on funding needs for educators.
Two local brothers accumulate eight charges from burglary to forgery and receiving stolen goods. James Shields, 28, faces city and state charges after cashing a $25 check and is jailed at Erie County. Paul J. Shields Jr. is jailed for burglary at Montgomery Ward and Tony's Tavern with $950 taken. Wilson Wynn is in jail awaiting grand jury action on two burglary counts for night break ins at Clymer Agway and Bear Lake plant.
A farm blaze near Covode in northern Indiana County destroyed a large poultry barn, with about 15,000 chickens killed. Firefighters saved another barn and an adjoining structure. Damages were estimated at 50,009 dollars. In Milton, Robert Diehl, 80, died from injuries suffered Friday when struck by an automobile near his home.
In Pittsburgh Judge John Hester brokered a surprise meeting between school officials and the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers to seek an end to the walkout. A contempt hearing against the teachers union was postponed as the sides planned another session. Despite three days of walkouts, officials kept schools open with split high school schedules. The United Steel Workers Union backed the strike, urging Superintendent Sid Marland to recognize teachers’ rights. In Harrisburg, legislators debated legality and impact as observers weighed in on duty, desperation, and accountability. Stephen Harchar, 77, of Swoyersville, died after being struck near his home.
President Johnson urged Congress to curb drug costs and broaden birth control access, proposing a $15.4 billion health package for Medicare and Medicaid. He seeks authority to limit government drug payments to reasonable costs, plus $25 million more for family planning and $12 million to establish a population research center.
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