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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1967
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a bike shop group and potential agrarian theme with unclear context. The readable items include a bicycle shop and a group reference, but no coherent event or names to anchor a proper summary.
Readable portions describe a news fragment with missing names places and dates. Core notion appears to report a local event or notice, but key entities and specifics are not recoverable from the text provided. The fragment lacks clear outcomes or actions to summarize.
Incomplete OCR fragment discusses pertussis and vaccination to notify that it concerns children. Mentions Dr. and public health steps but text is garbled and unreadable in places.
The State Department of Public Instruction reports Erie County public schools had a 1965 66 dropout rate of 2.2 percent versus the state 2.8 percent. Total dropouts were 518 with 302 boys and 216 girls. Most left ages 17 or for work or farm service exemptions. 68 left to join armed forces or institutions.
Storm dumped up to 15 inches in parts and heavy rain swelled Philadelphia streams. Five people died of heart attacks while shoveling snow in Western Pennsylvania. Two doctors rode to North Hills Passagant Hospital, and John H. Sheinkel walked 1½ miles to his Mount Lebanon job as chief minute clerk. Power lines fell, tree limbs blocked roads, and operations at Greater Pittsburgh Airport faltered as crews struggled to keep a runway open. Bell Telephone logged 48 000 weather calls in 17 hours, far above normal. Absenteeism rose in Pittsburgh plants amid the day.
The Labor Department urges the Supreme Court to expand its authority under Landrum Griffin to intervene beyond the four corners of a complaint, seeking not only a challenged election but also subsequent ones and supervised elections if needed. It notes 28 cases pending and warns against wholesale dismissal if courts reject the broader reading.
Widespread flooding affected the Pittsburgh region as the Monongahela River rose to just over 25 feet and began to recede. In nearby Philadelphia area heavy rain drenched streets and cellars, with three feet of water on the Lincoln Highway in Chester County and 20 people stranded on a bus in Montgomery County.
A vigorous boy named Nielsen is central as residents discuss how Picadilly got its name. He works on a remodeling job at the Municipal Building and spends after hours at a home on Picadilly Hill, where locals seek the name’s origin.
County commissioners review the 1967 budget facing a $99,000 deficit as they plan a special session Friday to adopt a tentative budget. The final budget must be adopted by March 31 and may include temporary financing to avoid an immediate tax increase.
In Vietnam Pfc John Morrow Jr 20 sends his pay to aid cerebral palsy children after witnessing maimed youngsters. The Marine’s act inspires caseload of letters and a mural portrait at the Cerebral Palsy Association in Hollywood while his squad mates share cookies with 200 children in the battalion area.
The Most Rev. Msgr. John F. Whealon was installed as the Erie Diocese bishop succeeding Arch bishop John M. Gannon. The 46 year old former auxiliary bishop of Cleveland led the ceremony at St. Peter's Cathedral with Archbishop John J. Krol presiding. Whealon, sixth bishop of the 215000 member diocese, delivered his first Erie sermon and attended a banquet at Gannon College. Earlier, Whealon rode into battle near Da Nang when a Viet Cong mine exploded his tank.
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