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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1968
Page
1
A local sale offers an assortment of items including a vintage chair, a two suite, an antique chair, a Jayenport typewriter, a heater, an electric fan, and air curtains. The listing notes cash terms and references owner details with partial items described, inviting interested buyers to the event.
A Greyhound bus and a auto collided head on on Interstate 15 in the Mojave Desert killing 20. The bus carried 32 and toppled onto the median catching fire. Twelve were injured including driver Kenneth Burkhardt. Survivors were taken to hospitals as many victims were severely burned. The car driver was believed thrown under the bus.
The Corry Area Industrial Development Corp. posted a 1967 68 year with $83 179 used in the period March 1967 to March 1968. Officers were reelected George Sample president Conrad Monroe vice president Jerome Davis treasurer S A Long secretary. Directors re elected C K McLean S A Long and William Peiffer. Total receipts reached 88 173 with loans and investments powering disbursements to local firms and banks. A Brazilian labor note appears at end.
In Calumet Louisiana 16 of 21 salt miners trapped 1200 feet underground after a Tuesday night fire were found dead today with five still missing. Rescue teams reported bodies on the mine floor as relatives awaited updates at Cargill headquarters.
Longshoremen refuse to load a ketch onto a freighter bound for the Virgin Islands to carry Dr. Benjamin Spock the pediatrician author and Vietnam war critic. Dock workers cited memory of counter marching against an anti draft demonstration in which Spock took part as the reason for the strike action.
The Pennsylvania Gas Company used a gas leak detector vehicle in Corry to survey for leaks twice yearly. Heath Survey Consultants, Inc. of Wellsley Mass. conducted the check with gas scopes mounted on a four wheel drive vehicle. Foreman Leroy Hoyt explained the process, noting the winter survey helps detect leaks not found by vegetation.
Negotiations aimed at ending the 238 day copper strike stall amid factional disputes over wage demands. President Johnson may intervene again as unions seek three year wage bumps while major firms like Kennecott Anaconda Phelps Dodge resist.
President Johnson urged Congress to enact a $1.2 billion national conservation program to protect water and air quality, combat pollution, expand parks, and create outdoor recreation. The plan includes new authority against oil and mining pollution, and advocates broader waste treatment funding while stressing preservation for survival.
Principal Leroy Peck and Superintendent Ray Elsen face broad support after paddling 70 students who skipped at Corry Area High School. Praise came from local officials and distant letters, while one parent objected to any corporal discipline. A separate theft at Carmichaels High School involved robbers cracking a safe and stealing $5.
State trooper Vernon Blystone was wounded in the left hand during a roadblock gun duel after a bank holdup at PA 221 between Ruff Creek and Jefferson. Blystone held two suspects at gunpoint until backup arrived. one suspect was killed, and Blystone was treated at Greene County Memorial Hospital.
About 12,000 sheep bound for Libya died after the Cypriot freighter Kapitan Papis ran aground in the Uruguay River. With the hold at 158 degrees heat sealed, large fly swarms rose as army teams prepared to board and spray for insects while 8,000 deaths were estimated by midday yesterday due to ventilation failure.
Nine enlisted men at a Marine base attempted a 2.2 mile river crossing in a large canoe. One body recovered as search continues for the remaining seven Marines and one Navy man. The group included five Vietnam veterans and was near the end of a 12 week fitness academy course.
AP dispatch from Saigon reports heavy fighting below the DMZ as U S Marines and South Vietnamese infantry clash with about 500 Communist troops near the Dong Ha forward base. Air strikes and artillery supported the winged assault with 128 enemy killed and 15 Marines dead among 124 wounded.
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