09 Mar 1968
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1968
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Beav assesment with gas attach form and two rooms finished. Mentions stream, bath, count real estate details, but many words are garbled. Key items include a Beav marker, TE 2952, and attachments.
Washington recalls ambassador William Heath amid U.S. displeasure over Sweden's stance on Vietnam. Heath will return to Stockholm later for review while prime minister Tage Erlander says Sweden seeks good ties. A Feb 21 protest led by Education Minister Olof Palme with North Vietnam's ambassador sparked the shift in relations.
Police are looking for a youth 16 or younger who grabbed a teenage girl in City Park in broad daylight Thursday evening. The father saw the youth follow on a bike, jump off, throw the girl to the ground, and grapple with her before fleeing. He urged parents to accompany daughters at night and for victims to scream to draw attention.
After seven weeks of debate the Senate approved an amended civil rights bill 61 to 19 paving the way for a final vote. The measure would gradually ban discrimination in sale and rental of housing, extend federal protections for voting and school access, make interstate incitement to riot a federal crime, aid riot suppression, and extend Bill of Rights protections to American Indians.
Erie County School Board approved an application for a 700 student middle school to serve grades six through eight. The move is not a guarantee a school will be built, as it advances one of 34 state steps. completion could take a year if all hurdles clear. Corry officials cite overcrowding and a need to separate age groups as justification, with project status contingent on state approval.
In Pittsburgh the school board stands by its stance that it cannot bargain with a single teachers' group. After a nine day strike by about 1,000 teachers, two state legislators voiced cautious optimism from a week of all-day talks with the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers. Judge John Hester urged legislation to define bargaining rights for boards.
The Corps of Engineers seeks living relatives of listed Sprague Cemetery residents to expedite relocation for UC Dam projects. Names include Sylvinia R and Mary Donaldson, James Donaldson, Wellington M Alford, Emma L Alford, Charlie Hink, Rebecca Hinkson, Anna Schuyle, Ida Bell Haskell, Calvin M Haskell, Phebe Baldwin, Sabrina Brooks, Frances Baldwin, and Mary Baldwin among others. The document lists multiple listed descendants and spouses, inviting inquiry.
New York AP Rockefeller asks 20 to 25 Republican leaders to meet Sunday in his Fifth Avenue apartment to discuss the party's position after Romney's withdrawal. The session aims to exchange views, not secure commitments, and Rockefeller reiterates he is not a candidate but would consider a draft if a genuine movement forms.
Corry Area High School juniors spend part of their high school career in a classroom without a teacher. The project is funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and aims to reward excellence in the normal classroom through federal support.
The Corry Motor Lodge has been taken over by Franklin interests and will stay open under new manager John McGinley. He said no details on ownership will be released until the liquor license transfer is approved, as sheriff sale proceedings were slated for later this month.
A gun battle erupted on a winding country road when trooper Vernon Blystone stopped a car linked to a bank robbery. He was shot in the hand but survived. Claude Geary alias Chico Valentino died after being struck. Passenger Donald Townsend and Mary Ann Barber surrendered after firing several rounds. Blystone, a one year veteran from Ohio, credited instinct for saving his life. Amnesty in Jordan frees 150 prisoners as King Hussein marks the feast.
The Franklin office of the Pennsylvania Highway Department investigates the Route 6 bypass collapse four months after traffic resumed. Officials seek the cause and planned fixes to prevent future failures.
William Dale Archerd, first US conviction for murder by insulin injection, sentenced to death in California. Judge Adolph Alexander imposed the penalty after a juryless trial covering Archerd’s health concerns and testimony. Archerd had multiple insulin-related victims including his wives and a nephew.
U S Marines and infantry drive ashore nine miles northwest of Tam Ky as armor and artillery combine with air strikes in a major operation near Da Nang. Initial reports claim 65 enemy dead. one U S soldier killed and 25 wounded amid mortar fire and continued shelling of Saigon police housing and military posts.
STAR CITY Arkansas AP The Lincoln County grand jury probing three skeletons unearthed at Cummins Prison Farm faulted Thomas C Murton former state prison superintendent as a publicity maven but returned no indictments The panel dismissed inmate reports that the remains were of beaten prisoners and cited a 1930 government map showing the site functioned as a cemetery since 1923 Morton was fired by the Board of Correction which called him insubordinate and fiscally irresponsible
Thick oil flooded pink Eleuthera Island beaches as the tanker General Cole Sotronis, carrying about six million gallons of Venezuelan oil, grounded on a reef after 20-foot seas. One crewman died when a rescue boat capsized. Detergents from Florida and New York were flown in to curb the spill while Coast Guard officials warned the ship may sink.
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