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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1967
Page
4
Local line ads note Elks election of officers Thursday at 7 30 pm with ballot initiation and buffet lunch. Also promoted is a St Patrick's Day dance on March 18 from 10 pm to 2 30 am. Ads include car service and rental equipment offers and a spaghetti meal special.
A 74 ton hydro skimmer travels on a cushion of air on the Lake Erie leg from Buffalo to Cleveland en route to Pelee Island. The mission aims to link mainland Ohio with the isolated Canadian island where winter ice blocks access and students must leave for school. The island’s population has halved in a decade.
At 7 AM today Corry Memorial Hospital reported admissions and discharges. Admitted were Mrs Thaddeus Gates of Corry and Kathleen Gates daughter of Eric Christensen. discharged include Mrs Kenneth Gariepy and Anne MacLees along with several local residents visiting or listed by address.
In Huntington West Virginia a 16 year old college student Gregg Sayre was killed and three others wounded in a bar near Marshall University. Police identified the gunman as Edward Martin 30 of Nitro West Virginia who used a .22 pistol and then shot himself in the temple. The wounded include Steve Goodman 22 and Agger Pancake 20 of Point Pleasant.
President Johnson urged AFL-CIO sponsored rallies that millions of elderly Americans live in poverty and rely on welfare. He called current conditions intolerable and unnecessary and proposed a 20 percent overall increase with a minimum of 150 dollars per month for retired couples.
Meredith quits the bid for Powell’s seat amid GOP claims of good faith nomination. Albany and Columbia ties noted as Vincent F. Albano Jr. defends the party while Powell prepares a noon news conference. Civil rights voices condemn the move as using Meredith to split the community.
The Soviet Union marked the 50th anniversary of the revolution with minimal official notice. Bolsheviks overthrew the former government eight months later and will celebrate November 7. Some articles noted the February Revolution, dated February 27 to March 2 in the old calendar.
Atty Gen Ramsey Clark, who controls federal wiretap authorizations, says 38 taps are active today and only for national security threats. He stated there are no other surveillance operations and emphasized strict limits on tapping.
The article notes improving weather over North Vietnam and expected heavy bombing in coming days. It reports B52 raids from Guam possibly shifting to Thai bases, with Thai Premier Thanom Ritthikachorn signaling no objection in principle but continuing talks with the United States. It also covers ground fighting in Kontum Province, U.S. casualties and operations, and ongoing wiretap and Kennedy–Hoover debates.
The 2 818 ton Liberian freighter Dias sank 25 miles off the southern Portuguese coast after an engine room fire. All 22 crew members, Greek and Liberian nationals, were rescued by the patrol boat Bicuda and brought to Faro. The vessel developed a leak two hours after the fire. authorities said the crew had earlier returned aboard before the sinking.
Soviet brief reports Svetlana Stalin has gone abroad after an exit visa to India. The Tass notice, carried by Moscow TV, gave no duration and did not note fears she may not return. Reports say she sought asylum in the United States but was moved toward the U S Embassy in New Delhi.
Sealed bids due March 13 1967 for an Oshkosh wheel drive dump truck with snow plow and a Trojan wheel loader with specifications available from Carl Fullom Corry Pa. Bids may be rejected. Also notice of Letters of Administration C T A for Mabel L Akam estate granted to Merle L Akam and Vinton statbchiew.
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