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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1967
Page
1
Classified style listing shows a cluttered ad with multiple properties for sale. Mentions 3 and 6 bedroom homes, baths, kitchens, fireplaces, full basements, attached garages, and various street addresses. Indicates proximity to downtown and city utilities, with contact phone 739-2253 for sales inquiries.
Corry Memorial Hospital launches a 1 085 million building plan to add a 44 bed long term care section funded by 550 000 local effort and state federal grants. The project aims to provide convalescent and nursing care lowering stays and aiding therapy with 25 new staff and expansion potential. Police report a murder case in Pittsburgh where John Robinson 27 was held for grand jury in the 8th shooting death of his father Willie Lee Robinson 53 in the Hill District.
Sen Thomas J Dodd faces a Senate ethics inquiry into alleged improper use of campaign funds and trips linked to Chicago publicist Julius Klein The five day public probe ended with Dodd asserting his conscience is clear and the committee may reconvene in weeks to decide possible actions including reprimand censure expulsion or referral to the Justice Department Continued on Page Six
Samuel J. Baressi of Corry was named to the Comprehensive Vocational Rehabilitation Planning Project for Pennsylvania and named vice chairman. The group will meet March 30 at the General Electric plant in Erie to map the state's handicapped needs through 1975. A separate note reports the Meadville Children’s Home staff resignations and a threatened walkout, with trustees ready to operate the home if staff quits.
In Votaw Texas a 2 year-old girl Theresa Fregia was saved after 8 hours and 55 minutes trapped 28 feet deep in an abandoned water well. Rescuer Ransom Bill from Houston reached her at 2:25 a.m. The girl, smeared with clay, was taken to St Elizabeths Hospital in Beaumont in good condition with minor abrasions. A drilling rig arrived to bore a parallel shaft as rescue workers continued efforts.
A three judge panel in New Orleans ruled Clay L Shaw should stand trial on conspiracy to murder President Kennedy. The decision followed a four day preliminary hearing and cited probable cause of a crime. Perry Russo testified Shaw plotted with Ferrie and Oswald in 1963.
Republicans registered 61 voters and Democrats 29 in yesterday's session at the Municipal Building. County registrar Helen Gresley said official tallies would be released Monday. two residents changed from Republican to Democrat and four from Democrat to Republican during the registration window from 2 to 8 p.m. This was one of seven sessions statewide.
Corry police investigate an alleged morals offense in which an unidentified man exposed himself to two girls aged 9 and 10. The incident occurred last evening as the sisters walked home from Loblaws along Spring Street near East Pleasant. The man, described with dark hair and glasses, drove a Ford station wagon with a red bottom and white top. Police urge anyone with information or who saw the car to contact the department.
Police hunt an unidentified vehicle that struck the left rear tire of a westbound Meadville man’s truck two miles west of Corry on Route 6 and failed to stop. Samuel J. Miceli, 90, of Meadville, escaped injury as his truck sustained $150 damage.
Two prominent city figures were named joint chairmen to lead the largest fundraising drive in the community’s history. Robert M. Bracken and Edward W. Feldt will marshal a $550,000 campaign with division leaders and a Steering Committee including hospital trustees and local officials. Honorary chairman is David A. Hillstrom of Corry Jamestown Corp. A three year gift plan with options up to five years for some donors is offered and Beaver Bureau Associates backs the effort with John W. Booth and Thomas Bonner assisting.
Tape of the 2:43 a m call shows an alarm like bell sounding in the east side plant tool crib. Officials traced it to a stuck button that activates a bell for window alerts, not a fire. The incident was labeled an accidental alarm.
A seven year old, Kanessaty, suffered serious impairment of sight in his left eye after a rubber suction arrow from a play set struck him. The wooden shaft pierced the rubber cup damaging the eye. He received treatment at a Jamestown eye specialist’s office.
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