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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1968
Page
1
A garbled listing shows tools and equipment including motors lights clocks and tires alongside a note of appreciation and a time reference to a future showing. The fragment hints at a sale event with items like a weight balancer charger fuse tools and equipment.
Workers at Phelps Dodge Corp restart duties after a contract ending a nine month strike. About 6,500 employees across four states resume work while roughly 40,000 remain out at Kennecott Anaconda and American Smelting and Refining Co as White House negotiations proceed in 22 states. The accord grants a wage and fringe benefits boost estimated at 1.13 dollars per hour for around 5,600 workers in Arizona and Texas.
Corry State Police investigate an early morning collision on Route 6 near Union City involving 71 year old R D Breed whose car crossed the center line and struck trucks driven by Durwood Rogers and William Bolanz. No injuries reported. property damage estimated at 600.
National Farmers Organization members bury an estimated 70 to 100 hogs at a fort near Mount Pleasant to protest market prices and back an NFO bid to raise prices by keeping products off the market. A rifle attempt failed to kill many animals, necessitating knife work.
Three local youths aged 18 and 19 may be charged with indecent exposure after two incidents last night. Victims reported a black 1987 Chevrolet station wagon with three boys. license number was obtained. Police located the driver at a grill on East Main Street and later detained all three. The second incident involved two married women and was reported at the station.
About 50 National Powder Co. employees dived for cover as a fire started in the nitroglycerin mixing room. An explosion tore through the building at Bradford near Eldred, causing minor damage to surrounding structures. No one was hurt, according to National President George Clark.
The State Highway Department finished its Route 6 bypass study and sent recommendations to Harrisburg. Council supported residents seeking a 35 mph limit in the residential stretch, but state officials proposed 40 mph from North Center Street to west of White Street with 55 mph elsewhere, and council eyed a plaza area to lower speeds if development proceeds.
A Smethport man told Corry police his wife Fredericka left with a lumber truck driver taking their 16 year old daughter Sue Ellen Marsh and a 2 year old. The teenager wore blue slacks and a leather jacket. the mother drove a white Pontiac with blue top. Authorities were asked to detain the girl if found. In Apollo, Pa a miner Paul B hearer 48 of Saltsburg Indiana County died after being crushed at Leechturg Mining Co Brownsown Mine.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, nearing a decision on challenging Nixon, says he will not campaign in Nebraska’s May 14 primary. He plans to focus on Oregon if he runs and notes Nebraska is “Nixon country” while delaying a decision about Oregon’s contest.
About 15,000 Viet Cong retreated into jungle near the Cambodian border after the Saigon offensive, while a U.S.-led drive under Operation Quyet Thang pressed in provinces around the capital. Casualties cited include 4 Americans and 46 South Vietnamese killed, with 308 Americans and 139 South Vietnamese wounded.
In Ebensburg Pennsylvania a 19 year old, John Chapman of South Fork, was found guilty of aiding in a misdemeanor by helping shove 11 year old Catherine Stevens under a parked car after she was hit by a car tied to Chapman and the Yahnerts. Sentencing awaits a new trial motion. The mother Goldie Yahnert was cleared for lack of evidence and her husband Eugene faces charges for failing to stop.
Eight American airmen granted asylum in Sweden face mixed reactions from families and factions. Sweden’s Aliens Commission says asylum was granted on humanitarian grounds. One defector, Erwin Joseph Foster, 26, turned himself in at Ft Benning, Georgia, Sunday night aiming to act like a soldier.
High Ridge Missouri volunteer firefighters responded to a Monday call at the Akers home but the 18000 dollar house burned to the ground because the owners did not buy the 7 dollar fire protection tag. Fire officials said no one was inside and stressed no tag equals no service, though tags were waived for pensioners relief recipients and churches.
Maple syrup production is in full swing in western Pennsylvania as four major producers around Wallsburg report strong sap flow after mild weather. Boiling lasts 6 to 24 hours with about 40 gallons of sap per gallon of syrup, yielding 500 to 1000 gallons per producer. Prominent shippers include Har ry Burrows A C Harwood Joseph Weber and Robinson Brothers of Wattsburg. Production extends to mid April with sap shipped to New England distributors and major retailers. Each farm taps about 2,000 trees, subject to change yearly.
Police investigate the death of 69 year old retired teacher Miss Imojean Maloney whose body was found in her Elizabeth Borough home. A forced door lock and unclear if any items were taken are noted as investigators seek clues. The niece reported calling twice before discovering the body near the kitchen and dining area.
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