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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1968
Page
1
Corry Pennsylvania officials read ordinance details for housing and sewer connections and outline bid requirements for a public works project. The notice invites bids with certified checks and includes specifications and deadlines, listing contact and architection details for the County and city offices.
An earth dam failure released a 10 foot high flood through East Lee Brook, sweeping away homes and vehicles. A man, Edward Gage, 61, died after being swept from his porch as the wall of water carried the house across Route 20. A woman remains missing. dam damages estimated at about 10 million dollars.
North Korea released letters said to be from USS Pueblo crewmen. Chester Rogala doubts the wording matches his son Richard J. Rogala and notes suspicious references to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. KCNA also quoted Lawrence Mack praising the Pueblo’s capture with secret materials.
AP report from New York says ex congressman Adam Clayton Powell warned of potential civil unrest this summer driven by youths over racial issues while Dennis King stressed nonviolence. Powell returned from a 18 month exile and spoke at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem along with MLK Jr addressing racial tensions and leadership.
City Council approved a four-block renewal concept bounded by First Avenue West Pleasant, serving Life Term, Found Guilty Again. The latest cost figures cut net project costs to 565 315 with state and city shares about 70 684 each and a federal grant rise to 473 587. Demolition, curbs, sidewalks, street work, sewers and signals are among planned work in Corry area.
AP reports that Republican governors failed to back New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller as a possible GOP presidential candidate. Rockefeller defended their records and noted pride in their achievements while speaking at the Gallery of Modern Art, arguing the governors collectively dropped the ball despite strong individual records.
The Stars and Stripes no longer flies over Mount Suribachi as Iwo Jima is set to be restored to Japan later this year. A small Honolulu Marines detail quietly lowered the flag last week and a bronze replica was placed at the site. The battle cost 5,995 Marine deaths and remains a symbol of World War II memory.
Bodies and wreckage found eight miles off Rosslare as Aer Lingus Viscount vanishes into the Irish Sea with 61 aboard. Rescue efforts by ships, helicopters, and Shackleton aircraft continue amid fading hopes of survivors. Police patrol beaches while officials seek wreckage to determine cause. Airlines cite normal weather, but ongoing rain hampers searches.
The Tax Foundation reports the average American family will pay 3550 in taxes for fiscal 1968, up 134 from the prior year. Total taxes by all levels of government are projected at 217 billion dollars, an increase of 10 billion since last year.
Harrisburg AP report says Senator Metcalf charged eight Pennsylvania electric utilities overcharged customers in 1966 by using a federal yardstick. PUC chairman Bloom rebutted, noting a $44 million consumer saving over eight years and urging a clearer federal report format.
A Wattsburg area man, Frank I. Byers, 22, was arrested by Trooper Paul Sita for larceny of two auto tires stolen in October from the Rex Warner trailer court near Corry. One tire valued at $20 was found on a 1967 auto. Byers faces a summons to appear before Alderman Norbert Banhomer on April 2.
The U N Security Council condemned Israel for last week's attack on Arab guerrilla bases in Jordan while Israel said it acted in self defense. The 15 nations deplored violence along the Jordan River frontier and warned of possible steps under the UN charter. Arab delegates challenged the US backed interpretation of the ceasefire. The vote followed hours of negotiations led by ambassadors Goldberg and El Farra as India Pakistan and Senegal proposed a lighter condemnation.
American helicopter gunships and fighter bombers smashed 245 sampans carrying weapons and food to Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta over three days. Sixty-four sampans were destroyed or damaged Sunday near the Cambodian border. Two civilian irregulars wounded, 20 Viet Cong soldiers killed, and 43 huts burned as U.S. pilots reported sinking 36 sampans in air strikes near Sa Dec and 116 miles southwest of Saigon.
Rose Gilman of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee distributes material at sorting tables for distribution. Campaign organizers believe girls in mint akiris and bearded men could harm Senator Eugene McCarthy's image. AP Wirephoto.
Two men hospitalized after a head on collision on Route 77 near the Erie Crawford County line. Alfred W Kennedy III of Kane was treated for chest and facial lacerations and bruises. Clifford Hutchison of Spartansburg was listed in satisfactory condition at Corry Memorial Hospital. Kennedy allegedly removed his license plate and rode with a passerby to Union City Hospital. Copyright never provided.
CHEER holds its annual meeting and elects officers in the Colonial Room of the Moose Home at 7:30 pm. Mrs. Norman Tarbell, president, says members will vote on new officers and the public is invited to attend the Christmas party. WOTM considers shifting December events to another organization this year.
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