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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1968
Page
1
A concise public notice details a 70 year old individual named Als with a nine stone attribute and a reference to a small mile out top location. The fragmentary text provides limited context and lacks additional entities or dates.
A farm of 400 acres offers sale items including tractors, hay equipment, a Papec hopper, forage gear, a 4 wheel drive loader, chain saws, and a gelding with bridle. Listings note contact Batchelor and Sons in North East and cash terms.
Harrisburg AP Shafer administration proposes amendments to boost a 1967 tax credit program. Sponsor Rep. Daniel E. Beren seeks raising the credit to 50 percent with a $250 000 cap while maintaining overall limits. Gov Shafer lauds the plan as a national model for private enterprise tackling urban issues.
AP reports the Poindexter siblings ages 2 to 11 left Columbia Hospital after all five had their tonsils removed. Their mother Mrs. Rufus Poindexter said the kids kept together through illnesses and even planned the operations to finish with them.
Chief Justice Earl Warren angrily objected to police undercover agents who lie to suspects during Supreme Court arguments over the murder conviction of Lucille Miller of Alta Loma California. Bailey urged reversal claiming an undercover agent was placed in Mills jail cell after her 1964 husband Gordon Miller’s death.
The city Housing Authority presses for a solution to a tight housing bottleneck as officials weigh options with limited time. The piece likens the agency’s efforts to a hopeful suitor in a September Song, emphasizing uncertainty about securing suitable housing.
NARRRAN A Frewsburg man, George Kirik, became the first person charged with violating a borough ordinance for making a false report. He pleaded guilty, paid a $50 fine and costs, and was released after claiming an auto crash and later lying about injuries. Police found no crash or garage tow, and Kirik later said he was injured at home after drinking with two men. A stolen car report led to locating the missing vehicle. A witness said Kirik was seen parking the car at 2 pm Friday while intoxicated. His arrest followed arrival at Warren to answer the false report charge. The article also notes housing authority efforts to urge HUD to accelerate a 100 housing unit project, seeking help from Congressman Joseph Vigorito.
A Western Pennsylvania man, Joseph F P D'Amico, 38, of Glen Campbell Indiana County, was killed when his tractor-trailer overturned on U.S. 19 near Quinnimount in Fayette County, trapping him in the cab.
Keith Nichols of Sunbsck Road reported a package of literature with large pictures of Stalin Lenin and Chairman Mao. The Philadelphia Branch of the American Civil Liberties Union was named as publisher of one pamphlet. Residents recovered literature tossed on lawns and porches as a lone man in an old pickup delivered it along Spring Creek Road.
A 17 year old Corry motorist Thomas A Jackson faces at least seven traffic charges after a nine mile police chase that reached 70 mph. The Lakewood and Busti arrest followed a crash on the Big Tree Sugar Grove Road with a pursuit cruiser. a full beer bottle was found in the car and illegal possession of alcohol charged. Jackson was jailed in Warren after being nabbed in Sugar Grove with front tires missing.
The refurbished battleship New Jersey steamed down the Delaware Bay for the first time since Korea. The Soviet water tender Buguruslan, bound for Philadelphia, passed within eyeshot as Capt. John F. Joseph noted the crew toasted the United States and Russia. The Buguruslan carries water for a Soviet fishing fleet bound for the Atlantic.
American infantry supported by tanks artillery and planes battled Viet Cong for a tiny hamlet northwest of Saigon in a four day fight. The 28th Infantry Division called in napalm and air strikes as they advanced on Ap Long Muc near Trang Bang 30 miles northwest of Saigon. US and South Vietnamese forces report 396 enemy killed in the Trang Bang area since Sunday. eight enemy dead in the latest clash.
Gen Creighton Abrams, Westmoreland's deputy, arrives in Washington after a White House lunch with President Johnson amid secrecy about a likely command shift. Abrams meets with Clifford Wheeler Johnson and officials as speculation mounts he will replace Westmoreland by July 2.
Ashville man Wilson E Wynn 20 seeks a $1000 bond for a Saturday hearing on a Tony’s Tavern burglary charge. Paul J Shields Jr 29 waits arraignment on a separate burglary charge. Wynn had prior sentences and was jailed after waiving extradition to Pennsylvania. Shields faces arraignment for the Penelec office burglary with a prior Montgomery Ward break in.
The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill to move most federal holidays to Mondays to create long weekends. Chief sponsor Rep. Robert McClory would add Columbus Day as a Monday holiday and shift Washington Birthday to the third Monday in February. Memorial Day would shift to the last Monday in May, Columbus Day to the second Monday in October, and Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October. other holidays remain unchanged.
A coal mine roof fall in the Shannopin mine of Jones Laughlin Steel Corp killed Dewis Lenich 47 longtime state American Legion official and former Greene Washington County district commander Lenich lived in Fredericktown and likely died instantly when a roof section collapsed at the mine.
State police watched as an armed crowd of about 75 people pressured High Ridge volunteers to douse a blaze at a home lacking the required M7 fire protection tag. Firefighters faced threats and had hose grabbed while police called for order. The incident followed a prior unprotected blaze endangering a woman and child.
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