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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1967
Page
1
A massive twister strike across southern Minnesota left 16 dead and more than 100 injured as eight communities and many farms suffered billions in damage. Rescuers searched rubble in Waseca and Albert Lea while two teenage brothers and several others were reported swept to sea at Duluth harbor.
In Red Square Marshal Grechko opened May Day ceremonies with anti US West Germany and China insults. No new weapons were in the 330 parade though observers expect a Nov 7 display. Brezhnev Kosygin attended as Grechko blamed the US for Vietnam and urged socialist unity, while China protested by walking out.
Harrisburg AP reports the first year of hauling parochial and private school children on public school buses cost taxpayers 2,083,496. The Department of Public Instruction states 77,656 nonpublic pupils, 13 percent of total, were transported, while 1,085,892 public school children traveled at a cost of 41,119,335. A 1965 legislature bill allowed nonpublic children to ride already routed buses, ending a stormy legislative debate.
Corry Memorial Hospital board approves long term care wing project with fourty four beds. Bids will be opened May 23 at 4 p.m. in the Corry YMCA. Project cost estimated at 1.095 million with 550 thousand to be funded by Corry. Federal and state agencies have authorized proceeding.
Duane H Baier of Butler was sentenced in Warren County Court to six months in jail for involuntary manslaughter in a February 20 crash in Youngsville that killed Clare P Theuret, 56, of Spartansburg. Parole possible on chief probation officer recommendation. Burglar Too Busy To Listen. Crawfordsville churches robbed of 207 from ten women choir members. thief broke in rear doors of First Church of the Nazarene, First Methodist, and First Baptist Church.
Thirteen cars of a 145 car Pennsylvania Railroad freight train derailed Sunday in Whitemarsh Township near Carson Quarries off Germantown Pike. No injuries reported. Track damaged and overhead trolley wires snapped. Rabbi Jerome Mark, expert witness at the Scopes Monkey trial, died in Knoxville Tennessee at age 75.
The Chautauqua County sheriff s office investigates the injury of an infant Sherman baby admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital. Richard Tompkins son of Mr and Mrs Rodney Tompkins of Sherman is listed in poor condition with a serious head injury. Hospital officials asked the New York state agency to look into the matter. details remain undisclosed. The child was brought in yesterday by Dr R X Williams Jr. A skull fracture is being considered pending X rays.
Saigon reports 49 Marines killed and 156 wounded as they seize Hill 881 against North Vietnamese forces. The clash, part of a broader fight near the DMZ, follows prior week losses totaling 86 dead and 240 wounded. Air and artillery support pounded targets while MIG engagements added to the war’s toll.
In San Diego California the 57th annual Del Mar Frog Jump drew about 10000 spectators as 583 hoppers competed over eight hours. The winner Crofton Springer leaped 12 feet 10 inches, earning top honors and prize money for cancer research.
In SAN PEDRO California a giant wave swept a sailor James Smith 22 and his wife Diane 19 into the Pacific while they walked hand in hand near Point Fermin. A fellow sailor Larry Allen 20 and his wife Patsy 19 were with them. Allen clung to a rock while Smith and his wife perished after Smith attempted a rescue. Lifeguards recovered Smith first and later his wife at the hospital.
The Pennsylvania Local Government Conference opposes a bill to exempt from local real estate taxes certain elderly people with limited incomes. It warned the measure would cause a $27.7 million annual loss, a figure based on a Joint State Government Commission task force study.
Blair Vance 16 lost control of a sports car on the Corry Spring Creek road two miles east of Corry and side swiped a utility pole. Passenger Rena Banescewski 14 was thrown to the pavement. Both were treated at Corry Memorial Hospital and released. State police listed $1,000 damage to the vehicle.
A burglar hurling a rock through a kitchen window at 27 Oakley Avenue on Saturday night reached through the broken pane to grab a purse left on a table. Mr and Mrs Jerry Clayton reported to police at 11:30 p.m. that their babysitter saw the rock strike the window and the thief took $6 and ID cards from the purse.
Income in six southeastern states rose to 56.2 million in February, a 25 percent month rise and about 4.1 million above February 1966, per the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Three Erie men Royal W. Collins 22 Melvin Car 22 and Eddie Seawright 20 were charged with murder and armed robbery in the death of Erie restaurant owner Nicholas Fytikas 47. All were ordered held without bond in Erie County jail. A fourth suspect Norman Staynard Jr 16 of Pulaski faced armed robbery and murder charges for the Thursday holdup.
Arthur Beyer, 30, of Freeport, an ex-convict with a long criminal record and prior commitments to Harlem Valley State Hospital, was arraigned on rape charges after police identified him as the man who assaulted an 11-year-old in the Cure d Arts church in Merrick. Beyer was ordered held without bail as prosecutors described the incident as part of a lengthy pattern. The victim said a pockmarked intruder assaulted her during a church visit to light a candle for her brother in Vietnam.
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