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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1966
Page
1
Readable scraps describe a sale listing chains ladders fencing wire oil cans bales topal straw and a small lot of items. References to locations or names are obscured, with phrases like West brown Dad movie and o'clock indicating a damaged schedule.
GM told workers in several plants that production would be cut back to align schedules with current inventory. About 700 Chevrolet Corvair workers in Tonawanda were idled as the company reduced shifts, with additional plants in Ypsilanti Van Nuys Atlanta and South Gate on short work time. Ford planned overtime at 10 plants while Chrysler and AMC kept five day weeks amid a broader auto industry probe into defects led by Senator Ribicoff.
Congress and committees moved to boost President Johnson’s budget by more than his request with outlays approved totaling about 2.15 billion for the coming year and an estimated 2.8 billion added since January. The House approved a 2.85 billion higher education bill and sent to the Senate a 10.5 billion Labor Education and Health bill with 489.2 million above the President’s request. The Armed Services panel added about 1.5 billion to the military procurement bill for later financing.
In Cleveland Billy Adkins, 12, recovering from cancer, smiles for the first time in weeks after adopting a new female puppy named Cookie. The dog had wandered off three weeks earlier, leaving Billy despondent before the gift rekindled his hope.
CAIDC recorded total earnings of 4657 dollars with a net gain of 2319 during the past year in an audited statement by Elston and Robert. Assets include loans from Erie County Plastics Corry Rubber Int Foam Aero Realty plus cash and pledges totaling 127284 dollars.
Two men suffered minor injuries when their car struck a deer on Route 426 near French Creek and rolled over several times. Clyde Whitling of Corry and Lloyd Whitling of Clymer were treated at Corry Memorial Hospital with cuts and bruises. The accident caused extensive damage to the vehicle. Construction in Pennsylvania in March totaled 133,977,000, the second highest monthly volume on record.
President Johnson arrives with Lady Bird for a long weekend at his Texas ranch seeking better weather. He flew from Washington and planned to announce several top government appointments during the stay as the soggy spring tests the parched region.
The Justice Department seeks to overturn Dallas County primary results alleging about 1700 Black voters were improperly disqualified to favor Sheriff James G. Clark. Wilson Baker, Clark’s opponent, would win if those ballots are counted, prompting a runoff. The suit cites Voting Rights Act authority and seeks an injunction to halt ballot destruction.
The local Elks Lodge asks for postage to servicemen overseas and maintains a public mailbox for letters to deployed personnel. A note to the club praises the effort as participation grows. the campaign runs through May 18 unless demand increases to extend it.
Elissberg, president of the American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians, argues that young people shown on Hollywood's Sunset Strip will shed similar costumes and return to feminine girls and crew-cut boys as their emphasis shifts.
Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara ordered a cut in the continuous airborne alert of B52 bombers reporting to the House Appropriations Committee. He cited reliable radar warning systems and the shifting emphasis to missiles, while indicating some alert level would remain but smaller. The Joint Chiefs opposed a full end to the alert.
Fierce fighting raged as U S air cavalry closed in on a trapped Communist battalion in central Viet Nam. About 141 Viet Cong were killed in 24 hours, 30 captured and 307 suspects rounded up. Operation Davy Crockett continued with heavy fire from about 300 Viet Cong nearby near Bong Son.
Dozens of popular Australian TV programs were lost in a Sydney building used as a clearing house for foreign films and tapes. The blaze caused about 10,000 films to burn and the insured value stood at roughly $2.2 million.
Graham, 53, of Center ville, escaped serious injury when his late model car collided with a two engine Pennsylvania Railroad freight train at the Mystic Park crossing. He walked away with a sore arm. The PUC ordered automatic signals at the crossing by July 1, 1967 after years of complaints. Anson Small was killed at the same crossing in 1964 and Joseph Wishnok was seriously injured last December.
San Francisco reports Ferdin and Pechin Jr., 26, died Thursday by his own action plunging from the Golden Gate Bridge. It marks the 202nd such death on the span.
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman J. W. Fulbright, defying calls to resign, lambasted Saigon as an American brothel during a Johns Hopkins lecture tour. He cited reports of Vietnamese wives or daughters forced into prostitution to please U S soldiers and warned of rising costs driving middle-class families from homes as Americans influence grows.
Wayne Township supervisors voted to pass a one percent earned income tax levy, with proceeds for general purposes. Franklin City Council approved collecting half of a one percent earned income tax to be levied by Franklin Area School District starting in 1966 67. The two bodies share revenue 50 50 unless otherwise agreed, with Wayne Township set to receive half of its existing tax beginning July 1, and state law limiting total tax to one percent.
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