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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1966
Page
1
The Surveyor spacecraft landed successfully at Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo after a 36 second descent from almost 1 000 feet released from a balloon. NASA plans to learn about the lunar surface before manned moon journeys.
The Corry Golf Commission agreed to participate in extending a city water line up Macadam Hill to serve residences, offsetting well drilling and pumping costs up to 900 when water is in the clubhouse. The main project is about 2800 with the commission paying 500 frontage and utility offset 800, plus 400 for the service line. Messinger will remove a barn near the course entrance for 100 in salvage. Bids for mowing equipment will be sought as greens and fairways maintenance nears start.
Paul Eric Krueger, 18, registered under Vic Solo after shooting three fishermen for no apparent reason, received three concurrent life terms in Texas. The California youth pleaded guilty and was sentenced swiftly, with no appeal. The victims were John D. Fox Noel D. Little and Van D. Carson, all from Corpus Christi, shot while fishing off a pier south of the city.
The Social Security Administration accepted CMH’s Medicare participation. Presentation was made to Thomas Russell, with Bernard Farabaugh, Samuel Antrim, and R Elwin Fuller in attendance. Farabaugh said they look forward to efficient Medicare administration when it starts July 1. Antrim commented on hospitals and Medicare helping people manage major illnesses without exhausting resources.
Henry S. Caulfield, 92, who served as Missouri governor from 1929 to 1933, died Wednesday in St. Louis. He was the oldest of Missouri’s four living former governors.
Twenty women were arrested by state police in Monongahela on a disorderly conduct charge for blocking a road to protest fly ash truck movements from a West Penn Power plant. Nine trucks were blocked. the protesters were released on recognizance and ordered to appear at a hearing Monday.
Primary voters will choose polling places in new sites across Corry. Three schools host machines: Concord School medical room, Corry Area High School southeast corner entrance, and Wright School with two machines in front and conference room. Garfield Plumbing and McCray Aluminum serve Fourth Ward. Sharpening: Sales and Service.
The Pennsylvania Gas Company opens its new service center at 432 East Smith Street. A small appliance warehouse and garage were enlarged in 1951 to include pipe and office spaces, safe facilities, a lunch room, and locker areas for employees. Open house will be held tomorrow from 6.
American forces suffered more combat deaths than South Vietnamese troops for the second time in five years of involvement. Last week 82 Americans died versus 61 Vietnamese, with the Vietnamese force nearly triple the size of the U.S. contingent. The week also marked the year’s lowest Vietnamese battle deaths at 67, as U.S. forces pursued three operations against Viet Cong targets and carrier aircraft moved to strike positions near Haiphong, North Vietnam, including a missile site 10 miles from the port.
Corry area teenagers 16 to 18 compete in a Safe Driving Roadeo sponsored by the Corry Jaycees and Lincoln Mercury Division Ford Motor Co. Six trophies will be awarded with state level and national finals at Washington D C. Winners receive college scholarships and new Comet cars. Judging by State Police troopers and city police, entry requires a driver's license and blanks available at the high school.
The wiretapping court martial of suspended State Police Major Willard J. Stanton stalled over a detailed review of department finances. Fiscal officer Richard Shaffer comptroller John Bringman and Grace Kenner testified as Deputy Atty. Gen. Judson Ruch noted the slow pace. Kenner to lead proceedings as Ruch resumes questioning at the state police academy in Hershey. Continued on Page Three.
An Oklahoma woman 36 identified as Mrs Tommis Morria Blagg died when her car struck a bridge railing near Blanchard. The fatal crash occurred Wednesday night following a previous August incident in which a 19-year-old woman was killed in a similar collision with the same bridge.
Union City customers gain access to a 10 channel system tied to Erie Buffalo Cleveland London and Hamilton venues. Blatt Brothers TV and Corry wiring proceed toward the upgrade while Corry TV Cable Co. plans a similar transition. The Blatt firm also schedules a Greenville service rollout in about two weeks.
Ford Motor Co reported early May sales the highest in its 63 year history. Ford division and Lincoln Mercury combined 59,085 cars, surpassing 56,506 set in the first 10 days of May last year. Other automakers were to report later as traders watched for signs that April’s slump was temporary.
State police search heavy woods for 17 year old Peggy Ann Brodnick of Shade Gap abducted by a man armed with a lever action rifle. A prowling sniper has wounded two people and shot several others over two years, with footprints leading into the woods after the crime as the six siblings, James and the father followed the trail.
Tokyo dispatch reports North Vietnam urged to choose sides in the Moscow Peking split. A Albanian led mission to Peking branded Ho Chi Minh as vacillating while a Romanian led group urged unity within communism and mediation. Romanian and Albanian delegates left Hanoi and stopped in Peking.
The State Department says the United States has rejected a Communist Chinese proposal to limit nuclear weapons use, arguing China lacks a legitimate and constructive interest in disarmament.
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