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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1966
Page
8
Postmaster R C Mc Laughlin announced Improvement Week to spotlight mailbox appearance location and safety on both rural and city routes. Rural boxes must meet design criteria, show owner name, and be placed on the right side of the road with specific setback heights.
A boy identified as Ephriam Staples Ji Sr 3 died in a fire in Donora Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Local authorities are investigating the blaze and funeral arrangements are pending.
Washington congressman announces a Head Start project in Titusville to assist 60 school age children this summer. The Crawford Dom mesday house fire in Washington County town is noted, with the program directed by the Community Action Association and Titusville Area School District. The Office of Economic Opportunity funds 14 900 of the cost, plus 3715 local contributions. Six volunteers and seven professionals will staff the program, starting after school ends in June.
NORFOLK Neb AP one engine on fire Capt A T Bergum St Paul Minn landed his North Central Airlines DC3 plane in an alfalfa field near Norfolk Wednesday night. The 16 passengers and crew of three walked away unharmed. Passengers said the belly of the plane scraped the field as it touched down.
Pennsylvania communities gain Penelec matching funds totaling 4000 as incentives for development plans. Oil City takes 1000 first in Western Class A, Bedford 1000 first in Central Class B, Clearfield 750 second in Class B, Carrolltown 750 second in Class C, and Johnstown 500 third in Class A. Presentations occur at the chamber prize dinner events.
Burglars broke into a presidential guest house in Paris Wednesday night and stole porcelain vases and silverware. Police reported a cautious landing, an extinguisher used to douse a fire, and Bergum guiding passengers to a nearby farm awaiting transport to Norfolk.
Johannesburg students protest drastic restrictions on the visiting U S senator's host organization. Police monitor Witwatersrand University as pamphlets condemn government actions. NUSAS leader Ian Robertson is barred from many activities under the suppression of communism act though allowed to study law.
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of the late president, announces his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor of New York. In a prepared statement at campaign HQ he says he loves politics and New York and its people. This marks his second run for the gubernatorial nomination.
Two two year terms and a Roosevelt era link reverberate as a Washington labor official resigns a leadership post and hints at a move. He joins an already crowded field with Nassau County executive and an upstate industrialist as declared challengers to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, who seeks a third term, with Frank D. O Connor tipped as a potential fourth candidate.
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