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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1969
Page
1
Corry Area Joint School Committee reduced the 1968 70 budget by 15810 in a session that trimmed 10000 from fixed charges and 5810 from administrator salaries. The changes followed a new salary formula tied to state mandated teachers pay and pro rating for each administrator’s contract.
PHILADELPHIA AP Former U S Supreme Court Judge Abe Fortas faced questions as Goldberg admitted accepting outside income while on the bench He urged full disclosure of earnings and offered income tax returns for review His remarks came during an alumni dinner at Centra High School honoring Bernard Segal American Bar Association leadership and potential ethics review consideration by ABA committee
The Corry Area Joint School Committee accepted the resignations of two teachers and one guidance counsellor as well as head wrestling coach. Leora Stranahan resigns at July 1 for health reasons after sabbatical. Joseph Genovesi resigns effective end of June to take another job. Bonnie Bennett resigns June 12 to pursue graduate work. The wrestling coach resignation is featured on the sports page.
Eight year old Mark Wakefield waits by the polluted harbor lagoon while harbor patrols and Coast Guard divers search for Kennedy Lockett who disappeared after a playful afternoon on floating logs. Mark refuses to leave his friend and later confirms Kennedy is dead as authorities recover the body.
General Ordnance Equipment Corp defends its 2 percent mace spray saying no documented case of permanent eye injury or lasting disability exists. The firm reports mace used by 4,000 agencies and in about 50,000 deployments since its introduction three years ago.
State Rep. Forest Hopkins of North East was appointed the 45 a member of the Task force to study taxation by neighboring states. The group, created under the Joint State Government Commission, will probe if Pennsylvanians working here pay comparable taxes while living in nearby states. House Resolution No. 233 authorized the study.
North Vietnamese troops from the DMZ fired over 45 rockets and mortars at allied positions along a 40 mile front. Marine and U S Navy gunfire followed as reports noted direct hits on ammo stores. In separate actions near the A Shau Valley and Da Nang, American paratroopers and Marines suffered significant casualties. U S headquarters tallies 63 Americans dead and 291 wounded with expected rise as reports continue.
President Nixon urged Congress to authorize a national lottery draft applying to those vulnerable in a given year with youngest-first calls. The plan lowers maximum vulnerability to ages 19–20, preserves deferments for undergraduates, and lets local boards meet quotas. Ford indicated GOP leaders see good approval prospects.
Firefighters responded after an early morning blast from an oil stove in a railroad employee housing trailer ignited one trailer and a second nearby. Along the FIL right of way on Pennsylvania avenue, Engine 1 Truck 4 and Emergency Truck 5 worked with 22 volunteers, laying 1,200 feet of hose. Loss estimated at $5,000 with two employees uninjured.
The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit the Corry YMCA Monday from noon to 5 30 p m to collect 35 pints of 0 positive blood and reach the year’s 340 pint quota Robert Grice blood program chairman urged volunteers noting the previous turnout was strong Anyone needing transport to donate should contact Grice before Monday to arrange pickup
Atty. Gen. Mitchell reportedly told Chief Justice Warren that further disclosure could strain White House Supreme Court relations. He allegedly expanded on Life magazine’s account of a 1966 Fortas fee from the Wolfson family foundation, while avoiding charges against a sitting justice. Fortas remains distant from public events.
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