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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1969
Page
4
A two day fundraising sale hosted by Corry Memorial Hospital Auxiliary at 335 Essex Street on Thursday and Friday May 22 and 23 from 10 a m to 4 p m. For pickups call 668-4404 663-3355 or 663-3312. Also an ad for used furniture buyback from Peterson Homes Furniture.
Congress seeks probes into Justice Douglas and his foundation amid a $20,000 Wolfson check controversy. Harvey Silbert says 21,791 Parvin Dohrmann shares were sold in early March at 91.75 each, totaling just under $2 million, a value well above the 1956 basis. The 1967 tax filings show 31,291 Parvin Dohrmann shares, with 9,500 unaccounted as of then.
Local notices list admissions and addresses including Mrs. Walter Pier and Mrs. Florence Flowers with Corry and Clymer addresses. Emergency phone numbers 685 8201 and 668 3433. Ads invite full time workers at Crest Line and announce Italian American Club property inquiry with 663 7472. Special Hotel Corry dinner deals noted for May 1969.
Dr Timothy Leary says he will run for California governor in 1970 after the Supreme Court overturned his 1966 Texas marijuana conviction. He calls the ruling a happiness day and predicts mass release of jailed marijuana users. Leary outlines a campaign plan and notes his entourage in the San Jacinto Mountains.
CAPE TOWN AP Blaiberg's condition "continues to improve" says Groote Schuur hospital. His wife Eileen reports he should be home in a few days as rest and immunosuppressant therapy bolster the world’s longest surviving heart transplant patient. Cause of his breathlessness remains undetermined.
Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Hayes were conducted at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Casler officiating. Burial followed at Wattsburg Cemetery. Bearers included Howard Ross Robert Knight Thomas Sharpe Richard Sharpe Jerry Gardner and Daniel Wronek. Attending mourners listed from several towns and families.
Mr Seymour 54 resident of R D 4 Union City died yesterday at Union City Memorial Hospital. He was World War II veteran and a member of IOOF American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Union City. Surviving wife Myrtle Cochran. Visitation Glenn Funeral Home today and tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m. Services Thursday 2 at Evergreen Cemetery.
The report outlines South Vietnam urging elections soon under international supervision while avoiding a 1970 deadline. Washington says no coalition plan but timing remains open. U.S. officials hint at a mid summer pullback as Saigon seeks assurances of allied air and artillery support before replacing combat divisions.
Fitch Motors Rambler Sales and Service operates at 206 South First Avenue offering auto sales and repair. Contact 668-6075 for service appointments or vehicle inquiries.
Curtis Publishing Co president Philip P. Kalodner says the firm is not headed for bankruptcy as 1,000 workers at the Sharon Hill printing plant will be laid off July 1 and the plant will run with 600 employees. He notes demand drop by 90 percent and reveals plans to sell the Johnsonburg paper mill and form a new operating company with Butcher and Sherrerd to share profits. The annual stockholders meeting is set for Wednesday with Kalodner opposing Curtis Estate trustees' slate.
Three ex army majors were hired as truant officers in Scarborough. School board officials say the program is working as truancy rates fall. A highway department rep says relocation could finish by year end but hearings for land taking could delay completion.
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