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Corry Evening Journal in Corry, Pennsylvania
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1967
Page
1
Israel Prepares to Fight If Gulf of Aqaba Closed
BEIRUT Lebanon AP reports Egyptian President Nasser threatens to block Israel's only Red Sea access by closing the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli and strategic goods ships. Israel vows to respond, while U.S. warns Americans abroad and contemplates the seriousness of the move. Britain backs UN action. U.N. peacekeepers remain at Sharm el Sheikh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba
Middle East
Nasser
Sinai Desert
Israel
Red Sea
Israe
Eilat
Washington
State Department
U S Advises Americans To Leave Middle East Area
The Johnson administration warns of risk of a broader war in the Middle East and urges Americans to depart or postpone travel to Israel Egypt Syria and Jordan. About 10 000 Americans remain in the danger zone while no orders go to the US fleet. Requests for commercial transport to exit are left to individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
U.S
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Middle East
Washington
Johnson
State Department
Teachers Go 72 Per Cent Over Hospital Quota
The Corry Memorial Hospital fund drive’s second division, led by teachers and school employees under Russell Brant, exceeded its goal. Public school employees contributed 8609 of 5000, lifting the gift total to 227, computing the campaign now at 325,197. Industrial employees show early higher participation as union leaders engage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry Memorial Hospital Fund
Catholic Leaders Back Aid To Education Bill In Congress
Civil rights leaders and the Roman Catholic Church press strong in favor of preserving federal aid to education as House members begin voting on amendments to extend the program through 1969. Rep Edith Green faces coordinated opposition from civil rights advocates and church leaders who warn against actions that could threaten the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Voting on amendments started but no final decision expected until midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edith Green
Dore
Green
Albert H. Quie
R-Minn
Gangland Victim Identified Near Jamaica Plain Cemetery
Boston police inspect the body of Robert E. Conlin 28 known as Red Conlin an enforcer for loan sharks found outside St Michael's Cemetery Jamaica Plain marking the 44th gangland killing in three years authorities report Conlin a West Roxbury resident slain near a cemetery gate with investigations ongoing and no immediate arrests announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Robert E
Red" Conlin
West Roxbury
St. Michael's Cemetery
Jamaica Plain
Communist strikes cripple Hong Kong transit amid anti-British unrest
communist led unions halted more than 400 double decker buses and disrupted transit on Hong Kong Island while 3000 dockyard workers began a sit down strike. authorities deployed 20000 police and 7000 British troops to maintain order as pro communist unions plan further actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
pro-Comunist Seamen's and Textile Workers
Nepal
Brink's Truck Robbery Abandons Cash and Hostages
Armored truck in Abington Massachusetts was emptied by robbers using machine guns. Two guards believed held as hostages, truck found abandoned with engine running near Brockton line. Roadblocks and search underway amid a surge of armored car heists in Greater Boston. No figure on suspects or loot yet. Previous April 1 hijacking in Quincy yielded about $200,000 cash and $400,000 in checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abington
Mass
Brink's, Inc
Brockton
William Donaldson
Boston
Skelly Detective Service
Quincy
County Awards 15000 For Corry Airport
Erie County commissioners signed a five year contract to aid Corry Airport with 8000 dollars annually for improvements. The plan includes improved access runways a new administration building and parking areas around the new hangars. Paving is planned for late summer and administration space may be moved in this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Air Port Authority
Erie County Commissioners Office
William C. Hill Jr
War ceases fire heights. US reports losses in Vietnam
In Saigon AP dispatch, amid a 24 hour allied cease fire US forces report 10 American deaths and 17 wounded since midnight. Three US planes downed in North Vietnam and two in the south, with one Mig claimed. Several incidents labeled violations include mortaring a command post and village post machinegunning. Air losses total 58 combat planes in North Vietnam and 180 in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
AUS
101St Airborne Division
Quang Ngai Province
North
Demilitarized Zone
Air
Air Force
Highlands
Erie Meadville Motels Hit By Bandit For $800
Police say a single bandit may have robbed two Holiday Inn motels early today. In Erie the thief pulled a gun on the night clerk at downtown Holiday Inn and escaped with more than 3200 in cash. About an hour later a robber entered the Meadville Holiday Inn and took 500 from the night clerk and a companion woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie (Ap
Erie
Meadville
Rusk Presses Senate On Vietnam and Middle East Stakes
Secretary of State Dean Rusk faces sharp questioning from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Vietnam policy and U S peacekeeping commitments in the Middle East. Senators seek details on U S actions toward the United Nations and possible Soviet involvement to prevent a regional clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Rusk
Vietnam
U.S
Middle East
J. W. Fulbright
Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
State Department
Fulbright
Arkansas Democrat
Johnson
United Nations
Moscow
Israel
White House
George Christian
Earle G. Wheeler Jr
Joints Chiefs of Staff
Arson Suspected in Brussels Store Fire Kills 13
In Brussels a five story Innovation department store fire killed 13 and left about 200 missing or unaccounted for as 100 injured. Police and store officials reported simultaneous blazes on multiple floors. Investigators noted threats and aMay campaign protest by Belgian Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Niteroi
Brazil
Innovation Department
Pierre Bolle
Three murderers have sentences commuted by board
Harrisburg AP reports the State Pardons Board commuted the life sentences of three men convicted of first degree murder. Elmer Leaville James Townsend and Walter Blen, all Rockview inmates, will be released on parole with a possible full freedom after ten years if parole is not violated. Also commuted was Father E Stengie former Delaware County school superintendent who swindled 200000 in 1957 and served nine years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Pardons Board
Rockview State Correctional Institution
Bellefonte
Elmer Leaville
Broad Top City
James Joseph Townsend
Edgley
Walter A. Blen
Smithfield
Board
Leaville
Bornd Top City Hotel
Huntingdon County
Townsend
Chiophyle
Bolen
Asa Herring
E. Stengie
Collingdale
Delaware County
Stengle
Corry Native Named To U S Banking Group
Corry native Charles H. Bracken, president of the Marine National Bank of Erie and outgoing president of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association, was elected to the American Bankers Association executive council at the state association’s annual meeting. William J. Copeland, senior vice president of Pittsburgh National Bank, was elected chairman of the trust division. Bracken is a Corry native and former president of Citizens National Bank of Corry, which later merged with Marine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City, No
Charles H. Bracken
Marine National Bank of Erie
Pennsylvania Bankers Association
American Bankers Association
State Association
William J. Copeland
Pittsburgh National Bank
Bracken Is
Corry
Train Hurls Into Barricade On Tracks Deliberately Placed
A commuter train carrying about 100 passengers struck a barricade of empty air drums and steel stakes built on the tracks. The railroad spokesman said there were no injuries. The incident occurred yesterday morning on the Pennsylvania Reading-Seashore Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falsom, No
Pennsylvania
Reading-Seashore Line
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Britain
George Brown
U.N
Sharm el Sheikh
Abdel Gamal Nasser
Spring Company
New York
N.Y
Associated Spring Corporation
ASC
Raymond
West Stockbridge
Hong Cong
Brink
Senate
South China Sea
Con Thien
U. S. Banking Group
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