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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1967
Page
1
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U S warplanes ended Buddha's birth day truce with raids into the North, resuming bombing at midnight. Targets included Thai Nguyen rail yard, a key transfer point near Hanoi, plus facilities in the Red River delta and supply routes south toward South Vietnam. Reconnaissance missions surged during the truce but yielded no significant sightings.
Congressman Joseph Vigorito will speak at the Memorial Day observance in Mead Park. The event, organized by the Corry Veterans Memorial Committee, will be held in the new amphitheatre on Memory Lane with a 10:30 a.m. opening and 1 p.m. program, featuring the Corry Area Junior High School band. The committee praised volunteers including Norman Edinger and several VFW and Legion leaders and aimed for the largest turnout yet. In a separate report, 18 year old Michael P. Zuk of Carnegie died after being thrown from a motorcycle on Parkway West near Carnegie. passenger William Bollman, 21, of East Carnegie, was in fair condition.
President Johnson urged UN action to curb the Middle East crisis after the Soviet Union accused Israel of aggression and warned against new hostilities. He defended Israel's demand for free passage through the Gulf of Aqaba and criticized the UN Emergency Force withdrawal from Gaza and Sinai. The United States backs UN involvement while urging troop reductions on borders.
Two youths Thomas Waseak age 12 of 75 Hatch street and John Sprovers age 13 of 629 Mead avenue fell nearly 20 feet from the top Grandstand at Olin Bracken Field watching a Little League game. Unable to grab them, the railing gave way and they tumbled to the ground. They were sent home with bruises. Thomas missed school, John attended with bruises to his body. No bicycles were parked behind the stand, a factor in the near tragedy.
Joseph Bialy was bitten on both legs by a large white dog while walking a city street. Police found the dog and questioned its owner, who received a summons for leaving the dog unmuzzled.
A California judge ruled TV broadcasters may interrupt motion pictures with commercials but may not alter dramatic quality. Director George Stevens plans an appeal claiming the practice harms viewers and film art. He sought 2 million dollars over 18 minutes of commercial interruptions to A Place in the Sun during a 1968 NBC broadcast.
A federal appeals court affirmed that relaying television movies over cable TV violates copyright laws. The Fortnightly Corp of Clarksburg WV infringed United Artists Television Inc rights, affecting over 2000 cable systems that pick up distant programs for local subscribers. CATV services relayed programs from Pittsburgh, Steubenville and Wheeling to homes in WV.
Cairo reports large scale Egyptian land sea and air operations to block Israeli shipping in the Gulf of Aqaba. Mines are laid, planes and torpedo boats patrol the Red Sea mouth near the Strait of Tiran. Israeli Prime Minister Eshkol vows to defend shipping rights as U.S. backs free passage and the Soviet Union supports Arab actions amid the Middle East crisis.
Two Spring Creek women launched a fund to support Patricia Ann Imhoff in the Rotary International Student Exchange. Imhoff, daughter of Albert and Mrs. Imhoff, will leave July 14 from Kennedy Airport to live a year in Prospect South Australia attending Nailsworth Girls High School. Donations of any amount are being received via Mrs. David Johnson or Mrs. Howard Johnson in care of the Pat Imhoff Fund.
Public Utility Commission representatives visited the Shady Avenue railroad crossing in Corry this afternoon. The session followed a city council led request and included Corry Jamestown Corp management and the union. They weighed whether more warning lights are needed or if current protections suffice and discussed cost sharing between Erie Lackawanna Railroad and the city.
Harrisburg AP Pennsylvania consumers may pay 0.5 to 2 cents more per quart for milk starting June 1 as tentative price orders from the Milk Control Commission cover nine areas. Orders raise dealer to farmer prices from 12 0 to 28 cents per hundredweight with hearings possible before hikes take effect. In the Scranton area home delivered prices rise to 0.30 per quart and 0.87 per half gallon, with a gallon at 1.08. producer price climbs 27 cents to 36.45 per hundredweight.
A three car collision on Route 8 one mile south of Franklin left Wayne E. Yarnell 32 of Cochranton Crawford County dead. Margaret A. Majezic 40 of Franklin was rushed to Franklin Hospital after her car skidded into oncoming traffic. Glenn Cheers 21 of Utica Venango County escaped injury.
The Pennsylvania welfare rules restrict hospital doctors to licensed medical or osteopathic physicians. Dentists licensed to practice in the state are admitted to the dental staff when professionally and ethically qualified.
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