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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1967
Page
4
Burgettstown Area School District board president Neil Phillips received a telegram from the Burgettstown Area Education Association stating its 136 members will not report for work today marking a declared professional holiday amid stalled wage negotiations for four months.
A list of admitted individuals with addresses and family connections follows. Discharged include William R. Edder and Everett J. Philips among others. transmitted notes indicate transfers to St. Vincent's Hospital and various hometown addresses. Teachers rejected the latest offer Monday night.
The Corry area outline shows a one cent per quart quantity discount for home delivered orders of six or more quarts and a discount price of 26 cents per quart for six or more quarts. Erie and Johnstown Altoona markets list proposed home delivered and out of store prices with modest increases and producer price changes.
U S and South Vietnam accuse North Vietnam of increased war material movement during ceasefire waves. U S Command cites 73 incidents with 12 Americans killed and 57 wounded, while South Vietnamese report 19 incidents causing 4 civilian and soldier deaths and 60 more wounded, totaling 92 incidents and significant allied casualties.
The Pennsylvania Railroad publicly unveils a prototype high speed train intended to cut New York to Washington travel time by 18 percent. The seatless test train, costing over 550 million jointly funded by government and railroad, reaches 150 mph on a sunlit track between Trenton and New Brunswick with 130 reporters aboard.
New York AP reports William Manchester's The Death of a President sold far below early hype. Publisher Harper & Row faced mixed results, with a late price cut by discount chains and varied dealer feedback across Chicago Washington Hollywood and Massachusetts. Some stores show slow steady demand, others call the book dead.
Fragmentary AP copyright notice and local news masthead appear with names Eaton McLaughlin Werginny in Corry Pennsylvania. It notes exclusive AP use of local dispatches and mailing details including rates and delivery terms.
A Buffalo man described as a teetotaler was found guilty of first degree manslaughter in the December death of his wife Mary Smith, 33, mother of three. Erie County court jury convicted Dorsey Smith, who said he awoke to find her beaten on the kitchen floor. Judge Frederick Marshall ordered jail detention pending sentencing in June.
In 1956 Egypt seized control of the Suez Canal drawing U S and Soviet concern. President Johnson described the Egyptian blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba as illegal and dangerous to peace while urging Thant to prioritize clarifying the right of innocent passage. Diplomatic efforts aim to avert Israel challenging Egyptian policy via a canal passage.
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