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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1966
Page
6
The Nor Fahlehammtahag unit will conduct a two week chest x ray program countywide starting June 6. It will be in Corry on Friday June 17 offering free chest x ray checkups to detect cancer enlarged heart and other chest problems.
In a continuation from Page One Castro condemns US threats as unfounded and urges readiness. He rejects abandoning Cuban territory and says Cuba will mobilize its armed forces and people in alert state while denying a war wish. He reiterates claims that US forces at Guantanamo killed a Cuban sentry on Cuban soil last Saturday.
A fragment notes the discovery of a Sé-cent piece hoard along North Center Street. Details are sparse, but the report emphasizes the rarity and potential historic value of the coins found in the area.
Richard J. Melzer was appointed plant engineer for Corry Jamestown Corporation. The announcement came from Leo H. Hooks, factory manager. Melzer, formerly a project engineer, succeeds the late Harry Schiemer and hails from Erie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Penn State with an industrial engineering degree and has seven years with Corry Jamestown. He holds civic posts including president of the Corry Jamestown Management Club and vice president of the Beaver Club.
Negotiations between Pennsylvania Electric Co and the IBEW continue after a two year contract expired May 25. An extension was agreed through June 1, with talks resuming on that date. A potential strike vote looms if negotiations falter. A separate report notes a rebellion in China where a figure died yesterday.
The United Dairy Farmers resumed picketing in Western Pennsylvania to press for higher bulk mill prices. Pickets marched at Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. and Red & White stores across Fayette Westmoreland Indiana Clarion Armstrong Butler and Washington counties selling Keystone and Otto dairy products. The Dairymen's Co-operative Sales Association and Otto's carry the protest forward to the Pennsylvania Milk Commission.
An aging coin shortage revival centers on hoarding Kennedy half dollars. Economists and bank officials report widespread holding of 50 cent pieces, driving shortages at banks and retailers. Local clerks and grocers rely on quarters to make change as feeders run dry.
The Treasury and the Bureau of the Mint are intensifying efforts to relieve a coin shortage by greatly increasing half dollar production. Output in 1966 is projected to rise about 1,200 percent from 1961 levels, but shortages may persist as the public withholds hoarded halves.
General Larsen, commander of U S forces in I Corps, stated evidence of North Vietnamese concentrations in Cambodian territory and then corrected himself after a Pentagon denial. Observers say the quick denial reflected sensitivities around a neutral Cambodia.
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