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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1966
Page
1
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In Saigon and Hue more Buddhists self immolated amid anti government unrest. Monk Tich Tri Quang urged Buddhists to end self sacrifice in the name of Dharma while officials report Nguyen Thi Van died after setting herself alight near Hue’s Thanh Hoi pagoda. Additional suicides and alleged letters protesting US support of Ky’s regime are noted.
Veteran councilman Guy Abbey, 66, died of an apparent heart attack today while serving as finance director. A Republican, he chaired the city council for 15 years and led the Starr Memorial Works. Funeral services will be held at Emmanual Episcopal Church with burial in Pine Grove.
In Yokosuka and Tokyo protests erupted against the first visit to Tokyo Bay by a U S nuclear powered submarine. About 12 000 demonstrators gathered at Yokosuka and near Tokyo 30 miles away clashing with police injuring dozens as the Snook docked for rest and recreation amid tensions with a radical student group nearby.
The Journal prints the city housing code verbatim and will run it twice more. The piece urges residents to read ordinances since protests on May street apartment plans and a North Center laundromat were filed late. City council offers clarifications through councilmen or the city engineer.
Washington AP report on a joint commission plea for mandatory early childhood education for four and five year olds. The Educational Policies Commission argues early schooling shapes future abilities, urges federal support, and notes disadvantaged children need access most.
Under gray skies a small local crowd gathered at Mead Park for Memorial Day services. Joseph M. Walton of Jamestown addressed the crowd, introduced by Ronald Willman, noting sun only appeared twice during the ceremony. The Corry Area High School band directed by H Lynn Rice performed America The Beautiful as Samuel Upeman, the last local Spanish American War veteran, was introduced. Mayor William Peiffer spoke, a National Guard selection played, and Willman led the veterans roll call with benediction by Rev Charles DuBois. The VFW firing squad salute was followed by Wendell Gage ringing taps with an assisting squad headed by…
James Woolf, aged 76, renowned British film producer of Room at the Top and the L Shaped Room, died Sunday in Beverly Hills California from an apparent heart attack sources say.
Gemini 9 spacemen planned a three day voyage to probe space unknowns. Air Force Lt Col Thomas P Staf ford and Navy Lt Cmdr Eugene A Cernan prepared to launch aboard Titan and Atlas rockets from Cape Kennedy to chase an Augmented Target Docking Adapter and dock in a 185 mile high orbit.
National Safety Council president urged a $1 billion annual boost for traffic safety after a Memorial Day weekend that saw 542 highway fatalities, 47 drownings, and 93 boating deaths. The period ran 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, exceeding prior records and preholiday estimates.
A Erie County courthouse report states May 24 commissioners approved a 216.60 bill for desk blotters and ash trays for county offices. Blotters cost 88 each and ash trays 4.20, bought from Sanner Office Supply Co. Corry’s Charles V. Graham examined. Blotters measure about two feet by one and a half feet with imitation leather. others cost 2.05 each with blotters eight cents.
A Navy serviceman assigned to routine duties in a top secret area reportedly collected highly sensitive information and attempted to sell it to the Soviets. The Navy issued a worldwide security alert, noting a breach revealed a weakness in access controls. The notice, signed by Rear Adm. Rufus L. Taylor, cites an investigation and classifies many details.
The annual Spring Concert of the junior and senior high school bands will be held tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Admission is 35 cents for students and 75 cents for adults. Trombone soloist John Tate, who toured Europe with the Band of America, headlines the program. Junior high band is directed by Ronald Rairie and senior high by H. Lynn Rice.
Ward Harris aged 23 of Shippensburg was killed when a gas powered model airplane he flew struck power lines at Camp Sunshine, five miles north of Bedford. The aircraft became entangled in the lines causing the fatal accident.
A company executive was found dead Monday inside his vehicle. Police say the death appears noncriminal. investigators are reviewing the scene and awaiting autopsy results. The victim’s identity was not released pending family notification.
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