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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1968
Page
6
A sewer ditch collapse in Girard Saturday killed Michael P. Gevin, 26, of Erie. Two other workers were rescued. The report also notes injuries to Debovan Patton, 10, and multiple traffic, vandalism, and accident incidents across Corry and surrounding towns with several named residents and locations.
A Tins special offer announces a device for the hard of hearing in Minneapolis Minnesota. The gadget lets people hear TV and radio programs privately while others listen at normal volume.
A tornado swept across south Alabama injuring numerous people in Mobile and Bay Minette. Mobile hospitals reported 12 admissions by 8 p.m. Traffic was halted in Saraland, six miles north of Mobile, with authorities restricting entry to emergency vehicles.
The Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers plans a large rally with 3,400 members to press for higher pay expanded educational programs and liberal public employee legislation after class dismissals while the Board of Public Education holds its annual hearing. Albert Fondy cites limited progress in negotiations and seeks retroactive pay for last winter's strike plus a new state law allowing limited strikes for public employees.
James F. Proctor of West Valley, 25, died after his motorcycle struck a deer near West Valley New York. He was thrown to the roadside and died at Bertrand Chaffee Memorial Hospital Springville. Two companions in the vicinity were unhurt. The deer was destroyed by deputies.
The last of four men sought in the holdup slaying of two West Philadelphia brothers was charged with murder and ordered held without bail. Lincoln M. Sowell, 44, of Philadelphia, was ordered held for a Wednesday hearing after arraignment. John Foot Swinton, 22, was arraigned separately at the Police Administration Building.
Washington AP survey estimates total political campaign spending this year between $250 million and $300 million with a third in the presidential race. Costs rise in major statewide contests and Senate races, while state reporting varies and many groups do not report. Advertising dominates budgets with TV, radio, and newspaper buys plus travel, literature, and staff costs. Republicans have outspent Democrats in recent cycles, and totals include preconvention spending and outside group expenditures.
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