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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1967
Page
1
Fifteen merchants pressed town hall on downtown parking and the Abbey property deal hinges on price. The Parking Authority seeks a 6 day option to buy the East Washington street site for 9000 dollars with demolition and curb work planned later.
City Council awarded a $162 monthly janitorial contract for the Municipal Building to William Kingsley, with a second bid of $324. An ordinance on first reading moved wage and income tax collections into the building, ending years of contractual handling with R Elwin Fuller. R Kenneth Grobhole was named to the Parking Authority, replacing Richard Pulling. The council also referred airport matters to further consideration.
Spectators watched the Parking Authority Retail Merchants Bureau Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Corry management clash with downtown merchants before the City Council. Richard Frye urged Cornell to build a 13 or 14 space access and teardown of the Montgomery Ward site for 35000, while the merchants and Authority urged buying Abbey property for a 20 space lot. The Authority and Hotel Corry asked council to lease meters along the park for hotel guests at 80 dollars per year per space to offset lost revenue.
City Council may lease metered spaces along City Park to the Corry hotel if neighbors do not object. Parking Authority backing and support letters from local plants push for a six month temporary lease to ease hotel parking, with doctors and General Telephone Co. to be consulted for consent.
Voters were slow to the polls with only 487 ballots cast by 1 PM and turnout likely to reach around 65 percent of registered voters. Weather, apathy, and limited campaigning blamed for the lull. polling sites listed by ward for later voting hours.
Gov Shafer faces a choice in Crawford County district attorney race between his nephew Paul D Shafer 36 on the Republican ticket and Louis D Musica 29 who clerked in the governor's law office in 1961 62 Musica runs Democratic ticket while Shafer follows the governor in Meadville Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania voters head to the polls to elect 2 mayors 150 constitutional convention delegates and numerous local officials. The bitter Philadelphia mayoral race between James H. Tate and Arlen Specter unfolds amid calls for reform and a murder case at the University of Pennsylvania. Weather forecasters predict cloudy to clear skies with possible snow flurries and turnout expected around 60 percent.
Corry Jaycees plan the second Amblyopia clinic for preschoolers ages 3 to 6 at Corry YMCA. Screening tests run November 26 and December 3 from 1 to 4 PM with no charge. Immediate results inform parents of defects and suggest follow up with an eye doctor. Local, state and federal blindness groups back the program.
Montefiore Hospital sues 1 plumbing fixture manufacturers and the Plumbing Fixtures Manufacturers Association alleging a conspiracy to fix prices between 1962 and 1966. The hospital says the firms cost it money but cannot specify the total amount.
In South Vietnam heavy fighting spread through the central highlands and coastal lowlands signaling potential new dry season offensives. South Korea's White Horse Division claimed 113 North Vietnamese killed near its base while U.S. paratroopers and Vietnamese troops suffered dozens of casualties in clashes 300 miles north of Saigon. U.S. air forces conducted heavy raids on Hanoi targets including Gia Thuong and near the capital, while Hanoi claimed five U.S. planes down with only one confirmed lost by U.S. Command.
Corry Cable Co. will raise rates from 3.50 to 4.00 dollars per month starting December 21. James Jansen says the increase will yield 10 200 dollars yearly to cover rising costs and the cost of rewiring the city for a 10 channel system. The council placed the letter on file as information only. the city has no control over rates.
Mitchell Kurman of Westport was honored by the Connecticut Marine Trades Association for his work in establishing water safety legislation across six northeastern states. After his son drowned in a 1965 boating accident, he led efforts in Connecticut New York New Jersey New Hampshire Massachusetts and Maryland to push laws.
Police and FBI agents net 33 suspects in Erie Michigan and Ohio raids over a high stake football wagering operation. Caesar Montevecchio and Michael Maggio among those seized in Erie. others arrested in Flint Detroit and Cleveland. Montevecchio faces additional charges including murder conspiracy and a Flint jewelry store robbery. He remained jailed on 35000 bond.
John Nance Garner former U S vice president died in his bedroom at his Uvalde Texas home today. He was said to be 81 years old with life ending peacefully after hours of decline. Don Large said he held Garner's hand as he passed with a doctor, son Tully and a granddaughter nearby.
Senate debates pork barrel projects totaling 52 million this week with potential ultimate cost of 4.1 billion. House and Senate add dozens more projects, pushing the overall pork barrell program toward 15.2 billion as the Johnson administration proposed new starts earlier.
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