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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1966
Page
7
An unclear OCR segment mentions county officials and a jail proposal or project related to rent or capital funds. Details are missing, but the core topic concerns the county jail and local governance.
In Philadelphia voters approved two constitutional amendments. The corporations amendment backed by Gov. Scranton won 851,951 to 454,041 with 7,566 of 9,424 precincts reporting. The minor judiciary amendment led 797,459 to 601,850 amid opposition from groups including the state bar association.
At the Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition Angus 75-pound steer owned by Jay W. Fought of Mechanicsburg won the grand championship in the steer division. Other winners include Keystone Bardoliermere as champion bull for Pennsylvania State University and Mrs. David McDowell of Mercer showing the champion ram in Cheviot, with Erdenheim Farms Co. taking the champion ewe.
An early morning blast destroyed a three story brick building housing the University Grill in Pittsburgh’s Oakland district. Fire followed, nearby structures damaged, occupants evacuated, and a bank window blown in. no serious injuries reported. Witnesses heard the explosion across a wide area.
For the first time in county history all 147 precincts reported totals before election night ended. Returns were in by 10:40 p m with Greene Township last. About 73 percent turnout totaling 83 571 voters. 120 161 registered. Data processing at the center aided the early complete results.
A Polish-born man Afroyim who naturalized in 1930s loses citizenship after voting in Israel in 1951. From 1961 to 1965 the State Department voided 5173 U.S. citizenships for foreign elections and 425 in early 1966. The case prompts Supreme Court review of the 1940 Nationality Act scope on citizenship loss.
Pat Oscar Smith, 58, of Youngstown Ohio, missing four days during a turkey hunt, was found dead in Big Nelson Run woods about 25 miles south of Coudersport. State game protector William Neely said there was no violence and the cause appeared to be a heart attack. An autopsy was planned.
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