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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1967
Page
1
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Three captured U.S. sergeants were symbolically turned over to antiwar activist Tom Hayden in Phnom Penh amid a staged release. A U.S. document cited brainwashing indoctrination, while Hayden said the men were not in his custody and suggested they were in the process of going home.
A seven member crew from Allied Appraisal Company of Cleveland starts a three year Erie County wide re appraisal program to value 63,000 properties at 225000 dollars. They divide tasks by property type and contact owners when possible, rechecking if entries fail. They have faced complaints from owners unaware of the mission.
Hulbert Taft Jr., 60, a leading broadcasting executive and Taft family member, died when a bomb shelter exploded at his suburban Indian Hill estate near Cincinnati. Fire officials called it an accident amid a gas smell. the shelter collapsed burying Taft.
U S convoy of Army engineers is ambushed in the Dak To area. Five soldiers killed and seven wounded in a 15 minute attack as U S artillery, gunships, and warplanes strike back, with 18 enemy troops reported dead. Separate notes mention a 24 hour Christmas cease fire announced by Saigon, the Viet Cong handing three POWs to a pacifist, and naval air actions near Haiphong amid ongoing fighting in the Central Highlands.
President Nguyen Van Thieu announced 24 hour Christmas truce and 24 hour New Year pauses, plus a 48 hour Tet halt, to be observed in South Vietnam. He spoke during an inspection of Loc Ninh, noting past holiday truces and signaling private talks with Hanoi toward peace.
A Sherman West Virginia teen, 16, went to jail prepared after deputies found two hacksaw blades and a file on him during a routine search. He faces a contraband charge in Chautauqua County and his hearing before Justice of the Peace Edwin Seaton was adjourned to tomorrow. Meanwhile, Ashtabula voters approved a 2.15 million bond for a new home, by 15,424 to 7,061 with a 68.6 percent majority.
Republicans Ned Johnston and Clare Capwell will be sworn in after January to fill two of three vacancies in Corry City Council. The third seat must be filled within 30 days by council selection or mayoral appointment. Mayor William A. Peiffer resigns at year end, and Dorr Clark and Gerald Staples did not seek re election. Rumor points to Russell Brant possibly becoming mayor.
District Attorney Richard F. Brabender sought an Erie County injunction against Continental Enterprises of Irving New York and its Erie salesmen for charging excessive prices and using fraudulent and misleading sales methods under the Home Improvement Finance Act. The petition seeks voiding all contracts and refund of money, plus removal of the installed system if buyers wish, and to set a fair price. The case marks the bureau of consumer protection’s first major action since opening offices in Erie.
Two young men were injured when a 1968 auto driven 45 miles veered off Route 89 between Route 6 and Elgin, struck a utility pole, and was demolished. Elbert C. McCray 24 and Dennis Halfast 21 were treated at Corry Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. Police estimate $3,000 vehicle damage and $100 pole damage. Charges pending.
AP reports photographer Bill Levis of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette jailed while taking pictures of a melee among about 500 pupils after a football game. He and six others were charged with loitering and disorderly conduct. Eleven people injured as police restored order on Pittsburgh South Side.
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