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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1966
Page
1
Readable text indicates a 30 acre tillable property near Agency Street 2112 with a one floor ent base Congress area 100 dollars. It mentions 5 rooms, a garage for 2 cars, and a salesman reference.
U S headquarters reported five planes shot down and six airmen missing during raids over North Vietnam. One plane was rescued, four others remain missing. Three American helicopters also shot down near Plei Djereng as ground fighting raged near Tay Ninh. Viet Cong mortars hit three US command posts, with 14 Viet Cong killed by US forces and 14 more found dead. The battle tied to Operation Attleboro involves about 30,000 allied troops.
President Johnson plans a quiet weekend at his Texas ranch after a flurry of talks with advisers on the budget and State of the Union. Visitors included roving Ambassador Harriman returning from a tour and noting hope for British Soviet Viet Nam peace talks with Geneva ties.
An appeal to Corry's industrial professional and business leaders seeks funds for the annual community Christmas decorating program. The Corry Area High School Key Club, under Kiwanis, aids this year as the goal is set at 1000. Contributions go to Kiwanis Community Christmas Lighting, c/o David Johnson, Box 11, Corry, with Key Club representatives contacting residents during the week of November 14.
At Presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburgh doctors say former Governor David L. Lawrence remains critically ill after a heart attack and two heart stoppages on November 4. He has suffered irreversible brain damage and continues to lose ground after a week of hospitalization.
City council reviewed a step by step room by room inspection plan before any action on housing cases. The reports require 55 inspection points from outside walls to bathroom ventilation and cover sanitation, garbage, structural condition, stairways, roof, walls and fire hazards to prevent off the cuff actions and allow owners time to defend themselves.
The Erie Lackawanna Railroad announced Phoebe Snow Nos. 1 and 2 will end service on November 27. The move follows ICC permission to drop the Hoboken to Chicago and Chicago to Hoboken runs, with two other partial Hoboken to Binghamton trains also discontinued.
Engineers cut Niagara River flow to about one fourth to inspect rock debris at the base of the American Falls. The 1800 foot control structure redirected water to Horseshoe Falls while authorities cleared debris and prepared a rockslide prevention report due by January first.
In Greensboro North Carolina a woman defendant in municipal traffic court described the arresting officer as rude. The officer said he advised silence until speaking with her lawyer. The judge pressed for clarity on the exchange and the meaning of the remark.
United Nations reporters say the mention of nonlethal gas used by the Viet Cong could undermine Soviet bloc efforts to condemn U S chemical warfare. United States officials disputed the charges and noted troopers found about 1200 gas grenades of probably American manufacture in deserted tunnels. In New York General Alfred Gruenther was elected chairman of the English speaking union of the United States.
Astronauts James Lovell and Edwin Aldrin filmed a solar eclipse from Gemini 12 as it crossed Peru Brazil and Argentina then nosed down to attempt shadow photography. They used filters and a sun shade to protect their eyes while recording the fleeting event.
A Columbus woman, Mrs Theodore Zeyaus, was hospitalized at Corry Memorial after a one car crash on East Main Street early today. Police say the left rear wheel came off, causing the car to strike a tree. the wheel has not been found. Damages were estimated at $800.
Army Chaplain Michael J. Quealy a Roman Catholic priest from New York was killed in Vietnam while giving last rites to wounded soldiers. He was hit by machine gun fire from Viet Cong in Tay Ninh Province with troops of the 2nd Battalion 1st Division 28th Regiment AP wirephoto
Four new members joined the Erie County Redevelopment Authority including Corry man Palakos as chairman and George Brown as vice chairman. The changes come after three county commissioners resigned from the authority, and the panel organized in Erie to receive a yearlong history and progress report from planning director Christopher Capotis.
The 1966 Veterans Day observance directed by F Lowe Edwards at Corry Area High School impressed faculty and students with a program honoring all veterans. Twelve veterans from various wars attended as flags representing 45 48 and 50 stars were unveiled. The ceremony included songs, remarks on the flag, slides of Flanders Field, a reenactment of the Mt Suribachi flag raising, and a closing tape of The Flag Speaks and the Star Spangled Banner. Continued on Page Fiya.
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