Cray funeral meeting set for November venue
Unclear OCR text shows a meeting scheduled at 9 o'clock on November 26 with references to Corbin ESQ. and a funeral context. Details are fragmentary and names are uncertain.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1966
Page
1
Unclear OCR text shows a meeting scheduled at 9 o'clock on November 26 with references to Corbin ESQ. and a funeral context. Details are fragmentary and names are uncertain.
Fight over Union City reservoir easements involves 20 to 30 large landowners facing inundation of up to 2,800 acres on French Creek bottom land. Joseph Vigorito met a five-man delegation and toured low areas as owners press Congress to modify Corps of Engineers payments, citing $500 per acre land value and claims of up to $400 per acre in settled cases. The plan, sketched at Wattsburg Grange Hall, aims to stop or alter the project with political support. The dam will flood land only during high water, with no permanent pool. Continued on Page Six.
A college sponsored conference on Selective Service adopted a resolution calling for a more liberal conscientious objector definition after three students walked out in protest. One marcher, Frank Shaffer of Lawrence University Appleton Wisconsin, said the change would allow exemption if a person did not object on grounds of religion.
A Detroit report: a young would be robber, desperate for a $10 holdup, took $5 from a cleaning shop after threatening Mrs. Erma Brown with a pen knife. She followed his instruction, then he fled, promising to repay. Separate item notes two Yale students joining a protest during Antioch College conference on conscientious objection to war. They criticized the conference, saying it lacked school representation and favored abolishing the Selective Service rather than reform.
Johns Hopkins Hospital quietly starts sex change operations and forms a gender identity clinic to screen applicants. Two surgeries approved by a specialist committee have been done, both on males in their 20s, one white and one Negro, with recovery reported as normal.
In central highlands near Adjergen a large Viet Cong force attacked a heli-borne 1st Cavalry unit at grenade range. The Flying Horsemen called in reinforcements and air strikes, reporting 45 enemy killed as fighting continued. Separate clashes by Korean Marines near uang Ngai City yielded 91 Viet Cong killed in a two and a half hour battle. Guam-based B52s conducted three raids on positions in South Vietnam.
A Seattle Peace Corps volunteer, Fred Lonicier, 24, stationed in Tacloban Philippines since September, defies a draft induction order. He says Peace Corps is used for Johnson’s peace message and plans to report December 7 to Oroville California after appealing 1A classification. His wife Paulette, also a volunteer, will accompany him home.
PITTSBURGH AP Fifteen homeless after a four alarm blaze heavily damaged three adjoining houses on Pittsburgh's South Side. One firefighter injured yesterday as Fire Chief Harry Keller reported about $20,000 in damage. Cause not immediately known. Two houses destroyed, third damaged by smoke and water. hydrant clog hindered water supply.
United Nations diplomats expect U S support for a one year committee study on admitting Red China to the UN. Italy Belgium and others plan a resolution to appoint a committee to assess whether Peking seeks UN membership and would honor the charter.
Luke E. Graham of 18 West Congress street, Corry industrialist and School Building Authority backer, died at Corry Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Born June 4 1892 in Mineville NY, he held NYU finance degree and worked at International Nickel Co and United States Rubber Co before joining Aero Flow Dynamics, where he served as director, vice president, secretary and treasurer until 1957. He financed Corry Area High School’s construction in 1952 53, saving taxpayers thousands by selling 2 383 000 in School Authority bonds. Active civic leader, he served as Corry Memorial Hospital director, school director, and earned income tax committee member. Army service began 1917, discharged 1918 with commission. Member of Corry Elks and St Thomas Church. Survived by wife Pearl B. Graham, daughter Eileen Brant, son John E. Graham, four grandsons and four granddaughters. (Continued on Page Four)
Forest Hopkins, assemblyman elect for the Fourth District which includes Corry, asks Corry mayor William A. Peiffer and City Council for a briefing before January 1 on local needs. He wants input from officials to guide his service in Harrisburg and may invite council members to join.
A two car crash on East Main last night damaged both vehicles heavily but caused no injuries. Emil J. Toplovich and Larryn E. Jaquith contested fault as Toplovich turned onto Short Street. Jaquith skidded 108 feet, struck Toplovich, then veered into E Crosby Bush’s driveway, damaging lawn and vehicles. Estimated damages: Toplovich 550, Jaquith 225, Bush lawn 25. Boston post office officials meet in January with large-volume mail users to discuss service improvements.
Four killed and five injured in Erie city area traffic incidents Sunday. A 4 year old boy and a 19 year old girl died in a two car crash east of Lake City in Girard Township. Verna Wardley Brown 23 of Erie died at Hamot Hospital after a collision with a second car driven by Thomas Wayne McGrawar 19 of Erie.
In Bavaria and Hesse, West Germany's National Democratic party surged, winning 74 percent in Bavaria and 15 seats, while 7.9 percent in Hesse. The gains raise fears of renewed right-wing influence and pressure on CDU and SPD over a national coalition and election-law changes to curb the Nazi-tainted party. Alfon s Goppel voiced shock as Erich Mende commented on the Free Democrats.
President Johnson, fresh from throat polyp surgery and hernia repair, drove a white Continental through central Texas hill country on Sunday despite doctors orders to limit driving. He attended 11 o'clock services in Johnson City with first lady Lady Bird Johnson, who later toured a park while he briefly visited their Johnson City apartment before returning to pick her up.
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