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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1968
Page
1
In Bonn, Germany, Associated Press reports that efforts to salvage the troubled French economy have yielded a new approach to handling monetary difficulties. The development signals shifting policy amid economic strain.
Police investigate a possible discriminatory air rifle attack reported by Mrs. Harry Lamb of 334 Eagle Street. Her husband saw a youth shoot from a porch on Essex Street, breaking a storm window, then hand the rifle to a Jackson child who denied involvement. Thames of names and details appear in the fragmentary report.
In Pottstown Pennsylvania a car crossed lanes and hit a school bus near Parkerford. Three people died and at least eight were injured. Victims include Floyd Ball 27 Ronald Wells 22, both Norris Town residents, and Louis Watson Jr 18 and Evelyn Ringhoff 19 among the injured. The bus carried about 20 junior and senior high students. none of the children were seriously hurt.
A Japan Air Lines DC8 belly-flopped into San Francisco Bay in fog, yet all 107 aboard survived. The high tide aided the splashdown three miles from the runway. an NTSB team investigates. Pilot Kohei Asoh reported normal systems and no warning signs amid the seven-foot tide. Passengers recalled a calm, photo-friendly ditching with no panic.
Erie County school leaders report Sparta's appeal was not listed among hearings by the State Board of Education. The board plans to discuss its intentions at a regular meeting next Tuesday, with other districts like Northwestern Area and Fort Le Boeuf Jointure listed. A spokesman suggested a missing district brief may explain the omission.
A fire on the third floor of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house at Gettysburg College left one person dead. Fire Chief Charles Kerrigan said 29 students and their house mother usually reside there, but some may have been away for the weekend. No other deaths or injuries were reported. The victim’s name was not known immediately.
Riots and threats have closed Bluefield State College in West Virginia along with Oshkosh State University and San Francisco State College as authorities struggle with racial tensions. Bluefield canceled classes after a bomb damaged the physical education building, with 1,400 students sent home. Oshkosh suspended most black students after a demonstration that damaged offices. 11,000 student body at San Francisco State saw regular activities halted as clashes continued.
Earle Bailey announced the chamber plans reelection of Ross Bailey and election of Clyde Keith Robert Grice and Henry Hicks to replace Jack Wells Fred Scherze and Ronald Willman. Nominations open until December. The chamber names directors by four from industry four from retail and four from other classifications. Pedestrian killed Sunbury Mrs. Philip Hoffman of Rebuck struck by car while crossing a Sunbury street.
In MANNINGTON W V AP miners trapped after explosions in Mountaineer Coal Co No 9 mine. Officials drop 1000 tons of limestone into two air shafts to smother flames, risking collapse and fumes. Rescue unlikely as 78 men remain inside with no contact since dawn.
Corry area employers anticipate 446 new openings for June graduates as growth drives demand. City effort pairs federal housing aid with urban renewal and a new Industrial Division to attract 100 rental units and subsidized rents.
Everett C. Thomas, 47, longest U.S. survivor of heart transplants, dies from complications after a second donor heart failed. He had rejected his first transplant from May, deteriorating Friday night with bleeding and kidney issues, culminating in cardiac arrest at 4 a.m. St Luke's Hospital said. Thomas, an accountant from Phoenix, received his second heart Thursday after undergoing a prior first transplant last May. All figures note Dr Blaiberg of Cape Town as the only longer survivor. Physicians at Stanford reported Darrell Hammarley, 56, underwent two transplants within six hours Wednesday and was progressing satisfactorily.
Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower plan a church wedding to avoid a White House ceremony. Announcement expected this weekend with details from press secretary Gerry Van der Heuvel. The Dec 21 service at St John the Divine, Manhattan, will be organized by Priscilla of Boston.
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