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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1967
Page
1
The Associated Press reports continuing highway fatalities during Christmas shopping crowds. By early today 381 deaths occurred on streets and highways, far below last year’s Thanksgiving peak of 748. The holiday period began at 6 p.m. Wednesday and ends at midnight Sunday, with a nonholiday comparison showing 567 deaths in a similar span.
State Trooper John Evanko will present a film and talk at 8 p.m. at the Moose Club hosted by the Corry Area Jaycees and Jayettes. The program warns of rising narcotics use from bennies to heroin, cites 1956 50 000 to 300 000 marijuana users, and notes high cure rates. It covers costs of heroin, links to crime, and includes drug exhibits with syringes. It is free and part of National Community Knowledge Month.
London gold dealers report imports arriving in near panic proportions as Britain devalues the pound, challenging the U S dollar. Washington says the dollar is safe while British writers blame Charles de Gaulle for fuelling the run to gold. Chalandon distances France from fault, citing risks in the international monetary system.
The Justice Department charges the National Funeral Directors Association and local affiliates with conspiring to suppress funeral cost advertising. Attorney General Ramsey Clark seeks an order to remove restraints on price advertising. National officials promise internal discussion as similar Wisconsin and federal actions unfold.
Cincinnati AP reports the jet crash near the Greater Cincinnati airport now has 68 dead with 14 survivors. Judith Chupac of Burbank died at Cincinnati General Hospital. Investigators search for a missing altimeter from the Trans World Airlines jet as two altimeters are recovered, one crushed by impact.
California couple in Chico say their son Spec 5 John R Adams was reported killed in action and prepared for burial, only to be told his body had been relisted as missing in action. The Pentagon later said another soldier’s remains were misidentified as Adams, prompting a second round of funeral arrangements and uncertainty for the family.
Viet Cong launched nineteen mortar and flame thrower assaults on South Vietnamese posts, capitals, and hamlets from north of Saigon to the Mekong Delta. Government reports say at least 110 attackers killed near Phuoc Binh, with 34 dead and 140 wounded overall, including 92 soldiers. A U.S. 25th Infantry Division sweep 36 miles northwest of Saigon faced heavy fire.
The UN Security Council unanimously joined Secretary-General U Thant in urging Turkey Greece and Cyprus to pull back from the brink of war over Cyprus. The council urged moderation and restraint as Cypriot ambassador Zenon Rassides warned of an imminent invasion while Greece and Turkey traded accusations of provocations and territorial aims. Thant urged reductions of non UN and non Cypriot forces to ease the crisis.
A young white man in black clothes and a mask robbed the Waterford branch of the First National Bank of Erie at 1 20 p m yesterday. He ordered four bank staff and three customers to stay put for five minutes then fled on foot with a paper sack containing mostly small bills. Police, aided by roadblocks, pursued but did not catch him. He warned others not to follow and was described as tall, thin, about 24 to 28, wearing a black peacoat and hat with a partial face mask.
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