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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1966
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR note references area and food pricing with scattered names including Corbin ESQ. and Lyania. Details are unclear, lacking dates, places, or actions.
U S Air Force B52s and North Vietnamese troops clashed in the central highlands with mortar fire and limited ground fighting. No U S casualties were reported as 25 enemy rounds fell outside the perimeter. Premier Ky visited Plei Djereng to honor U S officers and General Collins. Navy troops fired 1300+ five inch shells at targets in South Vietnam amid ongoing weather and monsoon disruption to raids. Viet Cong announced brief truce periods during Christmas and New Year weekends.
Associated Press reports gale warnings over the Great Lakes with 70 mph winds. Heavy snow warnings cover northern and western Lower Michigan and eastern Upper Michigan as well as Lake Superior shorelines. Marquette records eleven inches in 24 hours. western Lower Michigan and eastern Upper Michigan see 1-2 inches with 3-5 more expected near Lake Michigan. The late autumn storm centers over Lake Huron bringing snow flurries as far south as central Tennessee and northwestern Georgia.
Governor Scranton warned that eliminating minimum milk prices could trigger a milk war and harm small dealers. Louden Hill Farms, Inc. demanded equal time, filing telegrams to WNEP TV KYW TV KDKA TV and WICU TV. A court case involves two dairy firms challenging the state milk price system. The broadcasters group said the issue is not an equal time matter since Scranton spoke as governor.
Pasadena AP reports Mariner 4 marks two years in space as it orbits the sun. The 575 pound craft, distant 206 million miles, still contacts Earth three times weekly with a faint signal. After Mars flyby it sent back 22 images of the cratered crust challenging ideas of intelligent life.
Twelve parents from Rio Arriba County in northern New Mexico were convicted in a nonjury trial of keeping their children from school to protest dangerous road conditions. Dist. Judge Samuel Montoya urged prioritizing education and set sentencing for Wednesday on the misdemeanor charge carrying a fine.
In Pittsburgh a day after birth Meager hope centers on Roni Sue the first born and largest of Aronson quintuplets as doctors report the other three sisters Susan the third born Marei Jill the last born died from lung and oxygen deprivation complications. Roni Sue remains in a heated incubator with cautious optimism from Dr Lee Bass Magee Women’s Hospital noting a crucial 72 hour window for respiratory stability.
An emergency at Roger Woodrum's Middlefield home triggered a hunt for him and fellow hunter George Binstah of Cleveland. Woodrum drives a white over dark green 1966 Oldsmobile and Binstah a green and white International Scout. license numbers unknown. Police urge sightings to State Police in Corry or Warren or to Woodrum's home.
Harrisburg AP defense for Lily Penn Food Stores resumes in Commonwealth Court challenging the constitutionality of Pennsylvania milk price controls. Attorney Harold Kohn says the case could fill the week as the State Milk Control Commission seeks to make permanent a prior order barring Lily Penn and Louden Hill Farms from charging less than minimum prices. Lily Penn operates five Philadelphia area stores. Louden Hill Farms runs 17 Scranton Wilkes Barre outlets. The firms, small jug milk sellers, say they are forcing a legal showdown over a 30 year old law. The commission presented its case last Friday.
Rep Hale Boggs parts with Johnson over a proposed 10 to 15 billion dollar rise in income tax as defense spending drives a projected 125 billion dollar deficit. He questions party fiscal responsibility and warns against large deficits. Former CEA head Walter Heller backs a 5 percent across the board tax hike tied to rate cuts to slow the economy and fund rising spending.
Eugene Wright, 21, of Elgin, fell 50 feet from a steel power line tower in Indiana Pa while working for T. B. Ross Construction Co. He suffered a broken left leg and shattered left elbow and nose. He was taken to Indiana Hospital for treatment. Wright is a Corry Area High School graduate and had been with the firm since last January. The accident occurred Wednesday afternoon.
The Phoebe Snow passenger train ends service after more than six decades of speed and comfort. Its final trips from Chicago to Hoboken and Corry, with nostalgia drawing riders, mark the decline as highways and air travel rise. Bernice Yacka of Bound Brook, a 21 year old passenger, rides in white, echoing the train’s famed era. Brown University awards a $5.5 million contract for the first building of a $17.1 million biomedical complex.
Youngstown Ohio public school pupils resume classes as teachers return after an agreement to hold a collective bargaining election in 1968. The American Arbitration Association will oversee the vote to decide if the Youngstown Federation of Teachers or the Youngstown Education Association will represent teachers. Administrators vote in a separate unit. The strike shuttered 29,000 students in 46 schools. three days of make up needed. A Hubbard strike affects 3,700 students in four schools.
The Journal received multiple deer kill reports for opening day 1968. Ted Wawrejko bagged a three point buck near Turner Hill around 8:00 am weighing about 115 pounds. Other hunters included David Bensink Jr. with a seven point 135 pound buck near Sciota Road, and Jim Hooven with a six point deer near Grand Valley at 7:45 am. Ted Czech reported an eight point, 177 pound buck near Lindsey Hollow at 7:30 am, the largest so far. Additional kills: Marion Tripp with a five point near Deer Head Inn at 9:00 am weighing 115 pounds and Ed Davis with a four point on Baker Hill at 7:30 am.
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania a second floor apartment fire killed brothers Lyle 4 John 2 and Nicholas months old sons of William and Mrs Williams. A four year old sister Ramona 3 is in critical condition at Mercy Hospital. The mother was shopping and left the children five minutes. The blaze at 16 E South St confined to the Williams unit. Cause unknown.
Uruguayans eye a shift from a nine member governing council to a presidential system. Liberal Colorado party candidates, led by retired general Gestido, led with about 106000 votes to 77000 for Jorge Batlle amid economic and labor unrest. If voters approve the switch, the top candidate becomes president.
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