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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1966
Page
1
Auction listings announce various properties and items to be sold by a local agency near Tate Street. Details are partially legible with references to three bedroom repairs and near term bidding on multiple lots.
Dozens of investigators hunted for clues today into a mountain ravine where an airliner crashed killing all 18 aboard. The Portland scene drew officials from local and federal agencies as teams searched the wreckage and nearby slopes.
A Erie County court suit filed against United Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co. of Corry seeks $29,546 plus costs from a 1963 refinancing with B W Acceptance Corp. The case notes a 1961 Erie establishment at 2301 West 12th Street and a $41,126 equipment purchase that was repossessed for $11,580, with Olin Capwell of Corry as purchaser.
ADA officials note Pennsylvania senator Joseph S. Clark along with 23 other congressmen as having cast 100 percent support for liberal measures this session. The nonpartisan group backs progressive policies including minimum wage boosts and open housing.
Damage from two weekend crashes totaled $500 with no injuries. Milford Webster 66 and Ronald Flowers 25 were in a collision at Smith Street and Mead Avenue. police cited Webster after a drunkenness test. A second crash at Wayne Street and Hast Smith Street involved Clyde Yoder 42 and Alma Dingfelder 78. both cars suffered $100 damage.
In Saigon a heavy shipping backlog returns with over 60 freighters waiting to unload. Officials blame feuding agencies and mismanagement, urging high level action to unite the Army and AID. Additional berths are months away. warehousing is jammed amid reforms.
The Corry Area United Fund campaign opens with a goal of 83500 under chairmanship of L Richard Fuller. Local agencies include Corry Memorial Hospital Salvation Army YMCA Red Cross Boy Scouts Northwestern Pennsylvania Heart Association and United Fund Erie County. Kickoff meetings announce at Hotel Corry with division chairs named and plans for breakfast and evening gatherings.
Capt Harry HB Dinsmore and 1st Class Petty Officer John L Lyons pose beside a bed at Da Nang Naval Hospital after removing a live 60 mm mortar shell from a Vietnamese youth Nguyen Long. The shell lodged near his left hipbone. he is reported in excellent condition.
A $300,000 mausoleum is under construction on the 73 acre Woodmont estate in Gladwyne for the late Father Divine, revered as head of the Peace Mission Movement. Mother Divine, leader of the bi racial cult, confirms the shrine and notes Father Divine died Sept 10 1965 and was reportedly over 100. He was briefly buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery before.
Arrangements for County Commissioners Day in Corry include arrival of all three Erie County Commissioners next Tuesday. Tickets are on sale at the Ritz Restaurant and Chamber of Commerce, with a 5:30 to 6:30 get together and dinner at Hotel Corry. A city tour will precede the event visiting Mead Park, Lawrence Airport, the Fourth Ward urban renewal area, Corry Memorial Hospital, and the North edge recreation area.
Film writer producer Cy Bartlett suffered a mud filled catastrophe at his Hollywood Hills residence when a water main break Saturday flooded the home. The mud coated nearly all furniture and filled every room, backing up against an exterior wall to the eaves, with damage estimated at 110000 dollars.
Army Engineers burn remaining structures in Onoville New York to complete razing before Allegheny Reservoir flood. The Red Wing Tavern and a residence are gone leaving only a frame schoolhouse as canal and boat launch ramp prepare for lake access and later power boat traffic.
Voters face a field of candidates due to reapportionment as State Supreme Court lines redraw Senate and House districts. In Corry Erie Mercer and Crawford counties divide the race for senator with Joseph Walton and James Willard. for Harrisburg representation, Ford O'Dell and Stanley Blair see changed targets after primary shifts.
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