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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1967
Page
1
City police have cleared a multipoint case tying five local youths aged 14 to 17 to a months long series of car thefts burglaries and looting. The group used stolen vehicles for joy rides often returning them with little loot but cash and checks were taken from at least one victim. Police expect days more of investigation as the full scope unfolds.
Erie County moves toward forming a regional planning body to guide redevelopment. Letters threaten withholding funds until all municipalities ratify amended articles creating a county funded, 15 member Executive Committee chosen by the Municipal Bodies Advisory Board. Formal approval from 34 of 40 subdivisions awaited. Corry's Fourth Ward and city officials voiced early support.
Ronald G. Day, 32, of Titusville, was listed in good condition at Titusville Hospital after his jeep station wagon ran off a road, struck a concrete culvert, overturned, and spun into an embankment. Police estimated $2,500 in damage.
The congregation plans a new church and parsonage at West Smith and Worth streets, using proceeds from selling Essex street property. Rev. E. H. Stenger said the parsonage has moved to the Titus property on Worth, with Sunday school occupying the former parsonage. The Essex street site will be sold but not yet on the market. The sale proceeds would fund the construction, with initial plans to erect the church on the Skalos property and timing for the parsonage depending on funds. The church will also continue debt reduction on the newly acquired property. The Kalakala ferry in Seattle has ended service after 134 years and will be repurposed as a crab-processing vessel in Alaska.
Gov. Shafer signed a $4.7 million scholarship bill amid Democratic opposition in the General Assembly. The package funds $31.5 million in grants via the state scholarship program, with money drawn from an expanded corporate tax revenue package enacted after lawmakers backed a tax increase. The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency said awards had begun.
Ford dealers nationwide amid the UAW strike report plans to raise prices on 1968 Fords. Dealers say inventories could last about three times longer, with more profit per car, while several showrooms shrink and shift to used cars. Readiness varies by city including Atlanta Los Angeles Dallas New York Kansas City and Detroit with an average stock lasting 25 days.
Corry state police say a 300 pound steel strongbox stolen from the Spartansburg Agway mill in August was found in the home of Charles Aul, 29, of Spartansburg during a routine search. Aul and Sam Brown, 30, are jailed in Meadville on burglary charges and linked to as many as seven other break ins this summer.
A group of children were injured when a transport to medical facilities in Jacksonville went awry. They were en route to a school for the mentally retarded, with stops reportedly at Baptist Memorial, Bt. Luke's Hospitals, and Duval Medical Center.
The U S Command reported over 101000 American casualties in the Vietnam War with 13643 killed and 60635 wounded. Air, Navy and Marine pilots pounded Haiphong and targets near the Red Chinese frontier as 53 ground sweeps progressed. Two Navy Skyhawks and one Air Force Thunderchief were downed with pilots missing. more than 687 U S planes lost north of the demilitarized zone.
Kenneth Fleming 18 stands trial for murder after two Altoona teens Joyce Macanick 17 and Jeffrey Brunner 17 plead guilty to being accessories after the fact in the Sept. 11, 1966, shooting of Trooper Charles Steele near McBee. Judge Rhodes rejects continuance as jurors panel is drawn. The trio were captured in Myrtle Beach after Steele was fatally shot. the case proceeds to Fleming’s trial. Also reported is the death of Frank Colley, 74, longtime Hagerstown Morning Herald sports editor.
Mrs. David Calhoun claimed her errant beagle hound at the city pound today though she lives in Mayville. The Calhouns moved from Corry a year ago and the dog traveled the 30 miles back, appearing as a stray, until a Journal paragraph led to her recovery.
Washington University dental professors collect thousands of baby teeth to study strontium 90 absorption in the St. Louis area. Over nine years about 250 000 teeth have been examined as the survey continues through 1970.
Police in Pennsylvania and Ohio increased patrols as a wildcat truckers strike disrupted eight states. Troopers reported rock throwing, nails on roadways, and gun seizures while FBI began investigations. Strike leaders urged drivers to stay off roads as steel production fell up to 30 percent.
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