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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1967
Page
1
Fragmentary notice appears to discuss yearly contact renewals with a weekly cadence and a request to respond or act regularly. Specific names, dates, or places are not provided in readable form.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a local item involving a garage count, possible real estate counts, and unnamed individuals. The garbled lines mention Wayne, Pennsylvania, a 101 address, and a build or project with potential dates and counts. Readable facts are limited and names unclear.
United Auto Workers voted an emergency dues increase from five to twenty five dollars monthly for about 1.4 million members to sustain the Ford strike fund. Walter Reuther said the fund aims to back wage demands across GM and Chrysler if needed, with the plan to reach at least twenty five million dollars as new contracts are pursued.
The Journal reports a long running investigation into why no postmaster has been named for Bear Lake and Columbus PA since mid summer. The Journal sent telegrams to President Johnson and key agencies. the Civil Service Commission responded noting open competitive exams produced eligibles certificates and that selections require nominations by the Post Office Department.
The David Migliaccio Fund climbed to 4395 as week’s end approached, boosted by McInnes Steel Co workers raising 190 and Ajax Iron Works contributing 390 in lieu of in plant soliciting. Ajax President A N Pilz cited employee inquiries and the boy’s courage and high expenses as reason for management donation.
Last minute details of the Lorraine Hotel sale at 10 East Main Street will be completed within a day or two. Present owner Mrs Buelah Wohlruth says the hotel has been sold to William Ripple of Erie, who owns a local tavern there, with license transfer details due to be settled shortly.
Miami Beach police raided an apartment after neighbors complained of noise and found ten persons at a drug party. The host answered half naked and two other attendees, including one of three women, were nude, according to vice squad detective John Hasley.
Corry United Fund aims for 83500 by month’s end but faces a slower than last year start. Chairman Gene Bloom cites late campaign kickoff. division chairs express optimism they will meet quotas. Report breakfast tallies show 25040 in cash and pledges, largely from industry at 13387.
The Supreme Court will decide if the 1965 law against burning draft cards is constitutional and if a draft card burner can be jailed for not possessing his card. It will also consider whether chronic alcoholics can be punished for public drunkenness, with cases from Texas and other circuits. The court refused to re-examine King Jr and eight Birmingham ministers’ contempt convictions. In a separate note, a Port Authority project at Kennedy Airport touted pedestrian friendly lighting to ease crosswalk delays.
U S Navy fighter bombers struck the MIG airfield at Cat Bi near Haiphong, the sixth base attacked in five days as part of a broader push to cripple North Vietnamese air capability before the monsoon. Ground combat continued in the Mekong Delta with an American platoon in jungle fighting mortar fire, while a 50 year old Buddhist nun reportedly burned herself to death amid Buddhist protests. The strike damaged a Soviet liaison plane but found no MIGs on the ground, and U S planners aimed to reduce flying time by up to 75 percent.
In Sacramento, a civil trial awarded 375000 dollars against General Motors in a rear-end crash on Interstate 80 that killed two men and burned several Corvette Stingrays. Rodgers pleaded guilty to manslaughter. GM plans an appeal, arguing deaths stemmed from driver negligence, not car design.
In Meridian Mississippi 18 men are charged with conspiracy to violate civil rights in the 1964 deaths of three civil rights workers Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney. A 250 member venire was summoned for federal court with about 200 expected to remain after exemptions. Maximum punishment is 10 years and a 5000 dollar fine under the Reconstruction era law. Defendants include local law officers and Sam Holloway Bowers Jr imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
Two Denver motorists were double parked on a downtown street when a car pulled up and began honking. The rear driver exited and shot one man in the head and chest and the other in the right arm and thigh. Authorities investigated the incident as a gunshot assault with no arrests reported.
Trooper John Evanko and Trooper Terence Haskins investigated a break-in at the Keystone Service station east of Union City on Route 6. Burglars pried open cigarette and pop machines, stole about $35 in cash. an office desk was damaged, total losses about $50. Station owned by Edwin Borstorff of 19 Raymond Avenue.
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