Battleship New Jersey Nears North Viet Coast Target Island Blasted
The 56 000 ton USS New Jersey moved closer to Hon Mat island lies 14 miles south of the 19th parallel. Antiaircraft batteries on the island attacked U S bombers as the battleship fired 2700 pound shells for 30 minutes destroying part of the island and an anti aircraft position. B52 bombers dropped 3000 tons around four provincial capitals in South Vietnam amid heavy air and naval bombardment.
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Saigon
New Jersey
U.S. Command
Hon Mat
U.S
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Minh
Contracts Useless Resignations Stir School Directors
Corry Area Joint School Committee faced a tense meeting after two teachers resigned early in the term. Mary S. Knickerbocker quit after signing a year contract for sixth grade and Linda K. Sickles resigned as high school librarian under a 10 month pact.
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Corry Area
Mary S. Knickerbocker
Lena Ayers
Conelway
Ayers
Linda K
Sickles
Miss Sickles
Vietnam
Ray Elsen
Elsen
Dorothy L. Chimenti
Thanks For The Use Of Your Shrubs Pal
Frank Chirien zio of 410 Spring street reported shrubs removed from his yard and a fence picket found in his yard the neighbor Miss Florence Pond heard a noise awoke and saw a teenage boy then headed south on Spring street hill police investigated the incident shrubs were returned last night marking the first known case of shrub borrowing in the area
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Frank Chirienzio
Spring Street
Miss Florence Pond
Miss Pond
Spring Street Hill
Chirienzio
Flower Power Car Stolen Then Found By Troopers
State trooper Terence Haskins unknowingly drove a stolen red flower power Chevy station wagon decorated with flowers and a racing stripe. William Benson reported the car stolen at 7 am, then learned it was at the substation after Benson’s brother let Haskins borrow it briefly.
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Ark
Terence Haskins
Carry State Police
Haskins
William Benson
Second Avenue
Benson
Charles Sutton
Corry School Board appoints Howard to fill vacancy
The Corry School Board unanimously named Jamies Howard of 55 East Frederick Street to fill the unexpired term of B G Bennett who resigned last month. Howard 28 is senior loan teller at Citizens Corry Office of the Marine Bank and a Corry native educated at local schools.
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Corry
Jamies Howard
East Frederick Street
B. G
Barney) Bennett
Bennett
Howard
Citizens Corry
Marine Bank
Grove City College
IBM
Erie Business Center
American Banking Institute
Gannon College
Jaycees
American Red Cross
Red Cross
United States Army
Europe
No Sale Just Chasing Flies Incident at Livestock Sale
Sterling Colorado AP report describes Sherm Sigler a retired photographer at a livestock sale who swatted flies and was mistakenly committed to purchase a carload of heifers. He explained to sale officials and was released from the commitment.
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Sterling
Colo
Sherm Sigler
Apollo 7 crew performs space TV show despite colds
The Apollo 7 astronauts all with colds presented a live 11 minute tour of their spacecraft. Walter Schirra Donna Eisele and Walter Cunningham showcased the capsule interior and exercise gear while radioing jokes and signs to officials. A second show is planned for Wednesday as Apollo 7 passes within range of Corpus Christi and Merritt Island receiving stations. Harriet Eisele watched from mission control with her parents.
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Donna’. Eisele
Walter Cunningham
Apollo
Cunningham
Donald K. Slayton
Astronaut Office
Paul Haney
Manned Spacecraft Center
Haney
Slayton
Outer Space
United States
Corpus Christi
Tex
Merritt Island
Fla
Cape Kennedy
Harriet Eisele
Mission Control
Harry D. Hamilton
Gnadenhutten
Ohio
Inmates Shot After Refusing to Work at Cummins Prison Farm
Prison guards at Cummins Prison Farm Arkansas fired eight shotgun blasts into a group of about 75 inmates who refused to work. 24 were wounded, including Herman Goad of Natchez, Miss. Authorities say warning shots were fired first. guards defend the action as necessary. Gov. Rockefeller called for a full investigation.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Ifields
Victor C. Urban
Winthrop Rockefeller
Urban
Herman Goad
Natchez, Miss
Little Rock
Gary Haydis
Haydis
Tucker Prison Farm
Pour First Concrete At Union City Dam
UNION CITY The first concrete was placed in the sluice of the Union City flood control dam project yesterday by contractor S J Groves & Son John C Staples resident engineer announced Staples said the Corps of Army Engineers has set a final inspection of two roadways built for the state in connection with the dam project for too narrow at 1 p m The new roadway in Amity and Waterford townships Erie County are Routes 25048 and 5049 State officials are planning to tend the inspection tour Staples added
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Union City
S. J. Groves & Son
John C. Staples
Staples
Corps of Army Engineers
Amity
Waterford Townships
Erie County
Corry Search Ends as Jim Keppel Is Found Safe
In Corry Pennsylvania a city wide search for 11 year old Jim Keppel ended when Sam Barbalaci and Mrs. Keppel found the boy in bushes near Grove Street after a YMCA swimming outing. The father thanked the responders and declared the town’s effort made him glad to live in Corry. Separately Chicago news: Leon Stolz, longtime Chicago Tribune editorial chief, died at 75 after 38 years at the paper.
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Corry
William Keppel
Grove Street
Jim
Civil Defense
Sam Barbalaci
Brook Street
Chicago
Leon Stolz
The
Chicago Tribune
Stolz
Tribune
County and Corps Move to Make Union City Dam a Recreation Pool
The Army Corps of Engineers proposes a permanent recreation reservoir at Union City dam in Erie and Crawford counties. Col Wagner Nichols says design changes require new authorization. Congressman Joseph Vigorito says talks with county commissioners will set cost participation and operation terms. He credits The Corry Evening Journal for shaping support and notes the mud flats would be avoided by the plan.
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Corps of Engineers
Erie County
Union City
Col
Wagne. Nichols
Corps
Pittsburgh
Joseph Vigorito
Nichols
Vigorito
Congress
Corry Evening Journal
Army Corps of Engineers
Journal
Washington
Erie
Crawford Counties
Corry Area coach Lou Hanna resigns from football post
Corry Area High School football coach Lou Hanna, in his first year as Beavers coach, has submitted his resignation from the football post effective at season end. The school committee will not grant immediate approval, citing related matters in the district’s administration and the tied athletic director contract.
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Lou Hanna
Corry
Grid Beavers
Corry Area
Hanna
State Department of Public Instruction
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