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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1966
Page
1
Readable parts indicate a property notice referencing a parcel on D Street with bids or payments around $115 and 25 acres linked to Pleasant area. Gangs is noted but unclear. details incomplete.
Classified note lists a 2 bedroom expandable unit with open week sale terms. Mentions road, country rooms, large range, and a contact number 69-2205. Indicates agency street address and state location.
Beverly Adams 23 of Corry and Delores Watrous 25 of R D 3 Corry are in fair condition at Corry Memorial Hospital after a 12 40 p m crash on West Washington Street when Adams lost control and struck a tree and a utility pole. Union City resident Mrs Duane Van Epps was discharged yesterday.
The United Fund of the Corry Area reports 68 percent of its $83,500 goal after the third report breakfast at Hotel Corry. Chair Richard Fuller urges full area outreach and final windup plans for Thursday. Contact 31 North Center Street or call 668 5263 to contribute.
Harrisburg APPennsylvania legislators return to Harrisburg to consider a compromise consumer credit bill. If smooth, final passage could occur in one day before campaigns resume. Key leaders Stroup and Irvis express confidence the bill will be acceptable. Fr continues report on Page Three.
Three area residents died and 21 were injured in weekend crashes. Richard Lewkowicz 24 Erie Cinda Woods 6 Franklin Pa and William F Call 45 Warren Ohio died. Lewkowicz died after a two car collision on Route 89 seven miles north of Wattsburg. His wife Patricia 26 and their three children Tina 8 Elizabeth 4 John 1 escaped serious injury. Investigating trooper said the LaRocca car struck the Lewkowicz vehicle as it turned onto Route 89 from a side road. The LaRocca car overturned onto its roof. The report notes the LaRocca car owner is hotel co owner Charles LaRocca 60. The story continues on page six.
A 19 year old Spartansburg youth was accidentally wounded in the right leg during a Saturday afternoon shooting as John H Stranahan tried a fast draw. Stranahan’s gun fired before clearing the holster, the slug entering below the knee and lodging above the ankle. He was taken to Union City Memorial Hospital where he stayed overnight after the slug was removed.
Denver area housewives campaign to lower food prices by boycotting Miller's Farr's King Soopers Hed Owl and Safeway. Esther Peterson may visit for a meeting with chains and Housewives for Lower Food Prices leaders. over 25 000 signatures on a federal state cost of food petition sent to Johnson Tove and lawmakers.
A car carrying seven college students from Gannon and Villa Maria collided in Erie. Ann Molnar Carol Stooges and William Taylor died from multiple injuries. Richard Courtney Ray mond Glowaky H Dale Rosenquest and Corry Guth remained hospitalized with injuries. An autopsy will determine exact causes of death.
Two 19 year old Columbus youths, Terry Daniels and Edmund G Malek, were arrested by Corry State Police on Route 6 for drinking and transporting intoxicating beverages. Daniels faced additional disorderly conduct and traffic counts after pleading guilty and paying 91.50. Malek paid 25 in fines and costs. Local Sgt George Martin warned of strict enforcement against minor drinking. Also reports taxes exceed food costs per person in 1965 per California Growers Council.
President Johnson pledges to promote peace during a 25,000 mile Pacific Asian tour. He leaves from Dulles Airport with Mrs Johnson, planning to visit at least six countries in 17 days. Viet Nam remains the focal point as Manila conference looms and civil, constructive efforts are emphasized.
South Vietnamese troops and U.S. helicopters swept 150 Viet Cong sampans in the Mekong Delta. The operation sunk 121 boats and killed 147 enemy soldiers with 17 prisoners taken. A mine near a U S billet killed or wounded one American and a cabinet rift threatened unity ahead of a Manila summit.
AFL-CIO International Union of Electrical Workers ratified a new GE contract but locals struck over local issues. About 20,000 at Evendale Ohio and Schnec tady and Auburn New York walked out, 2,000 machinists at Utica New York joined, with threats in Louisville and Pittsfield. Warren Michigan saw 1,100 United Auto Workers strike Carboloy. The agreement, reached in Washington under presidential pressure, was approved by the TUE conference board.
Corry police will consult Erie County probation officers on disposition of about 60 local youths aged 12 to 18 accused of summer thefts. The crimes involved baked goods from IGA and Quality Markets and watermelons from A&P, with most cases likely to involve larceny charges and potential lenience for first offenders.
The 35 registered electors in Jerome Arkansas delayed today’s election on a 20 million industrial bond issue after Mayor C C Gibson Jr cited unresolved concerns. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr denied involvement while Roosevelt urged federal scrutiny, alleging a possible legal scheme to defraud taxes and mass job losses in New York.
The Supreme Court refused to allow Delaware to file a suit challenging the constitutionality of the state unit vote system for presidential electors. The court denied leave to file a bill of complaint and authorized several states to join as prospective complainants before turning back the action.
Trooper John Evanko said four adult men were arrested on unlawful entry and corrupting morals charges after a hunting cabin break in that led to drinking parties with six teenage girls. Victims were placed with juvenile authorities as hearings set for late October.
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