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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1968
Page
4
Spot Line-O-Ads lists local ads with 25¢ per line and noon day-of publication cutoff. VFW dance October 19 with Bob English 9:30 pm to 1:30 am at 3119 DOr Friday. Moose lodge fish fry adults 1.25 children .75 takeout 1.25. Tastee Freez offers 27c specials on desserts and fudge.
The notice lists admissions at Corry Memorial Hospital including Mrs Esther Fargo and several local residents by name and address. A continued article reports DMZ fighting with 400 government troops entering the southern DMZ, 75 North Vietnamese killed, and casualties among South Vietnamese and allied forces, noting lower overall casualties last week and the lowest American KIAs in eight weeks.
Funeral notices include services for Mrs Walter Erma Hultberg at Bracken Funeral Home Friday at 2 p.m. with calling hours Thursday 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. Miss Marilyn Dingfelder at Bracken Funeral Home with viewing Thursday 7-9 p.m. and service Friday 11 a.m. Burial in West Spring Creek Cemetery.
Gov. Shafer publicly praised nine state employees whose cost reduction ideas saved at least five million dollars, with the Keystone Award of Merit announced at a ceremony. The program targets all agencies receiving state funds and includes posthumous recognition for Hiram W. Gill of Shippensburg State College for proposing state contract dormitory furniture.
A large American Cancer Society study in Albany finds long sleepers, especially men ages 50 to 59, with 9 to 10 hours nightly rest, show markedly higher death rates from stroke and coronary heart disease than those who sleep seven hours. Women 50 to 59 also show elevated coronary death rates. The data suggest reduced daytime activity and possible brain blood flow issues as contributing factors, with cigarette smoking and obesity influential below age 60 and lack of exercise more impactful above 60. The study followed about 800,000 adults aged 40 to 79 from 1959 to 1960.
Department of Public Welfare officials outlined potential savings from federal medical assistance recoveries totaling millions. Others proposed cost cuts and efficiencies including reclaiming silver from X-ray baths, centralizing data tape procurement, and cement lined tanks to save hundreds of thousands annually.
Hurricane Gladys heads toward the Tampa Bay region after battering Cuba and the Dry Tortugas. The National Hurricane Center projected inland impact near Bradenton around midday. Reports from Dry Tortugas noted 75 mph winds and offshore ship logged 90 mph winds.
Edinger reports persistent construction problems amid remodeling at the hospital. Access to the old section hampers progress. crew includes one carpenter, two laborers, two electricians, two plumbers with others intermittently on site. Kitchen insulation decisions delay completion. occupancy now unlikely before Christmas or early next year. Also in news, mass graves of World War I prisoners found near Czarne in northern Poland, Exprese Wieczorny says.
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