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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1967

Page

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Corry Officials Press Route 6 Bypass Repairs

City engineer David Johnson fired a letter to the State Highway Department pressing Dunn Construction Co to fix damage from the Route 6 bypass. He cites centerline monument removal, damaged sewer and storm lines, a broken eight inch pipe, and a damaged sign electrical feed needing repair.

Corry W. L. Dunn Construction Co Cochranton David Johnson State Highway Department Dunn Company Johnson Edward Small New Berm

Tavern Owner Testifies on $1000 Donation for License

Pittsburg AP report states tavern owner Clifford Grubbs testified that Democratic officials pressured him to donate 1000 dollars for a liquor license. He said he paid 500 dollars to both county and Monroeville Democratic groups after promising payments in seven to eight months. The state Liquor Control Board granted the license days later.

Pittsburgh State Liquor Control Board Clifford B. Grubbs Allegheny County Grubbs Harrisburg Anthony J. Martin Monroeville Martin

Ambush Kills 58 U.S. Troops in Vietnam Jungle Fight

In a jungle 41 miles north of Saigon a Communist regiment ambushed two companies of the 1st Infantry Division. After a day of fighting 58 Americans were killed and 61 wounded. at least 103 Communists died. U.S. officers suffered heavy losses including Maj. Don W Holleder and Lt. Col. Terry Allen Jr.

Saigon U.S. 1St Infantry Division Fuled U.S Maj Don W.holleder Army Col Terry Allen Jr

Compromise on New England Haulers End Strike Faces Vote

In Chicago and Pittsburgh, 68 carrier firms back a mediation plan to end the nine week violent strike by independent haulers. The plan pays drivers after four hours waiting, with at least ten dollars hourly thereafter, and shifts leverage to ratification by 10 000 to 20 000 strikers.

Pittsburgh National Steel Carriers Association Chicago Howard Miller Robert Eazor

Cigarette Prices Rise Amid Tax Hike and Vending Changes

The article notes a slow start on widening North Center street due to Pennsylvanian crossings data. It reports cigarette price increases in Corry from 36 to 45 cents a pack with vending machines jumping a dime due to a five cent tax hike, while over-the-counter prices generally rise five cents. The Erie Canteen Co. signals 45 cent machine prices as dealers adjust. Dealers face a $25 per carton penalty for tax nonpayment.

Corry Erie Canteen Co State Revenue Secretary

Birth control policy eyed by world Catholic laymen

The world Congress of Roman Catholic laymen urged Pope Paul VI to liberalize birth control rules and let Catholic couples decide methods. After hours of debate 103 national laymen called for a position on responsible parenthood while leaving scientific choices to conscience and advisers. The session paused on a dozen drafts and did not vote on mixed-marriage resolutions pending today.

Pope Rome World Congress of Paul

Two Americans and a Swede Win Nobel Prize in Medicine

In Stockholm two Americans and a Swede shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for work on how the human eye sees. The laureates are Haldan Keffer Hartline of New York, George Wald of Harvard University in Boston, and Ragnar Granit of Sweden.

Stockholm Sweden Haldan Keffer Hartline New York George Waldorpeg University Aobridge Mass Rara

Young Car Victim DOA At CMH

A 21 month old Clarendon boy Wesley Hawk died at Corry Memorial Hospital after being struck by a car on Route 6 in Clarendon. The child wandered from his mother at a laundromat and walked into the street where Dora Eburg of Beaver Pennsylvania struck him with the right front bumper. He was pronounced dead on arrival with severe head injuries. An emergency transport and police escort carried him toward Erie. The incident was reported to Warren State Police and is continued on page four.

Franklin Daniels Transfer Co Melvin Campbell Campbell Dayton Ohio Venango County Clarendon Corry Memorial Hospital Clarandon Wesley Wesley Hawk R. D Warren Dora Eburg Beaver Warren General Hospital St. Vincent's Hospital Erie North Warren Pittsfield Richard Gambino Corry

Pumpkin Raid At Dodd Farms Sparks Investigation

At 2 a.m. two people in a red and white car raided the Dodd Farms pumpkin patch on Scott's Crossing Road, stealing five or six pumpkins with lights out. One pumpkin appeared in the city. Police received a car description and investigate. The prior night an arson attempt on silage valued at $14,000 was reported and a car description was given to State Police.

Dodd Farms Scott's Crossing Road Charles Dodd

Antidraft protests shift to peaceful picketing in Oakland and Berkeley

Antidraft demonstrators avoid further clashes with police after a violent 24 hours at the Oakland Induction Center. More than 20 were injured as police broke up a major blockade. about 150 protesters were arrested over two days, with Joan Baez and 102 others sentenced in Oakland Municipal Court. A Berkeley rally followed the strategy change calling for peaceful action and avoiding confrontations.

Oakland Calif Oakland Induction Center Akland Delmar Brobst Joan Baez Miss Baez Mimi Fari~ta University of California Berkeley

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