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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1968
Page
6
Trooper Marvin Johnston suspects the driver and any occupants of a 1900 sedan after a rollover three miles north of Unionity on Route 8. The crash, reported by phone, left the driver missing at arrival. vehicle damage pegged at $200 and registered to a Cambridge Springs resident.
At a field hearing in Scott's Crossing officials outlined next steps after the fatal Scott's Crossing tragedy. The PUC and agencies aim to order a quick solution and share costs while track crews cut high grass to improve visibility. State Police say drivers share blame for the dangerous setup as cars queue and trap others on the tracks. In Warren County court Archie Rosenberg Jr. was found guilty on two counts of defrauding an innkeeper. He faces sentencing November 15. Governor Shafer said Chrysler plans an auto assembly plant in Pennsylvania, creating about 5,000 jobs and signaling more factory investment. A marriage license was filed for George W. Madison and Susan C. Hollenbeck. The Bobby Richardson Story will be shown tomorrow night at Sparta Mer ger High School gym with special music. The Corry YMCA announced a junior high dance with 65 cent admission and Rubber Band on the program. A purple Bollfast bike was found on Mead Avenue and is being held at the station.
Bradford police say Vincent Colella, owner of the Roman Villa, shot burglar Francis Reed after Reed broke into the cafe early today. Reed, 28, was wounded in the left leg and taken to McKean County Jail. The incident followed prior break-ins at the restaurant.
In Nashville a federal judge refused to involve the court in debates over skirt length or hair. Judge Frank Gray Jr. declined to order readmission for two Donelson High students suspended for refusing to cut their hair and shave beards. The students, ages 18, said they needed long hair and beards to pursue a rock band path while school officials demanded conformity.
Officials say consultations with allied governments including South Vietnam have centered on Hanoi for the bombing halt. Saigon reports note objections by President Nguyen Van Thien to halting without guaranteed Communist de escalation. Western observers cite recent Communist troop withdrawals and reduced fighting as de escalation efforts. Johnson seeks practical assurances that the Communists will not re escalate if bombing stops.
Reported Thursday in New York by Mrs Hugh Auchinloss states Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy plans to marry Aristotle Onassis. After the rerouting, the Kennedy family travels to Greece aboard Olympic Airways with 90 passengers shifted. Onassis plans a wedding on his private island Scorpios with a Greek Orthodox ceremony likely, amid questions of church validity due to Onassis's divorce.
A year old man Freddie McKenzie was sentenced to die in the electric chair for involvement in a fatal fire bombing at a nightclub killing eight people including Willie C. Davis. A jury convicted him after brief deliberation, tying him to the gasoline bucket and arson that started the deadly blaze at The Grave on May 5.
The trio Schirra Cunningham and Eisele demonstrated manual engine control near the end of a mission segment to show a pilot can assume control during guidance failure. Earlier burns were brief with the longest 15 seconds and rapid orbital speed hindered feature locking. The 11 day flight was to end Tuesday with Atlantic splashdown near Bermuda as the crew, ill with colds but improving, prepared for reentry.
Sacramento AP report states mystery writer Erle Stanley Gardner prevailed in a dispute over a Christmas bonus. The case involved a former office worker who quit after a small bonus and a denied unemployment insurance claim. The state board ruled against her, noting that multiple former employees receiving benefits can raise unemployment insurance taxes for the employer. The exact bonus amount was not disclosed.
A Canberra jet bomber attacked an enemy troop concentration near Pleiku in the central highlands, eliciting a large secondary explosion and a verified body count by an observation pilot. Ground fighting persisted as U S forces and South Vietnamese troops reported two more munitions stockpiles south of Saigon and continued near the demilitarized zone.
An alert truck driver carrying 26 000 pounds of oxidized explosives on Interstate 8 in Venango County avoided disaster when a pumpkin dropped from a overpass shattered his windshield. Police say the prank could have destroyed the bridge and caused multiple deaths.
John Edwards argues sound farming fuels industrial strength and national security. He notes farming employs 30 percent of U S jobs, farmers spend 45 billion dollars yearly, and farm assets total 273 billion, matching the value of all U S corporations. He urges voters to elect a new Congress member who will raise farmers pay.
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