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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1966
Page
1
A rough OCR listing mentions a two story downtown Wright area property with 1 bedroom 1 kitchen 1 furnace and garage. It notes a 6 room layout and mentions a price around 10 500 with potential improvements and nearby street references.
The Corry Water Supply Co filed with the Public Utility Commission for a 25 per cent rate increase affecting about 2,450 customers in Corry and Columbus. The request, to take effect January 1, 1967, cites higher labor costs and payroll as main factors.
Federal mediators in Pittsburgh worked to narrow gaps in the Westinghouse Electric contract talks. William E. Simkin led mediation as the AFL CIO UE considers strike action with talks stalled over wages pensions cost of living and job security. Production workers earn about 3.00 dollars per hour.
Four veteran Miami Dade sheriff deputies including three top officials were indicted by the county grand jury on charges from grand larceny to aiding prostitution. Three were secretly jailed after arrest. former chief of detectives Manson Hill fled town. Joseph F. Cacciatore, 51, an ex convict free on appeal bond, was also indicted. A special prosecutor from outside the state joins the probe into crime and corruption in south Florida. Sheriff Buchanan, previously acquitted on campaign contribution charges, called the news shocking.
Six appeals filed after last summer’s triennial assessment produced two successful reductions for Owen Taylor residence at 19 Spring Street and Corry Savings and Loan Association property at 325 West Washington Street. Notices were sent to appellants, with rejections for Arlo and Pauline Williams 124 Wrights Street Corry Savings and Loan 604 West Pleasant Street Albert and Lucy Magliarditi 16 South Center Street Tony and Gladys Amoroso 6 South First Avenue Blatt Brothers Mercer Theatre Corporation 27 West South Street. Most reductions were not justified this time, following prior year concessions.
Mrs Lena Smith long time GOP committeewoman became ill yesterday at a Republican dinner in the Colonel Drake Hotel. Doctors at Titusville Hospital examined her and released her after treatment. Attending the dinner were candidates Dr James Weaver James Willard and R Budd Dwyer with aid Ralph Osborn.
President Johnson and Mrs Johnson arrived in Brisbane to spend the night after a Canberra barbecue. About 6,000 greeted them at the airport and more than a million in Sydney joined a mixed welcome that included confetti and anti Viet Nam demonstrators. Johnson wore a Texas hat at the barbecue before a cool farewell in Canberra.
Corry State Police probed four auto crashes with $3150 in damage and three minor injuries. First, Jerry Kerr 19 tried to turn left on Route 77 at Riceville and was hit by Robert Morris 34, causing damage and guard posts to be struck. No injuries. Later, James Sutton 18 on Route 6 near Corry drifted, forcing a stop that led to a rear collision with John Lucas 58. no injuries. Early today, three Erie youths suffered minor injuries when their car ran offroad.
In Aberfan Wales officials confront a second potential slide as rescue teams sift coal sludge for buried survivors after a massive 800 foot slag heap collapse. 107 bodies recovered, 100 of them children, with the death toll feared to rise toward 200.
The W. L. Dunn Company of Cochranton was the low bidder on the Route 6 bypass project here with a bid of 498373. Bids were opened in Harrisburg, with the project timing possibly starting this fall or in early 1967 if weather cooperates. The roughly 7 miles bypass will divert Route 6 around the business district from North Center Street to the fish hatchery curve, at an estimated cost near 400000, higher than the Dunn bid by about 100000.
Three city youths were arrested on warrants and charged with burglary for break-ins at Stroup's Service Station W W Waterhouse Garage and Messinger's Texaco Service. The 19 year old Amacher and 19 year old Apthorp faced charges for the Texaco burglary, a 17 year old juvenile faced three counts. They were bound over for hearings before Alderman Cobbett. Loot totaled 15 dollars from Waterhouse 40 dollars from Texaco and 36 quarts of motor oil from Stroup's.
New York AP reports the Federal Task Force on Respiratory Diseases, comprising 24 physicians, urges study of selective prohibitions on smoking and calls for reduced or eliminated cigarette advertising. The group says it will be necessary to work toward the ultimate rejection of smoking as acceptable social behavior.
Pittsburgh AP Lt Gov Raymond P Shafer charges Democratic rival Milton Shapp would shift school aid to wealthier districts under a sales tax based subsidy formula. He calls the plan Robin Hood in reverse, saying rural counties would face severe deprivation. Shafer spoke at the Pennsylvania School Boards Association convention.
OaklandTeachers Association calls for police protection for teachers and pupils and prosecution of agitators as violence in the riot area subsides. At Castlemont High School 250 black truants beat five white teachers and three white students while vandalism and looting followed in Alameda County. Absenteeism soars in city schools as authorities vow no leniency for vandals.
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