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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1966
Page
3
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Denver based movement spreads to Albuquerque Windsor and Carlsbad as Housewives Encouraging Lower Food Prices expands. King Soopers milk price dispute leads to temporary restraining order while activists vow continued pressure. Governor Scranton names Joseph Ujobai as public information director for new Department of Community Affairs.
An Erie police sergeant recounts stopping a speeding father, deciding not to cite him as a warning, and rewarding the boy's honesty with ice cream. The officer notes the lesson this taught about discipline and integrity.
In Harrisburg AP reports former Erie County Republican Chairman Neal Coughlin becomes director of party organization and county campaigns for the Shafer for Governor Committee. State Chairman Craig Truax says Coughlin will run the Action Program to boost turnout and organize precinct workers for Lt. Gov. Raymond P. Shafer.
The Ad Hoc Committee for Quality Education led by John George sponsors a boycott aimed at school reforms. About 800 of 26,000 students attended a "freedom school" on civil rights, were redirected from University of California Berkeley classrooms, with officials blaming the action on the boycott and George denying intimidation claims.
In Harrisburg two weeks before the Pennsylvania election the major gubernatorial nominees focus on distinct themes. Democrat Milton Shapp touts free higher education and public utilities, while Republican Shafer stresses evaluating the Scranton Administration and promises to uphold its perceived progress.
Proposals to eliminate de facto segregation include creating educational parks as clusters of elementary, junior, and high schools to draw students from low income areas and require parental presence during discipline. Absenteeism remained high with 7,793 students absent on Friday, about double the usual rate.
Pennsylvania Governor candidate Shapp ties tuition aid to eliminating real estate tax exemptions for public utilities. He cites a $175 to $200 million annual need for free tuition for about 40,000 students, while backtracking on offering room and board. Shafer attacks as a “fantastic finance scheme.”
Ronald Lord 19 of Erie swerved to avoid a deer on West Columbus Avenue hitting guard rails and a tree. Passengers Randall Olson 18 and Gary Straneva 19 suffered minor cuts at Corry Memorial Hospital. An Erie man Edward J. Saborowski 4 crashed after failing to negotiate a curve 12 miles east. car damage valued at $600.
London AP Britannia Airways dismissed 21 year old stewardess Jean Chapman the sole survivor among 93 killed in a Yugoslavian crash. The company says the act is a favor to protect her interests while Chapman calls it rotten. Managing director J E D Williams says payment would affect her legal claim.
Nearly 200 youths riot in Swissvale after a Swissvale Duquesne football game. Police report four arrests for disorderly conduct as 60 officers from multiple districts respond with K9s. one youth sustains a minor head cut. Windshield damage noted. disturbance centers in a two block area.
Senator Robert F. Kennedy toured the Los Angeles area urging California voters to curb racial violence. He backed Governor Edmund G. Brown and Rep. James Corman, while protesters criticized him for earlier Senate remarks about Los Angeles Mayor Yor t y. Kennedy warned that poverty and degraded Negro life fuel unrest and urged a past of inequality. He noted California’s contrast with New York on tuition and taxes as he prepared to speak at UC Berkeley.
Two New Brighton men Kenneth Young and Ralph Watson were bound over to the next session on a charge of corrupting the morals of a minor before Olen Seidler Bloomfield Township justice of the peace. They were released on $500 bond.
Officials announced a 28.5 million construction plan for Route 6 spanning over 400 miles from Matamoras at the eastern edge to Pennine in the west. Thirteen projects including bridges bypasses and resurfacing are in planning or under way along the route. The state also banned a prenatal drug with fluoride from sale, though officials say normal dosages pose no danger.
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