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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1966
Page
1
OCR fragment references cows and Chesley with a contact or code 25-6172 or 19. The text is incomplete but suggests a livestock or dairy related item with a location Chesley and a phone-like number, implying a listing or notice.
Twenty men tied to the Minutemen right wing were arrested in predawn raids across Queens Westchester County Long Island and Syracuse. Police seized mortars bazookas machine guns semiautomatic rifles homemade bombs machetes and a million rounds of ammo. Authorities say the group planned to destroy three private camps in NY NJ and CT and infiltrate the Army Reserve 11th Special Forces unit for guerrilla tactics.
Chicago police traced a stolen Renaissance painting, Madonna and Child with St John by Correggio, to a trash basket in Grant Park after a prank call. The work suffered moderate, repairable damage. Institute officials call it the theft of a prized 19th century piece.
Local youngsters begin at 6 90 tonight with UNICEF coin containers and bags to collect pennies for needy children worldwide. Civil Defence signals at 8 p m mark canvassers' break. youths dismissed at 9 p m as Chief Manley Robbins leads city protection.
Police report multiple cars sprayed with black and green paint over the weekend. Victims include James L. King and Robert J. Matteson, with other vehicles found vandalized near Rex Theatre and The Journal lot. Dexter Grenz reported a black stripe on his daughter's car.
Pennsylvania's coal regions will be surveyed for stability after the Wales disaster. State mines secretary H Beecher Charmbury said there is no immediate danger, but rains could threaten mounds and require precautionary checks. Five die in Buffalo fire in a 24 story frame dwelling. Fire officials say children are among the victims.
Philadelphia milk price fight escalates as two Carlisle area stores linked to Cumberland Farms face court injunction. The shops sell milk at 79 cents per gallon and 40 cents per half gallon, well below the regulated $1.06 and 55 cents. Cumberland Farms plans to challenge the state milk price law while sourcing milk from Pennsylvania and New Jersey farmers.
Elmer Simpson district game warden says opening small game season had few violations and notes three gun incidents. Edward Morrison, 47, from Waterford, suffered a pellet wound to the forehead from an unknown shooter. Emmett Perkins, 38, Union City, injured by a muzzle loader’s blast. Howard Hetrick, 60, Gibsonia, Pa., sustained shotgun wounds to forearm and thigh and was treated at Corry Memorial Hospital.
President Johnson wraps a long foreign swing with stops across Asia and Alaska. In Seoul crowds greet him as he reiterates support for Viet Nam and urges safety amid massed throngs while South Korea asks for aid and military commitments.
Grit, a Williamsport based weekly, endorsed Republican Raymond P. Shafer for governor. The paper called Shafer’s likely administration not radical but practical and progressive, and noted its own independent political stance.
An anti-American protest outside the USIS building in Kuala Lumpur ends with a demonstrator dead and two wounded after riot police fire on the crowd. Police warned protesters to disperse before the shooting as the day unfolded amid Lyndon B. Johnson’s 21 hour visit.
Authorities continued their investigation into an Morris Road accident six miles south of Mayville. In Jamestown General Hospital were Frank Leone 19 Westfield driver jaw fracture and facial injuries Kenneth Beck 17 Dewittville passenger lacerations and abrasions David Green 17 Mayville passenger forehead laceration and tooth loss Lyle Hopkins 16 Sherman passenger left arm and ear injuries James Holcomb 16 Mayville fractured back vertebra abrasions contusions Paul Rosage 17 Dewitt left leg facial injuries Dudley the third driver apparently unhurt.
Allanewan reports 100 year old John H. Newhard enjoyed his first jet plane ride at Bethlehem-Faston Airport. He toured to Harrisburg Washington Boston and back, covering about 1000 miles in two hours. He recalled his father’s long trips and remarked it felt like the jet age.
An editor notes utilities pay taxes to state and federal governments and some local levies, yet the burden on Corry water services remains modest. The piece cites 1965 taxes for Corry Water Supply Co totaling about 18 thousand after credits, plus payments to the Public Utilities Commission and local jurisdictions.
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