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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1969
Page
6
Ronald Heister, 17, drowned during an outing with friends at a Sugar Creek swimming hole near Franklin in Venango County. His body was recovered from about eight feet of water about an hour after he disappeared yesterday.
Erie County commissioners are poised to deny a request from County Treasurer Neil McLaughlin to hold a tax sale on about 4,000 delinquent properties for 1967 and prior years. Lack of budgeted funds and a pending legal ruling on spending unbudgeted funds cloud the decision, with a likely vote next Tuesday.
A Mudaleport New York youth died from burns after a Sunday crash on Interstate 90 in Girard Township. Barry Gilbert, 19, died at St. Vincent Hospital. John Hammer, 19, previously died. Richard Westcott, 20, remains in critical condition with extensive burns after leaping into a creek to extinguish flames. Douglas Weber, 19, was uninjured. The group were returning from a Buffalo Bills game in Cleveland.
The destroyer USS Carpenter searching the Pacific for submarines located a drifting surfboard 120 miles south of Waikiki during antisubmarine warfare drills near Honolulu.
John Drake 77 of Meadville died last evening in Mead Nursing Home after a long illness. Born in Corry on August 20 1492 he was son of Alvin and Anna Drake. Survived by wife Grace Lathrope a daughter Emeline Kireh of Corry a son Melvin of Saegertown five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services at Hunter Funeral Home Saegertown Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev Donald Horton officiating. Friends may call today 7-9 p.m. and tomorrow 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Nationwide three day Labor Day toll reached 609 deaths, below the National Safety Council forecast of 625 to 725. The report notes a 1969 holiday trend of decreasing traffic fatalities compared with 1968. Also included is obituary for James Walter Howles, 80, of Venango, noting his birth in Corry, service in the state highway department, family survivors, and funeral arrangements.
City legally transfers a hill section from East Pleasant street to the George Downey family after council approval. The move abandons street status from East Pleasant street end to north of Paul Taylor drive, with barricaded tops and preserved Taylor access, plus sidewalk work at the lower end for Downey off street parking.
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