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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1966
Page
7
A Department of Development official announced new aid grants totaling 1,000 for a project north of Reed. The plan includes a $1,000 grant and a second grant of 104,952 to support revitalization efforts and related mail distribution.
Erie County Adult Welfare Office reports August savings of 1871 dollars from elder foster home placements totaling 448 days of care. Five more placements in August raised year to date to 18 with 13 previous by July. Davis Zelasky and Dorothy Fischer cite cost savings versus county hospital care and expect 20 to 22 placements by September. Public notice of a water main break in Dunbar disrupts 5500 customers for 18 hours along 16 miles of line. cause unknown.
James Stanetz of Bethlehem captured the freestyle archery title at the Pennsylvania Archery Association field championship in Seven Springs Somerset County. A record 458 archers attended. Marilyn Williams Cranesville won ladies free style. Marlin R Fox Kutztown won bare bow men. Virginia Kelly Reading won women’s title. DEFENSE AIDE DIES in Addis Ababa Ethiopia Lt Gen Merrid Mengesha 52 died Saturday aged 60 in service return.
Conneaut Ohio City Council, in a regular meeting, will vote on an emergency ordinance requiring all motorcycle riders and passengers to wear a protective helmet. Noncompliance is a misdemeanor with a 25 dollar fine or a five day jail sentence. The helmet must have an outer semi resilient shell, energy absorbing padding, and a chin strap.
London AP report notes British exports to Communist China rose 50 percent in the first half of 1966 to 15 million pounds or 42 million dollars, versus 10 million pounds a year earlier. Trade, limited by U.S. sanctions and China's purge, faces political obstacles but officials say prospects remain favorable.
The Kinzua Dam in Western Pennsylvania and adjacent New York will be dedicated Friday with dignitaries including Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Resor Governor William Scranton Lt Gen William Cassidy and Senators Joseph Clark and Hugh Scott. About 10 000 people are expected to attend as the dam backs up water from the Allegheny River and prepares 22 5 miles of navigable waters. Authorities estimate 2.5 million visitors will use the recreation facilities next year. Construction began in 1961 after authorization in 1936 and ground has been leased to two electric companies for power plants at the dam.
Choice animals from 15 states and Canada compete as the third annual Pennsylvania All-American Dairy Show begins at the Farm Show Arena. The five day event draws over 2,000 cows heifers calves and bulls valued at 2 million from 500 top dairy farms. Winners gain eligibility for future judging and honors.
Harrisburg AP reports the Pennsylvania State Democratic Party opens its statewide campaign with 285 candidates at a mass rally led by Milton J. Shapp nominee for governor. Thomas Z. Minehart calls it the most coordinated effort in state history with speakers including State Sen. Robert P. Casey and Genevieve Blatt. Also listed were Leonard C. Staisey and Juniata Kidd Stout for court posts. The second item notes the death of Very Rev. John A. Elbert, 71, former UD philosophy professor and president 1938–44, at Mass.
The event presents fifty thousand dollars in cash prizes and will be highlighted at the show's annual banquet scheduled for Thursday. Leaders and participants are invited to attend the formal gathering, where prize distributions and acknowledgments will occur.
A $200,000 fire destroyed McMillen Hardwood Products Corp lumber mill in Kane. Fire origin undetermined, but fuel oil used for machinery likely fueled the blaze. Willard Brush triggered the alarm at 6:10 a.m. Fire units from Kane and nearby towns fought the blaze. control declared at 8 a.m. with investigations planned. Charles Patr eeman, 48, Latrobe, Pa., drowned at Lac Par ent, Que., on a fishing trip.
Eleven students in a Littlestown Joint School System bus were hospitalized with noncritical injuries after the Saturday night crash near Arendtsville Adams County. The vehicle, returning from Shippensburg High School football game, struck a guard rail and rolled down an embankment. driver James Witt, 24, of Littlestown RD 1, faced no serious charges. Thirteen others treated and released. EX CHANCELLOR DIES at Texas Christian University Fort Worth Tex Dr McGruder Ellis Sadler 69 resigned as chancellor June 30 1965 and died Sunday likely of a heart attack.
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