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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1966
Page
1
A fragment from a local notice mentions illness and a skating rink contact. The readable parts include a date near 71 rink and a phone listing 15 16 17, with 300 E street or avenue context. The item reads as a brief public notice or lost health related alert.
House Armed Services Committee chairman Rep. Mendel Rivers accuses France of ingratitude and suggests removing or reinterring 60,501 American war dead in French cemeteries. He blasts Paris for seeking removal and replacement costs for U S facilities and says legal rights to recapture equipment should be exercised if needed.
A U S Marine at an opera tone HQ near Noi An south of Da Nang attempts phrases in Vietnamese with local children who beg for food and gum. Barbed wire protects the Marines from theft and other risks as they interact with the crowd.
U S B52 bombers hit targets in the six mile buffer zone between North and South Viet Nam while Marines push inland near the coast. A Leatherneck recon team clashes with a North Vietnamese company causing moderate Marine casualties and nine enemy dead. The U S also confirms helicopters burned the village of Lien Hoa after a helicopter action.
Corry State Police report two crashes near Wattsburg and Corry injuring an Erie man and detailing property damage. Douglas Jones, passenger in a car driven by Jeffrey Johnson, 17, of Erie, suffered injuries. Johnson fled the curve on Route 8 and hit trees. A second crash near the fish hatchery curve on Route 6 west of Corry involved Robert Wynn, 21, of Clymer. he wasn’t hurt and total damage was $1,000. Charges pending.
Former Vice President Richard Nixon top Republicans as the likely 1968 presidential nominee. While traveling in Denver, he avoided discussing an Associated Press poll showing 34 of 48 GOP leaders leaning toward Nixon, 12 toward George Romney, with Romney silent on the survey.
A state Supreme Court ruling bars officials from serving on authorities where they hold appointive power, leaving the Erie County Redevelopment Authority with a single member. Corry seeks over 600000 in federal grants for urban renewal, while Union City plans are scaled back and resubmitted. George Pulakos remains the lone member as appointments are expected soon.
Lynda Bird Johnson, on vacation in Honolulu, spent part of her first day in Hawaii shopping for muumuu dresses but found most were too short. The loose fitting Hawaiian dress proved difficult to fit.
A tourist promotion committee of the Corry Chamber plans a four season campaign to draw visitors for hunting fishing camping and skiing. Led by Ronald Willman it will place ads on Route 6 map guides and Travelers Guide USA while branding Corry as the western gateway to the Kinzua Dam area.
Public schools reopen today after U.S. District Judge Claude Clayton ordered Grenada town officials to court following attacks on Negro students by whites. Classes were suspended Thursday as witnesses described white assailants with ax handles beating Black pupils.
J C Penney founder of the retail chain marks his 91st birthday in Anaheim California. He opened the first Golden Rule store in 1902 in Kemmerer Wyoming and the company now operates about 1664 outlets worldwide.
The thermometer plunged to a record 38 in Pittsburgh, surpassing the 1923 low of 42. Nearby towns reported 24 at St. Marys, 29 at Philipsburg, and 30 at Bradford, marking a cold statewide episode.
Gemini 11 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. and Richard Gordon Jr. fly to Cape Kennedy to brief on a 71 hour 16 minute mission that set 7 records including 850 mile altitude and 44 orbits. Preparations for Gemini 12 with a Oct 31 launch date proceed as weather cooperates.
Gov. Scranton praised the dedication of Kinzua Dam as evidence of a new spirit of conservation. He credited the cooperation of the U S Army Corps of Engineers the U S Forest Service and Pennsylvania for creating a functional resource and recreational asset for western Pennsylvania.
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