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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1967
Page
1
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A White House wage board ordered a two year $158 million package for about 197,000 shopcraft workers. The plan raises base pay by 1 percent plus 20 cents an hour in extra skill pay for roughly 100,000 workers and becomes mandatory in 30 days unless a voluntary agreement is reached. President Johnson endorsed the increases, while railroad leaders call them inflationary.
Washington reports indicate US government leaders have decided to begin building an anti missile defense system to protect the United States from incoming missiles. The move signals a new phase in strategic defense policy.
ERIE AP three men were convicted on inciting to riot charges tied to racial disturbances in Erie on July 19. Sentencing set for October for David Bethel Jo seph Norris and Russell Lomax. Bethel jailed since arrest. Norris and Lomax free on 500 dollar bond awaiting pre sentence investigations.
Larry Walters a 17 year old from Columbus escaped serious injury yesterday morning when his auto struck a concrete culvert four miles south of Bear Lake. He was treated at Corry Memorial Hospital for minor head cuts and bruises and released. Police say foggy conditions with oncoming traffic caused Walters to lose control and crash into the culvert. Damage to the car was about 185 dollars.
A soldier from the 1st Cavalry Division pulls a Viet Cong suspect from a spider hole under a hut in a village near Bong Son South Vietnam. Five other villagers were routed from holes, one North Vietnamese soldier was killed during Operation Pershing about 290 miles northeast of Saigon.
In a muddy Mekong delta fight near Saigon 9 U S sailors were killed and 104 wounded as 70 Viet Cong died and a riverine force attacked a Viet Cong 23rd Battalion. Navy gunboats and armored Monitors supported Army infantry in the clash that stretched into marshes and canals five miles south of Saigon.
Fifteen of twenty five members of the House Ways and Means Committee oppose sending a tax increase to the floor under current conditions. They demand major spending cuts or concessions before any tax increase. The panel seeks dollar for dollar spending cuts with any revenue rise, while Johnson weighs a 10 percent surcharge to fund Vietnam costs.
A local man pled guilty to drunk driving in Erie County court. Saul W. Bailey, 55, of 560 Wayne Street, was fined 100 dollars plus costs for a December East Washington Street crash. The involuntary manslaughter trial of Charles LaHocca, co owner of the Hotel Corry, was recessed till 9 30 a m Monday after a Route 69 Greene Township crash that killed Richard Lewkowicz of Erie.
Paul Harvey endorses a Vietnam tragedy letter from the mother of a slain youth as compelling reading in today’s Journal. The note is highlighted on Page 2 as essential perspective on war and sacrifice.
An anonymous benefactor, dubbed the money man, has given cash to 11 residents of Mount Pleasant. Recipients found envelopes with $2 to $10 along mail routes and doorsteps, each bearing the phrases Today may be your lucky day and Good luck in the future. The latest recipient is L J Ross, an assistant professor at Central Michigan University.
James A. Jackman 21, a Corry Area High School and Allegheny College graduate, is one of 160 new Peace Corps volunteers in the Philippines. He will teach English and science in elementary and secondary schools, work with Filipino co teachers, and participate in community actions and rice projects. The group brings total volunteers in the Philippines to 725.
Cornell Monday night will tackle leaf removal machinery and the new Housing Authority. Debates include street payment, plumbing and electrical codes, and the cost of leaf removal amid new asphalt streets. The authority plans up to 100 low rental and elderly units and will be formally labeled as an authority by the mayor.
Cairo reports that former No. 2 figure Field Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer killed himself after being summoned to a special investigation. Amer, 47, who had led forces in wars with Israel, faced plot accusations and was reportedly given poison via cyanide pill before dying. He had long been close to President Nasser.
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