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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1965
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment lists tools and items such as wheel, rake, drain trace, door handle, iron, taunt, tving tulte ward, suggesting a cleaned hardware or workshop inventory in a ward area with missing context and unreadable details.
Corry Memorial Hospital planning committee moves toward a 35 bed geriatrics unit to reduce elderly care costs. Project would cost about 525,000 with 80 percent federal funds from Appalachia and one third Hill Burton funds. balance locally. Area coverage includes Corry and parts of Erie Warren Crawford counties and several New York communities. total population served approaches twenty thousand. Local need cited from rising elderly hospitalizations and longer stays, with plan awaiting final steps.
A powerful September Arctic storm blasted the Rockies and northern Plains, driving temperatures to record lows, dumping up to 18 inches of snow in Montana and Wyoming, closing Interstate 80 near Rawlins, and causing multiple traffic deaths. The storm spread into the Great Plains with heavy rains and gusty winds, ending the summer weather as officials warned of continued drifting snow and subfreezing temperatures.
Two U S Air Force F105 planes were shot down 80 miles northwest of Hanoi during a Thursday raid. Pilots believed alive but listed as missing. The incident raises total U S planes downed in North Viet Nam to two since air strikes began last February. A separate report notes a fighter-bomber strike damaged the North Viet Nam DMZ bridge end, with fatalities reported among locals and uncertainty over their allegiance. International Control Commission actions followed, with India Canada and Poland as members. United Nations Day proclaimed in Pennsylvania, and a designated period set for hunting in landowner areas.
The AP reports Typhoon Trix, described as this year’s most powerful storm, pounded central Honshu with fierce winds and heavy rain. As it moved toward Tokyo, a light earthquake rattled parts of central and northern Japan. No casualties or damages were reported.
A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 with about 30 aboard vanished en route from Martinique to New York. wreckage sighted on Montserrat's hilltop with no survivors. CAB says no life seen as searchers reach the crash site in difficult terrain.
A wildcat strike spreading from West Virginia and Ohio has shut down portions of coal production and spread to Western Pennsylvania. About 1,200 U. S. Steel workers at the Robena complex near Masontown refused to work in sympathy, with five small mines idled totaling 800 workers. Over 5,600 men idle across three states since the dispute began last week over six dismissed workers. A telegram to UMW President W A Boyle sought a commission to mediate. Talks stall as officials say no negotiation until the strike ends.
Prime Minister Shastri pledged India would defend territorial integrity but seek no pretext for aggression. He proposed a joint border investigation after Red China gave India three days to pull out of a Tibet Sikkim border area. The ultimatum sparked Western protests and fears of a wider India Pakistan conflict.
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Robert S Mc Namara announced a program to shift noncombat civilian workers into jobs now done by military personnel. The plan would reduce military manpower toward 3 million and cut draftee needs by about 75,000, accelerating the military buildup while lowering inductions. An internal manpower board will oversee the first phase in 1968, hiring 60,000 civilians for admin clerical supply medical and related duties, freeing 75,000 officers and enlisted men for front line work. The 18 month drop in inductions would help Viet Nam era needs. Continued on page three.
Senate road leader John H. Devlin pledged quick consideration of Dr. John Ralph Rackley for Pennsylvania state superintendent. Gov. Scranton announced Rackley, 58, from Penn State, after a 15 month search to replace Dr. Boehm. Rackley, vice president for resident instruction at Penn State since 1962, is slated for a $30,000 post.
North end sewer project owners with property damage should file claims with the city engineer David Johnson. Written claims for damage to walks lawns shrubbery or other property must be filed in his Municipal Building office immediately. The contractor will be directed to repair damage before final payment. Claims may be mailed or filed in person on the first floor.
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson and her daughter Lynda Bird spent the night in New York to see the off Broadway musical review The Fantasticks. Press secretary Elizabeth Carpenter said the trip was private with no advance notice. A milk truck killed 4 year old Louise Restaino near her Hopewell Township home.
Pvt. Johnnie L. Jackson 21 from Washington D C is jailed for six months and two thirds pay forfeiture after disobeying orders to prepare for deployment to South Vietnam. Three other soldiers, Percy L. Green 24 of Chicago Pfc. David Clark 26 of Homestead Fla and Harold J. Brown 22 of Sanford Fla, also faced trials for refusing inoculations and other predeployment procedures aboard the Buckner.
Police widened search in Johannesburg for 28 pounds of potassium cyanide stolen from an African messenger in downtown. Reports warn the poison could kill up to 100000 people on contact, prompting heightened security and fear.
New York faces a major newspaper blackout as the AFT-CIO New York Newspaper Guild strikes the Newark Times and six others. Negotiations linger over job protection against automation, with talks postponed and member papers suspending publication while non member papers continue. The strike affects Daily News Herald Tribune and others, with Nassau Suffolk editions continuing for some papers.
Columbus School Board member dismisses a rumor of a new tax on residents over 85 who do not own property. Per capita taxes may be exonerated in hardship cases, but exemption does not erase the bill. taxpayers may owe if their finances change. Exoneration applies to those under 65 on public assistance, with conditions.
AP report from San Francisco describes uncontrolled fires driven by winds across Northern California. Two firefighters were burned, one seriously, as multiple blazes threatened towns and a major interstate. the state’s fire units were mobilized. More than 25 000 acres burned in scattered areas, with Vacaville and Middletown under threat.
Senator Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania voted with the majority on the highway beautification bill last night. Senator Hugh Scott, Pennsylvania Republican, was announced as voting but paired for the measure.
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