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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1966
Page
6
A three story brick structure in Sala manca suffered over 100000 dollars in damage Saturday night as fire departments battled the blaze. Investigators probed the ruins for the cause while no serious injuries were reported.
Services for Mrs. Elton Cora Simmons will be held at Bracken Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Friends may call there 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery.
Beaverdam and Elgin- Beaverdam areas now use Corry fire number 663-4341 for emergency calls. Corry driver on duty relays calls to Elgin-Beaverdam volunteers, with safeguards to dispatch Engine 8 if lines tie up. EBVHC plans door stickers showing zone numbers to locate homes quickly during fires. Sticker mailings begin soon per Joseph Wetmore.
Edward B. Rush, 81, who held what he claimed as the first Pennsylvania driver license and the first Philadelphia license, died Saturday. Rush had driven for more than 50 years, receiving Philadelphia credentials in 1905 and a state license in 1907. He was a retired metallurgical technician and had lived in Reading since 1941.
Harrisburg AP report says Gov Scranton’s California style consumer credit bill met strong opposition from Senate Democrats and labor leaders. Sen Donolow said the subcommittee had agreed on 15 percent interest and other compacts before Scranton intervened. The dispute centers on a maximum interest rate for installment items, with House backing 12 percent and Senate backing 18 percent, while California aims near that high end. The subcommittee will reconvene Tuesday as leaders warn of a possible full committee showdown.
Donald N. Henry 31 of Glen Rock died in York Hospital after burns from a December fuel oil tank truck crash. He had 40 to 50 percent burns from the collision nine months earlier. Another York man Omrie Smith 69, hospitalized since August 16 with a fractured skull, died Sunday after being struck at a city intersection.
In Buffalo New York a 14 year old woman was shot during a quarrel at a party in an apartment building. Police sought a man who said he fired two rifle shots at Mrs Mary Coston who died later at Emergency Hospital. Detectives report witnesses saw the quarrel and the man return with a rifle.
Mahany warned Democrats may reject amendments causing the bill to go to a conference committee where it could die. The remark centers on the fate of a consumer credit bill this year.
Four people were injured and about $2,000 in property damage resulted from three area crashes in the Corry and Union City region over the weekend. Richard McGowan, 31, of Guys Mills, ran off a highway and sustained rib and head injuries after sleepily failing a curve. he was hospitalized in Union City and then Meadville. Jerome Watrous, 18, Corry, collided nearly head on with Gerald Krasa, 25, of Corry, suffering chest and head pains but no treatment. damage totaled $800. Allen Young, Erie, tried to pass near Union City, causing a left front fender strike with Carl Rose, 45, of Erie. further details pending.
Police report anonymous phone threats prompted evacuations at Camp Curtin Junior High School in western Harrisburg and the USF and G building downtown. No injuries or explosive devices were found.
Damage was set at $400. Two members of a Townville family suffered minor injuries when their car ran into a ditch. The husband suffered lacerations of the right hand and the wife bruises to the chest. Their 3 year old son Howard was not injured but examined at a hospital. State Police had no information on the incident.
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