Traffic Fragments From A Rural Area Note
A fragmented OCR readout mentions traffic near an area above an unidentified point. Details are unclear due to garbled text and missing context.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1972
Page
1
A fragmented OCR readout mentions traffic near an area above an unidentified point. Details are unclear due to garbled text and missing context.
The readable fragment hints at ecclesiastical context involving an eighth issue or event. No clear names, dates, or places are readable to identify a specific person or action. Further readable text needed to produce a proper summary.
A crowd of over 400 attended the dedication of the Salvation Army Citadel renovation. Congressman Joseph Vigorito, State Senator R Budd Dwyer, Mayor Edward Zarger and Mrs Beverly Kenniston led speakers inside and outside as the cornerstone was placed. Army officers and Corry corps leaders spoke, flags were presented to Scout troops, and a sealed strongbox with local items and 1972 money was embedded in the cornerstone. A resolution renamed the First Avenue and West Washington Street intersection Salvation Army Square for the week.
Erie County Commissioner William O Hill Jr says he is fed up with hospital turmoil. He plans to discuss personnel changes involving Shirley Colvin as a shuffle of administrators unfolds at the Fairview main hospital and Grandview annex. Colvin remains at the main hospital, defying a move to the annex, which Hill calls insubordination and grounds for dismissal. Samuel Servidio appears as administrator at the main hospital, after being an assistant administrator.
A Wattsburg man, Francis P. McKenna, 20, was admitted to Union City Memorial Hospital after a one car crash on a rural road near Lowville. Police say failure to wear seat belts may have worsened his injuries as the car hit a tree after skidding off the road. Damages totaled 800 for the car and 10 for the mailbox and tree. Earlier, Frederick W. Spencer, 30, and Jeffrey W. Taylor, 19, both of Waterford, collided on a rural road near Wattsburgh as Spencer turned into a private drive. no injuries and 300 in damages. A second two car crash near Wrightsville on Route 6 involved Glen Conklin, 63, and Jean Carlson, 53, with 400 in damages and no injuries.
A private F86 Sabre jet crashed into Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor near Executive Airport killing 22 people, mostly children, and injuring 26 others. A birthday party group of 17 was seated near the impact, with officials noting many victims inside the parlor as witnesses described the scene and the jet's loss of power during takeoff. The craft burst into flames and several cars were destroyed in the blast.
City police logged a busy weekend with car crashes, larceny, malicious mischief and drunken driving cases. David A. Croston 21 drove a car on Worth street, hit a stop sign, struck a GenTel pole, and was cited for reckless driving after minor injuries to Croston and passenger Richard Gross. Kathleen Messinger 16 caused damage in a moving and parked car incident. Rescue crews freed victims from an ice cream parlor vehicle collision in Sacramento during two birthday parties.
The Chamber of Commerce demonstrates its hot line for crooks as a Spanish-descended con artist is blocked across Corry stores. Dennis Frushone says a 15-cent card scam at G C Murphy failed after a $20 bill issue. the crook then left. He was traced to Eckerd Drugs and Loblaw’s before being spotted at IGA Foodliner where the alert stopped him. Police confirm the suspect is a con artist. the accent was used to disguise activity.
Federal authorities recovered 126,280 of the 178,500 stolen in the Harrah's Lake Tahoe robbery, the largest casino heist in Nevada history. Vern Loetterle said the money was found in the Lake Tahoe area and the rest remains missing. Four men were charged by federal and Douglas County authorities and are jailed in Washoe County awaiting bail.
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