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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1966
Page
4
Local line ad rates are 25 cents per line with noon deadline on publication day. Promotes Connie's cream puffs, Turben's Auto Service Chevrolet dealer, and Corry Baking Company featuring pecan rolls. Includes garbled address text likely intended as business listings.
Riots erupted in San Francisco after Patrolman Alvin Johnson killed Matthew Johnson, 16, who fled a stolen car. Mayor John F. Shelley and officials faced violent crowds in Hunters Point and Fillmore districts as curfew, guardsmen, and armed-officer orders aimed to quell the unrest during a hot afternoon.
Surrealist pioneer Andre Breton, key figure in early 1920s liberal and leftist theory, died in Paris at age 70. He sought refuge in the United States during World War II as authorities investigate a fatal shooting linked to a car theft claim, with remarks urging equal law for all races.
The Defense Department will delay the remainder of its manpower plan to substitute 75,000 military personnel with 60,000 civilians until after the start of fiscal 1968. By Aug 1 only 49 percent of high level jobs including scientists engineers and data processors were filled, though officials expect to meet the 1966 target. Leonard T. Beale 85 former Penn Salt president and chairman died in Philadelphia after leading the firm for decades.
A regional conference on teen age drinking was cancelled due to lack of interest. The Meadville Area Senior High School hosts a Health Department event focusing on why and where teens drink, with talks by Rev Fr Robert H Moore Sgt Earl T Schultz Dr John A Dattoli and Dr Lewis D Williams.
In Germantown two robbers opened fire as shoppers fled a jewelry store late Tuesday afternoon. Patrolman Davies fired on one suspect sending him fleeing and injuring him and a second bystander Gregory Johnson. A stray bullet wounded 17 year old Gregory Johnson and a woman, Alice Carr, had a window shard cut her hand. The wounded suspects were in good condition and Mrs Carr was treated and released.
Two U S Marine bombers missed their target and dropped 500 pound bombs on a friendly village in Quang Ngai province 350 miles north of Saigon. The strike killed 28 soldiers and civilians and wounded 17 as 100 huts were destroyed. Rescue and civic aid teams moved in while an immediate investigation was opened into the misdirected attack.
The body of Mrs. Alice May Smith lies at Bracken Funeral Home. Friends may call Wednesday 7 to 9 p m and Thursday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m. Service scheduled Friday at 1 a m at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery.
U S Army Pfc Ray Martindale 23 of Burley Idaho was sentenced to 10 years in a German Juvenile Court for attempted rape and murder of a seven year old girl Behia Aganovic. The sentence reflects a maximum under German law with 15 months pretrial confinement to be deducted.
Unofficial tallies show 146 South Vietnamese civilians killed and 233 wounded in July and August in bombing and strafing. The last village hit by mistake was in Quang Ngai Province. Marine planes reportedly killed three civilians and wounded 30 on August 16 due to radar faults. B52 bombers attacked North Vietnamese targets in the DMZ for the 12th time since July 30.
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy temporarily blocked the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from approving Nicholas Katzenbach as Secretary of State. The panel had approved the nomination earlier, but McCarthy objected over a supposed quorum issue and said he would question Katzenbach about a weekend newspaper column. A new hearing was planned, and Katzenbach had testified he supported U.S. foreign policy and praised Secretary Dean Rusk.
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