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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1969
Page
6
City police investigate a report that Calvin Snyder 8 was struck in the neck by a BB gun while in his yard. Clyde Miller 88 said his son was watching a kite when hit, naming a neighbor child. Police will continue inquiry this afternoon.
In Cleveland, Ohio, 27 year old officer John R. Apanites Jr. was killed and 46 year old John M. McNamara wounded during an alleged shoplifting arrest at Petries on Euclid Avenue. A male suspect Joseph McDonald, 26, and female companion Joann Daniels, 20, were also injured. McNamara underwent emergency surgery for a stomach wound and was in critical condition.
An Ohio man, James Boyer of Steubenville, is held for grand jury on involuntary manslaughter charges after police say his car left Route near Burgettstown and struck 12 year olds Brenda Gates and Daniel Morra as they waited for a school bus.
A motion filed by three attorneys seeks to return Ray from his maximum security cell in Nashville to Memphis for hearings. Attorneys named are Richard J. Ryan of Memphis J. B. Stoner of Savannah Georgia and Robert W. Hill Jr. of Chattanooga.
In Houston cardiologist Dr. Denton Cooley reported that Barbara Ewan 40 of Lawrence Massachusetts was medically dead 48 hours before donor heart was transplanted to Haskell Earp 47 who survived 65 hours on a mechanical heart. Ewan suffered cardiac arrest near St Luke's Hospital and was flown from Massachusetts for the operation. Cooley said Karp faced recovery difficulties but was considered a favorable recipient as the temporary device sustained life while awaiting a human donor.
A patient in Lawrence General Hospital requires a heart donor after irreversible heart damage during an operation last Friday. The wife Shirley Karp appealed for a donor while the patient’s family, including daughter Carol Burns, moved to donate the heart. Doctors report Mrs. Ewan remains in a coma with irreversible brain damage, and a plane carried relatives from Houston to Lawrence for the transplant effort.
The court considers penalties for second degree murder and manslaughter with life, five to life, and 15 years as options. State summations begin as defense lawyers prepare closing remarks. Diplomatic immunity tale notes Britain shelters over seven thousand envoys and staff from local law.
United Steelworkers president Abel urges a nationwide boycott of Coleman products citing labor rights. He asks AFL CIO chief Meany to mobilize union members to protest production at the Coleman plant where about 400 workers have been on strike since February. Coleman chairman Sheldon Coleman was notified, company comment unavailable.
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