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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1973
Page
1
A damaged OCR item mentions a tax suit and locations linked to Tin Arkansas and Los Angeles. Readers cannot derive full names, dates, or actions due to severe transcription errors. The readable bits suggest a legal matter involving IRS and local parties but lack concrete details.
Two large oil tanks at a Mobil Caltex owned refinery near Beirut were blown and set ablaze. The Lebanese Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility vowing further attacks while officials reported 18 of 28 tanks wired, later disarmed by army teams. Palestinians denied involvement, blaming an Israeli commando force.
At the 10th annual CHEER Inc birthday party for The Overcomers Charley Slocum received a portrait she painted. The event honored him as the Pennsylvania Handicapped Man of the Year. More than 100 attendees gathered at the Elks Lodge Ballroom for the celebration.
Mountain View Calif AP reports a collision between NASA’s Convair 990 lab jet and a Navy P3 Orion at Moffett Field killed sixteen aboard NASA’s aircraft and left one Navy crewman critically injured. NASA warns the loss will have a very serious effect on future research programs.
Canada's peacekeeping delegation accused North Vietnam of infiltrating South Vietnam to aid one side in the conflict, a first for Canada. The claim follows U.S. charges that Hanoi has sent troops and armor into the South since the ceasefire began January 28. Indonesia warns it may withdraw as observer if violence escalates. The Viet Cong warn Saigon against crossing into Cambodia as U.S. bombers and cargo planes continue operations in Phnom Penh and support for Cambodian government forces.
SHIPPENVILLE Shippenville State Police report the arrest of Charles H Beichner Clarion County VA director on embezzlement by a public officer charges totaling over $678 during 1971 72 as chief clerk. Items include Quaker State products 405.46 L R Decorating 112.08 Murphy lawn mower 39.39 Riteway 88.50 Elslager radios 78.90 Gallagher drug ice bag 4.30 Ditz Hardware gas can 3.79 Gulf gasoline 25.50.
A Rudy's Tavern theft spree continues as a South Side Beverage truck loses a case of beer while the driver enters the tavern. Two weeks earlier a similar truck theft tied to Corry Beverage Distributor occurred at the same location. Police also probe a back door keg theft linked to three suspects, male or female. Prague announces Pepsi-Cola bottling in Czechoslovakia within two years.
In Philadelphia AP report John A. Thomas, 24, who faced an armed robbery trial the day before his death, and companion James Williams were shot by police after allegedly killing Patrolman Louis Vasger during a bar holdup. Vasger, a father of three, was fatally struck by a .38 pistol as officers closed in.
A hay barn on the Marvin Nelson farm west of Elgin burned to the ground in a blaze that lasted from 7 to 11 p.m. Fire officials lost the origin. relief came as town volunteers, with backup from Corry, Union City and Bloomfield Township, handled the incident after the Elgin-Beaverdam fire chief was found absent at an association meeting. The Nelson family has faced three misfortunes, including a prior tornado-like destruction years earlier and a burned barn last summer.
Harold K. Lipset chief investigator for the Senate Watergate probe resigns after disclosure of his 1966 New York Plaza Hotel bugging conviction. Lipset, 51, says he quit to avoid embrrassment and to keep the committee’s work from being impeded. He previously defended Angela Davis and the Soledad Brothers cases.
Corry will host a new furniture store within two weeks as P and G Furniture Land sets an opening near Richard's on North Center street. Gordon Nordlund of Jamestown, owner of a similar shop, will run the Corry store with his sons Gordon Nordlund Jr. and Richard Nordlund. The store will offer a full line of furniture except appliances, with entry through Richard's. Grand opening date to be announced soon.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court voided the February 1971 arrest of George Betrand after an anonymous tip identified a suspect as Primo and alleged gang ties. The court ruled such tip information and an ensuing confession lacking reliable basis cannot support an arrest without a warrant. Justice Roberts called the arrest the grossest form of unsupported speculation and guilt by association.
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