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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1968
Page
3
Article fragment discusses Pennsylvania election context with references to ingress, king, chairs, and voting. Text is garbled but hints at civic process and residence activity. No clear individuals, dates, or concrete outcomes are readable from the OCR snippet.
About 175 acres burned in grass and woods fires near Drake Well Park and Pithole, started by careless travel and an angler accident. Pleasantville Cornplanter and Rouseville fire crews battled the blazes with dozens of volunteers and two bulldozers assisting.
Meadville police chief John Holt warns residents that merchandise stolen during store lootings in Pittsburgh and elsewhere may be offered locally at bargain prices. Items include televisions cameras tools chain saws and whisky as possible loot.
A notice reports multiple newborns at Corry Memorial Hospital. Denise Ann McMichael, daughter of Mr and Mrs Timothy McMichael of Bear Lake R D 1, joins a newborn list. A Lindstrom girl, Janet Jackson before marriage, is also named among the births. A daughter to Eugene Adams of Clymer and another to William Irvine of Pittsfield R D 1 are recorded as well.
Detectives interviewed over 500 people for clues to the missing girl. Clothier spent spare time asking friends and searching for his daughter. Authorities note the body showed no obvious wounds due to decomposition, and investigators believe she was dead when placed in a sack and discarded in a creek. Medical examiners join state and local police in Northampton Township as Explorer Scouts comb the creek banks.
Bulard and Shaffer described a collision after Shaffer began a turn on Mead avenue. Bulard, riding a motorcycle, was dropped. both youths were hospitalized. Another accident on Route 8 near Wattsburg sent Mr and Mrs Keener to hospital with minor injuries after their car overturned. A Union City-Waterford crash between John Lockhart and Paul Hopson caused no injuries.
The statement criticizes a police directive said to impair public safety and accuses authorities of surrendering the community to criminal elements. Craig asserts there is concern over how directives affect safety and governance.
Pittsburgh AP report notes U S Steel workers seek more parking and a fulltime on-site doctor while McKeesport plant gains incentive pay. Locals fear issues may move to national talks, with May 15 deadline and June industrywide negotiations looming. Local officials push for pensions safety rules and job safeguard against automation.
Washington AP reports the April tax deadline looms with about 18 million Americans overdue. Extensions apply for those affected by last week’s violence with curfews and aid. penalties are eased but interest accrues. IRS estimates 60 million returns by midnight and 73.2 million by June.
Harrisburg AP Rep Herbert Fineman seeks bipartisan support for a weapons control bill aimed at protecting legitimate gun owners. The measure would exempt sportsmen from gun registration, allow transport to wildlife areas, enable home or business protection with fewer restrictions, and ban sales to unqualified buyers with a 72 hour wait. It targets mail order sales and sets penalties for dealing in destructive devices. The bill would register transactions, not weapons, and follows a Supreme Court ruling against enforced gun possession registration.
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