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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1975
Page
3
Pope Paul VI welcomed astronaut Eugene Cernan and his wife to a private 15 minute audience in Vatican City. A Vatican source said the pope spoke mainly about space flights during the meeting on Monday.
Fighting persisted at Xuan Loc as Viet Cong saboteurs blew a bomb dump at Bien Hoa air base, 15 miles north of Saigon. Explosions shook the capital. 29 South Vietnamese airmen were wounded. The siege at Xuan Loc entered its seventh day with the army claiming to hold the city’s edge.
University of Texas El Paso students elect a hamster named Stripers to a student senate seat with the slogan the only candidate honest enough to admit he's a rat. Officials worry the write in victory may be challenged since the animal is not a registered student.
A fragment notes prices in Japan including sirloin steak at about 16 dollars a pound and a four room central heated Western style apartment at 1200 dollars a month. It also mentions coffee at 70 cents and a broken ankle. The piece hints at everyday expenses and personal health.
President Ford expected to invoke a Presidential Emergency Board to delay a nationwide strike by the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks under the Railway Labor Act. Vote results show heavy union support for a walkout, while federal mediators report no progress between BRAC and NRLC.
Police and FBI investigate a $500000 Rembrandt theft at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Two men attacked a guard. an accomplice drove the getaway car as shots were fired. The painting Portrait of Elisabeth Van Rijn, on loan since 1930, is feared hard to sell for ransom.
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