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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1969
Page
6
Mayor Louis J. Tullio proclaims Sunday as Prayer Day for 10 year old Erie boy Marc McLaughlin who has been in a coma since a March 25 car strike. The proclamation notes prayer may be the only answer after the boy received the best medical care.
NEW YORK AP Francis the lady whale received an electrocardiogram at Coney Island. Officials attached a transistorized transmitter to her back and two electrodes to other parts of her body and sent her swimming. The impulses were recorded on an electrocardiograph, with a receiver at the whale pool top. The heart check up tested equipment to be used in future studies on other sea animals.
An American soldier listed as missing for more than a year has been found in Tay Ninh province after escaping Viet Cong captivity. Spee Thomas H. Van Patten, 21, of Caledonia, Michigan, was recovering from malnutrition and dehydration but in good condition. He disappeared Feb 10, 1968 while serving as a construction machine operator with the 79th Engineer Group. He had been in Vietnam since Feb 20, 1967 and escaped about 18 days before being found. He will fly home for a reunion with his parents.
Corry Area High School student council hosts Nations Of The World event in Corry today. Exchange students from Norway England Austria Mexico Philippines Japan and more attend with local organizer Julie Sekerak. Names include Janne Sarboe Ingrid Wagner Laura Valdes Davey Okahata Charm Cichinga Walter Pobegen and Jose Maria Morales among others.
Erie Hilton a proposed 3.5 million nine story, 232 guest room hotel to replace the demolished Lawrence Hotel. It is the only formal proposal submitted to the Erie Redevelopment Authority by the deadline. Three other hotel developers sent letters of interest but cannot be considered unless the Hilton proposal is rejected. The authority must decide by May 20 and will meet Tuesday to discuss the proposal.
Metropolitan Hotels of Balti more offered 100000 dollars to the ERA for land from State to Peach along 10th and Peach to 9th. The firm previously proposed a plan on Pulakos land and White Cross store, prompting a legal dispute and frontage reductions. ERA chair Jerome Matuszak noted federal approval needed for the land price.
Jamestown 16 year old Douglas H. Graham died at Jamestown General Hospital after a motorcycle crash that left him with severe head injuries when he struck a utility pole. Police said he lost control of the cycle minutes before the fatality, the county's 14th highway death of the year.
Two persons were killed and 16 others injured, some seriously, when a fire swept the third floor of a shoe factory in Zagreb yesterday. Tanjug reported many injuries were...
A 33 year old woman in Maidstone, England, named Hales, dazzled onlookers as she reportedly beat two men in a recapture incident. The youths involved escaped with $1.80 as authorities noted the rarity of a woman so audacious. The report contrasts spoken word and printed word as enduring media.
National Transit workers recovered about 500 barrels of crude oil from a spill in the Allegheny River after a break in a company pipeline. The oil polluted 35 miles of river from Eldred, Pa to Salamanca, NY, along Knapp Creek. The break was fixed within hours of discovery Monday. minor pollution reached the upper Allegheny Reservoir with no fish kill.
A local notice announces an event this Sunday featuring two guest speakers led by REV. EARNEST HUMMER. The invitation emphasizes community engagement and spiritual talk.
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