Vague fragments hint at a local vote tally
Fragmentary OCR mentions a 143 vote lead and a local ballot context with unclear place and names, suggesting an election result brief from a newspaper page but lacking full details.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1968
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR mentions a 143 vote lead and a local ballot context with unclear place and names, suggesting an election result brief from a newspaper page but lacking full details.
Police report a series of gun deliveries were interrupted as ten firearms were seized in Los T cases. Officials confirmed arrests and ongoing investigation into the network supplying the weapons.
Pittsburgh faces a six point five million price tag for the Penn Sheraton Hotel after a strike closed it last Oct. 1. The closure cost the city millions as conventions and business travel declined, with 16 planned conferences seeking alternate venues and local businesses reporting sharp drops in revenue. The sale to a Pittsburgh group at sixty five million awaits a labor pact with Local 237. without it a New York group plans to convert the site into an office building.
Work crews began repairs to free 56 stranded barges after two linked to a coal transport tow rammed a navigation dam on the Monongahela River at Point Marion. Water fell 9% feet, then leveled, with restoration expected by Tuesday midnight.
A Cleveland man and a 17 year old boy drowned after jumping from a burning boat about 20 feet from shore near the Chagrin River mouth on Lake Erie. Jimmie Goode 49 and Owen Robinson 17 were missing and presumed dead. Lonnie Johnson 36 was rescued by a fire raft thrown by a nearby Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. employee after he clung to the boat anchor line.
Five York Skydivers Club members were jumping near East Berlin Adams County when William Rodgre George of Washington DC collided with Rosie Heldsbri dle of Spring Grove. George died after landing in a plowed field while his parachute failed to open. George had 600+ jumps and was jumpmaster. Heldibridle had 130+. Two others reported injuries and a third saw the fatal contact at about 4000 feet. The group included George Bolen Jr of York.
A Millcreek youth, James E. Wilcott 19, was arraigned on charges including violation of the uniform firearms act and assault with intent to kill after a late Saturday shooting wounded Earl Ross 20 in Erie. Wilcott posted 4000 dollars bail and was released pending a preliminary hearing. Ross was taken to St Vincent's Hospital in fair condition with a chest wound. Witnesses on the scene said the argument occurred around midnight and a gun was drawn by Wilcott.
Phillip Spree a 45 year old in Memphis added a 12 inch television telephone stereo and bar to his car along with sheepskin seats flowers framed photos and a fringe of 20 half dollars in plastic holders. Silver dollars mounted on the hood and fenders with some inside gold painted horseshoes complete the custom interior.
Police report a man discharged a .22 caliber pistol during an argument that began Friday at a speakeasy. Witnesses say the shooter dashed to a nearby car and fled the scene. Officers continue investigating and have not yet recovered the weapon.
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