Fragmented OCR Note From Local Page
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions names and places in a historical page segment. The legible parts suggest a brief newspaper item or notice with minimal coherent details and no clear event or outcome.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1977
Page
3
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions names and places in a historical page segment. The legible parts suggest a brief newspaper item or notice with minimal coherent details and no clear event or outcome.
Barbara Baughman of Dallas asks anonymous contact from kidnapers about her 7-year-old daughter Ladina McCoy missing ten weeks after being abducted on the way to school. Aunt Dorothy Hogan comforts her as she tears up during the appeal.
The state Transportation Department extended the number three auto inspection sticker deadline from April 30 to May 15 due to the Philadelphia transit strike. SE Pennsylvania Transportation Authority workers have been on strike for over a month, affecting about 400,000 daily commuters.
A young man on trial for espionage testified that he found in 1974 the CIA was manipulating Australian labor unions to suppress strikes. Christopher Boyce, 23, a former documents clerk at TRW in Redondo Beach, said he informed Andrew Daul ton Lee in 1975 and discussed CIA interference in Australian affairs. The CIA declined comment as the trial continued.
The Brokenstraw Players a local theater group urge community backing for state arts funding. They ask residents to write to state legislators to push for a larger budget to aid community arts projects including expanded productions and children's theater. Sally Wharton provides contact for letters.
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and the Erie Housing Authority clash over ending de facto segregation in Erie public housing. PHRC cites 60 percent black tenants on the east side and 25 percent on the west, with overall about 50 percent black. The agency proposes a consent decree and new placement rules. the authority contests figures and seeks balance different from the commission’s plan.
Dr Edward Lewis of Mount Pleasant High School resigned effective June after a board meeting over his ethics class segment on human sexuality. He used a 12 minute clip from Deep Throat to spark discussion, saying students could leave if offended and that no incidents followed. He defended the approach but faced harassment from some academy members and parental opposition. He holds a PhD in philosophy from Cornell University.
FBI officials warn a wave of retirements may follow the new law that sets a mandatory retirement age of 55 for federal investigators and allows earlier departures. An estimated 1000 agents supervisors and policymakers could leave on January 1 1978 when the rule takes effect.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.