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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1973
Page
3
Raging floods hit northern India and Bangladesh yesterday, killing 60 people and leaving more than 900,000 homeless. Crops and villages suffered widespread destruction as rivers overflowed and waters surged across wide areas.
News reports detail a phased U S pullback from Southeast Asia with about 430 of 660 airframes returning home over months. B52s stay in Thailand as a deterrent, with bases at Sattahip and Nakhon Phanom used for missing personnel searches and as a strategic anchor amid cease fire efforts. In India and Bangladesh floods disrupt vast regions, evacuations ongoing, and hundreds of thousands affected as rivers breach dams and cities flood.
A jumble of unrelated fragments mentions Wasps, scorcn, a postponed poll, stock car diary, scented sp, a fluffy bat, stickball, hydrant and night fun. No coherent events or clear names emerge, leaving an incoherent snapshot of varied, unspecified items.
Nearly 1,000 people gathered at a Corry park for Art Sunday in the Park as favorable weather and wide exhibitor turnout drew crowds. 48 artists and students displayed works. Janet Young of Corry won best in show and spectator vote for most popular artist, with George Gage and Maydean Niedomys taking second and third.
Dale J. Kelly a 19 year old Cleveland youth drowned in the Allegheny River ten miles south of Warren while swimming with two friends David Break and James Pizovar both of Cleveland Rescue workers found the body at 7 15 p m an hour and a half after he called for help Police ruled the death an accidental drowning
A Harrisburg panel resumes hearings on charges that 13 lawmakers used political pressure to sway actions of the Liquor Control Board. Attorney Alexander Jaffars alleges undue influence while Gov. Shapp and others defend inquiries as legitimate constituent advocacy within legal bounds. The first session focuses on the line between inquiry and coercion as 43-year-old Jaffars testifies.
Coretta King states she would not accept the president role of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference even if offered. She prioritizes completing the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change and raising her four children, pledging five years of focus there.
Leonard Whiple, 48, manager of Lake Shore Lumber in Erie, died from a fractured skull and crushed chest in a one car crash on Interstate 90 near Dunkirk. Passenger Mary Lou Graham, 31, also of Erie, suffered a concussion and facial injuries and was treated at Hamot Medical Center after Brooks Memorial Hospital transfer. Police said the westbound car struck a bridge pier about 2 20 a m.
Fragmentary text mentions finess, lux ss four hundred thousand and a six week period. References Presley and television star Dimen sion Light appear, but the meaning is unclear and details are incomplete.
Two people in Pennsylvania are receiving rabies treatment after bites by wild animals. A Cumberland County farmer was bitten by a bat and a Centre County camper was bitten by a skunk. The Agriculture Department warns bats and skunks are the main rabies carriers this season.
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