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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1975
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions a beach in Florida and possible names and events. The readable bits imply a seaside setting with unclear details about people and actions. The article appears damaged and not fully reconstructible.
Gov Shapp described a proposed program to finance education upgrades and school construction. He cited the need for downstream support from industry and a plan to upgrade yards and create rail and industrial improvements. The proposal aims to foster regional growth and modernize facilities.
Los Angeles county court judge ordered reopening of the Robert F. Kennedy assassination case to determine if anyone besides Sirhan B. Sirhan fired a gun. The action follows a suit by Paul Schrade, a United Auto Workers official who was standing beside Kennedy during the shooting.
Superior Court Judge Robert Wenke ordered new ballistics tests on the eight shot .22 pistol linked to the 1968 Kennedy slaying. The move aims to resolve doubts about a second gun theory and to test fire the gun taken from Sirhan Sirhan amid a suit by Paul Schrade and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors seeking release of the police report and all case evidence.
Mrs Catherine Hearst mother of Patricia Hearst will testify before a federal grand jury in Harrisburg Pa Although she does not know what she will be asked she will honor the subpoena The Hearst family denies supporting Patricia and the grand jury also subpoenas sports activist Jack Scott and wife Micki who refuse to cooperate The caller identifying as Walter Scott denies Scott family charges and cites personal problems prior hospitalizations
The Commerce Department reported mixed results in two key balance of payments measures. The net liquidity balance showed a 1.2 billion April June surplus, down from a 2.9 billion first quarter surplus, while official reserve transactions posted a 1.0 billion deficit, improved from a 3.3 billion first quarter deficit.
City Administrator Robert Grice said negotiations on new two year contracts for police and paid fire truck drivers continue. Proposals from both unions have been studied. counter offers are being prepared and will be presented soon. Both current contracts expire December 11 with hopes for prior budget planning.
Corry Earned Income Tax Committee met to assess the potential impact of a Corry Jamestown Corp. strike on yearly earned income tax receipts, projecting a near budgeted $340,000 if patterns hold. First-half receipts reached $247,510 with disbursements $376,992, aided by a reserve of over $157,000. Disbursements included $120,700 to the city and Corry Area School District and $127,648 to other districts.
AP reports from New Delhi that President Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh was killed in a military coup. Khondakar Mushtaque Ahmed named successor as curfew imposed and Islamic Republic proclaimed. Diplomatic sources note fighting near Dacca and calm returning. martial law announced.
City police are investigating a car theft in Sherman New York after a tan 1970 Dodge Dart with New York plate 198 CDF was found missing from East Main Street. Richard Reed reported the vehicle, valued near 1000 dollars, had the keys left inside.
A 7-year-old girl reported kidnapped five days earlier was found with a 1-year-old Mexican man who had previously worked for the child’s parents. The footprints near the Mexican border led to the discovery as a trained tracker located the girl at dawn. Sheriff’s officials said they might have crossed into Mexico.
A 16 month old girl Wanda Lynn Burch Ross died when a car backing in Parson's Trailer Court Bear Lake struck her. Driver Dale E. McDonald 22 Wattsburg did not see the child. Accidental death. Survived by parents David and Patricia Burch Ross a sister Theresa. Funeral services set at Bracken Funeral Home Bear Lake with Rev Dale DuPont and Rev Joseph Kanzelmar. Burial Bear Lake Cemetery.
A 734 foot British tanker named Globuk Sun carrying 46 crew and 14.7 million gallons of Arabian light crude collided with an unmanned drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico and caught fire. Five crewmen remained missing as daylight search intensified. Forty one men were rescued after abandoning the burning ship, picked up by nearby boats and flown to Galveston Texas, with Captain Noral E Strangeland among the treated.
In Raleigh the trial of Joan Little, 21, charged with stabbing jailer Clarence Alligood, 62, during a claimed rape in the Beaufort County jail, heads to a six blacks six whites jury. Deliberations begin after judge Hobgood’s instructions as prosecutors weigh a possible dismissal if no verdict.
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