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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1971
Page
3
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Harrisburg AP reports the state goes to Commonwealth Court for the third time to defend its right to fire patronage workers from prior administrations. The case involves the Labor Relations Board and AFSCME as unions challenge legality and impact on ongoing contract talks.
Oregon City report states 18 year old Leroy Olinger died in a garbage can in a solitary ESP experiment. He was found bound, in a fetal position near his parents’ home with a book on ESP nearby. Medical examiner linked asphyxia to internal organ cramping and attempted escapes. No foul play suspected.
Paul Roche, president of Erie County Plastics Corporation, has accepted the role of chairman of the industry division for the United Fund Drive. He has served on the Corry Area United Fund board as secretary and volun teered with the Corry YMCA, the Corry Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, and the Corry Salvation Army. He notes the United Fund supports key local agencies from hospital services to disaster response and youth programs.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reports 1969 bankruptcy petitions reached 105000, up from 60000 in 1955, with most cases filed by individuals. Debtor relief cases doubled in the sixties and personal bankruptcies per 1000 households rose sharply, exceeding levels seen in the Great Depression era. Queen Juliana begins six day tour of Java and Bali, visiting Bogor palace.
Tokyo reports Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda, 66, returned to work after gallstone surgery on July 9. He had recuperated at a summer resort outside Tokyo. Toshio Kimura, head of the Economic Planning Agency, had acted as foreign minister in Fukuda’s absence.
AP dispatch from Saigon reports Thieu supporters likely to hold a majority in the new lower house with 58 seats to 22 for the opposition among 140 of 159 seats. A large bloc of independents, many from the Mekong Delta, and An Quang Buddhist candidates also win. South Vietnam saw heavy Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks around the election, with a near record turnout and limited disruption. Thieu plans to proceed with the Oct 3 presidential vote, rejecting Ky’s resignation offer.
Elmer Fischer began at Wayne State University as a janitor in 1940 and, now set to retire at 65 with four bachelor degrees in history mortuary science sculpture and a master of fine arts in December, contemplates possible futures teaching sculpture at a small Negro college in the South opening his own studio or even becoming a funeral director.
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