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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1970
Page
6
Police probe a green 1970 Bridgestone motorcycle stolen from an angle space on West Main after the owner left it briefly. Corry Motor Inn also notes a 4 am assault involving a woman staying in a room with a man from a magazine sales crew.
Gunmen invaded the Cecil Field Navy arsenal near Jacksonville Florida taking numerous hand guns and seven carbines before escaping in a seaman’s car. Five sailors watched as the raid lasted about 90 minutes amid guarded storage areas and disrupted communications. FBI and Navy investigators label the incident a weapons theft with no machine guns or grenades taken.
AP report notes a nighttime drop in enemy rocket and mortar attacks in South Vietnam from a four month high, with casualties to date much lower than Saturday. U.S. B52 raids hit Laos supply routes. 40 shelling events across South Vietnam yielded several deaths and many injuries. Ground clashes near Da Nang report no U.S. losses. U.S. troop strength fell to 402,300, with plans to reduce to 384,000 by Oct 15. Ho anniversary looms as potential intensified actions. In Cambodia government forces retreat after Viet Cong attacks near Phnom Penh. Jacksonville Army National Guard Armory thefts yield over 100 weapons mostly lacking firing pins. police recover guns in dowtown area. one man detained.
Raymond Tate, toolkeeper at the Raymond Division plant, retires early under Associated Spring Corporation pension. Born in Corry, he attended local schools, served in the Navy 1944 45, and worked in Raymond quality control besides toolkeeping. He and wife plan Findley Lake cottage retirement and will continue his boat motor sales business started in 1959.
William J. Crane, 79, of R D 1 Spring Creek, died yesterday at Corry Memorial Hospital. Born March 22, 1891, in Buffalo, he moved to Spring Creek at age five and later lived in Corry from 1906 to 1918. He worked at J W and A P Howard Tannery, Abbott's Dairy, and Aero Supply Manufacturing. owned a Spring Creek farm. married Bertha Miller in 1916. He belonged to St Paul Lutheran Church. Burial in West Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, after services at Bracken Funeral Home.
Heavy electrical storms and damaging winds lashed western Pennsylvania over the weekend with gusts over 50 mph. Erie and nearby areas suffered downed trees and power lines while Jefferson and Clearfield Counties reported similar conditions. Several fires sparked by lightning and power outages occurred locally. Severe weather also affected northern Ohio and the New York border. In Colorado Springs the Air Force shows the F106 Delta Dart as the fastest interceptor.
In York Pennsylvania a Ku Klux Klan rally opened with the Lord's Prayer and ended hours later with a 40 foot cross being burned. About 500 people attended on Saturday with roughly 30 wearing Klan robes while police reported orderly conduct despite hecklers. Speakers included Robert E Sagwell a Congressional candidate.
Meadville police charged 39 year old Steele with murder in the beating death of his wife Carolyn Elizabeth 36. He was arraigned and jailed without bond awaiting a hearing set for Friday. Autopsy found severe internal bleeding as the cause of death. Five children ages from 17 to unspecified were away from home during the incident.
In New York's 5th district and Roy Frankhauser of Reading, Pa., reputed head of the Pennsylvania Klan, most speakers focused on anti Communist, anti Semite and anti Negro themes.
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