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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1969
Page
3
A fragment notes concerns about rowing spaces and hazing at Wayne with references to safety and discipline practices. The readable text does not specify dates or official actions but indicates scrutiny of team conditions and code of conduct.
Fire gutted a Meadville city block damaging five stores with losses pegged at 500000. Fire Marshal Albert Vota and Meadville Chief Ralph Butcher lead the probe as officials confirm a firefighter died of a heart attack, not impact with equipment. Contact with managers and owners will fix final damage estimates in days.
A Cochranton youth and his 15 year old companion were involved in a hunting accident at close range. Loren Sommers was wounded in the left shoulder while Melvin E Wagler pumped the gun causing the discharge. John Miller, district game protector, will investigate as Sommers undergoes a three hour operation at Spencer Hospital.
Los Angeles police moved to bring charges against at least seven persons in the Sharon Tate murder case. Charles Manson faces a preliminary hearing in Independence as authorities prepare indictments. An attorney ties the Tate killings to Manson’s occult followers, while other suspects linked to the case are in custody across the country.
General Telephone Company of Pennsylvania adopts a policy allowing franchised CATV operators to attach own distribution facilities to telephone poles. Excess capacity may be used for lawful purposes, and CATV may connect to underground ducts with possible installation and maintenance of customer cables by the telephone company. Access governed by agreements. nonfranchised operators face limits. The change seeks FCC permission to amend interstate tariffs for wideband channel services to treat franchised CATV firms similarly, with duplication avoided for affiliated CATV facilities.
Barton Walters 31 of Titusville was arrested in Meadville on a charge of malicious use of the telephone. Police said he was in a phone booth talking to a West Mead Township resident when nabbed on a tip from Meadville Telephone Co. Walters appeared before Justice of the Peace Wesley Sister and was released on bail. State Police are handling the investigation.
Apollo 12 scientists in quarantine view moon mounds that resemble Earthly buttes and may be blocks of rock thrown from nearby craters. Dr. Edward Chao and six others, isolated after exposure to moon rock, say the pause helps science as they gain access to astronauts, films, and ongoing debriefings.
Westfield police issued a warrant for Michael J. Collins in the bludgeon murder of Connie Parment 19. Collins 24 is described as 5 ft 10 in, 149 lbs, brown eyes, dark brown hair. Parment died after beating Monday night after being found at 10 p.m. and treated at Hamot Hospital. A hearing date is set for December 8 and a $500 bond is listed.
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