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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1969
Page
3
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A garbled OCR line from a Lee area page mentions a man and his wife, a pool and a horse phrase, with prior context unclear. The readable bits hint at a rural or personal note but lack concrete events, dates, or identifiables to form a solid news item.
The Viet Cong announced three day truces for Christmas and New Year, two days longer than the Saigon government, with start times spaced around December 23 to January 2. U.S. forces will join the Thieu proclamation, amid reports of North Vietnamese desertion executions and increased measures against desertion. Fighting continues along the Cambodian border with U.S. helicopter redeployments and limited enemy casualties reported.
Warren County jail sentence 3 to 23 months handed to David Littlefield 28 of Youngsville for August tavern shooting and pistol whipping at the Pittsburg Inn near Sugar Grove. Pleaded guilty to three charges. assault with intent to kill dropped. Jury witnesses detailed the incident in which James King 27 and Gary Hale 23 were wounded and Donald Silvis 34 was struck. Littlefield chose county jail over a penitentiary.
Titusville area man Arthur Nellis of R D 3 Titusville is in fair condition at Titusville Hospital with an accidental pistol wound. He was hunting in Allegheny Township Venango County using a 44 caliber magnum in a hip holster when, as he crouched through dense brush, the gun discharged.
Members at the Corry Mils Lodge will meet Sunday at 3 p.m. for their 67th Memorial Service. The program opens with an organ prelude by Mrs. James Walters and features music by the Brokenstraw Valley Singers and Mrs. David A. Johnson. Erie county controller-elect A. J. Gehrelin will deliver the main address. Other participants include Rev. George Vetter, F. Lowe Edwards, Edward Saloum and Ronald Rathbun.
A soldier was shot in the hip when a bullet pierced the pocket of his trousers, traveled down his leg, and exited below the knee without breaking bones. He walked to a highway, flagged a passing car, and was transported to a local hospital, Lee reported.
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