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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1969
Page
6
Gloria Shreffler, 49, was charged with arson after a bedroom fire deemed suspicious. She waived preliminary hearing and is free on 5000 dollar bond, with next court term pending.
Congressman Joseph P. Vigorito sees the En dangered Wildlife Act clearing both houses and heading to President Nixon for signature. The measure bans importation and interstate shipment of endangered fish and wildlife to protect species threatened with extinction. Conservation groups call it the year’s key wildlife bill.
Saboteurs failed twice over the weekend to derail a freight train carrying ammunition from a U S depot in southern Japan to Misawa Air Base on Honshu. A harmless time bomb near Himeji and two gasoline bombs near Yokohama caused no injuries or detonation.
A police chase in Youngstown Ohio ended with the arrest of a 26 year old man accused of abducting a young mother and her infant son amid a beating and kidnapping spree.
President Nixon offered Penn State a plaque for its 29 game unbeaten streak but students, Gov. Shafer, and Penn State coach Joe Paterno protested the move citing unfair rankings. Penn State faces Missouri in the Orange Bowl while Texas meets Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl.
In Indianapolis AP report, state autonomous party groups formed from George Wallace’s 1968 bid urge him to lead a 1972 independent party convention to draft a platform and nominate a president and vice president. They invite Wallace to seek the nomination while respecting state party sovereignty.
Corry State Police investigated three weekend accidents with no injuries. Paul M. Toth lost control and skidded into a ditch near Spartansburg causing $250 damage. Robert C. Stokes’s car left Route 8 and damaged $200. Richard Koos caused a two car crash at Routes B and 89. Kennedy’s car $75 damage, Koos’s truck $15.
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