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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1969
Page
4
Local notice offers cut your own Christmas trees at two dollars each. Property listed as former Merdink property on West Smith Street extension. Contact 4113 for details.
Roy M. Pierce, 26, of Cleveland, held in Mt. Lebanon jail on charges of stabbing his wife Karen Pierce, 25, to death, after an alleged custody dispute. He hanged himself with a shirt in his cell. Paul Fischer, 26, wounded, is in serious condition. their child Christine, 4, unharmed.
Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters secured court permission to change his first name to Meadowlark. The famed basketball jester previously known as Meadowlark Lemon will now be officially listed with the new spelling Meadowlark Lemon.
The News Today Report as of 7 A M lists Corry Memorial Hospital and Corry Ambulance Service contact numbers for emergencies. Admitted patients include Clyde Peebles and George Lyon, with others at addresses in Corry and nearby towns. Discharges include Bruce Kerr and LaVern Shore among several residents and relatives, with patient Valerie Peck noted as a 10 year old from Sherman New York.
Garrett County State Attorney Fred A Thayer seeks to recall the September grand jury to decide if a business owner should be charged for the fatal shooting of a suspected burglar. Edward C Hoak 27 Tarentum is mentioned in the context of the case.
Ray Russell the novelist and editor discusses his work The Colony and a cycle of excerpts. The passage includes satirical lines about Hollywood, drug culture, and the acting life, with meta commentary on bylines and a theatrical alter ego.
Local NAACP members held at Holy Trinity Church to review 11 demands to reinstate all youths suspended after disturbances in Erie schools including Academy Strong Vincent and Gridley. Officials stressed full acceptance of all suspensions and reforms to suspension and expulsion procedures amid mixed community tensions. The group urged attendance at Wednesday’s Erie School Board meeting as it pursues a complete slate of actions.
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