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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1971
Page
3
A damaged OCR snippet references names and places in partial form. It mentions ambassadors, lanes, India and the United States, with unclear context and many missing words, yielding only scattered proper nouns and fragments of a discussion or debate.
Brief, fragmented text hints at a divorce matter involving issues of age and payment. The readable portion suggests a dispute over financial terms in a separation, with no clear parties or locations identified. Further context is unreadable.
Cuban exile owned freighter Johnny Express was seized after a fire from a Cuban gunboat and heavy damage. Captain Jose Villa, 55, radioed that there were dead and wounded and urged Coast Guard assistance as the ship was towed toward Cuba 118 miles off the island. The Bahama Lines vessel, with 14 crew including two Americans, follows the Lyla Express seizure ten days earlier. Coast Guard medics were dispatched for humanitarian aid.
Two Hammond Indiana men, Daniel Scepkowski and Richard White Jr., were arrested after a state police auto check found 131 pounds of marijuana and other drugs plus instruments to administer them. They faced multiple felony and misdemeanor charges and were jailed in Dunkirk with bail set at 3500.
In Washington the Senate foreign aid dispute looms over funding through early 1972. Senator Fulbright pushes for lower assistance levels amid increasing absenteeism, while Republicans seek to halt debate Friday unless a resolution is reached. The House approved a temporary funding bill, leaving adjournment to January 18 pending further action on the foreign aid package.
Three Erie men William B. May James E. Clark and Ralph N. Atkin were fined 900 total and had a rifle and their hunting privileges confiscated after poaching near Tionesta. The incident began around 11 30 p m Sunday night near the Allegheny County Boy Scout camp at Tionesta Lake.
Levas A. Shaffer, Oil City, administrator for Zelma B. Shaffer, filed a civil suit in Venango County seeking more than $200,000 in damages after his wife fell Jan 23 in an unlighted area of Beach's Store in Oil City. She died Feb 4 from injuries. The suit cites lost earnings, earning capacity, and lack of companionship, plus $6,651.06 in medical and funeral expenses.
A Pittsburgh area man bound over to the next criminal court term on a general murder charge after a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Elizabeth Friedel. John P. Marslale Jr of Clariton appeared for stabbing death of his brother in law Dennis Maksin of Glassport, alleged to have occurred Nov 2 at a hunting camp in Benezette village, about 17 miles east of St Marys.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller says he will head President Nixon's re election campaign in New York next year. He told reporters that the President stands better with New York voters than at any time, citing recent support and a favorable outlook for the campaign effort.
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