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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1968
Page
1
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Saigon said it is ready to discuss cease fire terms with North Vietnam for New Year and Tet. Hanoi may reject the invitation or direct talks to the Viet Cong's National Liberation Front, aligning with the communist view that the Viet Cong, not Hanoi, fights in South Vietnam. The VC has announced unilateral three day cease fires for Christmas New Year and Tet while Saigon bounds itself to a 24 hour Christmas truce. The U S. Command will observe the truce period. A Saigon foreign ministry communiqué cited distrust in the Communists good faith and noted Viet Cong and allied forces violations during last February Tet truce amid assassinations kidnappings shellings and terrorist attacks.
Harrisburg AP reports Hong Kong flu outbreak in western Pennsylvania tops out in southeastern areas. Absenteeism hits 30 percent in Pittsburgh and about 25 percent in Harrisburg offices. Susquehanna University Selinsgrove and Washington & Jefferson College Washington began Christmas vacations early. New trouble area in Allegheny County with several new lab confirmed cases. State Health Department official notes 237 lab isolations statewide and estimates many more undiagnosed cases due to limited testing facilities.
In Franklin a mother Grace Shrout and her 5 year old son Donald died in a blaze at the Bredinsburg Hill home. Neighbors and two passers by tried to reach them with a ladder but intense heat and smoke prevented rescue. Grace Shrout babysat the Stanton child Donald. Husband Francis worked away. two other children were at school when the fire erupted.
A Corry state trooper found a two car crash south of Wattsburg on Route 8. Arthur Albert, 44, and Judith Sherman, 26, were northbound. Sherman slowed to turn off, Albert rammed from behind. Albert faces pending charges. Damage totaled about $1,000. Albert was treated at Union City Memorial Hospital for facial and limb lacerations.
Los Angeles AP report details former actress Dolores Moran who cannot recall the man, Anthony Ponce, a reclusive bachelor who left her the bulk of a $250,000 to $300,000 estate. The 1947 will also bequeaths $6,000 to five nieces and a nephew and total real and personal property to Moran. The 10-acre apricot grove near Sunnyvale is valued at present around $250,000 to $300,000, with the nieces and nephew planning to contest probate.
McInnes Steel Co and United Steelworkers Local 7312 extended the current labor agreement to February 1 with a five day notice cancel option by either side. Robert Kubiak said production workers, representing over half who signed cards, shifted to USW in September, leaving their former company union. Normal contract expiry would have fallen this month.
Daniel Lewis, 38, of Russell, was hospitalized in fair condition with a leg wound after his brother Richard Lewis, 41, Sheffield, fired a .270 rifle at what he believed was a deer. The incident occurred near Scandia, two miles from Russell, and Daniel received a blood transfusion at Warren General Hospital after first aid.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission added a one day antlerless deer hunting extension statewide for Saturday due to an inadequate two day harvest. Hunters with valid antlerless licenses who have not taken a deer this year may hunt. Executive director Glenn L. Bowers cited below expected harvests and sufficient weather, noting past extensions often follow bad weather but this year was generally favorable.
Vice President elect Spiro T. Agnew announced he will resign as Maryland governor on January 7. He said a special General Assembly session will convene at noon January 6, followed by a joint address at noon January 7, after which he will resign immediately.
The Federal Reserve Board boosted the discount rate from 5 percent to 5 percent on loans to member banks to curb inflationary pressures. The move, effective immediately in all districts except St. Louis Kansas City and San Francisco, aims to tighten credit and slow rapid economic expansion. Observers largely supported the hike, though doubts lingered about its effectiveness without broader restraint.
Federal agents led a nationwide search for Barbara Jane Mackle, the Emory area coed abducted from a motel room. Her parents, from a prominent Florida family, spoke with DeKalb police but offered no new public leads as the investigation entered its first day.
In Newcastle England eleven year old Mary Bell was sentenced to life in detention for the pleasure killing of two young boys. The jury acquitted her of murder but found manslaughter. Norma Bell 13 was found not guilty on similar charges but held for another offense. The judge cited inability to place her in a safe psychiatric institution as the reason for detention. The courtroom heard the harrowing testimony across a ten day trial in a northern slum.
Saigon negotiators proposed in Paris that only the United States and the two Vietnams display flags and name plates at the expanded peace talks, excluding the Viet Cong National Liberation Front. The move, seen as a bid to deny symbols to the NLF, risks further delays as Hanoi and the NLF demand full status. The U.S. side had not yet presented the plan to Hanoi in private talks.
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