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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1975
Page
3
Actor James Cagney brightened the day of 14 year old Keith Mitchell who is semicomatose with terminal brain cancer. The actor spoke with Keith through the boy’s mother after his agent arranged the call, and Keith’s nodding indicated he understood the conversation.
The report recounts the third miracle attributed to Bishop Neumann, an Austrian native and Philadelphia’s fourth bishop, whose canonization process advances toward possible completion before 1976. It notes prior beatifications and miracles, including Eva Menassi in Milan and a Malian girl and American teacher, with ties to the Neumann Shrine and remarks by Msgr. James McGrath.
The Olson family agrees to a government compensation offer of 1.28 million, ending a long dispute over whether CIA agents secretly dosed Frank Olson with LSD in 1953. The decision follows Ford administration discussions and Rockefeller Commission findings. The payout will be shared by Mrs. Olson and two children.
Erie County taxpayers spend about 60,000 dollars yearly on arbitration to settle some 325 civil lawsuits without jury trials. For disputes under 5,000 dollars, arbitrators hear cases. above 5,000, three arbitrators render verdicts. Average awards in a sample of 20 arbitrations were around 1,194 dollars, with county costs of 235 dollars per case, and authorities debate who should bear costs.
Former Pennsylvania state senator Frank Mazzei 63 of Pittsburgh faces a five year sentence for extortion after a federal appeals court upheld his conviction. He was ordered to begin on December 29 by U.S. District Judge Rabe Marsh amid pending perjury retrial.
South Africa will annually draft at least 500 National Servicemen into the police starting next June to ease manpower shortages from counter insurgency operations. Justice Minister James T. Kruger announced the plan.
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