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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1969
Page
8
A review roundup cites Harold Robbins The Inheritors about TV moguls and Hollywood style, with provocative dialogue and modern morals. Also noted are a library’s Christmas display and summer employment directory for 1970 aiding students, nurses, and teachers.
WMPF members from Meadville Cobbs Corner and local branches held Christmas meetings with officer elections and field reports on Guinea in West Africa. Patricia Ann Roberts wed Frederick A. Daley in Excelsior Full Gospel Church as East Branch Grange hosted a reception.
In Palm Springs California an optometrist Dr George Elmstrom 44 and Lois Mercer 37 tied the knot aboard a hot air balloon. The ceremony had the Rev Philip Gehlaher pronouncing them married via bullhorn as the craft rose 200 feet and landed in a canyon where guests celebrated with champagne. Elmstrom met his bride during a parachuting romance 18 months earlier.
Early morning blaze on the west side of Erie prompted Lt. Leo Causgrove and firefighters Donald Duffin and Raymond Schweinberg to rescue three children in a 2 1/2 story frame dwelling. The Marther children were treated at St. Vincent Hospital for smoke inhalation and burns and released.
New York City faced a flood of abandoned autos with estimates over 50 000 for 1969. The Citizens Budget Commission calls it a new growth industry while the Sanitation Department reports towing 55 926 cars that year and says it is doing its best. An abandoned car is defined as one without plates stripped of parts and appearing to have no owner.
President Nixon said he could not shop himself this year and a New York friend acted as his agent to buy gifts for his wife and daughters. He noted he gives presents people normally would not buy for themselves but did not disclose the selections.
Former Gov James H Duff dies at 86 in Washington D C His funeral is set for 2 PM Wednesday at United Presbyterian Church Harrisburg The body will lie in state an hour prior Burial is private at Carnegie Cemetery Duff born in Mansfield Allegheny County Survived by wife Jean Kerr Taylor Gov Shafer orders 30 days half staff for mourning Duff served 1947 to 1951 as governor and later a six year Senate term.
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