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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
1
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Apollo 8 crew including Lovell Anders will reenter Earth’s atmosphere Friday morning after a 231000 mile flight from the Moon. The capsule is expected to splash down in the Pacific about 10 55 am EST near Hawaii with recovery forces standing by at dawn.
City firemen answered three alarms yesterday noon two outside town as rural blazes drew near thirty thousand dollars in damage. At Spring Creek Paul McKay's two story garage burned from an overheated coal furnace with McKay searching upstairs for his father in law Oscar Sigle age 61. In Portland twenty three elderly residents escaped a basement blaze at Greystone Rest Home with no injuries as Fire Chief Powers cited possible electrical causes and melted wires. McKay was injured in a fall and treated. losses may top five thousand at the garage and over twelve thousand at the Van Dassel barn where almost thirty head of cattle were saved. A third call involving a plastic plant sprinkler did not uncover a fire no damage.
State police report a charter bus traveling from Chicago to Washington ran off the Pennsylvania Turnpike and fell 20 feet, killing at least four. About 41 aboard included a trapped rear passenger. Injured were treated at Rochester and United hospitals in Beaver Falls.
Des Moines police and state agents hunted a self described minister with prior sex charges for abducting Pamela Powers on Christmas Eve. A roadside dump near Grinnell yielded blood stained orange pants and white bobby socks identified as the girl’s. Pamela disappeared from a Des Moines YMCA wrestling event. the suspect’s car was found abandoned in Davenport after a search of the river city.
A sit alarm blaze in the Homewood section of Pittsburgh damaged a three story brick house. Five men fought the fire and authorities said the cause is undetermined. Ambulances were at the scene but no injuries were reported and no occupants were found inside. Damages could not be estimated at once.
The U S Navy begins questioning 82 Pueblo crew members at San Diego for about ten days covering events from North Korea’s capture to the release last Sunday. Debriefing confines crew to two buildings the sleeping quarters and the RX Club lounge as families gather at the Naval Hospital.
A National Transportation Safety Board team investigates a Convair crash near Bradford airport on an instrument approach. Twenty people died as wreckage spread over a quarter mile three miles from the runway. Surviving family members await word as investigators consider glide path loss and marshy forest impact.
In late Johnson days administrators push remaining Great Society programs with federal grants. Seattle receives 19 million to activate Model Cities and more cities nationwide may follow before Nixon takes office.
A heavy storm dropped 20 inches of new snow in 24 hours, bringing December total to 58 inches. Temperatures ranged from 10 to 7 degrees, with icy roads causing two minor accidents on East Main and North Center streets. Lana Knowlton and Roy L McIntyre were involved, each vehicle damaged, no serious injuries reported.
Despite the worst local snow storm the Corry area saw few injuries during Christmas. Travel was light as most stayed home. On Tuesday at 10 30 a.m. three drivers escaped injury on Route 8 near Cocry. Frank Pallone 31 of Spangler Pa collided with Donald Porter 19 of Waterford. David Mickle of Union City swerved to avoid the crash. Total damage 610 dollars. At 2 30 p.m. Tuesday near Titusville Diamond 16 of John Snyder 9 of BR Titusville collided after losing control. Bertha B Diamond 55 Hydetown suffered a head laceration. Damage 735 dollars. A 11 35 p.m. two car smashup north of Union City left Raymond Beckman 63 uninjured after swerving at a tractor. (Continued on Page Seven)
The Maritime Safety Agency barred ships from Naruto Strait in western Japan due to massive Rasolina sticks from a grounded tanker. Authorities warned the slicks could ignite or explode. Thirteen crew members abandoned ship, rescued by a nearby Japanese vessel.
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