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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1969
Page
1
Corry Shopping Plaza burglaries reported starting April 1 with a break in at the Sheffield post office nearby. Suspect escaped after forcing open a safe, taking about $2,700 in stamps and cash. Police say the suspect was seen fleeing toward a private birthday party at a friend’s home, Joie B Lavoe.
Center Associates of Youngstown announces the Corry Plaza at Route 6 bypass and Hatch Street will begin construction in early April with occupancy targeted for late August or early September. The first phase covers 64,000 square feet with 480 parking spaces, featuring Murphy’s 25,594 square feet, Loblaws 18,070 and Eckerd’s 10,000.
Floor speech Monday cites graft rumors in state government and waste by the General States Authority. Worley requests a probe into waste graft and b r ibery, says evidence will topple any income tax plan and reveal public funds misused. He notes mansion silverware purchases and $100000 museum repairs as examples and backs a sales tax bill to fund property tax relief. City Council asks bids for police fire radio base stations as part of a $25000 bond issue with total costs around $4000. Bids open March 30.
Report claims 3000 Vietnamese in the DMZ have been moving war supplies through the zone into towns and then down the Ho Chi Minh trail toward Taos, reflecting ongoing logistical activity amid conflict.
The Journal clarifies that aldermen and justices of the peace are elected in open elections. The new minor judiciary setup uses district justice terminology, with judges elected for years and voters later deciding on retention, while aldermen follow the standard yes or no process.
Council has not hired the city's first housing officer. Mayor Joseph Furst said interviews were ongoing and narrowed to a couple of strong prospects. Final decision expected soon with announcement at February 17 meeting.
An 18 year old man Michael Peparo and 18 year old Tamsin Fitzgerald from New York attempted a plane hijack on National Airlines from New York to Miami. The pilot doubted the threat and landed in Miami where both suspects were arrested. They faced air piracy and kidnapping charges and were held without bond.
In Los Angeles AP report, defense plans to question Sirhan Bishara Sirhan about his family’s income before continuing his murder trial for the Kennedy assassination. The motion targets grand jury selection, arguing bias from higher-income jurors while eight men and four women sit as jurors and alternates.
Alaska state troopers blamed vandals for a runaway tractor that killed Sgt. Edward J. Coleman and two other sleeping soldiers and injured another near Fairbanks. Lt. Archie Barber said an idling tractor was put in gear and the blade lifted, causing a fatal blaze through a house and overran a bivouacked tent in freezing weather.
A State Supreme Court jury in Buffalo awarded $340,000 to Clarence Center resident Robert J. DeLang after his wife Regina died from medical complications at Doctors Hospital on April 17, 1964. The verdict, one of Erie County’s largest civil awards, includes $250,000 for wrongful death, $15,000 for conscious pain and suffering, and nearly $75,000 in interest against the hospital and the attending osteopath.
CORONADO Calif. Navy testimony describes two senior officers ordering a destroyer to move into North Korean waters off Wonsan Harbor and prepare to recover the Pueblo. Rear Adm. George L. Cassell testified the plan included air cover and possible in harbor action, but no firm rescue was executed.
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