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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1971
Page
4
Kentucky reports lower litter removal costs for highways in 1970, indicating slightly cleaner roads than the prior year. The state quantified expenses and compared them with 1969, reflecting modest improvement in roadside cleanliness.
A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Lee Gee of Union City R D 4 at Union City Memorial Hospital on Tuesday. Mrs Gee formerly Martha Campbell. A son born to Mr and Mrs Dennis Akam of 128 Snyder Circle at Corry Memorial Hospital yesterday. Mrs Akam formerly Susanna Huff. Richard Applebee of North Clymer at Gerry Memorial Hospital yesterday. Mrs Applebee formerly Linda Goodwill.
Vatican insiders weigh Jean Marie Cardinal Villot as leading candidate to succeed Pope Paul VI, with fellow French cardinals Garrone and Marty among papabili. Italian prospects include Cardinal Poma and Pellegrino, while Adrian VI was the last non Italian pope.
A hospital report lists contact numbers for Corry Memorial Hospital and Corry Ambulance Service and details admissions and discharges at Corry and nearby towns including Mrs. Clifford Button and Michele Dahl. The document also notes Union City Memorial Hospital and ambulance contacts.
A Thiokol Chemical plant in Woodbine suffered a catastrophic blast. A nurse aboard the scene described administering Demerol shots to the injured as ambulances arrived. A makeshift morgue was set up in the lunchroom, with 16 bodies laid out in bloodied wrappings. The plant, built in 1964, manufactures military munitions and commercial insecticides as part of Thiokol Corp headquartered in Bristol, Pennsylvania.
In federal court Thomas C. Nee Jr. testified that he tapped the phone of McKeesport school director Eugene T. O'Neil at the request of city councilman Michael J. Newman. Nee, who pleaded guilty to attaching the tape recorder, said Newman sought to uncover O'Neil's evidence after O'Neil accused him of using city equipment for private work.
John J. Jackson had services at St. George Funeral Home followed by a Requiem Mass at St. Thomas Church at 9:30 a.m. Rev. John Lucas officiated. Temporary interment occurred in Pine Grove Mausoleum with bearers Utah Jackson, Carl Cassatt, Lance Ross, Maurice Lilley, Melvin Schramling and Charles Fenton. Relatives from the Corry area attended.
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