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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1969
Page
6
Venango County commissioners adopt a nearly 1.5 million dollar budget proposing a new 5 per capita tax. The plan shows total expenditures of 1,492,019.16 vs 1,459,660 last year, amid budget releases and local fiscal notes.
The Pueblo sailors describe hard choices under fire as they burned and discarded classified documents. Quartermaster C J Charles B Law of Chehalis testified about beatings during captivity. Schumacher and Harris recounted exposure to cannon fire and their efforts to destroy papers on deck. Fireman Duane Hodges died while tending a waste basket incinerator. Harris detailed sprinting to retrieve and burn documents under threats from North Korean vessels.
Congress man Joseph P. Vigorito was named chair of the Important Family Farms and Rural Development Subcommittee after the House Agriculture Committee's organizational meeting for the 1st Congress. He also will serve on the Domestic Marketing and Consumer Relations and the Dairy and Poultry Subcommittees. Agriculture Chairman W. R. Poage praised his work and seniority.
US Senate subcommittee reports drilling mud injections failed to stop the leak. Hartley says 5,000 to 10,000 more barrels may be pumped to plug the hole. a relief well could take weeks. Santa Barbara, 90 miles northwest of LA, endures beach slicks, straw dispersal, and skimming efforts as oil-clogged seabirds die.
The article notes the FCC's proposed ban on tobacco advertising, arguing it serves the public interest by preventing a link to lung disease. It cites tobacco firms spending 226.9 million dollars annually on radio and TV ads, with broadcasters receiving 19 percent of their revenue from such ads, and quotes Hyde denying that the proposal is censorship.
In Los Angeles AP report outlines prospective alternates for Sirhan Bishara Sirhan's murder trial. Four alternates were tentatively chosen including Warren Willis Georgie M Liddle and Ruth Stillman. Proceedings continue as prosecutors and defense seek a full slate while Sirhan appears disengaged at times.
American oilman Paul Bail and his wife near return to the United States after Bail's release in Baghdad following a month in captivity. Officials cited an unlicensed shortwave transmitter and an antenna as factors in his arrest, while Belgian diplomats aided his release and his wife sought refuge at the Belgian embassy. Bail’s daughter in East Lansing commented on the charges, and Iraqi officials signaled a forthcoming espionage trial amid recent executions of alleged spies.
Flames driven by strong winds destroyed Hackman’s West End Auto Parts in Pittsfield yesterday afternoon. Fire Chief L D Sitler said the blaze began about 12 15 pm and reached the department 15 minutes later. Theodore Hackman and his wife Ann were injured and treated for minor burns after escaping through a window. Local responders from Warren General Hospital and Garland assisted with 15 firefighters. A second item notes Curtis Freidling, 33, of York Springs was killed in a Davidsburg York County car truck crash.
FBI charged Donald J. Coates 38, Charles F. Grisham 22, and Joseph Diorio 27 with bank larceny in Elyria after two men in Brink's style uniforms robbed the Lorain County Savings and Trust branch at Midway Mall August 16. Diorio is jailed in Mahoning County. Grisham and Coates faced hearings in Cleveland. The imposters, who used a forged Waterhouse signature, left with $93,000 unrecovered.
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