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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1977
Page
3
HOLBROOK N Y AP Michael Kenby and his wife escaped a fast spreading fire but their five children aged 4 to 18 perished. Fire Chief Robert Rogers said volunteers battled flames and a collapsing second floor. The parents were treated for smoke inhalation and a possible broken heel.
Washington AP report notes the Census Bureau found more than 500000 unmarried couples cohabiting in 1976, up from 650000 in 1970, about 1 percent of households. The rise is strongest among under 45s as marriage is delayed by education and job opportunities for women.
NBC plans production on February 14 for Chico and the Man but Freddie Prinze will not be replaced after his suicide on January 29. The network expects renewal for a fourth year remains uncertain with four episodes already filmed and four more planned to finish the third season.
Seven students and a bus driver from the Conneaut Lake School District were injured when their bus was struck by a tractor trailer on Route 265 west of Conneaut Lake. Police said the bus failed to stop at a rural road stop sign and skidded into the intersection. The tractor trailer driver Buddy Tarter of Akron Ohio swerved to avoid the bus but struck its left front side. All injured were treated and released from Meadville Spencer and Greenville Hospitals.
In Clymer Pennsylvania Father Thomas Stanek a Roman Catholic priest and volunteer firefighter helped battle a blaze at St Elizabeths Church but the 70 year old brick church burned to the ground Tuesday night local firemen reported Commodore Volunteer Fire Co members joined in the effort but could not save the building.
Police in Soweto disperse about 6000 students with tear gas as black township schools close during last year’s delayed final exams. Brig. Jan Visser says schools will reopen Thursday with students confined to classrooms under curfew. In Williamsburg Virginia, 94 European firearms from Clay P. Bedford’s collection are shown at the 197 Antiques Forum through March 7.
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