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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1969

Page

6

Civil Defense First Aid Courses Begin Monday Night

Corry Civil Defense will start standard and advanced first aid classes at CD headquarters Monday evening taught by Mrs. Norman Tarbell, Red Cross certified instructor. Sessions run three hours from 7 p.m. Contacts include Mrs. Tarbell and CD executive officer Clifford Holcomb. In other news, Beverly A. Proper 22 backed into a parked car owned by Albert Inhoff, damage noted. officers reported the mishap near the Proper home on Park Street.

Corry Beverly A. Proper Park Street Albert Inhoff R.D. 1 Spring Creek Proper

Death of Earl R. Covert in New Castle at 82

Earl R. Covert of New Castle Pennsylvania died there at 3 34 a m aged 82 born January 27 1887 Payette County He married Hellen Badger in 1936 and is survived by a brother John L Covert of Fort Lauderdale Fla He belonged to Asbury Methodist Church Strattanville kept a cottage at Cottage Park Columbus Final rites set for Monday at 11 a m at Cunningham Funeral Home East Washington and Chestnut with burial at Graceland Cemetery Friends may call tomorrow 7 9 p m and Sunday 2 4 7 9 p m

Covert New Castle Payette County Hellen Badger John L. Covert Fort Lauderdale Fla Asbury Methodist Church Strattanville Cottage Park Columbus Cunningham Funeral Home East Washington Chestnut Streets Graceland Cemetery

Launch Dates Set for Mars Probes

A pair of Mariner spacecraft will launch toward Mars on February 24 and March 24 to image the planet and study its surface and atmosphere. The 9% pound probes will fly within 4 000 miles of Mars to assess physical chemical and thermal properties but not detect life.

Car Kiswakwy

School Shuts Down Campus Newspaper Over Editorial

In Chester Pennsylvania the PMC Colleges weekly Dome faces suspension after two February fifth articles. An editorial calls the American flag a rag on a stick while a separate piece discusses censorship and obscenity. William L Coltee cites profanity and criticizes the image of Marines on Iwo Jima.

Chool Chester, Pa PMC William L. Coltee Iwo Jima Cottee

Obscenity Law Test Shifts With Jamestown Arrest

Jamestown New York news dealer John Adams was arrested on charges of promoting obscenity after detectives bought four magazines and a paperback at Carlls News Room. Bail set at 500 dollars, case follows earlier similar incidents and petitions over New York penal code provisions.

Jamestown N.Y John Adams Carll Adams Richard Ream Adam Falconer New York Jamestown Catholic

Serious Vehicle Crashes Reported Across Erie County

Several collisions in the Erie area left one man with three broken ribs and multiple cuts after a southbound station wagon hit Piefer’s car. Nancy Sorenson, 16, and a Brink truck passenger suffered minor injuries in a Route 97 two vehicle crash. Bertha Roberson, 53, suffered a severe head laceration when a car drifted over the center line in snow. A 1969 coupe sustained $1,000 damage. Roberson’s sedan $450. Two teenagers escaped injury after a car skidded into a pole. charged with driving too fast for conditions pending.

Piefer Erie Charles Morris Titusville Hospital Nancy Sorenson Union City Waterford Dwight Brink Cambridge Springs Robert Fleetwood Sorenson Edinboro Union City Memorial Hospital Bertha Roberson Thomast Schutzler Lakewood Ohio Roberson Auto John Norbert C. Irish Schutzler Roberson Cleo McCray Elgin Bruce Mick Corry Concord Township A. D James Krenar Rodney G. Burrows Elgin-Lovells

Funeral services for Mrs. Samuel Upperman

Services for Grace Upperman will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Bracken Funeral Home. Friends may call 7 to 9 p m Thursday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m Friday. Burial will be in West Lawn Cemetery in Columbus.

Upperman Samuel Grace) Upperman Bracken Funeral Home West Lawn Cemetery Columbus

Reservoir Plans For Flood Control Recreation Center

The project aims to create a flood control reservoir with a 500 acre lake if funded, or 250 acres otherwise, featuring a 1000 site campground, boat ramp, marina, trails and swimming areas. If approved, the dam would be completed by fall 1970 and later transferred to the county with revenues from recreation going to local authorities. Meanwhile 800 Mack Printing employees in Easton plan a Sunday vote on a new contract after mediation, terms not yet disclosed.

Page One Voir Corps Nichols Russo Allentown, Pa Charles McHue Mack Printing 20 Easton McHe Mack Printing Co

Missing Scout Son Returns After Night Search

Mr and Mrs Roy E Patton of Cambridge Springs area found supper untouched as their son Michael a 14 year old Boy Scout was late coming home. The family searched the woods with help from State Police and fire department after Michael alerted them he couldn t reach home. They located a sled riding boy and learned Michael had tracked and returned to his parents, who then returned home around 7 p.m.

Meadville Roy E. Patton Cambridge Springs Michael Pattons Venango

National campus protests and Ida dormitory incident prompt unrest

Ida smashed doors windows and vending machines during a early morning dorm assault. At University of Florida Gainesville 125 students marched on President O Connell s home demanding support for a professor s call to unite a teachers union and militant students to seize the university. In Chicago Roosevelt University groups of 10 to 20 Negro students occupied two classes saying they will continue until demands for more Negro culture classes are met. Illinois Champaign Urbana protesters called hundreds of phone lines to the administration building asking Negro enrollment rise to 10 percent of the 40000 student body where 900 Negroes are currently enrolled. Mississippi Valley State College 90 percent of 2500 students stayed away to back demands for Negro history courses more political speakers and relaxed curfew hours for girls at Itta Bena campus.

Page One Ida University of Florida Gainsville Stephen O'Connell Chicago Roosevelt University University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana Mississippi Valley State College Itta Bena, Miss

Ford calls 10 per cent surtax necessary amid Vietnam conflict

Rep. Gerald Ford Jr. argues the 10 per cent federal income tax surcharge must stay while Vietnam fighting and the cost of living battle continue. He disagrees with Gov. Rockefeller who wants the surtax ended for education and welfare.

Los Angeles Gerald Ford Jr R-Mich Vietnam Ford Nelson A. Rockefeller New York

Erie Teachers Demand Board Hall Insurance

Erie teachers met at the Reserve Center and endorsed the Erie Education Association demands for recognition as bargaining agent. They seek a master contract covering employment and professional practice to take effect by September 1 after negotiations begin, with grant by March 15.

Reserve Center Erie Education Association

Bradford Airport Talks Push for High Intensity Lighting

A Bradford Regional Airport Authority delegation will visit Washington next Tuesday to press for high intensity approach lighting, with FAA planning an Instrument Landing System. Senators Scott and Schweiker may join, Allegheny Airlines urges high intensity lighting as essential, cost estimates reach about 145000 dollars plus fees.

Allegheny Airlines Bradford Authority LeRoy Schneck Blaine Mead Warren County Bradford Regional

Vigorito Proposes Harder Cigarette Advertising Rules

Congress member Joseph P. Vigorito announced plans to introduce early next week a bill amending the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act. The proposal would tighten warnings, require tar and nicotine content disclosures, and empower HEW to regulate cigarette length if health hazards are proven.

Washington Joseph P. Vigorito World Health Organization U.S. Public Health Service Vigorito Congress Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare United States Federal Communications Commission

Genovese and 14 Charged in 1958 Narcotics Conspiracy

Genovese and fourteen others were arrested in 1958 on charges of conspiring to import narcotics and he was found guilty in 1959. The Bureau of Prisons has since moved him between facilities to curb Mafia contacts, and a stay in Atlanta placed him with Joseph Valachi who reportedly turned informer. Valachi then told federal agents about Mafia inner workings. Genevese, born in Resigliano, Italy, became a U.S. citizen in 1936 but lost citizenship in 1955 for failing to list arrests. Separately, Allegheny reports two miles visibility with an 800-foot ceiling as the current condition.

Cantingen Page One Genovese Bureau of Prisons Atlanta Joseph Valachi New York Valachi la Cosa Nostra Justice Department Senate Resigliano Italy Senovese United States

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