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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1969
Page
1
A massive blast at Jerusalem's largest supermarket near the King David Hotel killed two university students and wounded Australian major and seven women. Police traced a second device in a candy box. another bomb was detonated near the British Consulate.
Governor Raymond Shafer highlighted his $2.5 billion budget and proposed state income tax during a statewide campaign stop at the Governor's Mansion with Corry's mayor and local officials in attendance.
Oswald widow Marina Porter testifies for defense in Clay Shaw conspiracy trial saying Oswald was not a beatnik and never appeared with a bearded hippie look. Russo testified he knew Oswald as Leon Oswald and overheard plotting at Ferrie’s apartment in September 1963.
In Los Angeles defense lawyers will oppose introducing black notebooks said to chronicle the Kennedy assassination plan. Police found the notebooks at Sirhan Bishara Sirhan's Pasadena home without a warrant, a point already ruled on by Judge Herbert Walker who did not rule on admissibility.
About 70 advance men and thousands of security personnel prepare Nixon’s European trip. Officials focus on crowd control, logistics, and access to leaders in Britain France West Germany Belgium and Italy. The Bonn stop requires 18 hotels and arrangements for photographers and reporters.
In southern West Virginia four day old wildcat coal strikes widen as miners refuse to work at Raleigh and Wyoming counties while railroads report widespread mine shutdowns. Rep. Ken Hechler opposes stoppages, urging targeted safety bills, and plans for a protest march surface with mass rallies in Charleston. A second note reports Walter Pierce, 68, killed in a Westchester crash.
A federal judge in Madison Wisconsin ruled that school boards cannot ban male students from growing long hair or wearing sideburns mustaches or beards. U S District Judge James E Doyle said hair length is protected expression though it reveals personal taste. The decision voided the provision for due process after two Williams Bay high students were suspended for long hair. The suspensions were upheld by the state superintendent of schools, but the judge nullified that code section.
The Warsaw Pact plans maneuvers in East Germany in early March and near the Berlin area, timed with West Germany's March 5 presidential vote. Tass gave no exact site or date, but the operation covers central and western East Germany near the border, as East German traffic curbs and protests escalate. Reports of heavy Soviet armor moving into East Germany were corroborated by arrivals in Prague.
Union City council pushes demolition of the Rice Hotel after a building permit appeared on the façade. The hotel long stood as a borough landmark amid decay and potential hazards.
Union City Borough Secretary Harry Smiley praises Assemblyman Forest Hopkins as the fastest gun in Harrisburg. Smiley proposed a cost saving idea to give permanent vehicle registrations to municipalities, bypassing annual free registrations for municipal police cars and other vehicles. Hopkins replied in two days and forwarded the idea to the Bureau of Traffic Safety for consideration.
Police investigated a spate of cases involving children harassed by older youths and a dog near local schools. A Spring street mother said her son was beaten by older boys and warned the boys' father to stop. Another case near West Park Place involved a torn muddy coat from an older girl. A West Pleasant street dog incident saw a neighbor cited for letting the animal roam freely.
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