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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1970
Page
1
Washington accorded a court order extending 10 days to block a nationwide rail strike amid stalled talks. The order keeps 45,000 shopcraft workers from striking while four unions and railroads negotiate, with a possible ruling before the period ends.
At Allegheny College Richard King Mellon Recreation Building a floodlight heat cracked the underwater window. A janitor and bystander jammed a board against the water side while valves were opened to drain the pools, possibly saving six lives. The pools were emptied and aquatics instructor George Mitchell called the event unusual.
Four states and several unions petition the Interstate Commerce Commission to order Erie Lackawanna trains Nos. 6 and 6 back in service. They argue the ICC erred on four points, urge consideration of Norfolk and Western’s financial strength, and claim public convenience supports restoring the Hoboken to Chicago route despite alternatives. No action timeline given.
In Erie County Orphans Court a hearing will decide which of two women, Bobbie Sue Shipley of Clarksville Tennessee and Joanne Coles Shipley of Erie, is the legal widow of Dr Darrell Raymond Shipley the Tennessee medical examiner killed in a plane crash near Erie. Court records show complex marriages and a 1964 Erie ceremony with conflicting marital status.
Ted Ferris a 26 year old prisoner serving a three year sentence for robbery wed his childhood sweetheart Hillary Allen in a five minute ceremony. He wore handcuffs and was accompanied back to a London prison. The bride predicted they would honeymoon next year.
A Penn Central police lieutenant urged readers to keep snowmobiles off railroad tracks after a near miss with a snowplow. An Associated Press report says two snowmobile operators were crushed to death by a Canadian National freight train near Stratford New Hampshire. Willard McFarland and Albert Hodgen were identified as victims, part of a six-man party returning from Maidstone Vermont.
Fifty two survivors of a four train disaster this week were killed when the truck carrying them to a hospital overturned in Lagos. Eyewitnesses said all the passengers and the driver died. they had previously survived a derailment that killed over 100 in Benue Plateau state on Tuesday.
In U S District Court Judge Julius Hoffman sentenced five men David Dellinger Jerry Rubin Abbie Hoffman Thomas Hayden and Rennard Davis to five years in prison and fines of 5000 each for crossing state lines to incite rioting during the 1968 Democratic National Convention week The terms run concurrent with prior contempt sentences and defendants must pay court costs unless declared paupers Acquitted codefendants were John Fraines and Lee Weiner Demonstrations occurred in seven cities including Los Angeles Buffalo Philadelphia Milwaukee Lansing Louisville Salt Lake City and Franston New York amid the trial aftermath
Army Pvt. Russell Armstrong, 20, charged with murder over the death of 14 year old Ngoc An Le in Pleiku province Viet Nam. Trial set for March 23 with judge rejecting defense claims of command influence. Armstrong’s mother Leora Martin of Millcreek and other family details noted as proceedings unfold.
Four month old Shawn McLeroy, an epileptic infant needing daily medication, was found safe in a Ozark wooded area after a 32 hour disappearance. A typewritten note left in the parents mailbox led officers to the location as authorities weighed chances of ending the search. The child remained in the clothes she wore, and it was unclear who took her or how the note appeared. Medical experts say she would have struggled to survive without treatment.
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