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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1971
Page
3
A damaged OCR fragment references a small ad or notice involving Mrs and George, with garbled text about prices and a wartime or local event. The readable parts are insufficient to identify full names, dates, places, or concrete actions.
Phoenixville Pennsylvania faces a cash squeeze as the Army owes $34,000 in unpaid sewer charges for Valley Forge General Hospital. Borough manager John J. Kane said a March 1 payment on sewerage bonds is due, and the Army halted payments citing rate disputes. Hospital officials sympathize but Washington must pay.
Concord sixth graders under teacher Paul Claypool staged Expo 71 a world fair in class. Tina Lutz and Rose Willcox examined displays from Latin American countries created by students in morning and afternoon sessions featuring reports on natural resources customs and geography.
In Lawrence Kansas more than 150 officers headed by Attorney General Vern Miller raided the University of Kansas area at 3 am. Within two hours over 20 youths aged 17 to 23 were booked on narcotics charges including LSD cocaine hashish and marijuana. Warrants total 39 with most arrests in dorms and near campus.
Senators Javits Mathias and McCloskey warn the Vietnam War could doom Nixon like Johnson in 1968 and urge withdrawal by mid 1972. McCloskey seeks impeachment debate if war not ended before the New Hampshire primary. Aiken cautions about possible antiwar challenge but hopes Nixon can learn from Johnson. Casualty trends stay down as U S withdrawals continue.
Israel’s stance after the 1967 war blends strategy with history and faith. It cites prewar borders, notes the Gaza Strip’s proximity, and argues for defensible, agreed borders. Israel would trade much of Sinai but keep Gaza, Sharm el Sheikh, and a Aqaba coast strip to safeguard shipping and continuity.
A 19 year old U S Army inductee hijacked a Western Airlines jetliner with 97 aboard on the San Francisco to Seattle flight. The plane landed in Vancouver B C where RCMP took the hijacker into custody while the others were flown to Seattle. The hijacker demanded Cuba but agreed to surrender after a fuel constraint and discussion with the Vancouver tower.
Justice Hugo L. Black, nearing 85, said the Supreme Court is bigger than its members and keeps moving. He compared it to government, noting waves of rises and falls. He has no retirement plans and will let life take its course.
Premier Golda Meir told a Tel Aviv meeting that the United States understands how much Israel can concede and asserted the Golan Heights East Jerusalem and Sharm el Sheikh cannot be given up. She hinted that large numbers of Palestinian refugees should not be returned.
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