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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1975
Page
3
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Cairo president Anwar Sadat declines a high level Palestinian delegation seeking Egypt’s stance on a new disengagement pact with Israel. The PLO communique accuses Kissinger of wrecking Arab unity, signaling friction over U.S. mediation. In Argentina, Montoneros threaten to kill 62 year old John Patrick Egan unless four mentioned comrades are found alive before 6 p.m. EDT.
James Earl Ray’s brother says Ray will reveal the names of others involved if the appeal to gain a new trial in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. murder fails. Ray was denied a full trial by U.S. District Judge Robert M. McRae Jr., prompting immediate appellate plans.
Three handcuffed prisoners transporting from Hollidaysburg to Huntingdon overpowered and shot a deputy sheriff Reed Garmont and escaped in a white car. Deputy Robert Ferguson was detained at Mercy Hospital for X-rays after being assaulted.
Harrisburg AP. Public Utility Commission authorized Lincoln Lines Inc to reduce express fares between Pittsburgh and Greensburg Jeannette Manor and Irwin in Westmoreland County. Beginning Saturday the 20 trip tickets drop by 1 dollar and 40 trip tickets by 3 dollars.
The American marriage rate fell in 1974 for the first time in 16 years while divorces rose for the 12th straight year, with provisional stats from the Center for Health Statistics. Marriages dropped to 2,223,000 and the rate to 10.5 per 1,000, as divorces climbed 6.2 percent to 970,000 and a record 4.6 per 1,000 population. Fertility held steady with 68.4 births per 1,000 women 16 to 44, down 1 percent from 1973 amid a long term downward trend since 1957.
In Paris three masked robbers seized $235000 in ransom from a Societe Generale bank branch then released three women hostages and escaped on foot. A third bandit was killed by police and a teller died after resisting. Police say the gang left half the $470000 ransom at the bank.
Erie County jail inmate Donald Chism allegedly offered 5000 dollars to an inmate to obtain a perjured alibi for the night of January 26 27 as five people were slain. Charles Arrington 20 of Erie led authorities to the arrangement and a 33 year old woman with prior checks and prostitution arrests became involved. Police secured statements from both and from Arrington who is held on parole detainer awaiting transfer to a rehab facility. The case centers on Chism charged with the January 27 killings of his wife Athena and her relatives including Paul Tolis.
Cambodian army pulled back from Two Leap and Prek Luong after heavy shelling and ground attacks, isolating the positions for months. Rebels pressed toward Phnom Penh and its airport as fighting intensified, with casualties reported and reinforcements rushed to Prek Luong.
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