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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1968
Page
1
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In a Boston MBTA tunnel near Logan International Airport a rear-end collision between two four-car trains injured about 20 and left many passengers in shock as rescue workers moved the injured on stretchers. Snow, cold, and slick footing hampered efforts while power was shut to allow evacuations.
Police logged two new snowmobile related reports amid a craze. A caller pretended to be Eugene Peters claiming a vehicle in a ditch required a tow, but no car or tracks were found. Officers later found multiple snowmobiles on North Center street and in City Park. Another resident, Robert Johnston, said a snowmobile stalled near his home nearly caused a collision with his vehicle.
Auto critic Ralph Nader urged a congressional inquiry into car price hikes tied to new shoulder-harness safety belts installed after January 1. Senators Hart Magnuson and Mundale condemned the New Year increases as potentially ten times the belt cost and accused the industry of using safety as a scapegoat.
Fire gutted a seven story hotel known as the Normandie Retirement Club in Philadelphia. About 75 elderly residents were rescued by police and firefighters who forced doors and carried bedridden occupants down stairs. A helicopter assisted in alerting upper floor residents before the blaze was brought under control.
Corry faced severe cold with temperatures at five degrees above zero yesterday and four degrees this morning. Eight and a half inches of fresh snow fell during the weekend, bringing total accumulations to about 15 inches. Other parts of Pennsylvania also dropped below zero as a high pressure cold wave moved in from the Midwest.
The Corry Area High School Jointure awaits a state House bill proposed by Assemblyman Forest Hopkins to allow its six districts to merge locally bypassing Erie County court delays. If passed, Corry Spring Creek Elgin Wayne Township Concord Columbus could consolidate, saving on transportation and administration. Union City and Sparta oppose the local merger, and a similar Adams County case in State Superior Court looms as a landmark.
A 25 year-old West Berlin policeman shot himself in a watchtower overlooking a bridge to East Germany. Police say 11 bullets caused death. A note found in his pocket read There is no other way. I can't take it any more.
Viet Cong guerrillas seized Kheim Cuong, capital of Hau Nghia province, near Saigon, holding the town for about three hours. About 700 attackers backed by mortar fire pressed the assault, killing three American advisers and wounding 14. Government forces reported 19 enemy dead and five captured, with civilians and militia suffering casualties and property damage. A separate five hour blast on Tan Uyen left eight soldiers and six civilians dead and many wounded.
City police investigate a shooting that left Eugene Davis 36 of Corry wounded in the right forearm. The incident occurred as he walked up stairs at 612 West Pleasant street. a small caliber bullet grazed the bone. Davis told police he continued to a second floor apartment and was taken to Corry Memorial Hospital by Edward Patton 17.
Erie County court Friday upheld the conviction of Reese McDonald 44 of 111 Lemon street under City Ordinance 547 for assault and battery. Judge Lindley McClelland ruled officers may enter a building to make on the spot arrests when warranted. The appeal of McDonald, heard by Alderman Porter Auer on November 20, was upheld in part as the ordinance supports police entry to a building for such actions.
Stanford doctors report Mike Kasperak 54 in East Palo Alto is conscious and responsive after a 41 hour operation receiving Virginia White 32 heart in a transplant that moved him from near death to a stable state. Surgeons say follow up will be months with ongoing risk of organ rejection and vital signs remain guarded.
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