10 Jan 1968
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1968
Page
1
Fragments show a local sale notice advertising regular room items and hardware. It mentions prices like 39.95 and a sale date tied to a year or month, with incomplete lines about steel, brass, wood, and model details.
Five people were found dead and four others missing after a gas explosion toppled two brick homes on Carroll Street in Reading. Police and hospital officials identified a victim as Robert Stanislaw. other names were not yet released.
Housewives line up at seven stores on Thursday for the first dividend payoff from the United Dairy Farmers Cooperative. Shoppers receive 15 cents per gallon, with a Pittsburgh man possibly collecting about $8.50 for Dec 11 to Dec 31 purchases. Farmers receive $5.61 per hundredweight, higher than typical market rates, while the coop sells milk at $1.06 a gallon reducing the dividend to about 23 cents per gallon for customers. The Greensburg outlet opened recently and payoffs start next month there. (Continued on Page Six)
Former deputy district attorney Jack Kirschke told a six by six juror panel in Los Angeles he preferred death over life in prison after being convicted of murdering his wife Elaine Kirschke and her friend Orville Crankhan. He asserted his innocence and challenged the panel to impose the death sentence during the penalty phase as prosecutors urged tight limits on his remarks.
The world’s fifth heart transplant patient Lovia Block died ten hours after surgery at Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn. Donor heart size raised concerns as doctors said the operation offered life while noting lung condition and pumping capacity. In California Stanford physicians reported Mike Kasperak, the fourth patient, could sit up as he recovers from the transplant. Virginia White, donor of Kasperak’s heart, was buried in Palo Alto.
A kindergarten pupil pulled a fire alarm on Wright street after being coached by a boy named Jeffrey. Firefighters rushed to a non existent blaze as the girl followed prior instruction about fire prevention, leaving Chief Jerome Davis displeased.
North Vietnamese troops hit the Kontum airfield early today killing seven U S soldiers and damaging several Huey helicopters. The assault also hit the airstrip and motor pool with satchel charges as U S forces sustained a five hour battle leaving 97 enemy dead and nine weapons seized.
Washington reports a March 39,000-man draft call as part of a larger trend toward about 40,000 monthly inductions in April through June. Officials say the upsurge reflects a major replacement cycle as older draftees end two-year tours and are replaced, with August through November drafts already peaking.
Ron Waugh a 17 year old Valley High School guard collapsed on the bench during a game against Burrell High School. He was transported to Citizen's General Hospital where doctors suspect a heart attack and an autopsy was ordered.
Erie police identify a new lead in the Central Mall Marine Bank heist that netted about 20 000 dollars. A gigantic pair of overalls found in an alley links to the getaway, with a license plate fragment also tied to the suspect. Authorities say the robber used the Mall to flee and discarded the evidence.
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