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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1974
Page
3
In Jakarta anti-Japanese riots leave six students dead and 49 injured. Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka rests with his daughter Makiko at a palace guest house as 1,000 troops guard the area. Police search for riot leaders while streets near campuses are sealed.
Complete but unofficial returns show Robert VanderLaan winning the Republican nomination for Michigan's 5th Congressional District with about 55 percent of the vote. His Democratic rival in February will be Richard Vander Veen, a Grand Rapids lawyer who ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination. In Washington, the 1973 Congress cut Nixon's requests by 3.3 billion but boosted fiscal 1974 spending by 3.5 billion, per the Senate House Committee on Reduction of Federal Expenditures.
AP reports Pennsylvania Turnpike logged its second safest year in 33 years with a fatality rate of 1.6 per 100 million miles, slightly above the 1965 record. Welfare Department to argue in federal court over relief deductions affecting thousands. House approves $100 minimum fines for certain county ordinance violations and awaits governor signature. Joe Paterno discussed as potential lieutenant governor candidate by Republican leaders. Bedford Mayor Eldon Studebaker federal trial begins for conspiracy over a hotel arson plot. Columbia Gas notes December gas savings of 220 million cubic feet versus last year to free up fuel for industry.
Daniel Ebersole aged 14, kidnapped last Tuesday and found tied to a tree near Lakewood, was killed by a head wound from a sharp instrument. An autopsy by Dr. Judith Lahotey found skull fracture and brain damage. Three Jamestown teens were arrested on federal kidnapping charges as prosecutors weigh murder indictments.
The schedule lists three new films headlining the week. Wonder Of It All opens January 25 27 with a general audience rating G. That Darn Cot runs February 8 10 with PG. Cops And Robbers also shows with PG.
Rome police arrest Domenico Barbino in Rome and Vincenzo Mammoliti and Antonio Mancuso in Calabria for kidnapping J Paul Getty III. A fourth suspect pursued. Investigators recovered potential ransom money. Getty’s ear was sent to a Rome newspaper as evidence of the threat.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced price increases on 279 liquor and wine items effective today, bringing total increases to 1,512 items since Gov. Shapp’s appointees took control 13 months ago. Chairman Gene Roscioli defended the moves as necessary to avoid supplier withdrawal and to reflect industry demands while noting hearings for new increases are scheduled.
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