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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1970
Page
7
HOLLYWOOD AP Hal March, famed MC of the 1950s quiz show The $64,000 Question, died at 49 from pneumonia at the University of California Medical Center. He had earlier lost a lung to cancer and returned briefly to host It’s Your Bet before pneumonia ended his life.
Milton J. Shapp, Philadelphia millionaire and Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, leads a poll with 48 percent support among Democrats. Robert P. Casey has 21 percent, Ernest P. Kline 3 percent, with undecideds remaining. Broderick shows 26 percent as Republican favorite.
Twenty crew members of the Norwegian freighter Thordis Presthus were rescued after an engine room explosion and fire 85 miles southeast of Wilmington. Two crewmen died. eight stayed aboard to help Coast Guard efforts. The ship, en route from Bergen to Miami, was being towed to Morehead City as rescue crews fought the blaze.
Elvis Presley brings another month long engagement to Las Vegas starting next Monday at the International Hotel after drawing over 100000 fans in 29 days last August. He previously set attendance records in his last Las Vegas appearance and had not performed in a nightclub for nine years.
In Pittsburgh AP report, ten Pennsylvanians receive Governor Shafer’s Excellence Awards. Apollo 12 crewman Pete Conrad and Bean, along with Penn State coach Joe Paterno, architect Vincent Kling, and publisher Walter Kerbs are highlighted. The event honors achievements in arts science journalism industry and public service.
State Police issued a bulletin for two WVU coeds missing since Sunday night. Mared Malarik, 19, of Kimelon New Jersey, and Karen Ferrel, 19, of Quinwood, West Virginia, were last seen getting into a light colored car near a downtown intersection after leaving a movie.
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