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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1969
Page
1
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The jury selection process drags on with pay loss for jurors, as the state withholds pay. Only two jurors passed all tests at opening session and were sworn in. Of 18 dismissed, about half were excused because their employers would not continue pay during confinement.
A Philadelphia report details the Johnson Administration’s proposed 1985 federal budget of 165 billion dollars. If adopted, Erie County residents face 264000.09 in direct and hidden taxes, with Pennsylvanians statewide estimated at 11.874 billion. The figures derive from a population based formula, and reflect county shares if totals shift. Also included are courtroom notes on the Garrison Kennedy assassination case and a Manila report of a 7.5 million annual pay raise for 26,000 U.S. base workers in the Philippines.
President Nixon and Warren shared a warm oath ceremony as 11 cabinet members took the presidential oath. Alaska Governor Hickel was barred from the oath due to his status, and the National Security Council held its first meeting with plans for twice weekly sessions.
Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher testified at a Navy court of inquiry that he used a Navy priority to send messages to the White House and to superiors in Japan after North Korean boats surrounded the USS Pueblo. He described early shelling, orders not to arm under threat, and efforts to signal the ship’s location while aiming to avoid capture.
New York AP The National Urban League proposes replacing public welfare with a universal minimum income and setting a $2 an hour minimum wage tied to cost of living for all workers including those in marginal jobs. The 1976 target for solving basic domestic problems is urged as social conditions worsen nationwide.
United Steelworkers Local 2s members at McInnes Steel Co kept working as a midnight deadline passed without a walkout. The five day notice last week extended the contract to February 1 but was cut short by unresolved bargaining and a three year pact was agreed to.
In Saigon the Viet Cong broadcast a future release of U S prisoners but provided no numbers or dates. The message followed their claim that Spec 4 James Brigham of Ocala Florida had been killed after returning home to inform on the war. Brigham, 21, died Sunday in Washington after brain abscess surgery linked to a captured wound. The broadcast urged international pressure to reveal truths and to protect released prisoners.
Tyrone E. Austin and his wife Linda Austin of Queens were charged by the FBI with hijacking an Eastern Airlines flight to Havana using a passenger’s child as hostage. They likely remained in Cuba after the January 2 hijacking from Kennedy Airport. The air piracy charge carries a possible death penalty. police had linked Austin to a Brooklyn police officer shooting in April 1968.
In Niagara Falls Ontario 24 year old Brian Hobson was pulled from a safety island into a moving car on Lundy's Lane by Edward Hughes 23, of Niagara Falls. Hobson suffered a head injury and a fractured left arm and is in serious condition at Greater Niagara General Hospital.
North Vietnam agrees to begin substantive peace talks Saturday in Paris, signaling cautious progress though officials warn long bargaining lies ahead. Hanoi's Nhan Dan editorial urges U.S. acceptance of four point program and five NLF demands, while U.S. and South Vietnamese officials expect tough negotiations ahead.
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