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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1969
Page
1
Commander Lloyd M. Bucher testified about his alleged spying confession amid brutal torture by captors following the USS Pueblo seizure. He appeared at a Navy inquiry with a North Korean image distributed January 1968 showing him writing his confession.
Cmdr Lloyd Bucher testified that Pueblo crewmen tried hundreds of times to tell back home that their confessions were faked but North Korean captors intercepted most messages and beat the crew. Navy spokesman summarized five hours of closed door testimony before a Navy court of inquiry led by Capt Thomas L Dwyer.
An estimated 18 tank cars of butane gas exploded at a lumber plant siding in Laurel. The blast lit the night sky up to 90 miles away. no injuries were reported, and a two mile evacuation was ordered after windows were blown out by the concussion.
Seven top state committees of the Pennsylvania State Education Association voted unanimously to support the Pittsburgh Teachers Education Association in its dispute with the Pittsburgh Board of Education. The PSEA opposes using college student teachers as strike substitutes and notes the PTEA and the board are set to meet for the third time today. The PTEA seeks a four point package including a $1000 starting pay increase. Royalty on Tour Bangkok Danish Princess Margarethe and Prince Bertil visited ancient temples.
Three youths were fined 25 dollars each and ordered to pay 3.66 dollars in costs after being found with beer in a car behind Barney's First One Store. Michael Wolfe 18 Gary Counasse 20 and Ronald Elmquist 19 waived a hearing and pled guilty before Alderman Norbert Bachemer.
A crack battalion of U S paratroopers has been moved from the Saigon defense perimeter to choke off a major Viet Cong infiltration route 60 miles north. About 800 men of the 3rd Brigade 2nd Airborne Division were deployed along the Song Be corridor from Cambodia into War Zone D as Viet Cong 5th Division units were reported moving south. Two Viet Cong sapper battalions totaling 500 men are said to be in the area. The action targets Long Binh and Bien Hoa bases, with allied pressure restricting Viet Cong movement to small groups in Tay Ninh Binh Long and Phuoc Hong provinces. Analysts warn this could be a feint to lull US forces.
Los Angeles jurors for Sirhan Bishara Sirhan include a plumber, a truck driver's wife, a high school math teacher, two computer analysts, five utility workers, a mechanic and a clothier. The panel, from Los Angeles and suburbs, was agreed on after a ninth day of selection with six alternates to be chosen. Sirhan, 24, Jordanian, is charged with Kennedy's assassination after the California primary last June.
In the opening session of four party peace talks in Paris, the Viet Cong and North Vietnam pressed for a new peace cabinet to replace Saigon and called for a political settlement. NLF Foreign Minister Tran Buu Kiem and Ambassador Xuan Thuy demanded end to U S aggression and reunification of Vietnam without foreign interference, while Lodge signaled talk of a demilitarized zone. The day opened with sharp political rhetoric and a first break before delegations resumed.
Ann McQuilken Kepple an 89 year old Delmont resident died two weeks ago leaving an estate valued at 1 250 000. Her odd handwritten will directs gifts to 20 Swiss educational institutions if she dies before 1981 and requires notice to Swiss authorities. She also provides for a possible husband and leaves the house and church property with strict conditions.
Uniformed servicemen hijacked to Cuba by a Navy deserter reported Communist interrogators taunting them on the National Airlines flight from Key West to Miami. Sixteen sailors described being forced to state name rank and serial number as they were questioned amid hospitality and derision.
AP reports surgeons monitor 47 year old William Wolfram in critical condition two days after receiving Pittsburghs second heart transplant. Donor Sandra Patterson of Millvale died from car injuries after a five hour operation at Allegheny General Hospital. First transplant patient Ben Anolik, 48, is reportedly recovering from last Augusts operation. Tourism drive in Kentucky aims for $600 million annual income.
The maximum interest rate on mortgages insured by the FHA and VA rose to 7 percent in an interim emergency measure. Housing Secretary George Romney said the move addresses tight credit and aims to curb inflation, with 4.6 million existing FHA loans unaffected. The two federal low income housing loan programs remain at 3 percent.
Federal program through Erie based OIC has opened a Corry office to assess local labor needs. James Bailey, rural development organizer, coordinates with individuals, industries, and businesses to map job needs and build a plan to improve local employment amid a drained labor market.
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