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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1969
Page
6
Registration for the two evening courses for teachers at Corry Area High School by Behrend Campus Penn State University will be held this evening only from 7 to 9. Courses are Teaching Science in the Elementary School and Advanced Crafts for Teachers.
A fire erupted in Humphrey No 7 coal mine near Mount Morris Pennsylvan ia trapping about ten miners deep underground. Nearly 100 workers were in the shafts when the blaze started. two hours later all but seven to ten were accounted for. Company officials declined to comment from Morgantown West Virginia. The mine lies near the West Virginia Pennsylvania line about 20 miles northeast of Mannington where 78 miners died in a previous mine disaster.
The article describes Rene Cornasse of 210 Mott Street reporting a stolen car to West Park Place police on January 20. The pursuit of the thief, identified as Lank, went west toward Union City where he wrecked another vehicle, was arrested, and sentenced to 10 days. Union City police later confirmed the theft and investigation continued.
A National Airlines jet with 32 aboard was hijacked by two men one with a bomb and the other with a pistol. They forced the plane from the Everglades toward Havana after taking control in mid flight. A second incident involved a Key West to New York flight bound for Havana.
The world condemns Iraq for mass executions of 14 people including nine Jews on spying charges for Israel. Reactions from the Vatican, UN, U.S. officials, and British press describe the act as barbaric and a threat to Middle East peace, with calls to condemn and investigate.
Oakland mother who runs the family liquor store twice drew a .38 pistol from under her blouse and killed robbers in two holdups. Linda West, 25, says she acted to protect her family and business after repeated attempts, practicing at a range and receiving a gun from her husband. Police noted both victims had felony records and described the store neighborhood as run down.
Saigon reports a crack ranger battalion backed by U.S. planes and artillery killed about 320 North Vietnamese 18 miles from the Laotian border. U.S. bombers and artillery accounted for about 200 dead and 25 rangers were wounded. Other clashes near the Cambodian border left 23 enemy bodies and several Vietnamese dead or wounded. Marine units in the DMZ faced light shelling with seven Marines wounded.
Sen. Hugh Scott introduces a bill to add national cemeteries in Valley Forge Park Brandywine Battlefield Park Edward Martin Military Reservation Boalsburg Memorial Park and Bushy Run Battlefield Park, arguing the need in Pennsylvania is critical.
The plan features a business tax package adding about 181.5 million dollars by raising the corporate net income tax from 7.5 to 9.5 percent, lifting the capital stock and franchise tax to seven mills, and increasing taxes on utilities, insurance premiums, and financial institutions. In Vietnam War news, a Marine unit near the DMZ faced shelling from inside the DMZ for the first time since December 21, with additional U.S. artillery strikes reported on moving North Vietnamese troops. nine enemy combatants were counted killed by an air observer.
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