Hawk Odore Earns Five Dollar Prize
A garbled line hints at Paul Hawk Odore receiving a prize of five dollars, reported in a clipped OCR fragment. The readable bits suggest a small award or raffle context tied to his name.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1975
Page
1
A garbled line hints at Paul Hawk Odore receiving a prize of five dollars, reported in a clipped OCR fragment. The readable bits suggest a small award or raffle context tied to his name.
Argentina faces a 48 hour nationwide general strike led by the General Labor Confederation representing about 3 million workers in a fight with the Veronist government. Workers demand ratification of all wage increases since May, not only the 40 percent raise decreed last weekend by President Isabel Peron. The strike runs Sunday midnight to Tuesday midnight, with only public services maintained.
Arkansas Governor Dayd Pryor stranded by dense fog near Pigott airfield hiked to a highway with three aides and rode a pickup to Pigott town park. He called the journey some kind of ride as he arrived late to deliver a speech.
Harrisburg AP reports the tentative state employee wage deal ending Pennsylvania's first statewide strike moves to the 600 member AFSCME policy committee for approval. If accepted, about 46 000 workers would return to duties. a contract vote would follow within a week. The accord raises 3.5 percent retroactive to July 1 with later 2.5 and 6 percent increases on January 1 and July 1, amid broader opposition and limited legislative support.
A painting found in an antique shop, possibly dated 1482 and signed by Samuel Waldo, may shed light on Betsy Ross and the first American flag tale. The back inscription reads Portrait of Betsy Ross, suggesting the subject, Betsy Claypoole Ross, is linked to the legend during her lifetime, though historians remain skeptical and the painting does not prove she sewed the flag.
City Council convenes in regular session Monday at 8 p.m. with bids to open on limestone asphalt emulsion and a riding lawn mower. City Engineer David Johnson will discuss the sewer plant study Penn Central agreements and housing construction status. City Administrator Robert Grice will introduce three topics a PennDU letter the Shady avenue bridge and a portable hangar at the airport.
An Ashland Softball Team from Knox Pennsylvania endured food poisoning after a win at the Hay Root Softball tournament in Corry. Two players were hospitalized at Corry Memorial Hospital and listed in fair condition, including Knox resident Katherine Weaver and James Rhoads of RD 2 Knox. The team had claimed the 1974 Pennsylvania State Softball Championship.
Las Vegas residents faced a rare Fourth of July flood as about 2.2 inches of rain deluged the city in under two hours. Gamblers crossed a mud puddle on planks to Caesars Palace while others walked through ankle deep water, and two city workers died as cars and homes flooded, with damages exceeding $1 million in the worst flood since 1955.
A car driven by Rick Newman 22, of Shawnee Village, fled Spar tansburg police at 1:30 a.m. and crashed at Route 277 near Spar ta Alliance Church. Passengers Barbara Gilson 32 and Bernard Kiehart 23 died. Newman is in serious condition at Mine’s St. Vincent Health Center. Police report the car reached near 100 mph before striking a tree and bursting into flames.
President Ford hosts Indonesian President Suharto at Camp David for about three hours as Kissinger attends. Talks center on East Asian security and Indonesia's need for continued U S military aid amid Indochina upheaval. Suharto seeks reassurance and wary views on China's role while Washington asks Congress for 30.6 million dollars for Indonesia.
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