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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1974
Page
1
A partial OCR reads as a discussion of a public safety event with references to police, calls, and a fire incident. The text mentions a municipal money issue, a judge, and court activity, but the fragmentary nature limits clear facts or names.
In Washington AP report convicts Frank Gorham and Robert N Jones rejected a government offer to move to federal prison facilities in Springfield Missouri or Marion Illinois. They held seven hostages for 68 hours before the hostages escaped Sunday morning after a key was smuggled to them. Justice Department spokesman Mark Sheehan provided no reason for the rejection.
Corry state police seek a 16 year old Union City boy accused of raping an 18 year old Erie girl near Union City. The victim was assaulted after being dragged from a car at a Canadahta Lake dance hall where she and others were invited for a ride home. The girl was taken to Union City Memorial Hospital for exam and released. investigation continues. Maps of city streets and public buildings are now available through the Corry Chamber of Commerce and city offices.
Greek army officers seize control of Cyprus and topple President Makarios. Radio Cyprus reports Makarios possibly dead or in hiding. Nicholas Sampson named as president to succeed him. Turkish and Greek reactions trigger regional tensions with curfew, roadblocks, and threats of intervention.
Union organizers began a wall-to-wall effort at Corry Memorial Hospital to organize all 166 employees including 52 registered nurses. International Union SEIU organizer Gerald Hinchey and Local 227 VP Donald Pembleton lead the drive to survey interest, mail in literature, and contact every employee across departments from nurses to clerical staff.
A Japan Airlines domestic flight from Osaka to Tokyo was hijacked by a young man wielding a knife. He demanded release of Takaya Shiomi of the Japanese Red Army and a plane to fly him and the radical to North Korea. The Douglas DCB jet with 75 passengers and eight crew landed safely at Haneda.
Across the nation strikes slowed activity in multiple sectors as Baltimore neared a tentative settlement with municipal workers and police. Union leaders said approval would be recommended for about 3,000 striking city workers while police issues remained tied to reprisals. National Airlines, copper, and other industry walkouts continued, with 30,000 copper workers affected and NFL players labor talks in their third week.
A 20 year old Erie motorist Daniel Budzinski escaped injury when his car drifted asleep at the wheel and plunged through guard rails down a 60 foot embankment along Route 8 two miles north of Hydetown. Damages listed at 300 dollars. The weekend troopers logged four crashes including a Pittsburgh trucker colliding with a deer on Route 89 near Spartansburg with 400 dollars damage to the 19 year old driver Robert M Griggle. A collision at Routes 77 and 8 between a car driven by Victor V VanTassel and a truck driven by Donald D Henton caused 350 and 300 dollars damage respectively. A rural road rear end near Corry damaged two trucks owned by James Braswell and Richard A Culver with 130 dollars total.
A brief but fierce thunderstorm struck Corry just before 9 p.m. causing widespread tree damage, downed power and phone lines, and debris across city and rural areas. About 10 inches of rain was recorded, with the City Park main 90 footer uprooted, leaving a seven foot high stump and large sod hole. Penelec reported about 30 trouble calls across Wattsburg to Riceville as crews worked through the night.
City police reported two weekend incidents a pedestrian struck by a car on Union street near West Church left 11 year old Cathy Gerzina with minor injuries she was treated and released from Corry Memorial Hospital. Earlier a teen driver lost control and struck a utility pole at Colonial Estates no injuries but 16 year old John Lambros faced reckless driving charges with about 800 dollars in vehicle damage.
A 17 year old and a 16 to 19 year old suspect were charged in the June 20 Connie's Super Market burglary on West Main Street. Gregory M. Desmond, 18, was arraigned and released on his own recognizance with a later hearing. A petition will be filed in Erie County juvenile court for the 17 year old, and a third youth is being sought. The juvenile allegedly entered via sidewalk grate and stole 185 from the cash register while the others waited outside.
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