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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1970
Page
6
A Business Insurance report states Paragraf Viteo Chemical Corp in Franklin will receive up to 3 million in insurance to cover Amalie Refinery fire losses. Police advised a local woman to have her ex-boyfriend arrested after he damaged her apartment, described as a mess by officers.
Pittsburgh officials ruled the Pittburgh Press must rewrite its classifieds within 30 days to remove sex based headings like Jobs Male Interest and Jobs Female Interest. The National Organization for Women filed the complaint, stating the segregation violates the city Human Relations Ordinance prohibiting discrimination by sex.
Canandaigua New York under cover police agent Thomas Tongyai is jailed as a material witness in a state probe of disorders at Hobart College. Judge Kane set bail at 7500 dollars as attorneys push to keep him available for testimony amid campus tensions from last year's drug raid.
Centre County Judge R Paul Campbell declared the 1939 Pennsylvania criminal abortion statute unconstitutional citing privacy rights. The ruling applies only in Centre County where Barry Page, who pleaded guilty in 1968 to aborting two unmarried pregnant women, was released from Huntingdon prison after a post conviction petition. DA weighing appeal with the state attorney general.
New York reports the average IQ of 2 075 recruits entering the Police Dept in 1969 was 98.20, the lowest in years, with one class of 358 averaging 93.19. The study cites declines from 107.7 in 1962 to 105.75 in 1967 and argues for changes in training despite mixed views on service impact.
President Nixon launches a 10 day Western trip stopping in Fargo North Dakota and Salt Lake City Utah. He will meet five governors including North Dakota’s William L. Guy and a Utah delegation before addressing church leaders at the Mormon Tabernacle area. Public motorcades are planned as he continues a tour aimed at broad public contact in solidly Republican and midwestern states.
Washington Senator Richard Schweiker called for medical treatment rather than punishment for servicemen using drugs. In a letter to Defense Secretary Laird he argued current policy discourages treatment by risking court martial and proposed self reporting with no prosecution for those seeking help.
The Nixon family will witness some rodeo events before returning to Washington on August 3. They will stop in Denver to meet with heads of state agencies involved in programs using federal aid for local police and courts.
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