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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1970
Page
1
Jane Spielman a 21 year old Bronx resident and member of the Weathermen faction of the SDS surrenders at FBI headquarters in New York City. She is linked to a Greenwich Village bombing that killed three people.
Sen Richard S Schweiker called for improved military physical examinations after a GAO report showed the armed services still induction of men with serious prior defects. Nearly 40,000 servicemen discharged within a year of enlistment for physical defects, with Pentagon costs totaling 17.9 million in fiscal 1969 for such discharges.
Carmelita Reynolds, 21, and S. Sgt. Gary W. Rapp, 21, both held on murder probes after coroner reported Myron L. Reynolds died July 10 from peritonitis and pleuritis linked to alcoholism. Police say the infant had apparently ingested alcohol regularly.
Police logged two drunk driving charges over the weekend one against a motorcyclist and another against a car driver. At 1 40 a m Saturday a motorcyclist ran a red light at South Center and Main causing a collision avoidance stop, then rode into a driveway where the bike hit a cable. The rider, Owen C Hepler 41 of 16 , was taken to the station and sober meter tested. Information on the charge was filed with District Justice Porter Auer. Later Saturday at 11710 p m a man reported his parked car was struck by another vehicle outside a White street address. An older model Buick was seen leaving the scene. Officer Richard Farley noted details before the story continued on Page Three.
The Houston militant leader Carl Hampton was shot dead and four others wounded during a protest rally. Police described the city clash as a battle with militants while nationwide incidents erupted in Columbus Cambridge West Chester and other cities with arrests and injuries.
LISBON AP Antonio de Oliveira Salazar premier and dictator of Portugal for 36 years died at his Lisbon home after a long illness. He was Europe’s longest serving government chief in modern times. Salazar suffered a stroke in 1968 and kidney infection in his final weeks. He led Portugal with frugality, controlled police and press, and kept the budget balanced amid European debt.
A 5 PM curfew remained in effect in West Chester after Sunday night riots where about 200 Puerto Ricans clashed with police. Ten arrests were made, no serious injuries reported, and the bartender facing charges was held on $20,000 bail. The curfew may stay until officials lift it. West Chester, seat of Chester County, population around 20,000.
Sutton warned that mini bikes on streets or walks are illegal and that drivers under 16 face juvenile delinquency petitions while those 16 or older are charged under the state motor vehicle code. The bikes may be ridden only on private property with owner consent or in a high school parking lot. Two weekend complaints prompted further enforcement.
Seoul reports that the United States will prioritize modernizing South Korea's 600,000-man force before any troop withdrawal. Defense Minister Jung Nae hiuk said talks on cutbacks are postponed until modernization plans are agreed, with a squadron of S2 reconnaissance planes to be provided to the Korean Air Force.
Former John C. Kunkel, a Republican and longtime Harrisburg resident, died at Harrisburg Hospital after a stroke. He was 72, born July 21, and served nine terms from the old 16th district before retiring after Illinois reapportionment in 1968.
U S B52 bombers attacked North Vietnamese positions at eight points along South Vietnam's border with Cambodia and Laos. The sorties dropped 1,200 tons of bombs in the heaviest raid in two weeks. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops massed southeast of Kampong Trabek amid reports of new enemy build ups and stockpiles.
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