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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1972
Page
3
Harrisburg AP reports spot checks of over 1300 school buses found 331 safety violations including eight with defective brakes and 36 with worn tires. State Police say inspectors from March and April will not ground buses unless both service and emergency brakes are unusable, with 48 hour repair windows.
Philadelphia restaurateur George Manos wins $1 million in Pennsylvania lottery. He leaps onto the platform as Mayor Rizzo announces the prize amid cheers. Other winners include Ed Dorang of Wilkes-Barre $200,000 and Benjamin J. Barbour of Philadelphia $100,000. Manos plans a vacation, while his daughter Effie sobs with joy.
Belfast AP reports a road mine at the Republic border killed two British soldiers and wounded two others on a Rosslea patrol in County Fermanagh. A second mine nearby was defused. wires extended into the republic. The death raises Northern Ireland deaths to 354 in three years of sectarian votes. Catholic peace groups claim growing signatures for cease-fire pledges in Belfast and Londonderry, signaling discontent with IRA Provisionals amid a Belfast cease-fire by the Provisional and Marxist wings of the underground army.
William W. Jones, art director at the Corry Jamestown Corp., is named direct mail manager and assistant advertising manager of Zippo Mtg. Co. in Bradford. He will assume duties June 19 and plans to move with his family from Corry to Bradford later this summer.
A Philadelphia federal judge ruled the 1968 law allowing wiretaps unconstitutional citing Fourth Amendment privacy. The ruling, in a $10 million gambling case, suppresses electronic surveillance evidence against seven defendants. The decision, from Judge Joseph S Lord III, questions the law’s validity and potential impact on ongoing prosecutions.
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