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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1973
Page
1
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A two-vehicle crash on Route 277 one mile north of Spartansburg sent one man to Corry Memorial Hospital in guarded condition with two others treated and released. The milk truck and car sustained 3200 in damage. Richard C. McLaughlin 56 of 17 West Pleasant street drove the car and Robert C. Greer 19 of Centerville piloted the milk truck. The passengers Matthew J. Zyck 30 of 139% Seneca street and Lawrence Purpura 60 of 704 West Pleasant street were hospitalized with Zyck listed in guarded condition for a fracture and possible chest injuries. In a second Route 6 crash near Beaverdam Merle Lyon 45 of Columbus was admitted after his car was struck from behind by James R. Zenns 45 of Erie. Zenns suffered head injuries and was admitted. Lyon escaped with minor damage.
Two masked gunmen seized a Colombian airliner, forced legs of a journey through Central America and the Caribbean, and escaped in Argentina after taking 50,000 dollars. They had initially demanded 140 prisoners’ release and later 160,000 dollars, with stops in Aruba and Resistencia before reaching Buenos Aires.
State Senator R Budd Dwyer of Meadville seeks to force action on a bingo legalization bill. He plans to seek a writ of mandamus against Attorney General Israel Packer or place a test case by running a bingo game where illegal and appealing to the State Supreme Court. Dwyer reports House passage has died in the Senate twice and cites strong Pittsburgh area opposition.
An American military mission adviser Lt Col Lewis Hawkins, 42, of Plymouth Indiana, was shot to death this morning while walking to a pickup point near his home in Iran. Two assailants fled on a motorcycle after Hawkins was hit two or three times in the head.
Harrisburg AP beam reports two Holmesburg Prison killings prompt legislators to push a new death penalty bill. Rep. Joseph Zord leads. House floor vote expected soon after upcoming committee report. Senate action awaits Governor Shapp’s stance and judiciary review.
Washington AP reports Kissinger and Secretary Rogers insist Reykjavik summit with French President Pompidou achieved what they set out to do. They publicly push back at a negative press image while some reporters suggest French views differed on outcome.
Skylab astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz resumed research on day nine as ground teams weigh a space walk to repair a sun shield and jammed solar panel with potential mission extension beyond four weeks.
An American container ship rammed a Belgian tanker in New York Harbor near the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, igniting both vessels. Six people died including the Sea Witch captain William Patterson, over 20 injured of 68 known survivors, four missing. Fireboats battled flames as crews were rescued from the burning ships amid oil slicks and explosions.
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