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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1972
Page
3
David W. Durrant held a divorce celebration with 60 friends in Bolton Mass to mark his split from his English wife. The party featured a three tier cake with a black topper and a car labeled Divorce Cage, estranged gifts like a single towel and egg, and a suitcase illustrating division of life after seven years of marriage.
Angela Davis spends her first day of freedom in San Jose after an all white jury acquitted her of murder kidnap and conspiracy tied to the 1970 courthouse escape. She has received hundreds of congratulatory messages but about 20 death threats and hate calls from across the nation and world.
The United Steelworkers Union urges Congress to replace the Bureau of Mines with OSHA for mine enforcement after the Sunshine Mine disaster in Idaho. It calls for prohibiting miners working alone, union presence with inspectors, and a comprehensive health and safety enforcement plan.
Pennsylvania state lottery reports 11.82 million dollars paid to 73,874 winners in ten weeks since starting March 15. Revenue Secretary Robert Kane says about 1,270 winning tickets per million tickets sold and more claims are being processed each week.
Corry chapter head Robert Grice announced that George M. Elsey will keynote the first Northwestern Pennsylvania Red Cross Division conference at Brookville on Saturday. J. Fred Rentz of New Castle will also speak as the division, with headquarters in Erie, holds nine workshops on blood, disaster services, health, funds, public relations, youth, first aid, water safety, and military families. Corry volunteers attending include Robert Grice and multiple chapter members.
Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley, a Democratic power broker, mocked reporters at a press conference. He urged some officers to be investigated and joked that one aide once sat with reporters in their “distinguished and august seat.” He defended the city’s pension relief and chided coverage of aldermen kickback rumors. The new deputy mayor Ken Saine was praised as highly able.
Warren County Housing Authority revealed options on two sites outside Warren Borough for low income family housing. Whitaker Development Corp. of Knoxville, Tennessee, secured options in Pleasant and Glade Townships, pending HUD approval. The firm will also develop an elderly housing site in Warren under HUD lease program for a 158 unit high rise. 60 family housing units are applied for.
California holds its crucial Democratic presidential primary with George McGovern the strong favorite to win 271 delegates and propel toward the nomination. New Jersey New Mexico and South Dakota also vote as Humphrey campaigns in California clash with McGovern over strategy and debate.
Washington AP reports Gen. William Westmoreland issued new army regulations demanding global checks for obesity. Overweights risk separation for unsuitability unless nonmedical causes are proven, with medically supervised programs as an option before re-enlistment decisions.
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