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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1969
Page
6
Judge F Joseph Thomas in Crawford County court yesterday sentenced Antoinette Perez of Meadville to a $150 fine plus costs for possession of narcotic drugs marijuana and placed her on state probation for five years. If probation is violated she faces a five year prison term.
FT ORD Calif AP A five member Army court martial panel begins deliberations on penalties for twelve soldiers convicted Friday of mutiny for staging a singing sitdown protest at the San Francisco Presidio stockade. Two others were convicted on lesser charges. The 14 were among 27 charged last Oct 14. The sitdown followed a guard fatally shooting a prisoner during an alleged escape attempt.
A fifth body was recovered after the DuPont explosives plant blast that demolished four storage buildings on Wednesday. Identified as Harry D. Green, 25, of Paulsboro, the latest casualty joins William L. Boyes, 46, of Pedricktown and Barry W. Moore, 23, of Pitman. The explosion unleashed more than 100 tons of powder, sending shock waves through New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
Amherst College’s 148th commencement featured informal attire and protests. About 60 graduates wore red armbands signaling dissent while some students wore no gown or only the gown, with others in dungarees sandals and bare feet. A rock band blasted over speeches as 301 degrees were awarded.
The county weighs consolidating offices for aldermen and justices of the peace under a fee based, county run system. Provisions require hearing rooms staff and regular office hours, with locations chosen by the judge and possible multiple offices. Estimated annual cost to taxpayers remains uncertain.
In Indianapolis a sniper wounded a police officer as violence erupted in a predominantly Negro neighborhood on the edge of downtown. Detective Al Watkins was grazed while responding to a rooftop firing report as police moved in with a helicopter floodlight. Police arrested over 30 people, plus about 25 more at the Black Panther Party HQ after an officer was beaten.
Army announced plans for a permanent grave at Arlington National Cemetery with a white cross and a granite wall inscribed with Kennedy speeches. Congress must appropriate 257800 dollars to begin, the Kennedy family to cover the rest, as the site sits near his brother Jack Kennedy’s grave in the same 32 acre area.
Peggy Osborne and Mrs Norbert Whitley and Javehter returned from wartime service at General Hospital then at Corry Memorial Hospital. In Rochester relatives hosted Mrs Frank Webster during Memorial weekend as Kathy Reed visits her parents while studying nursing in Pittsburgh. Bear Lake Council met with Lee Crosby presiding and Mrs Roger Woodin named wax collector to fill Leon Cable’s term. They approved buying a lawn mower. Lyon Smith left for California. Charles Ostrander returned to Great Lakes Naval Training Center after visiting family. Harry Brockway of Cleveland visited his mother. Leand Grow on leave from Army in Vietnam returns home. Janis Hardy discharged from Erie Osteopathic Hospital to home. Mrs Clyde Hotchkiss visiting her mother in Brookfield. Bear Lake Firemen Auxiliary to meet Tuesday at 8 pm at the firehall.
The commission plans to stock 650 fingerling walleye and 12,000 muskellunge 10 to 12 inches long as warmwater fish become available from hatcheries. Fish kills were reported in French Creek last August and September. The Regional Office of the Department of Health in Meadville investigated and found dissolved oxygen reductions below survival levels caused by a pollutant.
Curtis family ties remain in Columbus with Carleton Curtis among relatives. The Virgil G Curtis Memorial Fund totals 12299 with annual earnings of 500 used for the 1969 scholarship to a graduate student. The principal grows yearly through gifts and legacies. The scholarship is a gift not a loan and goes to a student who must finance his education.
Corry Area High School 1965 graduates Thomas A. Bracken and William F. Masler III are among 560 to receive bachelor’s degrees at Bucknell University’s 119th commencement. Bracken majors in political science and Masler in chemistry. Bracken belongs to Kappa Delta Rho and other groups. Masler swam as a freshman and also belongs to Kappa Delta Rho. Dr. Robert E. Streeter of the University of Chicago will give the commencement address.
An account notes a Marine night bivouac attack 18 miles south of a college area. A high school awards board selects an elite scholarship via home room teachers and the principal. The piece mentions enemy and U.S. casualties, and U.S. bombing of staging areas near Con Thien.
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