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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1975
Page
3
Milan dispatch reports director Federico Fellini seeks a wrestlerlike frame with a good face for Casanova in his new movie. He calls for unusually tall women, over two meters, with muscular arms and powerful backs to star in the production.
Evel Knievel says he will return to London in September for a second attempt at a motorcycle jump over 13 parked buses after his May Wembley Stadium crash. He spoke from a hospital stretcher upon arrival at Kennedy Airport, noting plans despite earlier statements of being finished with stunts.
Kevin Meloy 11 of Pleasant Hills died when the farm tractor he drove overturned on him at his grandfather’s farm. A friend riding the tractor was unharmed. Also in Western Pennsylvania striking Teamsters vote today on a tentative settlement to end an eight day strike that halted liquor deliveries to 16 counties. In Connellsville, Joseph Petzel Jr. and others face grand jury action on burglary and related charges in an alleged ring. In Acme a 5-year-old Westmoreland County boy, Thomas Richard Smith, died after riding his bicycle into a pickup truck near his home.
In Scranton testimony, former state official Anthony J. Trucco says he collected 146000 dollars in kickbacks and gave half to ousted cabinet member Frank Hilton. The trial features Hilton’s extortion case while another witness describes lying to state officials about kickbacks and missing company funds.
Harrisburg AP reports a Senate bill to select juries mainly from voter lists, sending it to the House for concurrence. The bill would replace the current mix of voter tax lists and directories and declare an employer guilty of a third class misdemeanor if firing a juror.
Franklin area school board votes 6-2 to add a nonvoting student adviser this fall. Senior Vicki Beers proposed the plan after researching it, facing questions about teachers serving on the board and parallels with other advisory groups. Board President Judson Hill supported the idea, saying the district has little to lose and much to gain. In separate notes, New Jersey state trooper Gail Just, 24, becomes the first female trooper, insisting she seeks no special treatment among 1,769 male troopers.
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