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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1969
Page
6
A chaotic OCR style fragment mentions Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and various scattered items. It references Holstein cattle, a July event, a police incident, a university commencement, and juvenile drinking arrests, with numerous garbled names and numbers. The text lacks coherent narrative or verifiable facts.
In Fairless Hills Bucks County a 15 year old boy, son of a widowed crossing guard Vincent DeAngelis, was shot and killed by Patrolman James Koschock during a burglary attempt at a dairy store. Police said the youth wielded a hatchet after entering a garage, prompting the officer to fire once. The incident began after an anonymous call about the shop break in.
Brig. Gen. John Appel, longtime commanding general of the Desert Test Center, is transferred to Washington to serve as director of plans in the office of the deputy Army chief of staff for logistics. Col. Robert Muldrow will lead the center until a successor is named as the test center coordinates all military services interagency testing.
Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Arthur Faquin Jr. again denied James Earl Ray a new trial. Ray seeks to overturn his March 10 guilty plea for the slaying of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. LB. Stoner and Richard Ryan pressed for permission to pursue an appellate review after Faquin denied a new trial May 26.
In Sacramento last night, seven policemen and a news man Wert were wounded during sporadic clashes with youths in Oak Park. Up to 40 people were arrested as more than 100 officers moved in after a Black Panther office raid aided by tear gas. Police officials cited reports of false fire alarms and gunfire in brief chaotic scenes.
In Johns town the Tonn Canteen runs a center smoking room called the Cancer Room with a coffin filled with sand and cigarette butts, x ray panels, gray drapes and blue lighting, aimed at keeping youths from smoking outside. Executive director John Rubal says the room may reduce smoking at events, though one youth refused to enter.
A fragment from a Teen Canteen article notes a smoking room designated as the Ashtray Coffin within the greater youth center. The piece provides limited context and lacks broader details about events or dates.
LONDON AP Earl Alexander of Tunis, a leading World War II commander who helped evacuate Dunkirk and later led British forces in Burma and North Africa, died at 77. He served as commander in chief in Italy during 1943 44 and as supreme commander of British and American troops in the Mediterranean before a six year tenure as Canada governor general.
Penelope C. Duvall, an honor graduate at Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond, refused the Panhellenic Award during Saturday night commencement. She said she could not accept because students at two nearby Negro high schools Maggie Walker and Armstrong were not eligible, the award given in about 191 area high schools.
In Levitttown Pennsylvania a boy aged several years was found dead after being sucked into a storm drain during heavy storms. Police identified the victim as David Thinn. Four other boys last saw him standing in a concrete abutment above the drain opening. His body traveled about one and a quarter miles along the drain route. Bristol police and firemen traced the drainage path under the Delaware Canal surfacing near Bristol Pike and reappearing at railroad tracks. Interstate Marine Association members worked at the drain’s point of discharge into the Delaware River.
Federal mediator Robert E. Kennedy pledged to convene management and workers as soon as possible amid ongoing talks vacancy with no schedule set. The longshoremen strike crippling the maritime industry, the longest and costliest in history, ended in April. Maggie Walker and Armstrong schools remain non desegregated though all others are.
Springfield AP reports Thomas II Lagos graduates from Wittenberg University with a perfect 4.0 average one year after high school, earning summa cum laude honors. Lagos, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Lagos, will enter University of Michigan Law School next fall on a full tuition scholarship, turning down Harvard and Chicago law offers. He completed 15 college hours as a high school senior and maintained top academic scores while working full time as a research assistant.
FBI probes a New York to Washington train theft of $457,000 in negotiable securities. Five couriers found the shipment gone in Philadelphia as agents questioned 50 passengers and Newark and Trenton leads are investigated. Jefferies and Co. Inc. NYC sourced the cargo. Penn Central confirms discovery at 3 p.m. federal jurisdiction cited.
Last rites for James E. Carniewski set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Glenn Funeral Home in Union City. Burial at Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call Monday from 2 to 7 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
In an interview, Lagos downplays a photo graphic memory while highlighting a high reading speed of 750 to 800 words per minute. He notes that concentration reduces pace to about 20 pages per hour and plans to finish law school, serve four years as a Navy lawyer, then return to Springfield to practice law and pursue politics.
Garland Gala Days expand to be twice as large with eight rides and 20 concession stands, led by Harold Williams. The queen crowning starts Wednesday at Route 27 fairgrounds, with contestants Shelly Chase Judy Brown Robin Schell Jeanie Crane Ruth Frazier Connie Wickwire. Queen chosen by donations for the Garland volunteer fire department, climaxing Saturday parade at 2 p.m.
In Honolulu AP report, Marines marked the 25th anniversary of the Saipan battle with ceremonies at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. It recalls the June 16 1944 landings by the 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions and the following day by the Army 27th Division, with 14 200 American casualties and about 3 100 dead, alongside nearly 30 000 Japanese killed, after a 29 day fierce battle. Later, in Reading Pennsylvania an accident claimed five year old Gary Swayer.
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