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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1972
Page
3
The readable text lists odd numbers and units such as 6.5, 6.6, 112.7, and 130.9 with vague references to cents and tax terms. No clear event, person, organization, or location can be determined from the fragment.
A damaged OCR text fragment mentions cars and an area with a safety storage reference. It is unclear and lacks coherent facts to summarize a specific event or identity.
A Jamestown man, George Miketish, 50, was indicted by a Chautauqua County grand jury on assaulting a federal officer and kidnapping. He allegedly fired at an FBI agent, wounded a boy, and abducted a woman during a February 3 to 7 manhunt that began in Busti. He remains jailed in lieu of bail.
A Sterling Airways Caravelle with 112 aboard crashed into a rain swept mountainside near Qelba in Sharjah. Rescue teams found no survivors as heavy rains hindered helicopters. The charter flight from Colombo to Copenhagen carried 68 Danish, 29 Swedish, 12 Norwegian, 4 Finnish and 2 West German passengers plus 6 crew.
The Journal received a photo of the 1900 first grade at Washington School with Harrison Keppel listed as the fifth row member. Keppel, now chairman of the board at The National Bank of Corry, is identified among a long roster of classmates including Abe Cohen Arch Lyons McGarry Hunter Darling and many others.
In Harrisburg Pa defense attorney Paul ODwyer pleaded for a mistrial during the Harrisburg 7 conspiracy case, accusing FBI informer Boyd Douglas Jr of arrogance and the court of bias. Judge R Dixon Herman rejected the motion as baseless, while ODwyer criticized court control over cross examination and a whispered juror concern. Douglas, 31, testified for a seventh day as the government’s star witness, with ODwyer arguing questions were stifled and the witness acted beyond court rulings.
In Pittsburgh a state Abortion Law Commission hearing heard that McGee Women’s Hospital violated its rule banning abortions past 20 weeks. Dr John J. McCarthy said the abortion was an error in judgment but staff guidelines were not always followed. Testimony included a former nurse describing objections to abortions and graphic depictions of the procedure amid a charged political debate on relaxing state law.
Harrisburg AP The Pennsylvania House removed a controversial rider to a welfare appropriations bill that would block state funds used to subsidize abortions. Rep Martin P Mullen said leaders would seek votes on abortion within months as the House prepared for the final vote on the $69 million Welfare Department deficiency measure.
Lordstown Ohio AP reports talks between General Motors and UAW Local 1112 after a March 4 strike idling 9,400 workers. Six hour bargaining yielded no progress toward settlement at the GM assembly plant. The dispute centers on conditions affecting 7,800 Vega and Chevrolet truck line workers, with 1,650 Fisher Body fabricating plant employees also laid off.
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