Bomb threat at Corry High School prompts large search
Police pursue lead after a bomb threat phoned to Corry Area High School principal LeRoy Peck. About 50 men conducted a three hour search costing over $500 with state troopers, Civil Defense volunteers, police, fire and ambulance crews assisting. The caller gave no exact time for the device to explode.
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Corry Area High
Peck
Kenneth Nichols
Frank Carnegie
Carnegie
John Evanko
Civil Defense and Fire Police
Corry Ambulance Service
Former Ray Lawyer Gets 60 Percent Of Film and Story Rights
Percy Foreman, the lawyer who advised James Earl Ray to plead guilty in the King assassination, says Carlo Ponti offered $175,000 for Ray biography film rights to William Bradford Huie, with each taking 60 percent. Foreman also cites Look magazine guaranteeing $85,000 for Huie’s articles and 60 percent of that, potentially totaling around $400,000, with Foreman donating any excess over Ray’s agreed $150,000 to Ray’s family.
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Ray
New York
Percy Foreman
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Foreman
Carlo Ponti
Sophia Loren
William
Bradford Huie
Ponti
Houston
Tex
Look Magazine
Huie
Officers Nab Hit Run Driver In City Accident
Two city police officers teamed up yesterday to catch the driver of a hit and run car after Dorothy J. Dyer reported her vehicle struck on North Center Street. Officer Nichols stopped Philip Lowe, 18, of Union City, who admitted knowledge of the collision but claimed no damage. leaving scene charges pending.
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Dorothy J. Dyer
North Center Street
Charles Sutton
Kerneth Nichols
Nichols
South Center Street
Lutton
Philip Lowe
Union City
Dyer
Teenaged Hunter Killed By Companion Near Monongahela
Police report a 16 year old, James Careatti, was fatally shot in the head by a companion, Theodore Stetz, 15, after the teen rose from his knees to fire at two wounded birds while hunting near Careatti’s Monongahela home. No charges were filed.
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Monongahela, Pa
James Careatti
Monongahela
Theodore Stetz
Charleroi
Careatti
Two Auto Crashes Reported By SP Over Weekend
Corry State Police logged two weekend crashes. Raymond Weidner of Union City skidded into a ditch after another vehicle entered his path on the Union City Waterford highway. no injuries and about $100 damage. Henry Camp Jr. of RuD. 1 Irwin Pa lost control on Route 19 near Route 6, veered into a culvert and embankment, suffering facial cuts. car damage about $900.
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Corry
Raymond Weidner
Union City
Waterford
Weidner
Marvin Johnston
Egyptian Israeli gun battle flares along Suez Canal
The Associated Press reports heavy artillery duels along the Suez Canal from south to north after claims of Israeli troop movements into Sinai. Both sides accuse the other of firing first. no casualties announced. U N observers allegedly mediated a cease fire, but fighting resumed. Six Israelis and the Egyptian army chief of staff killed. 25 Israelis wounded.
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Associated Pres
Suez Canal
Sinai Desert
U.N
Tel Aviv
Radio
Sinai
al Fatah
Fatah
Egypt
Canal
Two Crashes Cause 1100 In Damage Over Weekend
Police investigated two weekend crashes causing 1100 in damage with no injuries. On Saturday Mrs Merle Smith 35 of R D J Corry and Mrs Frank Lucie 51 of 732 East Columbus avenue collided at West Pleasant and Spring streets. Lucie pulled into the intersection and hit Smith after looking both ways. Smiths car suffered 400 damage Lucies 200. Later Saturday a two car crash at Wayne and East Smith streets caused 500 total damage. Mrs George M Clark 39 of Union City stopped on East Smith then pulled into the intersection and was hit by Barbara D Burrows 19 of 688 East Columbus avenue. Clark car 300 damage Burrows 200. Charges pending against Mrs Clark.
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Merle Smith
R. D. J, Corry
Frank Lucie
East Columbus Avenue
West Pleasant
Spring Streets
Lucie
Smith
Wayne
East Smith Streets
George M. Clark
Union City
East Smith
Wayne Street
Barbara D. Burrows
Clark
Burrows
Small triumphs brighten grim news in recent weeks
An editor notes cheerful local acts amid world tensions. Andy Jacobson visits Philadelphia patients to sing and play guitar during Easter, Gordon Scott plans a Portland trip made possible by community support, and four teens in Danville fend off a masked attacker. Mary Moore earns a Dallas Fire Department distinction for heroic acts aiding seven children from a burning home. A Maine neighbor treks five miles through snow to deliver groceries and mail, easing cabin fever for snowbound residents.
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Andy Jacobson
Philadelphia
Gordon Scott
Danville
Mary Moore
Dallas Fire Department
Paris
Maine
Alfred Proctor
Allied Counter Offensive Aimed At Viet Arm Buildup
In a major push south of the DMZ, over 3,000 U S Marines and South Vietnamese infantry with an American armored column press a counter offensive named Maine Crag. Da Nang reports patrols sighting up to 50 enemy tracked vehicles and trucks bound for allied bases, part of Viet Cong spring offensive now in its fifth week. Maine Crag began March 15 but weather has slowed progress.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Maine
Nixon Talks War With Advisers In Washington
Washington AP The White House says no significant announcements are expected after weekend talks by President Nixon and four top advisers on Vietnam. Nixon, Rogers, Kissinger, Ambassador Bunker, and Gen Goodpaster discussed war prospects and possible troop withdrawals during the Paris peace talks and on the flight back to Washington. Page Four. Marines report 43 enemy killed, 2 prisoners captured, 129 rifles. 10 Americans killed, 64 wounded. Highway 926 strategic to cut Laos routes. Dewey Canyon ended. Khe Sanh lessons looming at Vandegrift base.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Paris
William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Saigon
Ellsworth Bunker
Andrew J. Goodpaster
California
Ronald Zeigler
Bunker
Goodpaster
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
Dmz
Khe Sanh
Vandegrift
Raymond Davis
3Rd Marine Division
Massachusetts
Supreme Court decline to reconsider eavesdropping ruling
The Supreme Court refused to revisit a major eavesdropping decision. The Justice Department urged modification to exclude wiretapping records in external security cases from Fourth Amendment restraints. The court offered no reasons for denying reconsideration, a move seen as swift and not entirely surprising.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Erwin Griswold
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Charles Luton
Eaton
SP Probe
Portland
Ore
Vietnam
Andy
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
Calif
Delaware County
George Huggler
Huggler
Anthony Pond
Kevin Marrimore
Clarksburg
Mass
Arthur Rosenthal
Kevin
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