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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1969
Page
1
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Fire origin traced to a youngster who pushed a stick into a furnace at 56 Airport Road. James Narducci deduced the cause. the stick ignited a sleeping bag, spreading to an upper floor. About 20 volunteers fought the blaze, with $1500 in structure damage and $500 in contents. Engine 1 damaged and out of service for a week.
Washington AP Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield urged a second major spending cut as a condition for extending the 10 percent income tax surcharge. President Nixon asked Congress for a one year extension of the surtax, with the plan seen as likely to pass despite approval delays and a rising cost of living. Mansfield tied approval to a ten billion dollar cut in requested appropriations and five billion in actual expenditures.
Corry State Police report an armed robbery on Route 8 near Union City involving Harry R. Goetz and hitchhiker Robert HB White. White, 27, was arrested and arraigned before Justice J. Russell Young in Spartansburg on armed robbery charges and held in Crawford County jail in Meadville on $500 bond.
Authorities in Washington Pennsylvania filed embezzlement charges against John P. Davis 51 of Jearmette for taking more than 76000 from a patient care fund at Western State Lee and Hospital. Chief J Marm cited complaints from parents about high bills and noted charges date to 1963.
Erie County commissioners fear a state ballot question could end electing judges by the people. The measure would replace partisan elections with governor appointment from a panel and public retention votes. Also discussed was funding for a crossing watchman at a Penn Central grade crossing under PUC review and plans to shift costs to Penn Central until automatic signals are installed.
Police cite Philip Lowe 18 of Union City and Mrs. George Clark 39 of Union City for failure to stop at scene and failure to yield right of way. Lowe’s car struck a parked vehicle on North Center Street. Clark’s car collided with Barbara Burrows 19 on East Columbus Avenue. Charges filed with Alderman Porter Auer.
Secretary John A. Volpe told the AP mass transit breakthroughs are essential within two years or cities may ban autos or impose fees in limited zones. He warned highways are needed but that new transit developments must arrive sooner than five years, or Americans will seek alternatives to chronic traffic jams.
Viet Cong mortars struck a major ammunition supply base near Dong Tam, destroying hundreds of tons of ammunition, wrecking buildings, and damaging three helicopters. A few Americans were killed and more than 60 wounded as the 9th Infantry Division base faced extensive shelling and an infantry push toward another base 45 miles northwest of Saigon. Fourteen American air cavalrymen were killed or wounded in the day's fighting, with enemy casualties not reported.
Army physicians stated former President Eisenhower remains in a critical state with congestive heart failure, though he slept through much of the night and is conscious and lucid. They cautioned uncertainty about his duration of severe illness and noted past recuperative power despite a grim outlook. Meanwhile, Dong Tam base suffered a heavy attack with about 500 tons of ammunition involved and multiple bombardments near midnight causing helicopter losses and fires.
The Pennsylvania House approved by 150 to 40 a measure to lock in the 6 percent sales tax, replacing the scheduled revert to 5 percent on July 1, sending the bill to the Senate for likely approval after the Enst fer recens. Nigerian fighter bombers have carried out over 50 attacks on civilian centers in Biafra in 18 months of the civil war, per the International Red Cross.
Meadville patrolman John Foster killed a muskrat that attacked James Proctor after midnight on a downtown street. Proctor said he knocked it down and kicked it but did not kill it, then reported the incident to the Meadville Tribune as police were alerted by a reporter who witnessed the animal earlier.
Chamber of Commerce board and Legislative Action Committee members attend a conference in Erie to examine the state revenue gap and the role of business. Discussions include consumer protection pollution control and bills affecting wages and employment. Speakers include Tipton Schall and Dario of the State Chamber. Attendees listed include Long Stowe Davidson Bailey Bracken Keith Hicks Monroe and Willman.
A Delta Air Lines jet carrying 114 aboard including 26 Marine recruits was forced to Havana after takeoff from Dallas. The hijacking, the year’s second to target Cuba, prompted tight security around the Cuban airport and drew AP reports from Miami and Amsterdam. The Pentagon rejected armed guards on planes as unsafe, citing danger to passengers and crew.
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