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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1969
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows an advertising notice for a business sale in Texas. Details include measurements 12x30 and 36x60 baths, Watts ID and NT age, 252 sman 128 75 7 6161, sale time at 10:30. Read as a used bus service business sale with unspecified location and conditions.
Washington notes say a riderless horse with black tack and boots reversed will precede Eisenhower’s caisson for the fourth time in five years, following Kennedy in 1963 and Hoover and MacArthur in 1964. The procession shifts from Capitol steps to Union Station and toward Abilene, with a Lincolnesque journey across the heartland before burial at the Eisenhower Center.
The nation began a multi day farewell to General Dwight D. Eisenhower with private services at Washington National Cathedral before a ceremonial send off. The 5 star general who led Allied forces in Europe and served in eight years of peace died today as a train prepared to carry him home to Kansas.
Washington AP report details Mamie Eisenhower's quiet private mourning after President Eisenhower's death. It notes family at Walter Reed, the long illness with heart trouble, and the couple's 53 years of marriage. It lists children John and Dwight Jr. and relatives attending, plus public tributes from leaders and the impending state funeral.
Dr Trafton S Kelsey of 183 Random Road died early this morning at Corry Memorial Hospital at age 61 He was born Sept 20 1908 in Franklinville NY and raised there A longtime optometrist he lived in Erie Wayne and North East before moving to Corry in 1944 where he established his practice He was a charter member and longtime secretary of the First Presbyterian Church The obituary notes he had lived at Random Road for 14 years Continued on Page Six
President Nixon praised Dwight D. Eisenhower as strong confident and courageous, saying he stands with freedom lovers for all time. Former President Lyndon Johnson called him a crusader for peace and America will be better because Ike was with us. Senator Charles Percy noted his fight as a general aimed at lasting peace, as Senator Kennedy echoed the tribute continuing on page six.
AP reports parents in London's docklands allege blackboard jungle gangs aged six and seven terrorize children. Labor MP John Silkin calls for an official inquiry as teachers fear the ram paging youths. A petition by 70 mothers claims a 7-year-old slashed another with a razor and another was found with a noose around his neck in a boiler room.
Abilene Kansas AP report describes the Chapel of Dwight D Eisenhower at the site kept secret by the army. The complex includes the five building museum and library housing documents of Eisenhower youth and career. The chapel where he will be buried remains closed until after the funeral.
Gettysburg residents mourn the death of Gen Dwight D Eisenhower who lived on a 230 acre farm near Seminary Ridge since 1951. The former president, who hosted dignitaries at his Gettysburg home, died at age 78, leaving the community in a period of vigil and remembrance.
A scientist says up to eight in ten cancer cases may stem from chemicals in what people eat and breathe. Dr. Samuel F. Epstein cites tests on newborn mice showing tumors from pollutants, pesticides, drugs, and food additives, with some inert chemicals enhancing others. He cautions that applicability to humans is not proven.
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