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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1970
Page
6
Corry Chamber of Commerce members approve a bronze plaque on a granite stone to honor the Stanford Hose Company and five firefighters who died in the Easter Sunday blaze. A committee of James Carrig Artie Shaw and John Rossbacher will decide the stone size.
Wanda Wetherbee daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Wetherbee of Centerville has been accepted at Meadville City School of Nursing She is an honor student in Sparta Merged School and a National Honor Society member She has served as senior class vice president secretary of the sophomore class and participated in Youth for Christ yearbook prom committee and the junior and senior plays In Braddock nearby schools were ordered closed as black students walked out after a stone throwing incident and a Juvenile Court hearing involving a girl not involved was cited by officials as tense unrest
STEAMBURG N Y AP A 6 year old girl was found dazed and wet but unharmed after a kidnapper drove her from a Buffalo suburb and dumped her into a creek. Carol Lynn Pierce walked to her grandparents home from a playground when a male motorist abducted her. He ordered her to be quiet and consulted maps before stopping at a bridge to dump her. She swam to shore and slept on the bank until dawn when rescuers arrived. She was taken to Jamestown hospital with no apparent injuries and had not been molested.
Erie County will request 98000 from the State Department of Health to extend a rodent control program already in operation in Erie and nearby towns. The plan includes block by block baiting, trash dump checks, and an education drive to reduce infestations through sanitation. The effort targets urban and suburban areas with sewer and landfill problems, with county officials to approve the request at today’s weekly meeting.
Mrs Evans of Northenter street died at Corry Memorial Hospital at 8 23 morning born October 31 1886 in Cedar Rapids Iowa she moved east living in Syracuse and Buffalo married to Lee S Evans in Corry in 1908 he died September 1 1989 survived by daughter Mrs Merton Fitch and two grandchildren predeceased by son Robert and brother Earl Van Sickel friends may call at Bracken Funeral Home 2 4 and 7 9 p m services Friday 11 a m Rev Richard Hirst officiating burial Pine Grove Cemetery
Pittsburgh police hunt a grayhaired man in his 50s after a flaming bottle of gasoline crashed through the Katsur family living room window at about 5 am. The target was John Katsur, supervisor at the Allegheny County Health Department, and the fire was quickly extinguished with minor damage.
West outlined a program funded by a $500,000 legislative appropriation for rat control. A $98,000 grant request, if approved, would be matched by $26,000 in in kind aid from the county and participating municipalities.
Ohio Senator Young called for murder in the second degree against the Kent State University guard officer who ordered the fatal shooting of four students. He cited witness affidavits and a Life magazine photo while noting an Ohio National Guard official said no .45 pistols were fired.
Erie police Patrolman John Mozdy 32 died from a left chest wound after a gunfire incident at his home. He was found by his daughter Carrie, 10, near 6:45 p.m. and pronounced dead at Hamot Hospital about 7 p.m. The coroner cited hemorrhaging from the heart. investigators planned further review.
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