Police Chief Accused of Ordering Shootings in 1968 69
Two Shippensburg officers swear affidavits claiming Chief Ralph Morrison ordered shootings of a federal employee and two officers in 1968 69. They say the target was Robert Drummond, former head of the Office of Economic Opportunity, with Morrison urging others to kill him on Route 174. Morrison declined to comment as the Public Opinion continues its series on the department.
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Chambersburg, Pa
Shippensburg
Chambersburg
Michael Lynch
Wayne Rideout
Ralph D. Morrison
Morrison
Associated Press
Robert Drummond
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Pennsylvania
Lynch
Drummond
Ralph
Carlisle
CBO
Philadelphia
Miss
Rideout
Shippensburg State College
Trials Set For UMW Aides In Yablonski Slayings Case
In Erie, William J Prater and Albert Pass will be tried Feb. 26 and next spring respectively for involvement in the Yablonski family murders. They face charges over union funds allegedly used to hire killers, with venue moved from Washington County to Erie. Both have awaited trial in Allegheny County Jail, as the case follows the 1969 slayings that followed Yablonski’s defeat in the UMW presidency race.
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UMW
Yablonski
Erie
William J Prater
Edward H. Carney
Erie County
Prater
Albert Pass
Washington County
United Mine Workers
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
State Supreme Court
Pass
International
Kentucky
Tennessee
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Yablonskis
Clarksville
W. A
Tony" Boyle
Richard Sprague
Assis
Fire at Corry Foam Plant Causes Thousands in Damage
Fire at Corry Foam Products Co. last night caused several thousand dollars in damage. Three plant workers, including a volunteer firefighter, were overcome by smoke and treated at Corry Memorial Hospital. Paul Hamilton, Gerald Bauer, and Clay Combs were hospitalized. First alarm at 8:36 p.m. triggered local crews. Columbus and Elgin-Beaverdam hoses assisted as the blaze filled the plant with dense smoke. Start believed to be spontaneous in a pile of polyurethane foam. contents damage estimated around $10,000. water cascades drenched the interior.
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Corry Foam Products Co
Corry Memorial Hospital
Corry
Paul Hamilton
Wayne Street
Gerald Bauer
RD. 2
Clay Combs
North Center Street
Columbus
Elgin
Beaverdam Volunteer Hose Company
Union City
James Maloney
Maloney
U S Expands Air War Over North Vietnam
U S warplanes stepped up strikes on targets in North Vietnam, with more than 200 tactical raids reported in the last 24 hours. Three U S aircraft were lost in 24 hours, one pilot missing, two rescued uninjured. Bombing aims to slow enemy supply movement toward a ceasfire, south and along the DMZ.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
North
Nixon
20Th Parallel
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Qui Nhon
Haig Thieu hold prolonged Saigon talks on peace plan
Gen. Alexander Haig Jr met President Nguyen Van Thieu for more than three hours in Saigon as part of Indochina peace discussions. A second long session followed a prior meeting, with no word on progress toward settlement. Haig stayed at the U.S. ambassador’s villa amid U.S. plans to support Saigon without forcing a coalition. The draft cease-fire language over a coalition structure remains a key sticking point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Alexander Haig, Jr
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Indochina
U.S
Haig
Ellsworth Bunker
Thien
White House
Washington
Thiew
South Vietnam
National Council of Reconciliation and Concord
Hijackers threaten bombing of nuclear plant during plane hijack
Three armed men hijacked a Southern Airways DC9 flying from Alabama toward Canada carrying 30 others. They demanded 10 million dollars and parachutes, forced a shutdown at Oak Ridge nuclear station, refueled in Lexington, and circled Knoxville while authorities pursued a ransom and safe passenger extraction. The hijackers from Oak Ridge and Detroit appeared unsettled and requested pep pills as the plane toured the U S and Canada.
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Alabama
Canada
Toronto
United States
Oak Ridge
Southern Airways
Lexington
Knoxville
Tenn
Detroit
Cleveland
Federal Aviation Administration
McGhee Tyson Airport
Norman Helinske
William Snarr
Snarr
Corry Veterans Recall Armistice Day Moment
Corry residents observe Armistice Day as four World War I veterans recount the eleventh hour, eleventh day, eleventh month of 1918. Burch Gordon, 74, recalls service on the Alsace Lorainne front and a major bombardment ahead of plans to take Metz, noting the day’s heavy artillery and wounded.
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Burch Gordon
East South Street
Alsace-Lorraine
Boise de Bene’ Woods
Metz
Pothole Blamed In Fatal Mercyhurst Student Crash
Mercyhurst College home economics student Mary H Meehan 21 of Erie died when her car hit a pothole on Wattsburg road and skidded into a oncoming station wagon. Three others were treated, two admitted, while drivers urged to report potholes for potential repairs.
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Mercyhurst College
Wattsburg
Mary H. Meehan
Erie
William Meehan
Bloomfield
N.J
Jane E. Schetter
R.D. 1
Wattsburg Road
Robin Papesh
R.D. 2
Edinboro
Stephen Schetter
Erie Osteopathic Hospital
Schetter
Journal
Highway Department
Erie County Plastics Corp
East Main Street
Lowville
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David Turner
Thieu
N-Plant
Florida
Jackson
Lawrence Park
Meehan
Hriez Speedway
Pryor
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