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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1974
Page
3
Four empty Egyptian passenger steamships entered the Suez Canal marking the first commercial vessel passage since the canal's closure during the 1967 Middle East war. The Suez Canal Authority confirmed the milestone in Port Said Egypt as ships resumed traffic.
Former President Richard M. Nixon, 61, rests in a new hospital bed at his seaside estate after returning from three weeks at Long Beach Memorial Hospital for a left leg blood clot. An aide said he is very weak and easily winded, while doctors weigh when he can testify in the Watergate coverup trial.
Secretary of State Kissinger dismissed reports of a large Middle East military buildup and said a new Arab Israeli war is unlikely. He also projected a rise in U S emergency food aid abroad by year end amid inflation and supply concerns. Meanwhile in North Carolina 10,000 Canadian geese have begun their winter stay at Gaddy's Pond drawing 5,000 visitors last year as they learn to avoid hunters. In Oregon a library book with no cover and teeth marks was returned to Linn Benton Community College, titled How To Keep Your Pet Healthy.
Victor Lasky testified at Nelson Rockefeller’s confirmation hearings that he did not want to write a Goldberg biography because he found Arthur J. Goldberg a dull man. He noted one can write a book about almost anything, including artichokes.
Traffic built on Route 295 south of Washington as a Navy donated skyraider fighter bomber was moved from Dahlgren Virginia to the Smithsonian Institute at Silver Hill Maryland causing an unusual congestion.
Rome and Geneva reports show the World Food Conference ending with little achieved for the half billion facing starvation. A new measure urged wealthy nations to supply 10 million tons of grain annually, plus financial aid, while a grain reserve proposal sought nationally held but globally coordinated banks to buffer future disasters.
Dr. Robert L. DuPont, head of the White House drug office, urged treating marijuana users as less than criminals. He cited arrests, stigma, and limited deterrent value, noting 420,000 marijuana arrests last year and enforcement that favors select cases.
B Howard Hunt, G Gordon Liddy, and Egil Krogh allegedly led a covert drug fighting plan ordered by President Nixon to cut heroin supply. Liddy devised Breaking the Connection in 1971 to pressure opium producing regions, with Ehrlichman and Nixon approving. Hunt, then CIA covert chief in Western Europe, links the operation to joint French American drug raids and notes Liddy’s silence despite a 20 year Watergate sentence.
The Penn State meat judging team placed fourth in pork, fifth in beef grading, fifth in lamb judging, and ninth in overall at Timberville. Jeff McKissick of Slippery Rock earned thirds and fourths in pork and beef, with teammates Gary Dean, Joyce Crays, Michael Sekerak, and Ronald Bolze. Coached by Professor Glenn R. Kean, they advance to Madison, Wisconsin on December 8 for the International contest.
Dr James McClelland awaits Welfare Department word on reinstatement as head of Polk State School and Hospital after his 1973 firing. The state Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of a lower court ruling for back pay and reinstatement, leaving McClelland to decide if an offer will be accepted.
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