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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1970
Page
1
Dateline Boston AP reports the head of the AMA Council on Rural Health criticizes organized medicine, the U S federal government and local communities for failing to team up to solve national health care problems as a nationwide effort.
Washington AP Six aides to former Interior Secretary Walter Hickel were dismissed with only an hour’s notice. The move followed Hickel’s firing by President Nixon two days earlier for lack of mutual confidence. The White House called it routine as Cabinet turnover coincides with a secretary’s departure. The six named aides included Josef Holbert, Charles Meacham, Leslie Glasgow, Tom Holley, Pat Ryan, and Donald Dunlop staffer. Their terminations were to be completed by day’s end.
Four people were slightly hurt in a fog shrouded Route 6 bypass crash at Corry Plaza. The McCray car and Esterline car sustained $1,000 and $1,500 in damage, with several guardrail posts damaged. Police cited limited visibility as a factor.
Four members of the Wayland family were killed in a Millcreek house fire that started about 3 30 am when Mrs. Wayland was cooking. The mother Alice Wayland 29 survived in fair condition with burns over 80 percent. Coroner says all four children died of asphyxiation.
Rising costs drive price hikes at The Corry Journal effective next Monday newsstand price up to 15 cents per copy. Home delivery rises to 75 cents weekly, with carriers earning 20 percent of the increase. five day holiday weeks cost 65 cents. Mail subscriptions planned higher at year start.
Two Cleveland teenagers died early today from carbon monoxide poisoning after a date, found slumped in the front seat of a car by the male teen’s father. Victims Arthur St. Clair and Donna Rogers, both 18, were identified by police.
White House adviser Daniel Patrick Moynihan ends reports of becoming U.N. ambassador and tells Nixon he will return to teach at Harvard. He had planned a two year stint as a top domestic adviser amid welfare reform debates and Senate finance set backs. Ziegler says changes will come with announcements and duties may be redistributed.
Meadvill police report a Linesville youth Darrell Payne aged 16 died after driving onto railroad tracks north of Conneautville. He reportedly exited the car and, for unknown reasons, returned as a southbound train struck him, tossing him about 70 feet. Passenger Mary Ann Barnett, 16, of Springboro, was pulled from the vehicle and treated for shock.
Eight members of a north Philadelphia family are killed when their lead car is hit on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and a Turnpike pickup collides. Nine total deaths include six children. one other car’s driver dies, and several relatives are hospitalized in serious condition.
An Alaska Air Command chartered DC4 carrying military personnel and dependents crashed at Anchorage International Airport after refueling. Fifty-eight aboard were killed and 168 injured. The flight originated from McChord AFB and was to stop at Yakota and Cam Ranh Bay en route to South Vietnam.
Harrisburg instructed county boards to register 18 19 and 20 year olds under the Federal Voting Rights Act effective January 1. Registration may begin December 3 and such registrations will be kept separate until the Supreme Court rules on constitutionality. County official Leo Weir cited the delay awaiting the court decision in Texas challenges to state control of voter ages.
A honeymooning Pennsylvania couple on Interstate 70 east of Hagerstown crashed after leaving the road and exploding into flames. Elizabeth Doyle, 58, died. husband Earl A. Doyle, 58, was injured and listed in poor condition at a Hagerstown hospital. The pair wed Thursday night in Fair Chance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
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