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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1975
Page
3
AP reports a nationwide hunt for suspects in the killing of Ross McWhirter, co editor of the Guinness Book of World Records. Home Secretary Roy Jenkins warns the attack could signal a new wave of violence in Great Britain.
AP dispatches from Hull Mass Anna Ill and Nashville Tenn cover cases of bias and progress. McCauley alleges discrimination at Hull Public Library as all staff are women. In Anna 90 percent of job club members found work within two months. The Grand Ole Opry marks 50 years with historic growth from WS M Barn Dance to Opryland. A fatal three vehicle crash in Jefferson Borough kills John Singleton 58 and injuries six others. A Thanksgiving Day fire on Pittsburgh North Side kills 18 year old Dena Heuer.
Former Texas governor and U S secretary John B Connally says he might run as a third party if both major parties fail to serve the nation He notes he switched from Democrat to Republican citing free enterprise and freedom of opportunity He also says his bribery acquittal earlier this year was unfair but may not hurt his appeal
Erie County union officials caution against freezing wages for AFSCME and related workers. Angelo Criscione says only a lawful bargaining process can set pay, as commissioners consider a 1976 wage freeze due to budget pressures.
A three judge panel of the U S Court of Appeals reversed Williams 35 convict in the February 1974 abduction of Reg Murphy former Atlanta Constitution editor The court ruled intense pretrial publicity and prejudicial government closing arguments deprived him of a fair trial Murphy now editor of the San Francisco Examiner was held 49 hours before ransom paid by Cox Enterprises. The opinion cites the prominent Atlanta newspapers and widespread coverage as factors in the prejudice. The panel notes Murphy identified Williams and compares the event to Patricia Hearst coverage. Williams was sentenced to 40 years.
A Bahamas Air jetliner carrying 62 passengers was found with two plastic explosive devices in a lavatory just minutes before it would have taken off for Nassau. Police said a bomb squad deactivated the devices as a caller claiming Cuban Power 76 claimed responsibility to protest a Bahamian lobster ban affecting Cuban exile fishermen.
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