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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1968
Page
1
A garbled OCR list outlines items such as ponies, scales, a heater, a chest, rugs, churns, lawn tools, antique frames, numbers, and a 10 foot item. Mentions fall under a sale context with scattered references to goods like furniture, ware, stands, bells, ladder, wagon parts, and related paraphernalia.
In Mexico City, student clashes and gunfire near Olympic sites continue as authorities report deaths and injuries. Despite security threats, the Olympic opening remains planned for a week away. Avery Brundage expressed confidence that Mexico will host a peaceful games amid the turmoil.
Czechoslovakia plans to urge the United Nations General Assembly to avoid debate on the Soviet led invasion while leaders negotiate in Moscow for withdrawal of occupying troops. Acting Foreign Minister Vaclav Pleskot to address the assembly as Prague seeks restraint and progress toward troop withdrawal.
Gary Batley, 19, the last of four Mercer men to plead guilty, was sentenced to life for murder and 20 years for rape in the March farmhouse killings. Co-defendants Perrine, Hosack, and McConnell received life for murder and 10 to 20 years for rape. Frick, an honor student, was shot and buried after a double date abduct.
A Union City woman, Mrs. Bernice C. Vanderhool, was killed when her car left a roadway three miles west of Hydetown shortly after midnight. She was alone, traveling west toward Townville, and died in an ambulance on the way to Titusville Hospital after overturning on a hillside curve.
Governor Ronald Reagan faced heckling from Chico State College students during a visit for a Republican dinner. He condemned the profanity, apologized, and warned that dissident students and faculty would not tear down the institutions, amid a crowd of about 700 at the airport arrival.
The Navy says nine months of inquiry into submarine steel procurement and inspection found no evidence of defective plates in hulls or links the USS Thresher and USS Scorpion incidents to steel flaws. Ultrasonic checks on over 40 submarines showed compliant plates, while reviews follow a Penn Galvanizing Co critique and column claims of producer self oversight.
In volatile fighting near the Cambodian border 24 Americans died as a CH47 Chinook helicopter collided with an Air Force Caribou cargo plane 11 miles northwest of Hue. The disaster followed heavy clashes and a new surge of allied action against Viet Cong forces.
A House subcommittee hearing on antiwar clashes at the Democratic National Convention heard testimony alleging at least 21 Communists were involved. Rep. Richard Schord avoided naming individuals and offered vague statements about the source of the claim. The session featured Yippie disruption, arrests of Abbie Hoffman and Anita Hoffman, and refusals to answer questions about Communist ties.
Carbondale town officials condemn nude hippies cavorting in public hot mineral springs forcing the closure of the bathhouse. The principal lessee, the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce, says many residents and tourists avoid the springs due to uninhibited behavior.
Skat Oil Co station in East Columbus was robbed at 8 p m as attendant Glenn D Smith 17 handed over cash after a man demanded receipts and warned that the amount was not enough The robber fled with 387 according to station manager Harold Fullom and police report Smith described a possible weapon pressed into his back during the holdup at the pumps and cash drawer assault
The Journal will publish the final score of tonight’s Corry Donora football game after it ends. Donora officials report a clear cool afternoon with a high near 68 and the field in good condition following a brief shower yesterday.
In Lima clashes between students and police escalate as the military leaders topple President Fernando Belaunde Terry. Police fire on protesters, at least one student dead, photographers arrested, cars burned, tear gas used. Velasco heads new government with cabinet under house arrest. Armando Villanueva of the Aprista party calls for rebellion.
A midnight York Street fire, second for the night, followed an earlier deliberate blaze at 1 West Pleasant Street ordered by city officials to burn substandard dwellings. Volunteers battled a small storage building at 246 York Street, the Ralph Huffman home, as a neighbor called in firefighters. Fire Chief Jerome Davis cited defective wiring as the cause. no damage estimate was provided, but the storage structure was a total loss.
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