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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1970
Page
1
U.S. Command in Saigon reports American combat deaths in Indochina fell to 38 last week, the lowest weekly toll in about 42 years. South Vietnamese losses in action reached 345.
Congressman Joseph Vigorito released a HUD letter explaining delays in funding Phase II of Corry Pennsylvania's Fourth Ward urban renewal. The document cites conditions from November 1969, including sale agreements for parcels 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8 and reporting changes from the relocation office, with Phase I funds exhausted and county borrowing to cover relocation costs.
President Nixon outlined flexible five point peace ideas in Florida, proposing mutual withdrawal and total U S force pullout if Hanoi agrees. He said Hanoi’s official reply at Paris talks next week would show progress and that initial Viet Cong reaction would not deter him. He emphasized a new approach aimed at advancing negotiations.
Corry specialist Ronald Swackhamer, Troop Ard Armored Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry Vietnam, earned the Bronze Star Medal with Y device and the Army Commendation Medal. He is a 1966 Corry Area High School and 1969 Bryant-Stratton graduate, honored for heroism in August and meritorious service May 1 to July 1, 1970.
In a broad Senate action the anticrime package advances heavier penalties for terror bombings, protection for the president and Congress, and increased federal aid to police. The eight hour debate ended 59 to 0 with the House expected to consider next. The measure expands federal bombing laws, allows the death penalty in fatal cases, and permits wiretaps under court order.
In Philadelphia area a freight train bound for Philadelphia from Jersey City crashed into the rear of a stopped freight train at a track crossing killing three Reading Railroad crewmen. The crash disrupted morning commuter trains and prompted investigations.
Washington AP report notes a Wichita State football plane crash killing 30 exposed gaps in FAA oversight of rent-a-plane operators. FAA suspended the piloting firm and fined a second owner firm fifty thousand dollars, grounding other planes for emergency checks as officials admitted prior warnings on safety.
Washington AP reports the Civil Service Commission ordered agencies to strike the loyalty oath from Standard Form 61 and remove a no strike pledge. The change, tied to Supreme Court rulings, will be completed within three months, while a basic non participation in strikes remains required.
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