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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1969
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes suggest a cooperative funding issue with ambiguous terms. References to funds under a committee or board appear but lack complete context or clear action. The readable bits imply financial arrangements or oversight but do not specify parties, dates, or outcomes.
The readable fragments show stray words and partial phrases unrelated to a coherent event. No clear names, places, dates, or actions emerge to form a definite news item.
National Airlines Flight 42 from Los Angeles to Miami was hijacked to Havana by a small armed man. Passengers included four MLB players and pitching coach Roger Craig. An unscheduled stop delayed the flight four hours and six minutes.
Prague reports say the Czechoslovak government halted private Western travel to curb foreign currency losses. About 100,000 Czechs and Slovaks were affected as border crossings and visas were tightened, with travelers turned back and many returning home.
At St Ambrose Church in Philadelphia a sign language Requiem Mass honored Norman DeFrancisco 18, senior and football captain of the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, who died in a Maryland crash while returning from a game with teammate Marek Clymer 21 of Lancaster.
Mayor Louis J. Tullio ordered uniformed officers assigned to the cafeterias at Academy High and Strong Vincent High after disturbances. Four youths were charged, and officials plan ongoing investigations to ensure student and public safety.
Kane Mark Stanley Packard 19 of R D 1 Kane died on arrival at Kane Community Hospital after a two car crash two miles north of town. Raymond W. Franson 62 and his sister Miss May Franson of Quakertown were injured in the other car with facial lacerations and abrasions. Troopers reported Packard’s car left the road and struck the opposite vehicle causing total destruction of both cars.
Cambridge improves its press landscape with the Cambridge Phoenix, a new weekly newspaper published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The edition markets itself as metropolitan Boston's weekly journal.
Monroe Satterlee of 153 Johnson street, lay leader of the local Salvation Army Corp, was awarded the divisional commander’s citation for outstanding soldiership. The honor, given to a small number across 23 western Pennsylvania counties, recognizes long service and community work.
Falls sent three persons to Corry Memorial Hospital yesterday with broken bones. Mrs. Floyd Smith, 62 from North Clymer, broke her right leg after a home fall and is listed satisfactory. Mrs. Bess Evans, 83 of 974 North Center street, broke a left hip after a home fall and is in fair condition. Mrs. John Willis, 47 of A.D. 2 Corry, broke her left leg after a home fall and is listed satisfactory. The paper notes a separate item about French minister Jean de Lipkowski visiting Montreal for a week.
Forest W. Hopkins sends to Secretary Robert G. Bartlett a warning about Erie-Lackawanna Route 6 crossings near Corry and Columbus. He cites Corry Journal findings on weeds and bank overgrowth reducing visibility and calls for weed cutting and bank pruning while awaiting major relocation or redesign.
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