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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1970
Page
3
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In Montreal police say they are blind and have run out of leads in the FLQ kidnapping case. British Trade Commissioner James Cross remains missing 18 days after the seizure by FLQ cells, while Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte was killed after being kidnapped five days later. The War Measures Act has led to 373 detentions in Quebec, with 271 still in custody as of today.
New York AP report notes Angela Davis refused to waive extradition to California on charges tied to the Aug. 7 San Rafael courthouse shootout. Justice Dickens scheduled a Nov. 5 hearing. Davis remains jailed without bail.
Santa Ana California AP Truman Capote, 46, spent 18 hours in Orange County jail and warned against going there to write a book after serving part of a three day contempt sentence. He was released after his physician reported health concerns to the judge in New York City. Capote, author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffanys, looked tired and said the experience was very uncomfortable. He did not plan to write about the incarceration. Capote had been jailed for failing to appear June 22 to testify in the penalty phase of a murder case, on which he had previously interviewed the defendant.
PITTSBURGH AP A computer is being trained to join volunteer firemen in battling chemical fires in western Pennsylvania. Two area firefighters and their instructors at Allegheny County Community College have categorized the properties of some 33 000 chemicals and information on how to deal with them and fed it into a computer. What it means said John R Leahy Jr a captain at an engine company on Pittsburgh's Northside is that any fire chief can call the computer and get a
A woman Gloria Jean Rice 35 and her son William J. Rice 17 were arrested in Casper Wyoming on murder warrants after the body of Regis V. Sanders 48 was found near Loretto. The case involved a hammer like blow and a missing person alert for a month.
Democratic National Chairman Lawrence O'Brien accuses Nixon and Agnew of fear politics to mask administration failures. He cites demagoguery, campaign theater, and vetoed campaign spending bills, predicting Democratic gains in the 1972 elections and continued Senate control.
In Bradenton Florida AP a 65 year old witness Alton J Cothern tested his own sobriety by drinking while the judge watched. The breath tests varied from .16 to .18 and the nose touch test showed accuracy. The jury found him guilty and the judge scheduled a background check before sentencing.
New York AP report marks Lowell Thomas’s 40th year on air at 6:45 p.m. He recalls starting with three jugs of applejack on Oct. 21 and notes listeners across Australia, the Arctic, and ships at sea. Thomas has long been the voice of Fox Movietone News and the author of 52 books, with a 53rd pending. Heretofore, his best seller remains With Lawrence in Arabia, in 100 editions.
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