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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1973
Page
3
CANBERRA Australia AP Patrick White winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature will use his $120000 prize money to endow an annual award for Australian writers. He will deliver the Nobel check to trustees who will administer the prize, expected to be at least $9000 each year.
In Louisville AP report, Democratic leaders plan tough resolutions at the DNC session on impeachment options. Separately, Washington moves lift fertilizer price controls to boost production and notes a September drop in food prices, while Ways and Means backs a $478 billion debt ceiling without tax or Social Security changes.
Fish and game officials plan a weekend capture of a rare white bison near Chitina, Alaska, for transfer to the Alaska Children's Zoo where survival chances are higher. Previous Alaska white bison have died or been poached due to winter conditions and coloration. The Isaak Walton League funds the expedition.
Harrisburg AP reports Gov. Shapp announced a planned release of millions of parasite wasps and flies to combat the gypsy moth. The moths have defoliated 856,710 acres in 18 counties, up 113 percent from last year. Philadelphia AP notes mob figure Phillip Testa remains jailed for contempt after refusal to answer grand jury questions. Harrisburg AP adds the State Game Commission forecasts a strong turnout for opening of the 1973 small game season with rabbits, pheasants, turkey and quail plentiful.
Franklin AP reports the Civil Service Commission upheld Dr. James McClelland Jr. dismissal as head of Polk State School & Hospital after an April inspection found use of wooden pens to restrain residents and cited archaic care. McClelland plans to appeal to Commonwealth Court.
Authorities probe cause after a small helicopter explodes in mid air and crashes near Waynesburg Pennsylvania killing Ronald F. Christman chief photographer for the Washington Observer Reporter and pilot William G. McCelroy. Ground casualties are none. Eyewitness described the craft cartwheeling and burning after three low passes near Interstate 79 and Curry Memorial Home. The helicopter leased from Penn Line charter firm. Christman had joined the Observer Reporter in 1960 and was photographing a regional growth edition. The crash site lies about three miles east of town.
In Saigon reports show ongoing fighting in the central highlands with 11 North Vietnamese and six South Vietnamese soldiers killed and 30 South Vietnamese wounded in attacks around the Plei Blang base. Sixty five South Vietnamese are missing and 30 killed at Plei Blang, 12 miles west of Pleiku. In Kontum area fighting leaves 12 North Vietnamese dead. no government losses. A major military shakeup near Saigon signals leadership changes, while Khmer Rouge forces threaten Highway 4 near Phnom Penh, with 35 miles southwest of the capital. Cambodian air activity notes over 30 T28 bombers flying 54 sorties.
Thompson Pyle of the NYS Commerce Department, Buffalo regional manager, says marketing the vacant Jamestown Art Metal Building is tough due to its size. The agency is pursuing an industrial condominium plan to lure a manufacturer for half the space and lease the rest to smaller industries.
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