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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1968
Page
6
Police respond to reports of youths pursuing a local woman near City Park. Officers locate the youths. the woman is missing. Investigations continue into a glue sniffing case found with airplane glue tubes and a paper bag.
Mickey Mouse celebrated his 40th birthday in Disneyland California as thousands gathered for a party. A huge cake was cut in honor of the cartoon character created by Walt Disney on a train ride from New York in 1928, with his debut in Steamboat Willie a month later.
General Motors announced price increases averaging 49 dollars, about 1.6 percent, below Chrysler's recent rise. Chairman James M. Roche denied Washington pressure influenced the move and said headrests would be optional until Jan 1, 1969, with a 16 dollar per car installation cost if declined.
Manila reports show about 200 Filipino students protesting outside U S British and Malaysian embassies. Chanting asserts Sabah belongs to the Philippines, as demonstrators accuse Malaysia and Britain of theft and demand Philippine ownership of North Borneo. Police kept order without intervening.
Rochester police report Sandra Hubbell aged 15 was abducted from a children’s home by a man who threatened a watchman with a knife. Detectives seek Thomas Pace 20, Hubbell's former boyfriend, after the assailant knocked at The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and abducted the sleeping girl.
A U.S. press report details rocket and mortar strikes on a town and camp wounding 70 civilians before a ground operation. In the Mekong Delta, militiamen freed 11 men 9 women and 5 children from a Viet Cong prison camp. South Vietnamese troops kill 40 guerrillas in An Xuyen marshalling area while 29 enemy killed in skirmishes along the Cambodian infiltration route. A Long Khanh province bus ambush kills 10 civilians and wounds 32.
The pilot of a downed plane was rescued by surfers near Salisbury Massachusetts. Paul Lamson 44 clung to the wing as it sank and was aided to shore by Lee Knapp 17 and an unidentified surfer. Lamson received facial cuts and a broken nose at Exeter Hospital New Hampshire.
In San Francisco police confronted a coiled diamondback rattler in a doorway. The snake did not move and turned out to resemble a bathrobe belt from Fr. B Todd’s home. Todd apologized. Officer Gary Wise remained unimpressed. Nearby in Philadelphia, police adopt blinker belts for night duty under Commissioner Rizzo.
The report notes Zond 5's successful spaceflight and potential near moon photography with cameras aboard. Experts forecast a manned lunar flight by 1969 and discuss heat shields, re entry deceleration, sea recovery, and evolving Soviet moon flight plans based on Tass communications.
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