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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1973
Page
1
The text blends wartime references, legal actions, and memorial details with scattered names and dates. It mentions POWs, dates around 1968, and personal notices tied to individuals like Melvin R. Key and Margaret, plus local obituaries and family connections in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
A powerful explosion hit the ITT American Building on the ninth floor in midtown Manhattan. No injuries or fire reported. Debris littered 50th Street near Madison Avenue as police investigated. A Rome blast target also hit ITT Standard S.A. offices with minor damage. Police say a caller claimedWeather Underground affiliation.
A Texas International Convair turboprop flight 655 from Memphis to Texarkana with 11 aboard vanished over southwest Arkansas in a torrential storm. A helicopter on search duty crashed, killing three National Guardsmen. Bodies recovered. search planes grounded by fog.
Police in Corry and state officers hunted last night for a Corry youth who fled Mayville after a companion was arrested for shooting at road signs. Local agencies confirmed the arrest but New York officials said they had no information. The fleeing youth headed toward Corry in a car, which police could not locate. A sheriff's spokesman said no details were available.
Local real estate officials report a limited mortgage supply with 25 to 30 percent down payments required. Corry Savings and Loan and area banks say funds exist but on restricted terms, with sales continuing at a slower pace. Mortgage activity here remains steady, unlike larger urban centers.
The Senate approved a 23 percent cut in land based overseas troops, totaling 40,000 by next June 30 and 70,000 by December 31, 1975, from 487,000 deployed in 34 countries, while sea based forces remain exempt. Republican Senators Tower and Thurmond warned cuts could hinder Nixon's bargaining with the Soviet Union. Humphrey defended the plan as allowing selective withdrawals, mainly from Asia and the Pacific, without harming NATO. The measure accompanies a $21 billion military procurement authorization bill and moves to the House, where similar efforts have failed.
Norfolk AP report says Agnew and Justice Department lawyers will meet with Judge Walter Hoffman at 3 p.m. to arrange filing of a temporary injunction blocking further grand jury evidence in the probe of Vice President Spiro Agnew.
Harrisburg AP The state Transportation Department announced a new maximum traveling width for mobile and modular homes from 12 to 14 feet. The decision was revealed to industry leaders Sept 5 at a dinner hosted by the Pennsylvania Manufactured Housing Association, with 14 foot units already on roads a week earlier. The AAA Federation launched a letter campaign urging Governor Shapp to overrule Kassab, citing safety concerns and traffic flow risks. The governor’s office had denied a final decision as of the prior Friday.
Ben Wiley, leader of the Greater Erie Community Action Committee, a former Gannon College basketball star, faces disorderly conduct and indecent exposure charges after a Cleveland mounted officer detained him while he changed shirts in his car near his stepdaughter in the hospital area. Erie officials decry the incident as racist and improper police action.
Twelve Carty area teachers and staff join a Behrend College course titled Introduction to Instructional Media. The three credit graduate class, led by David Mitchell, meets 7 to 9 30 p m Mondays at Corry Area High School. Participants include Donna Anderson Elizabeth Jackman Daniel Scannel Eugene Wilkins Bruce Campbell Jean Scouten Phyllis Campbell Nancy Klingensmith Paul Claypool Lydia Auer Bonnie Sickler Madelyn Dodd.
Two Arab gunmen seized a train carrying Soviet Jews near the Austrian Czechoslovak border killing one railway official and injuring two. They took nine hostages including several Jews and moved toward Vienna airport. Police surrounded a car near a Spanish airliner and negotiated. The train from Bratislava to Vienna was to transfer Jews to Schonau before emigration to Israel. The hijacking occurred at Marchegg, east of Vienna. The total number of Jews aboard was unknown.
Mayor Edward Zarger proclaimed Sunday Bobby Darling Day in Corry to back a WOTR radiothon organized by the Corry Communications Citizens Band Club. The 13 year old son of Mr and Mrs Boyd Darling undergoes kidney treatment in Erie and faces surgery, with pledges accepted from 1 to 6 pm via 664 2168 or 664 4366 and donors receiving receipts.
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