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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1972
Page
3
State Police pursue extortion case after a partially rigged bomb found at Fayette Bank and Trust Co in Uniontown. Gallatin Bank officials received a call at 7 40 p m Friday about the incident and the device.
A caller claimed a bomb at a local bank and directed officials to move an unspecified sum of money to a telephone booth near Twin Rocks Lounge on Route 21. Jack Fisher, VP of Fayette Bank, ordered the bank closed and evacuated and police were notified. The evacuation area was later extended to seal off nearly a block around the bank.
A UPI report incorrectly named Pennsylvania Power and Light Co as violating air pollution rules. The Environmental Hearing Board was actually considering charging Pennsylvania Power Co with a $190,000 penalty and a daily $47,000 fine.
Police said 19 year old University of Pittsburgh sophomore Jackie L Colin Jr shot beat and stabbed his father Jack L Colin Sr 44 and mother Leona B Colin 43 to death in Natrona Heights and spent about 27 hours with the bodies before reporting the slayings to their family physician He was charged with the murders and motive remained unknown as investigators continued Saturday.
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