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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1974
Page
2
In Corry, a brisk economy contrasts with pothole headaches and railroad land fears. Local columns praise economic revival since WWII while urging state highways and railroads to shoulder street repairs. House actions include harsher penalties for drug pushers, a windfall of bills, tax rebates, and funding for nursing homes via a May bond issue.
A busy week highlights state moves on licenses and welfare. HB1079 would create a three level appeal for license suspensions with a $25 fee, opposed by AAA. The Senate tabled the no fault car insurance bill amid an amendment favoring big corporations. Welfare costs are rising, with calls for legislative control and a US welfare report suggesting $232 million in annual savings without cutting aid. Migrant labor bill revised, sponsors wary of passage. Attended PFA dinner with Governor Shapp and a Liquor Control Committee meeting.
The mortgage remains on the property and the debt survives the death of one borrower. If payments lapse, the lender can foreclose and sell the property to satisfy the balance. Absent life insurance or other arrangements, the surviving spouse may continue to owe the debt personally.
Investigative notes reveal repeated postal contracting failures. The 1968 National Cash Register facer canceller contract cost 2 million with 26 more units for 4.8 million. only nine operate. A $1 million air cutter project produced seven unused and one under lab scrutiny. Philco-Ford and IBM high speed readers overran costs and underused. Maxson 7 million sorter contract overran then canceled. 5.5 million paid before. Bulk mail centers overrun. Secaucus project alone $60 million overrun. Knight’s firm boosted costs and a secret campaign donation links to the contractor. Postal overall faces delays, higher costs, and rising postage.
A first person reminiscence traces Grandma Flynn, an impoverished Jersey City boarder, her troubled family, and a choosing moment when the narrator, unable to publish, uplifts her with money and a vow. She dies unnamed, buried in Potter's Field, leaving the narrator with a haunted conscience.
Contact details for US senators and Pennsylvania officials are listed with office addresses in Washington and Harrisburg. The fragment mentions Richard Schweiker Hugh Scott Milton Shapp Joseph Vigorito R Budd Dwyer Forest Hopkins and a Governor's Toll-Free Line 1-800-932-0784.
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