Fragmented OCR Coal Site Brief Note
A fragmentary OCR item mentions numbers and the term coal site with scattered figures. The readable text provides no clear event, date, or participants to identify a full news item or confirm a specific action.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1968
Page
1
A fragmentary OCR item mentions numbers and the term coal site with scattered figures. The readable text provides no clear event, date, or participants to identify a full news item or confirm a specific action.
In a probate matter the executor requests approval of a sale covering about 232 acres. The filing names the land parcel, court, and involved parties as the case proceeds toward final settlement.
City Council splits 3 to 2 approving a subsidy plan to offset landfill burying charges for industry and individuals. Mayor Joseph Furst and leaders Jack Downey Ned Johnston voted yes, while Russell Brant and Clare Capwell opposed citing tax millage impacts and bookkeeping concerns. Continued discussion outlined who pays and contractor arrangements with Superior Refuse Co.
In Birmingham authorities chased clues to Eric Starvo Galt, the man linked to the Martin Luther King Jr assassination probe. A blueprinted address, a landlord’s identification of a likeness, and a white Mustang tied to the crime scene surfaced as the FBI widened its search.
City engineers report a Union City contractor will not start North Center Street widening this spring due to delays in data from the Public Utilities Commission on the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing. The state highway plan could be postponed and curb work moved to later contracts, meeting council indifference.
In Harrisburg AP report the Erie city move to halt offshore drilling in Lake Erie was postponed to April 26 at 10 a.m. before Judge James S. Bowman of Commonwealth Court. The city seeks to stop the Department of Forests and Waters from awarding oil and gas drilling contracts claiming pollution concerns.
The Department of Agriculture announced a federal mine marketing order taking effect July 1 that sets minimum prices for dairy farmers in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. A spokesman noted uncertainty on impact for housewives as 82 percent of 8582 area farmers voted in favor. The order merges northeastern Ohio Youngstown Warren and Wheeling with Pittsburgh and Erie zones and will be explained to handlers before July. Composer Boris Lyatoshinsky dies in Kiev age 73.
Harrisburg city urges Seek Water Firm Commitment to a Public Utilities Commission hearing over last year's complaint against Corry Water Supply Co. The city cites service gaps on Spring Street hill Worth End Hatch streets and West Columbus Avenue and seeks firm remedies before signing any agreement. Doctors strike in Rome joins Italy’s hospital labor action demanding salary increases since 1966.
As Johnson halts bombing north of the 20th Parallel to seek peace talks, two Air Force F101s were shot down near Dong Hoi in North Vietnam's southern panhandle. One pilot bailed out and was rescued. the other is listed as missing in action.
President Johnson urges Hanoi for an early serious response to Vietnam peace efforts during a Honolulu visit. He discusses the military situation with Adm. Sharp and Adm. McCain and criticizes delays while proposing neutral sites for talks. Hanoi’s Nhan Dan cites U.S. lack of good will over proposed sites Warsaw and Phnom Penh.
GAO report faults Detroit antipoverty program for inaccurate participant data and inflated classroom space credits. It cites inflated counts, duped administrative effort, and reliance on a church agency. The audit covers 1965 and 1966 and notes Detroit received about $50 million in federal funds.
Specific case before Specific Case City Council last night to take sewage from township area with limits. An apartment development near Johnson Street and Macadam Hill Road may include up to 32 units at rents from 150 to 17 dollars monthly with utilities. Ronald Willman and John McLean of Pennsylvania Electric Co. supported the project, noting the developer has 16.5 acres with two units possibly inside city limits and rest outside. The city line bisects the parcel. most lies in Wayne Township. Council recommended a premium for outside-city sewer use, proposing a sewer rental at 140 percent of the current 21 dollars per year. Conditions discussed: part inside city limits, developer pays hookup costs, and strict future controls on similar requests.
Downtown merchants won a late extension from the city council delaying the July 6 deadline for downtown sidewalk work until the end of the 1968 instruction period. City engineer David Johnson noted contractor delays and said self‑performing the work is cheaper for merchants than city hiring, avoiding the original billable enforcement.
City Council approved Mayor Furst's recommendation to appoint Richard Farley 44 West Irving street to the police force. Farley 22, married with two children, works for Ajax Tron Works division of Cooper Industries and is a Port LeBoeuf High School alumnus previously in Union City. The action follows another ex Marine hire, James Hurlburt. The move aims to increase weekend coverage as police seek four new officers and two cars to handle rising activity.
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