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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1967
Page
7
Local official argues for immediate action on port investments amid funding shortfall. He notes available resources could reach 300,000 dollars and stresses the need to proceed without delay to support regional commerce.
Local fire departments State Police and borough police searched Conewango Creek after a cottage resident reported a possible body sighting near the awol Jen stream. Boats were used flood lights deployed officers at the first street bridge and spectators watched as crews halted the search at 9 p.m. with no missing persons reported.
Police official Frank Carnegie announced Lorraine Strachen of Erie will solicit advertising for the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association yearbook. Funds support education and training for officers statewide, with about 150 schools conducted in the past year and 300 scholarships awarded to the FBI Academy. The group aims to push minimum training requirements for municipal officers.
Vice President Humphrey floated tax financed free public transportation during a speech at the Second International Conference on Urban Transportation. He urged cities to define urban transit and assess what people will use and invest in with tax dollars, comparing free transit to free building elevators. HUD Secretary Weaver later spoke on federal aid requirements and a Port Authority of Allegheny County grant to study rider needs.
A Meadville Area Junior High School heating project shows cost growth from 1921 bond funded building to 1936 expansion and the current bid for revamping heating. Original costs were $50,000 heating in 1921, $10,000 for heating in 1936, with total construction $395,000, roughly $90,000 less than today’s heating revamp.
Garfield Smith Jr. 17 or 18 was charged with second degree burglary and first degree grand larceny after allegedly stealing a purse with about 180 dollars from beneath a sleeping woman’s pillow in Dunkirk. He ar rained in city court, requested a public defender, and the case was adjourned to Friday.
The Army Corps of Engineers will hold public hearings in Erie on May 19 at 7 30 pm in the Erie County courthouse to explore small boat harbors at North East and Walnut Creek in Fairview. Costs are about 3 219 000 and 3 697 000 with federal shares 1 207 000 and 1 226 000 respectively. Congressmen urge attendance.
William Roscoe Roberts was found guilty of common nuisance after a jury trial in Warren. He was acquitted on malicious use of the telephone. a third charge of lewd language was dismissed. He awaits sentencing, with bail set until May 12.
Edmond Bartnett of Fredonia pleaded guilty in Dun kirk City Court to six charges after a police stop. He paid 170 dollars in fines and had his license revoked for no insurance speeding unregistered vehicle failure to report address change driving without a safety helmet driving without goggles or a high windshield.
The defendant acknowledged using the name James Reed with permission of an individual in earlier employment as a collector. When asked, Roberts said the alias William Griffin was tied to a stepfather and used through school until his marriage on November 17, 1964.
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