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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1973
Page
1
Angelo Ferraro aged 27 threatened to leap from a Bath Beach fire escape. Police and priests talked him down but he slipped three stories. Rescuers watched as he fell, was caught in a net, and unharmed.
Polk State School and Hospital former superintendent Dr. James H. McClelland warns that without restraints some severely retarded patients could unintentionally kill. He notes the danger is constant and largely unpredictable amid his dismissal for allowing aggressive patients to be confined in wooden playpen-like cubicles. State Welfare Secretary Helene Wohlgermuth fired him on Tuesday.
The Corry Area Jaycees installed Charles Rittenhouse as chair for the coming year with a full slate including Jeff Taylor external VP Paul Roche Jr internal VP Michael Porvaznik treasurer Hiram Daley secretary and directors Bruce Palmer Allan Schell Larry Sheehan Steven Young Compt. Grice noted the group seeks civic improvement and local affairs while launching a 18 to 35 membership drive. current membership stands around 75. (Continued on Back Page).
Brenda W. Kirik, 22, of 829 North Center street, was driving west on Route 6 when a tractor trailer pulling onto Route 6 from West Smith street extension failed to yield. Kirik swerved and went into a roadside ditch. the truck left the scene, and damage was listed at $100.
The United States paused minesweeping in North Vietnamese waters as Washington seeks to pressure Hanoi over attacks in Cambodia and Viet Cong supply lines. North Vietnam says the suspension violated the cease-fire and that U.S. ships and planes pulled back. Pentagon spokesmen cite unfulfilled Paris agreements and continued enemy supplies as reasons for the halt. Meanwhile Lon Non travels to the United States to meet Nixon and Thieu eyeing six Asian trips in June for aid and image improvement.
Washington Post reported that John Mitchell and John W. Dean II approved and helped plan Watergate wiretapping. Attorney General Kleindienst withdrew from the Watergate probe over personal ties, with Henry Petersen to lead the investigation. Magruder said payoffs were arranged to buy silence. Dean and Mitchell denied the claims.
Washington reports the first quarter 1973 GNP up 14.3 percent at an annual rate to 1.235 trillion dollars with inflation at 6 percent. Consumer spending leads gains with durable goods up 9.3 billion and total expenditures climbing 28 billion.
The Senate rejected a move to extend Nixon wage price controls, risking a lapse May 1 if Congress does not act by April 30. Sen. Proxmire warned of disaster as House Republicans balked at price-raising disclosures and riders broadening fuel rationing and aid to the working poor.
Pittsburgh AP report notes new information on the 1969 Yablonski murders given to authorities by former United Mine Workers officials. The disclosure follows ongoing investigations into arson fires in Centerville and connections to embezzlement charges against Chester Philpot. Philpot's testimony could implicate Albert E. Pass in the killings.
A 17 year old Cambridge Springs area youth, Dale Webster, died in a head on crash on Route 86 south of the Crawford County line. Stanley Puchocz, 24, of Edinboro was seriously injured and hospitalized. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage. A second item notes Gov. Shapp announcing a pilot project to train state employees for job advancement and placement.
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