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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1966
Page
3
Governor Hughes signs the 3 percent sales tax into law after an 18 to 8 Senate vote, with Assembly approval earlier. The levy, effective July 1, aims to balance an $876 million budget next year, estimated to raise about $182 million, and exempts food, drugs, real estate, utilities, and certain items.
The Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation Co. with assets over 4 billion will form a 20,000 mile system from St Louis to Montreal and Washington. ICC says the merger could save 80 million annually after 1974 and benefit the public via better service or lower rates. The Northern lines merger was rejected as not improving prospects.
The Senate narrowly approved 46 to 45 a $12 million contract authority for Johnson’s rent subsidy program aiding low income families. The measure tied to a $2.0 billion supplemental bill passed 72 to 12, with Republicans opposing and Democrats defending the plan as cheaper than current public housing.
Doris M. Bacon of Union City pleaded guilty to dumping trash on Allegheny National Forest land along Chapman Dam road. She paid a 25 dollar fine and costs after appearing before Peace Justice Fred Berry. Several items belonging to the accused were found during the investigation.
Hillstrom outlines that added earnings for salaried workers depend on factory hourly plan success and tight salary cost control. The Hourly Share of Production Plan ties earnings to gross payoff percentage, with total salary including fringes capped at 17.051 percent of production value. Since implementation, added earnings for 1962 five months reached 8.9 percent, 1963 4.50 percent, and 1964 3.47 percent.
In 1965, 11.50 percent of regular pay including overtime will be added earnings paid quarterly with hourly plan earnings. Twenty five percent of added earnings go to a salary plan reserve. audited yearly, any remaining balance is paid out. Participants are all regular fulltime salaried employees in the Corry plants and offices.
A Democrat argues Dirksen used his 30 years of background to target popular items in the Christmas free, accusing him of jockeying Republicans to oppose many cuts and shaping voting alignments.
Volunteers campaigning for funds in the borough and Sparta Township wind down their drive this week. May activities include Little League registrations at the Youth Center, baton twirling and dancing units for girls, a pre school clinic for incoming first graders, an annual sports banquet, and a Youth For Christ drive on Saturday. Open houses celebrate the Kinney couple’s 50th wedding anniversary at Main Street home Sunday evening.
The 1st Infantry Division reported hundreds of tons of abandoned Viet Cong gear at a vast storage center about 70 miles northwest of Saigon. The find included at least 30 large caches of rice, salt, cooking oil and clothing along the Rach Beng Go River on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a key supply route from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia.
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