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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1973
Page
2
A reader notes a 25 percent rise in school property taxes alongside a record high city income tax with half aiding schools, while the school budget rose only 10 percent. At a Board of Education meeting a protester asked about a June 30 year end balance. the reply was zero, prompting vigilance for next year’s outcome.
A Justice Department profile outlines the French Connection drug network with named figures such as Georges, Uncle Robert, Marseilles Pierrot Roggiero, Henri Ronesio, Jacques Strasbourg Jack Engelhardt, Maurice Castellani, and others. It details meetings in Paris Madrid and Marseille, the illicit capital they command, and the global reach into the United States.
In Corry last night the council cleared most business but postponed a final decision on the bottleneck at the North Center Street and Smith intersection. A dangerous traffic condition exists as vehicles move into the narrowing stretch ahead, with attempts underway to devise a final solution.
A list of US Senate and Pennsylvania officials with contact points in Washington and Harrisburg. Senators Schweiker and Scott, Governor Shop, Representative Vigorito, and others provide office locations for constituent outreach. Includes addresses for Senate and House offices and state posts.
The piece argues that Americans have long endured bugging with devices cheap enough for sale to the public. It notes widespread eavesdropping at home, work, and on the move, despite court limits. It laments privacy decay, citing 1971 data, private spies, and industrial sensors enabling peeping through walls. The Watergate glare accelerates public fear, yet science advances continue.
New York AP profile of Celeste Holm notes her reputation as witty and versatile, from Juliet to Aunt Polly in Tom Sawyer and an Oscar winner for Gentleman’s Agreement. Holm discusses acting as controlled schizophrenia, bread making, yoga, purpose, ecstasy of theater, ecological concerns, and memories of Oklahoma on a midtown luncheon.
A reader asks who owns property bought in trust if the beneficiary dies. The answer depends on the trust wording. The settlor can create a trust where income goes to the beneficiary during life and the property returns to the settlor after death.
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