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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1973
Page
4
The central pollution branch in Victoria, B C, unveiled a $75,000 mobile air quality laboratory nicknamed Snifferbug. Built on a 31 year old school bus chassis, it monitors air around the clock with scientific equipment and a teletype that sends data to the provincial data center in Victoria.
Country music star Grandpa Jones of Hee Haw drew a crowd near 10,000 at Crawford County Fair despite muddy grounds and cool weather. Officials used gravel to ease mud. fans packed the evening show enjoying Jones's pure country music and humor. In San Francisco a fire extinguisher sign cautions visitors not to smoke.
China frets over Moscow pressure as Brezhnev attacks the regime while Beijing reshapes its leadership after Lin Piao’s downfall. The article notes vacancies in the defense ministry and top military posts, shrinking Politburo, and Chou En-lai’s tightening grip as the party readies for a new National People’s Congress amid ongoing Sino Soviet tensions.
Corry Memorial Hospital issues today 1A.M. report noting inability to summon a physician in an emergency and listing CHAI Corry Ambulance Service volunteers and several local residents by address. Discharged: Gerald Bemis, Kenneth Eddy, Sally Eliason, Gene Host, John Meehan, Mrs. Neese.
Washington AP reports July consumer prices rose two tenths of one percent, the smallest monthly gain in eight months, likely helped by Nixon's 60 day price freeze. Food and rent led July increases, while clothing prices fell. food rose five tenths from June, below six month average growth. The piece notes Chinese politics commentary and Soviet posture as context.
AP reports Fruehaus Corp and Kelsey Hayes Co discuss a merger that would create a billion-dollar firm in the nation’s top industrial manufacturers. Details to be finalized at upcoming directors’ meeting. Also listed are an estate sale in Findley Lake New York with antiques tools guns and household items scheduled for Friday August 2 at 6 PM, conducted by Delmas Chesley and Sons Auctioneers North East Pennsylvania.
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