26 Aug 1977
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1977
Page
1
A damaged OCR item references a police hearing, a person named Ronald, ages around 18 to 20, and firearms or ads in a fragmented fragment. No clear event, location, or outcome is discernible from the text.
Stuntwoman Kitty ONeil jumped from the Valley Hilton Hotel roof in Van Nuys engulfed in flames to an airbag 112 feet below, setting the highest fall while on fire ever recorded. The NBC-TV Superstunt special this fall features her feats. ONeil, deaf since infancy, holds 22 world speed records across land, water, and snow.
The Corry Combined Earned Income Tax Committee at a noontime meeting approved drafting a policy for residents working out of state to credit taxes paid to other states against Corry’s 1 percent earned income tax. A special provision and a accompanying form would prove out of state tax payments. The panel also discussed allowing losses between spouses in like business partnerships but not for couples with unlike incomes. they tabled the issue. State law required quarterly tax disbursements to sharing districts, with an extension granted to year’s start. Committee member Benjamin Calderone proposed reimbursement for city administrator Robert Grice for his input as Earned Income Tax receiver.
President Carter urged ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment at a Rose Garden ceremony and announced a White House review of federal gender policies. More than 100 participants gathered as NOW and other groups prepared a Philadelphia Avenue march echoing 1913 and 1917 suffrage protests.
In Washington AP report, Postmaster General Bailor says the Postal Service will study public opinion before any plan to drop Saturday deliveries. Earlier Nielsen survey urged saving about 400 million yearly, but subsequent polls caused delays and further analysis before Rate Commission reviews include public hearings.
In Los Angeles five day old Isis Sarai would-be mother seeks 2.26 million for the child’s upbringing after Ronald Burkholder was shot six times by a police officer outside his lab. The claim alleges city liability with 1.0 million for Miss Herbst and 1.25 million for the baby. The officer claims self defense, while colleagues dispute the martial arts stance and motives. Toxicology showed no drugs.
A visiting 21-year-old scout leader from Ireland says American scouts are pampered and too soft. European leaders report rougher outdoor living and fewer niceties, while touring Philadelphia with 38 leaders from 17 countries. Mayor Rizzo greeted the group and praised the visitors' handshake and city experiences.
At the Corry Area School District board meeting, officials warned the federally mandated IEP system would require each special education student to have a customized course plan and each teacher to map programs. The district fears many teachers may quit or revert to routine teaching as costs could reach $700 million annually for Pennsylvania and require more special education staff.
Former Erie congressman Joseph Vigorito has accepted a one year teaching appointment at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He will teach advanced accounting starting September, following prior posts at Gannon College Behrend Campus and the University of Denver.
Harold Munsee of Bear Lake escaped serious harm after his auto left a curve on the Corry Bear Lake road, fell from a bridge and dropped feet into a creek. State police said the vehicle was severely damaged but Munsee suffered only minor injuries during the early today incident. The police investigation continues.
Crews have disturbed Russell road while installing new sanitary sewers in the Russell Random road arcs. Motorists should use Pepper Lane to Country Club road for access as work continues for several weeks. The Russell Random site marks the start of a large city sewer installation underway.
A local woman called police after her son wore band cuffs that could not be removed. Officers transported him to a fire station where firefighters used proper tools to cut the cuffs, ending the incident.
Rep. Marc Lincoln Marks of the 24th District told the House Ethics Committee he owns investments in three firms and runs a Sharon law practice. He disclosed loans exceeding $10,000 from two Sharon banks in 1978 and named stock in General Telephone and Electric, First National Bank of Mercer County, and C. D. Searle Co. His main 1976 income was from the Sharon firm ofers, Marks and Pertilio.
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