28 Aug 1976
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1976
Page
1
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A cryptic local fragment describes an ongoing area assessment. The readable portions point to a partial listing or update concerning regional planning or boundary adjustments. Further details are not provided in the surviving text.
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The feature opened with a strong start as audiences found the curtain rising on a fresh season. Performances by leading cast members impressed critics and drew solid attendance, signaling good momentum for future showings.
Erie County faces confusion over a proposed Public Works Act project in Corry as a two week old technical information team report drafted for county commissioners is circulated. A county wide committee listed Virginia Nuzzo as a committee member, but she says she was not contacted. The county is not authorized to initiate Public Works Act projects for the city of Corry.
Local cast led by Bertha McMichael earns standing ovation in a four plot, fully staged Shakespeare comedy at Bert Carlisle Farm Spring Creek. The Corry Arts Council backs the production with direction by Sally Wharton and Kathleen Breene, tickets at the door for tonight and tomorrow night at 8.
Three New York men, George Yott 25 Ellington Donald Chant 35 Casgadaga and James Learn 68 Conewango Valley, were convicted of rape and received seven years probation and a $300 fine each from Erie County Court Judge William Pratt. They may be turned over to Chautauqua County probation. The victims met in Corry and were later driven to Erie. They were photographed at Ike's Billiards and Restaurant which aided the investigation.
Corry state police report an early morning collision on Route 77 near Route 89 caused by excessive speed. Driver James K. Donaldson, 23 Grove Street, was uninjured. passenger Beverly Swanson, 24 North Center Street, was admitted for observation after the car, valued at 5 000, wrecked in a ditch.
Lester Maddox, self described segregationist, wins the AIP nomination on the first ballot at Chicago convention. He criticizes Carter and Ford, and faces dissent from “New Right” conservatives who doubt his stance. Maddox claims his bid targets Southern conservatives and regional votes amid party splits.
A 23 year old sex offender on a work release killed five members of a ranch family in northeastern Colorado and killed himself as authorities closed in. He had raped two girls years earlier and been jailed for gross sexual imposition. He abducted hostages and raped a 14 year old during a remote manhunt before dying on a county road.
Federal health officials said the legionnaires disease outbreak linked to the American Legion convention appears finished. A panel of 12 top tissue specialists was formed to study the illness, which killed 26 and hospitalized over 150. The CDC reported no ongoing risk among guests at three Philadelphia hotels, with delegates at the Bellevue-Stratford hotel most affected.
Oil City resident Joan Swab 29 reported riding as a passenger in a car driven by a suspect on Route 8 at 11 30 p m. The man stopped the vehicle beat her about the head, then returned her to the car and drove to Titusville where she escaped and alerted police. State police expect to arrest the area man on a simple assault charge.
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