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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1972
Page
1
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The Corry Area School District and St. Thomas School welcomed 3,729 students, down from 3,883 last year. High school enrollment sits at 1,524 with room for 1,600. Sparta attendance center fell to 180 from 215 as Amish withdrawals affect numbers. St. Thomas enrollment declined to 188 from 208, while improvements vow better study hall organization and library use. Wayne Cook volunteered to grade and smooth the Sparta baseball diamond for the season.
Democratic candidate George McGovern unveils a second welfare reform plan aimed at appealing to middle income voters and aligning more with Nixon's approach. The plan keeps a guaranteed annual income but proposes higher taxes on the wealthy and changes to defense spending to fund the program. It seeks public support from Wall Street analysts while facing ongoing scrutiny over its break even point and financing.
Tax collectors in the Corry Area School District remind residents that the rebate period for school property taxes ends August 31. Taxes are payable at face value from September 1 through October 31 with penalties accruing in November. Rural districts now bill taxes separately rather than on a single bill as in earlier years.
The Nixon administration aims to halt draft inductions by December and push to a zero draft by mid 1973, six months ahead of the July 1 goal. Melvin Laird pledged minimal calls between January and July 1973, with a 51 page Pentagon report distributed by the White House. The plan aligns with Nixon’s 1968 pledge to rely on volunteers, potentially boosting youth support in November’s election.
President Nixon announces another reduction in the Vietnam troop ceiling to 39 000 Friday with Saigon reporting 37 700 U S personnel in country. He hints at a residual force of 25 000 to 35 000 and notes ground combat troops have been withdrawn while air and naval operations rise from Thailand Guam and the 7th Fleet.
In Erie County Court the Concerned Homeowners Association and the City Zoning Board of Adjustment argue over a 50 unit modular home development on South Center street hill. This second hearing seeks to determine if the R-1 zoned area permits the project amid 1968 state law claims and prior conditional approvals.
State Police investigated three accidents yesterday totaling 3,300 dollars in damages. A cattle truck skidded on Route 6 near Union City, overturning and killing one cow. Hans Block and passenger Howard Wilcox sustained minor injuries. A second crash near Titusville involved Carol Swartz. damage about 600 dollars with no injuries. A two car wreck on Willy road in LeBoeuf caused 200 and 400 dollars damage to vehicles, with no injuries reported.
A UN Special Committee on Colonialism voted 12 to 0 to recognize the right of Puerto Rico to self determination and independence, with 10 abstentions. Puerto Rican leaders hailed the move while U.S. officials warned the wording was ambiguous and referred the matter to a working group for possible study of extending the Declaration Against Colonialism.
The U S Navy reports two North Vietnamese torpedo boats were sunk off Haiphong during a coastal raid by the cruisers Newport News and Providence and destroyers Rowan and Robison aided by a Navy plane. Fire from Newport News and Rowan destroyed both boats. a Corsair bomb finished one and the other burned. The Robison engaged coastal batteries as part of the operation, its crew unharmed. The action followed a prior raid the day mines were planted in North Vietnam harbors.
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