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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1974
Page
4
A cluttered listing from a small town newspaper shows local ads for dining, entertainment, and shops. Notices include hospital admissions discharges and a New Year event at Venture Inn, with several business specials such as lobster tails and holiday greenery. A home rule charter bill becomes law in Harrisburg.
Erie County Prison employees upset with the county union petitioned commissioners to negotiate sections of their own labor contract. Some guards signed and presented the petition to county officials and AFSCME. They seek permission to negotiate an appendix unique to their dangerous line of work, accusing the AFSCME local of ignoring their bargaining unit on retirement and insurance benefits. Negotiations resume Monday with a state mediator as talks approach the year-end pact expiration. In a separate note, Cape Town reports motorists ignoring fuel-saving speed limits may face confiscation of vehicles.
Officials of the National Independent Truckers Union say they will decide on January 17 whether to call a new strike at the end of January. The group pressed for relief from the government and asked ICC to require carriers to show the profit on each load and to pay the fuel surcharge to independents. The plan follows concerns over skimming and fuel-cost compensation after last year’s stoppage.
Erie County Commissioners said they will investigate reports that the county mailing system has stamped the personal letters of officials. Chairman William O Hill Jr and Commissioner Louis Rzymek pledged to look into the claims though no proof exists.
A family feature recalls missionary life in West Irian with Wilma Ross describing Thanksgiving and Christmas meals cooked in ground pits with Dani hosts, plus memories of house parenting in Tentani. Also noted is a new 32 page Boy Scouts merit badge pamphlet Rabbit Raising for Scouts and others.
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