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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1975
Page
1
In 1975 Corry saw a sharp slowdown in building activity though a 50 unit housing project on South Center street hill neared completion. Total city permits reached 1 431 242 dollars with 800 000 tied to the South Center project, down from 1 061 645 last year.
A 52 year old Corry man Thomas E Dominessy died at the Burns Treatment Center Buffalo from burns suffered at a Warren area gas well site six weeks earlier. He worked for Dowell Division of Dow Chemical Company. Two coworkers were burned but survived. Dominessy leaves a wife two daughters and several relatives. Funeral arrangements include a Christian Burial Mass at St Thomas Church. Donations to the Burn Treatment Center are requested in lieu of flowers.
In Beirut fighting persists despite a tin cease-fire during Lebanon’s eight month civil war. Moslem leftists clash with Christian gunmen over control of hotel districts. Six dead and seven wounded in early morning battles as authorities struggle amid eroded government power.
A tank car explosion at Hooker Chemicals plant in Niagara Falls hurled chlorine clouds over a wide area killing four workers and injuring many others including people in a store three miles away. About 75 people were treated as fumes spread northeast, then dissipated within hours.
INDIANTOWN FL A 21 year old skydiver died after mid air collision with a partner. John T Abbaticchio of Fort Lauderdale was knocked unconscious and did not open his chute as part of a five man team. The second skydiver was unhurt and landed safely. More details were unavailable.
Santas in ten cities report children request brand named items and specific prices. Boys list Evel Knievel cycles and Six Million Dollar Man figures. girls want talking dolls, walking dolls, and kitchen toys like pizza ovens. Popular items include ten speed bikes, Star Trek kits, walkie talkies, and electric trains. toy guns are down. Advertising drives choices as prices become familiar to kids.
Corry state police investigated four traffic accidents over the weekend in the area. No serious injuries reported. damage ranged from 200 to 1000 dollars. Incidents included Dean Shriver’s car leaving Route 27 to hit a fence post near Titusville, David Zeigler’s Route 6 crash into a tree and Gentel equipment, Joe D. Brink’s deer collision on Route 77 near Little Cooley, and Timothy Weis’s car hitting a cement bridge wall north of Titusville. Weis needed hospital treatment but was released.
Towne Development of New Castle expects a clear title by tomorrow for the 30 unit elderly and disabled housing project in Erie’s Fourth Ward Urban Renewal area. Construction start remains uncertain until equipment arrivals confirm progress after a prior title delay.
Premier Joop den Uyl says the Netherlands will wait out the Moluccan siege at the Indonesian consulate just as it did the train hijack. He seeks an early end without yielding to political demands, noting the Beilen train hijackers surrendered as hostages’ condition remained fair to good. The two hostage crises involve South Moluccan independence goals and multiple murder charges.
Two Cleveland men were arrested and will be questioned in two service station holdups that left a Sparta man dead. Preston Fayne Jr. 19, faces aggravated homicide charges in the McQuiston killing. Joseph Bradshaw Jr. 46 and George Andrus 46 were among others involved. Andrus is hospitalized in Corry Memorial Hospital awaiting discharge.
Charles Knight, 35, of Raceland, La., who was beaten, robbed and shot by two hitchhikers near Thibodaux, is going home today after more than a week in a New Orleans hospital. His parents, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Knight of Corry, report surgery to an eye and recovery ahead. two men are jailed on aggravated assault with intent to kill and related charges.
A Springfield man David J Dombrowski 25 reports his car bottomed out crossing the Pennsylvania avenue railroad crossing causing extensive undercarriage damage with estimated costs around 1000 dollars. Another incident occurred on Center street where a second car bottomed out on EL tracks tearing off its gas tank and the owner remains unidentified.
In San Francisco AP reports Sara Jane Moore may plead guilty to attempting to kill President Ford depending on a new mental competence examination. Her trial had been set to start but was postponed after she asked in court last Friday to plead guilty to the attempted assassination charge.
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