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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1967
Page
3
The November Erie County employment stood at 103600 with unemployment at 3500 or 3.3 percent of the workforce. November jobs rose over October by 900 while manufacturing stayed at 48100, and wage nonmanufacturing fell 200 to 48700. Unemployment claims for the week of November 22 totaled 1432 at Corry and Erie offices.
Army Air Force and Navy personnel joined snow relief on the Navajo Reservation at Window Rock Arizona. Signs at the airport shifted from Welcome to Window Rock Air Force Base to Welcome to Window Rock Army Base and then to Welcome to Window Rock Joint Operations Base as each service arrived.
Harrisburg AP An administration three bill labor package moves to Senate action as committee removes three House amendments. Proposals include raising weekly unemployment benefits to 60 dollars, boosting minimum wage to 1.60 by 1971, raising workmen's comp benefits to 60 dollars weekly, and extending widow benefits. House votes: 186-13 on first measure. other two cleared. A companion bond issue bill awaits Senate concurrence.
The first baby of the New Year at Corry Memorial Hospital will receive gifts donated by First Avenue merchants. This is the 34th year for the project. Participants include Donald Bachem er Bachefuer's Variety Store Everett Johnson Johnson Brothers and Mark Harvey.
As flu and other respiratory illnesses surge from Oklahoma to Maryland, schools close early and businesses slow. Detroit area Asian flu clusters drive near-epidemics in Michigan. Alabama, Tennessee report rising cases. Culpeper County Virginia warns of viral infections. Bartlesville Oklahoma cites the worst outbreak in the nation. Local absences climb in New Jersey and Iowa health officials monitor spread.
Harrisburg AP notes the Constitutional Convention committee studies a pay-as-you-go spending proposal requiring new state program funding to await enacted taxes. Another plan would end most real estate tax exemptions, sparing religious worship sites. charitable and veteran property exemptions could end. Six revision proposals were introduced as delegates meet.
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