21 Dec 1976
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1976
Page
1
On winter’s first day cold air brought snow and hazardous driving conditions to parts of the nation. Icy streets snarled traffic in Pennsylvania as frigid Canadian air moved through from the northwest. Wet roads froze below freezing as the cold front passed, leaving some streets icy and others blanketed in snow.
Corry state police seek two men after assaulting a Spartansburg man and attempting to assault his female companion in Rome Township Crawford County near Route 8 in the early morning hours. Eastman drove into a snowbank after an oncoming car forced him off the road. two suspects exited and fought him as another tried to assault the woman. They fled when Eastman and the woman sought help. Police continue the investigation amid winter weather and widespread accidents across Pennsylvania with icy roads and heavy salt use.
Opening of the new Vo Tech school on Route 6 moved closer as bids totaling 12,600 for carpentry shop equipment were awarded in a noontime school board meeting A tentative January start of the Corry district addition may slip as officials warn against overrun and approve progress payments to Structure R.E. North Baker Electric C.J. Peterson and Bert Hill and Associates for Spar townsburg planning work.
Richard Joseph Daley, longtime Chicago boss and city leader, died at 74 from a heart attack. Aldermen prepared to name an acting mayor while considering Daley’s successor options, with Wilson Frost possible acting mayor. National figures mourn, praising his influence on politics and party loyalty.
Washington AP reports November inflation stayed at 0.3 percent as food prices declined for the first time in eight months. Real earnings rose 0.8 percent, and the 12 month CPI gain slowed to 5 percent. Mortgage rates slipped 0.21 percent, while grocery items such as vegetables, pork and dairy led declines.
The Michael Maine mobile home at R.D. 1 Corry on Welch Hill road was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. Neighbors saw the fire in the vacant trailer at 425 and alerted Spartansburg Fire Department, which with two pieces of equipment and seven men responded. Corry sent two pieces of equipment and eight men, but the trailer burned out before arrival. Fire officials believe the origin was in the farmaece area with the back portion engulfed. Firemen spent about 30 minutes on the scene and could save none of the contents. Damages were estimated at 3,000 for the building and 8,000 for contents.
In a brief 30 minute session the Corry City Council heard Meadvill e based Kiebert and Keane audit report on the firemen's pension fund. They gave it a clean bill of health noting two voided checks were discarded and past discrepancies resolved. The council approved Salary Ordinance 1223 for 1977 and granted Civil Service Bureau permission to advertise and conduct a local test for fire truck drivers. City Engineer Johnson said six downtown redevelopment street ordinances may have first readings at the next regular meeting.
A Corry Area High School incident left a girl with three broken bones in her left foot after a volleyball standard collapsed from a weight room base. She was treated at Corry Memorial Hospital and discharged home after a week of care with pins and a cast.
Local counselors form a foster parent education group in Corry for about 40 foster parents. Led by Victor Lipinski and Jean Gool, the group meets twice monthly at the 132135 Park Street clinic to discuss common problems, confidentiality, and observer-friendly sessions. Contacts: Lipinski 664-7761, Goo l 665-7541.
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