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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1975
Page
1
In Longwood Florida an effigy of Santa Claus hangs with a noose on a front lawn provoking neighbor anger. Brenda and Allan Cutcher refuse to remove it, defending their act as a stand against lies, while city officials cite an disturbance of peace.
An AP study finds the Senate average attendance near 89 percent this year, 11-year high, with 19 senators present for all 57 roll calls from August to October. It notes leaders Mansfield and Proxmire, and details absences among Hart Bayh Sparkman Udall Jackson and Bentsen.
Snow and ice caused four weekend crashes with no injuries reported. Summary of incidents includes Susan L. Delp and Gary M. Thomas in a two car collision on West Columbus avenue totaling 500 dollars in damage, Donald W. Wykoff and Carolyn M. Anderson in Erie and Centerville, Terry W. Holthouse and Bennett J. Bemis on South Center street, and Deborah A. Fissel and Logan E. Warner on Worth street.
A Trans World Airlines jetliner from San Francisco and New York crashed while landing in thick fog at Milan Malpensa airport. Though police said a fire broke out, it was quickly extinguished. TWA reported 113 passengers and nine crew aboard. two passengers were seriously injured, but officials said no one was killed as most passengers walked to the terminal.
Officials of the Corry Area School District suspended the elementary basketball league after a complaint by Mr. and Mrs. John Freeman of R D 3 Corry alleging their daughter Ericka was cut from Conway School team solely for being a girl. Erie County Judge Pratt set a show cause hearing for Friday January 9 requiring the district and athletic director Lou Hanna to justify continuing the injunction.
A New York State couple, Mr and Mrs Jerry Roneker from Buffalo, have reopened the Arco Service station at South Center and Pleasant streets, closed after Raymond Mosher went out of business. Roneker, with 12 years as a certified mechanic, plans full repairs and a seven days a week operation from 7 a m to 1 pm, aiming to run a full-line service station.
President Ford announced plans to sign a compromise tax bill that preserves six months of 1975 tax cuts into 1976, avoiding an automatic income tax increase. The measure lowers taxes for a $17,500 single earner and for a married couple with two children, pending congressional spending pledges.
State Senator R Budd Dwyer called the Journal to obtain a prioritized list of highways in eastern Erie County needing repair under a new 12 million dollar state maintenance package. He plans to submit routes to PennDOT, focusing on bread and butter roads used daily, with funds also supporting major construction if appropriate. He notes drivers will face higher fees but argues the measure funds needed highway work and improves safety. The Corry area top priorities include Route 6, Route 426, Route 89, the Columbus Clymer road, and Seioia Road, needing widening, resurfacing, and berm work.
Two Cleveland men, Preston Fayne and Willie Jones, charged with aggravated murder in the execution style shooting of John McQuiston in Kingsville, Ohio, are held without bail in Ashtabula County jail. Their grand jury date is in January. Buchtinec wounded. Andrus and Cosner also shot. Autopsy confirms two bullets, near the ear and behind the head.
Six extremist actors led by a South American ended a 20 hour siege of OPEC headquarters in Vienna and flew to Algiers aboard an Austrian Airlines DC9. They freed five oil ministers and one other held person at Algiers airport while still holding five other ministers as bargaining chips. The plane landed at 11 35 a m and Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelaiz Bouteflika started negotiations with one captor in the VIP lounge. The latest demands were not known. The guerrillas urged war against Israel and oil wealth for Palestinians. Among those aboard were Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani and Jamshid Amouzegar, while captors included two women. Freed were Algerian Oil Minister Belaid Abdessselam and several delegation members from Venezuela Gabon Ecuador Nigeria and Indonesia. One wounded extremist actor was taken from the plane by ambulance.
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