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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1969
Page
1
The 1970 city budget increases from 499 938 to 561 765 driven mainly by salary hikes across departments. City officials say negotiations aim to keep taxes steady while expanding pay to attract staff amid rising costs for goods and services. The article previews a detailed payroll box score for next year.
Mayor Joseph Furst and Councilman Jack Downey wrap up two and four year terms in an emotional final meeting. They review accomplishments across police fire and public works plus state highway issues at North Center and Bond streets. One light removal proposal and crossing guard powers spark debate as new leaders prepare to take office January 5.
Congress cleared the large tax reform measure, sending it to the White House for President Nixon to sign. The 1969 package totals 9.1 billion in tax cuts offset by 6.5 billion in revenue measures as the chamber set up a pre Christmas adjournment amid brief civil rights furor over the Philadelphia plan.
State Police at Corry and Meadville probe two copper wire thefts in five days with no link found. At Spartansburg near Flats Road, 14,000 feet of No. 9 bare copper wire were stolen from 11 poles along the Penn Central line. scrap value about 275 dollars. In Meadville area, 1,400 pounds of scrap copper were taken from Keith Hamilton’s residence in Athens township, including 800 pounds No. 1 and 600 pounds No. 2 wire worth about 700 dollars. Police continue investigations as budget issues surface in unrelated remarks about federal appropriations to Health Education and Welfare, Labor, and foreign aid programs.
Washington AP top Nixon administration officials agree with southern critics that federal law too lightly targets racially segregated schools in the North and West. Leon B. Panetta cites lack of Supreme Court mandate and congressional discouragement as barriers, while HEW Secretary Finch notes Stennis’s point about north and west segregation. Panetta warns de facto segregation remains a fault line in federal policy.
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