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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1975
Page
1
Corry Salvation Army distributed Christmas food packages to 70 area families today with help from 15 volunteers. Lt LeRoy Lyle said funds from the Army mail and Red Kettle campaigns financed the food. The effort also includes toys and gifts for needy families during the holiday season.
Harrisburg AP A Pennsylvania Electric Co overcharged customers by more than 3 million dollars last year by paying too much for coal. The House Mines and Energy Management Committee charged improper renegotiations and unrequired coal costs. The panel says 500000 Penelec customers in Pennsylvania and Waverly NC bore the expense.
A six tier wood frame Christmas tree collapsed during a Bethel Assembly of God choir performance in Wichita killing 42 year old Stanley D. Bistline and injuring at least 39 others. Harold Fechter remained in serious condition with pelvic injuries as seven people stayed hospitalized. The tree stood on the church parking lot with a Nativity scene at the base.
Terrorists who seized the Vienna OPEC headquarters released the remaining hostages in Tripoli and Algiers, then surrendered to Algerian authorities. The holdout captives included Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani and Iran's Interior Minister Jamshid Amouzegar among others, with several ministers freed during negotiations and the group later flown to Tripoli before more releases and a renewed withdrawal to Algiers.
Time magazine reports that John F Kennedy had sexual relations with at least two women on his White House staff who accompanied him on presidential trips. The article cites coded names Fiddle and Paddle and recounts other alleged incidents and denials from aides and Judith Campbell Exner.
District Justice Porter Auer dismissed the November 19 marijuana case involving Dennis A Rooney after ruling the arrest was unlawful. Officer Rhodes says Miranda rights were not required until custody or interrogation while police argue the rights were due at the time Rooney appeared. The police say the case is closed.
The FTC charges the AMA and state groups curb medical advertising and price competition, naming Connecticut State Medical Society and New Haven County Medical Association as defendants. Hearings set for February 9 before an administrative law judge. The action aims to allow physicians to advertise services and prices if they choose, arguing current codes limit consumer information in healthcare choices.
Milton L. Swanson age 36 of Clymer was sentenced to one year in Chautauqua County Jail by Judge Lee Towne Adams after pleading guilty to first degree assault linked to the January beating of Luther J. Mason, 47, also of Clymer. Swanson faces Pennsylvania charges and awaits transfer to Erie County Court. He joins William R. Milburn and Ernest M. Procter, already jailed after pleading guilty last summer.
Corry Area School District announces classes close today for a nearly two week vacation with return set for Monday January th. Most activities pause though a basketball tournament Friday and Saturday, a wrestling meet in Warren Saturday with Corry participation, plus an alumni swim meet Monday. CAHS Key Club to host a four dance event at the school tonight at 8 pm.
Erie County Stay Commission will review three special reports on personnel budgeting and districting at its next meeting on Tuesday January 14 at 7 30 p m in the Community Services Building West Second and Cherry streets. The personnel committee includes C Ted Dombrowski Alfred Meckley and Constance Freed who voiced eight recommendations including merit and civil service principles and a county personnel structure. The budget and districting panels will also present their findings led by AJ Gehrlein Louis Necci Roger Geier and Peter Schaat with Chester McNerney.
The Supreme Court 4 to 4 decision effectively refused to block a new campaign financing system. The Federal Election Commission was given approval to begin apportioning tax money to political parties and presidential candidates, with payments to be delivered to the Treasury and then to the two major parties.
Kiwanis Club of Corry plans a two night canvass to replenish the fund backing downtown Christmas efforts. Key Club members, sponsored by Kiwanis, join Henry Hicks in the outreach with the fire department rescue trick. Canvass starts at 6 p.m. each evening.
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