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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1976
Page
1
City crews battle a heavy snowfall with plowing and hauling operations. Workers move snow into the street for pickup and load it onto trucks to haul away before 7 a.m. Journal photographer McCray credits.
The Postal Service says its annual report shows faster mail delivery with first class letters averaging 1.53 days in the year ending June 30, 1976, down from 1.57 days. Postmaster General Benjamin Bailor touts improved reliability, noting 95 percent of in local area letters arrive next day, and 92 percent within 600 miles by day two, 90 percent beyond that by day three. He cautions that sorting errors cause delays and urges citizens to use consumer service cards to address issues.
Neil Van Ess helps a duck smeared with crude as 139 500 gallons of Arabian crude spill from a Liberia registered tanker named Olympic into the Delaware River near Newcastle and Philadelphia. Coast Guard to hold an inquiry Thursday. environmentalists warn impact on wildlife will take days to assess.
In Pittsburgh Stephanie Johnson 28 shot her common law husband William A Hinson 27 multiple times as he lay in a West Penn Hospital bed. She was arraigned on murder charges and held without bond after handing the gun to a nurse at the station. Police linked domestic dispute to the killing.
A seven year old girl loses her big toe in an escalator accident at Gimbels in downtown Pittsburgh. Doctors remove the toe and parts of two other toes from Erin Broglie’s right foot after the shoe entangled in the device. A similar accident three weeks earlier injured a boy at the same store. A Gimbels spokesman said the incidents would be investigated.
The Zoning Board of Appeals granted a variance to George R Sample for converting the First Church of Christ Scientist site at 124 East Columbus Ave into health offices on a 100 by 200 foot RA zoned lot with 14 adjoining property owner restrictions. A second continuance was given to W W Hammond Jr for renewal of a previously expired variance for property between Lawsons and Blue Sunoco gasoline station in R 1 zone. meeting rescheduled for January 12 pending more information.
Cynthia Stump fears losing the Milton home after Harold Stump died from legionnaires disease at Geisinger Medical Center. With a $22,304 hospital bill and no insurance, she worries the debt will be charged to his estate and encroach on decades of shared residence.
The piece notes COPE printing errors at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington with a St Louis man paying 400 dollars for a mutilated bill lacking serial numbers and seals. It mentions prior instances of upside down seals, rectified later and suggests more such notes exist in sheets of 16.
Officials from Senator Richard Schweiker and the Washington office of the Economic Development Administration confirmed there was no 400 000 federal grant for the Corry Area School District. The city did receive a 600 000 Public Works Act grant for a senior center, a new community building, and two gym additions.
Washington AP report notes a consent order against NAS and related Diners Club subsidiaries for abusive debt collection tactics. Firms must cease harsh practices, fire offending employees, and face fines up to 10000. Diners Club of New York assumes liability and pledges close monitoring. The action signals tougher enforcement to shield consumers from threatening calls and improper data use.
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