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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1969
Page
1
Mayor Joseph Furst leads Monday night’s City Council meeting to discuss hiring the city’s first housing officer required to obtain federal funds for the Fourth Ward urban renewal. The post involves ongoing interior inspection of every dwelling in the city.
Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on Groundhog Day, signaling six more weeks of winter. The tradition continues as members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club perform the annual ceremony in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
The Robert Tunnell Real Estate and Insurance agency becomes Horton J. Davis and Son Inc. effective today. The Davis firm, among Corry’s oldest businesses, will continue serving clients from the West Park Place office, preserving years of continuity since 1865.
Andrew Bauer and his wife welcomed 10 Morris orphans into their large Fresno house. The eight to seventeen year olds join the couple’s own four children, after the Morris parents died in a four car crash. The Bauers declined further comment to preserve privacy as courts relocate the minors from Candd California to settle the custody.
The State Board of Education meets March 13 14 to decide on appeals from Sparta Merged School District and Erie County districts under the county plan. Sparta faces likely denial to stay as a single district though it may appeal in Erie County court. Observers expect smaller districts to be allowed to remain separate due to looming 4000 pupil threshold.
Viet Cong extremists struck Saigon and Da Nang targets injuring Maj. Gen. Nguyen Van Kiem and seven other Vietnamese civilians. In Saigon three incidents wounded a senior aide and several staff, while Da Nang and Hue shellings killed seven and wounded fifteen. Government protests meanwhile denounced the violence.
State Police in a four county area seek a youth who robbed the First National Bank of Meadville yesterday during daylight. He fled on foot with about $9,000 in bills. The suspect, in his twenties, 5 feet 8 inches, wore a green parka with hood a false beard red makeup and green sunglasses. The teller Miss Lynn Fuller 21 described the bold hold up and the exchange at the bullet proof window ending with the robber demanding the money.
Billy Wayne Walls and Gary Davenport faced prison time after a Venango County Court verdict. Walls 32 of Union City received two and a half to five years for prison breach and three counts of receiving stolen goods. Davenport 19 of Franklin was ordered to Camp Hill. Both had aided a jail escape on September 45 using a hacksaw and were later captured near Union City.
Reports indicate Pennsylvania's 52 foot inaugural float, praised as a parade highlight, was found stripped and stored in Building 153 of the Naval Gun Factory in Washington. Investigations by Daniel Buser and Nelson Swanson trace the disappearance through FBI to CID, with officials noting red tape and jurisdictional hurdles.
In Oil City a rain soaked group of mothers halted a city bus for nearly three hours after pupils were suspended by driver A. J. Kerr. Officials and state police arrived and a meeting with the schools superintendent followed amid the protest near Plum er.
The owner of Corry WOTR radio station Mrs Kenneth Rennekamp loses bid to arbitrate a dispute over seizure of station property by Corry Savings and Loan. The Erie County Sheriff seized the property last May 2 for three months unpaid rent of 180 dollars. Judge Lindley R McClelland ruled the case belongs in civil trial as it concerns possession.
Voters will select one alderman under a new constitutional framework ahead of a six year term. If the electorate says yes at year five the incumbent stays for another six. a no vote triggers an open race. The fixed office hours and $7,000 pay define a likely life tenure and limited after hours work.
A nationwide fluoride chemical shortage slows fluoridation as cities like Chicago Detroit Cleveland and Milwaukee face cutbacks. Demand rises with new fluoridation plans in Atlanta Savannah Seattle Lincoln and other cities while large metros Boston Los Angeles and New Orleans lag. Officials warn the shortage may persist through the year and hinder public health benefits.
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