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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1974
Page
3
Egypt pledges 87.5 million dollars to reopen the Suez Canal and restore war damaged towns along its banks. Officials say limited traffic could resume in six months and full operation within eight to ten months amid bids to clear the canal.
President Nixon proposes an 87 billion defense budget with 47.5 billion earmarked for personnel costs. The plan covers pay, retirement, housing and related benefits for volunteers, offset by other reductions in non-personnel areas.
Philadelphia Electric asks the Public Utility Commission for a 21 percent rate increase the largest in company history. If approved the rise would cost customers about 136 million dollars more per year.
Chautauqua County Patrolman Ernest E. Cowan jumped from a hovering sheriff's helicopter into Chautauqua Lake to save Williamsville resident Clarence Hettinger after his boat overturned. Hettinger, pulled from open water, was taken to WCA Hospital in good condition under observation.
A workman Herman Peters twenty seven of Sinclairville was trapped between a floor and the elevator shaft for about thirty minutes at the American Manufacturing Concern in Falconer while loading furniture. He sustained broken legs and was taken to WCA Hospital Jamestown in fair condition. Fire and police teams used hydraulic jacks to free him after the accident at about 1 30 p.m. and the man was freed by 2 p.m.
Kane man Elizabeth Griffiths and Forest Hayes were charged with promoting procuring and inducing prostitution after state police at Kane barracks arrested them. Bail set at $1,000 each. Investigators traced alleged prostitution to Griffiths Truck Stop on Route 1 east of Kane following a job applicant’s complaint.
Two Erie residents Benjamin Willetts and Theodore Helberg died in a Pan American 707 crash near Pago Pago Samoa. The jet carried 91 passengers and 10 crew with 95 killed and 10 survivors. Willetts was Marine Bank director and Helberg Lovell Manufacturing VP.
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