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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1974
Page
1
British coal miners vote strongly to authorize an all out national strike with early estimates showing about 75 percent support and some collieries reporting over 90 percent in favor. Bolivia faces 48 hour tin miner walkout as protests over food prices widen tensions with government.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield rejected Nixon’s call for a rapid windup of Watergate investigations. He said the Senate Watergate Committee may stay beyond February 28 to safeguard trials and urged continued work by Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. Mansfield urged election reform and public funding of campaigns, while acknowledging no crippling effect on Nixon’s governance and supporting rationing if needed.
A Volkswagen lost control on Sciota street bridge, struck the wall, went over an embankment, and hit a utility pole. Driver Mrs Anthony Torelli of Hare Creek Trailer Court sustained minor injuries. her husband was treated for a bruised knee and released. Car damage $700, pole $100. Journal photo by McEldowney.
City council meeting on Monday features a second and final reading of a redevelopment authority ordinance plus a 1974 salary ordinance tied to police arbitration granting a 7.5 percent raise. Also on the agenda are alley vacation, recreation development, water authority discussions, property sales, downtown redevelopment, and building remodeling.
Corry police investigated a shoplifting at G C Murphy Co in Corry Plaza yesterday. An elderly man about 65, 5 7, grey hair and glasses, wearing a grey jacket took six girdles valued at 21 dollars. An employee blocked him as he left and notified manager Artie Shaw. Witnesses saw his car.
Corry and nearby units of the 112th Infantry were alerted for possible duty in the trucker strike but not called out. Corry remained free of violence while deliveries and supplies faced delays. In Warren four grocery managers reported routine business with cautious optimism, while mail operations remained operational and two department stores reported no major issues.
National Guard units patrolled Pennsylvania as truckers protesting fuel costs and limits faced scattered violence. Rock throws damaged windshields and tires while women at Pocono Truck Stop demonstrated, urging restraint as pumps reopened. Industry shutdowns hit 10,000 workers across meat plants, steel mills, coal mines, and a GE plant. Michigan drivers faced beatings attempting to defy the stoppage.
Five oil companies posted higher wholesale gasoline prices with increases from 2.6 to 5.5 cents per gallon and related rises for other products. Texaco kept February prices steady on gasoline heating oil and diesel but raised residual fuels by 6.5 cents. Mobil and Standard Oil of Ohio also announced gains while retail impact will vary by stations approved by the Cost of Living Council.
The state Agriculture Department expanded its rural transportation system to 21 northwestern counties, but Erie County was omitted. Attempts to obtain comment from Secretary James McHale failed as he was in a meeting, and his staff said he would raise the issue but did not return the call. The program targets elderly and indigent riders and is funded by federal and state sources. separate projects will run in Wyoming and Luzerne counties.
In a shift from traditional metal buckets to plastic pipeline, U S Forest Service specialists led a daylong program at the Murray Raymond sugar bush near Plank Road, highlighting how maple producers are modernizing. Foresters and experts from the Penn...
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