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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1974
Page
2
The council's tentative downtown redevelopment idea shows a mixed bag of benefits and pitfalls. Experience in other cities warns of disruption to merchants while buildings are torn down and rebuilt, with relocation challenges and differing impacts across districts like the Fourth Ward.
A downtown merchant relocation discussion highlights income loss, moving costs, and the need for temporary quarters. Officials note higher rents keep plazas with vacancies, urging careful deliberation before updating the downtown area. The piece also covers projections on recession timing, unemployment data, and inflation uncertainty.
The piece discusses a Nixon era economic view arguing a recession began in December with unemployment rising and production expanding slowly. Albert Cox Jr. predicts 1974 growth declines with a quarterly mix of deep and shallow recessions, while listing political figures from Pennsylvania and national offices.
Senate investigators outline a 1970 backroom sequence involving John Mitchell clearing the Dunes Hotel purchase for Howard Hughes, Richard Danner delivering $100,000 to Richard Nixon via Bebe Rebozo, and Maheu facilitating payments. The report notes Mitchell’s repeated assurances, Nevada governor Laxalt’s opposition, and ensuing disputes over motives and timing.
Aboard the Angelina Lauro the voyage shows rich American travelers overeating and sunbathing while touring La Guaira, Aruba, and Cartagena. The narrator contrasts wealth with poverty in Venezuela and Colombia, recalling Spanish fortifications, colonial history, and Indigenous suffering.
Federal energy officials warn gasoline limits push drivers toward trains buses and carpools. The feature sketches lighter moments of mass transit including a homebound worker chasing a train, a late commuter misreading routes, and the odd comedy of crowded cars and puzzled riders as fuel restrictions reshape daily travel.
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