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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1970
Page
1
In a 15 hour session in Harrisburg Democrats introduced tax measures to raise 155.5 million for the current fiscal year. The package includes a 40 mill real property tax on utilities, several sales tax exemptions cuts, and a 2 percent tax on investment income. Senate adjourned after GOP attempts to push 276 million in appropriations failed.
Harrisburg round up: Rep. Andrew Moscrip and dozens of House members were routed back to Harrisburg by Speaker Herbert Fineman as Republicans blocked a motion to adjourn until next Monday. Police halted some on routes home and others were contacted by phone. Moscrip drove 230 miles round trip.
A Penn graduate student facing academic pressure opened fire during a mathematics seminar, wounding two professors and killing himself. Cantor, 33, had recently failed his doctoral progress and earlier taught at Temple University. Police noted his despondency over job prospects and advisor friction amid long math studies.
Corry State Police investigated two accidents blamed on drifting snow and icy roads. A Titusville car struck a northbound truck near North Perry Road causing $25 and $150 damages. A Jamestown driver skidded on Sciota road, hitting a second auto with $400 and $500 damages. No injuries reported. Investigation continues. Nixon proclaims February American Heart Month urging disease curb.
U S planes bombed North Vietnamese guns in Cambodia in self defense after the guns shot down a U S observation helicopter. The strike aimed at remnants of enemy battalions in the Plain of Reeds near the Cambodian border as fighting intensified.
In a Pennsylvania health listing CJ is the sole local firm named among high risk pollution sources. CJ manager Richard Melzer says Plant 3, built in 1952, had a permit for metal cleaning waste into Hare Creek, with a plating operation unused. He disputes the state label calling it high risk, noting reductions in chromates and ongoing daily tests.
A vandals smashed a car window on West Main Street with a ball bat causing $50 damage to Larry Brown’s vehicle. Edward Powers, 18, slid on an icy Spring Street hill and crashed into Mary Hand’s parked car, totaling $700 in damages. Larry W. Wood, 21, was arrested for cashing a bogus check at Quality Market and faced arraignment on cheating by fraudulent pretenses, with possible larceny charges.
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