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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1977
Page
3
A partial, garbled OCR line mentions mating display and a date like 51 but lacks coherent context or identifiable entities. The readable content is minimal, offering no clear event, person, organization, or location to anchor a proper card.
A terse local note mentions Huey and Ahames Lusoni linked to a matter in Macity. The fragment offers limited context and no clear outcome or action. Authorities and affiliations remain unspecified.
Gov. Shapp proposes raising the gas tax from nine to 11 cents, costing the average driver about $13 yearly for 10,000 miles at 18 mpg. The extra funds would expand PennDOT road repairs, bridges, and guard rails, with revenue also supporting state police pay and debt service. A higher levy would auto-adjust with wholesale gas prices, but lawmakers split on approval.
New York AP reports toy makers unveiled a wide range of products for the 1976 holiday season. Electronic toys, TV and movie tie ins, and sports figures dominate, with prices topping around 50 dollars. Mattel highlights Shogun warriors, Ideal Toy Corp ties Evel Knievel to a CB van and a Knievel movie, and Reiss Games produces the Mary Hartman Mary Hartman board game. Also noted are novelty items like a color-shifting doll, a tactile slime-like substance, sun tan dolls, a metric conversion game, and a peanut-shaped bank. Uncle Sam origins traced to War of 1812 era.
Erie County commissioners appointed Mrs. Ray Crimbly as Project CARE director, then faced her protest over a $14,500 salary behind a $8,900 cut from former director Thomas Larkin’s $18,000. They defend the amount as within grant limits and county policy, noting Crumbly’s pay mirrors comparable jobs and that grant funds may require repayment if unused. Project CARE assists ex-offenders with job training.
The Lake Erie Basin Commission announced drilling discussions would not be on the current agenda and the item would not be discussed. Officials later noted a March 16 statement by Shapp citing energy needs outweighing environmental concerns as a moratorium on drilling may be lifted. The report mentions an estimated 600 billion cubic feet of natural gas off Pennsylvania's shore.
University of California professor W J Libby says redwoods can be domesticated like crops. Barbara McCutchan hand-pollinates ARC 154 the world tallest tree, suggesting offspring could outgrow anything seen before.
Candidates across Erie County circulated nominating petitions on opening day for the May 17 primary. Democrats and Republicans filed for county executive, council, and clerk roles, with numerous petitions in Millcreek, Fairview, North East, Lawrence Park, Harborcreek, and other townships.
Washington AP Former Defense Secretary Clark M Clifford began duties Tuesday as President Carter's special emissary for talks with Turkey and Greece over the Cyprus Issue. Carter met Clifford in the Oval Office before his departure for talks in Turkey Greece and Nicosia. Clifford, a former Johnson administration official and adviser to other Democratic presidents, will provide a U.S. role in solving a dispute that has at times flared into warfare.
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