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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1970
Page
3
In Philadelphia the annual Mummers Parade featured 22 string bands, five comic groups and four fancy divisions marching through frigid conditions in the high 20s. The event offered prizes totaling 76,500 dollars to winners across the divisions as thousands watched the spectacle.
Social security beneficiaries will automatically receive the 15 percent increase signed into law by President Nixon. About 25 million people will get higher checks, with the first new amount arriving in April for March benefits. A separate check covering January and February increases will come later in April, likely the week of April 20.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover says Black extremists conducted more than 100 attacks on police in the past six months. In a year end FBI activities report for 1989 he notes at least seven officers killed and over 120 wounded in combat with militant Negro groups. He offered no figures on Black casualties.
Groundbreaking may begin next spring for a Holiday Inn to be built beside the Warren Bypass Main avenue interchange. Partners Ditrovalli and Romane plan a seven acre site with about 100 motel units a restaurant and other facilities. They hope to be in business by this time next year.
Five people were left homeless when a farmhouse at the eight mile post Route 97 in Summit Township burned. Owned by Paul Anderson and rented to Alice Myers and Mr. and Mrs. John Majchak, the house suffered a total loss with damage estimated at 35000. Firemen from Perry Highway Hose Co. responded at 630 am but could not contain the blaze. Erie County Red Cross assisting the Majchak family and Mrs Myers. Origin of the fire undetermined.
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